RECEIVER TOP PLATE Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC F41C27/00 

FIELD: components of automatic weapon, applicable in short-range automatic weapon with an unlocked breech and outside location of its lever.

SUBSTANCE: on one side the top plate has a lateral lug closing the lateral slot of the opposite side - a lateral slot for movement of the breech lever, on the ends - inclined places with holes for the stop and the latch of the slide bar of the retracting mechanism held on the receiver at a coincidence of the top plate lug with the lateral slot of the receiver, as well as of the stop and the latch of the slide bar of the retracting mechanism with the top plane holes. Both ends of the receiver top plate are made identical and removed at an equal distance from the edges of the lateral lug proceeding from the condition of its locking on the receiver with location of the lateral lug at a probable turn of it in the horizontal plane through 180 deg, combining the slots of the top cover and the receiver on the opposite side. Forming a space for movement of the breech lever installed on the right-hand or left-hand side, which is convenient for left-handed or right-handed persons respectively.

EFFECT: enhanced convenience of use of the weapon taking into account the individual peculiarities of the shooter.

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