||||IIII US005581926A United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 5,581,926 Taalib-Din Et Al
||||IIII US005581926A United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 5,581,926 Taalib-din et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 10, 1996 (54) MANUALLY ACTUATED REFLE 817,198 4/1906 Smith ........................................ 89/193 2,771,819 11/1956 Morse et al................................. 42/16 (75) Inventors: Abdul Taalib-din, Detroit; Tchavdar 2,882,635 4/1959 Hill ............................................. 42/17 Tchakarov, Monroe; Ronald Wiand, Troy, all of Mich.; Valentin Dimchev, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Sofia, Bulgaria 115113 3/1949 Australia ................................. 89/93 61509 12/1948 United Kingdom ..................... 89/93 (73) Assignee: Sentinel Arms, B.G., Madison Heights, nited Kingdom Mich. Primary Examiner–Stephen M. Johnson (21) Appl. No.: 308,094 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. 22) Filed: Sep. 16, 1994 57 ABSTRACT (51) Int. Cl. ... F41A3/72 A manually actuated rifle which maintains the aesthetics of (52) as 42/16; 42/22 a semi-automatic rifle, but which is incapable of semi 58 Field of Search .................................... 42/16, 17, 18, automatic or automatic fire. A piston guide member is 42/19, 20, 21, 22; 89/14, 1.42, 128, 193 provided which has at least one aperture therein for pre venting actuation of the action by gas pressure. (56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 804,986 ll/1905 Stamm ...................................... 89/193 18 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets U.S. Patent Dec. 10, 1996 Sheet 1 of 2 5,581,926 42 Séas (Fig-3 3SNN'S 44 66 667 52 (Fig - 4 66b 66 U.S. Patent Dec. 10, 1996 Sheet 2 of 2 5,581,926 5,581,926 1.
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