Global Patent Index - EP 0129608 B1

EP 0129608 B1 19890419 - BULLET

Title (en)

BULLET

Publication

EP 0129608 B1 19890419 (EN)

Application

EP 83106054 A 19830622

Priority

EP 83106054 A 19830622

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0129608A1] In an ammunition round a bullet (1) has a plurality of elongate grooves (4) either helically formed or parallel with the longitudinal axis of the bullet and a sabot (6) which has a body (7) and fingers (9) which engage with the grooves and seal the bullet in a casing, the sabot having a slightly larger diameter than the bullet so that the sabot is engraved by the rifling slots in the barrel through which the round is to be fired, in order to rotate the bullet. A slug has grooves of the same kind as well as a sabot-like part or wad having fingers seated over the full length of the grooves, to prevent fitting of the slug on its way down the non-rifled barrel.

IPC 1-7

F42B 7/10; F42B 11/20; F42B 31/00

IPC 8 full level

F42B 5/02 (2006.01); F42B 7/10 (2006.01); F42B 10/22 (2006.01); F42B 12/00 (2006.01); F42B 14/02 (2006.01); F42B 14/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F42B 7/10 (2013.01); F42B 10/22 (2013.01); F42B 14/02 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0129608 A1 19850102; EP 0129608 B1 19890419; AT E42399 T1 19890515; DE 3379673 D1 19890524; IL 72181 A 19920906; JP H0445757 B2 19920727; JP S60502113 A 19851205; SU 1828538 A3 19930715

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83106054 A 19830622; AT 83106054 T 19830622; DE 3379673 T 19830622; IL 7218184 A 19840621; JP 50254884 A 19840613; SU 3857483 A 19850220