IPC Subgroup
F41A 3/08 carrying a rotably mounted obturating plug of the screw-thread or the interrupted-thread type
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Breech mechanism, e.g. locks > Block action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being transverse to the barrel axis > with pivoting breech-block > carrying a rotably mounted obturating plug of the screw-thread or the interrupted-thread type
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- WEAPONS
- Subclass:
- FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE