FOLDING SMALL ARMS Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: weaponry, applicable in specimens of automatic small arms having a tough locking. SUBSTANCE: folding small arms has a barrel assembly with members of tough locking, receiver assembly fastened to it by the hinge axle with hinge ears, fastening assembly of the barrel assembly and receiver assembly in the fighting position, breechblock carrier with the cocking handle and the breechblock stop. On the side opposite the hinge the barrel assembly and receiver assembly have lugs adjoining each other. An axle is installed in the opening made in the lug of the receiver assembly, parallel to the hinge axle, fastened to which is a handle for turning. Conjugate bearing surfaces are made on the handle in the closed position and on the side of the lug on the barrel assembly facing it. The cocking handle is located in a closed groove made in the lateral wall of the receiver. It is fastened in the breechblock carrier for folding back, in the recess made the inner surface of the receiver. The handle has a catch keeping it the working position. EFFECT: improved operating characteristics: provision of arms disassembly in folded position, and simplified process of weapon arming. 4 dwg