F41B 11/648 - Definition

Definition statement

This subclass covers:

The breaking of the airgun, i.e. the relative movement of two hinged parts of the airgun, usually the barrel and the receiver, actuates the spring-piston arrangement so as to put the spring under tension and hold the piston in the fully spring-loaded position, i.e. cocking by breakdown mechanism.

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Breakdown activated pumping arrangements for pre-compressing air for storing it into a pressurised air storage tank	F41B 11/684
Cocking mechanisms in breakdown firearms	F41A 19/41
Conventional breakdown guns per se	F41C 7/11