Split compression piston

摘要

In a spring piston airgun, a compression piston is provided for longitudinal translation within a compression tube in response to a motive force. The compression piston includes a main piston body and a piston head, wherein the piston body and piston head are coupled for partial independent translation along a longitudinal axis. A resilient compressible bushing is longitudinally intermediate a portion of the piston body and the piston head, such that upon a deceleration of the piston head, the piston body is not immediately acted upon by the deceleration, rather the bushing absorbs a portion of the deceleration and radially expands to contact the compression tube.

主权项

1. An airgun comprising:
(a) a barrel; (b) a compression tube having transfer port fluidly connected to the barrel; (c) a compression piston at partially disposed within the compression tube and moveable within the compression tube between a first position and a second position, the compression piston having a piston body and a piston head, the piston head being longitudinally displaceable relative to the piston body during movement from the first position to the second position; (d) a seal connected to the piston head and forming a sealed interface with an inside surface of the compression tube; (e) a spring contacting the compression piston, the spring repeatably moveable between a cocked position and a fired position, wherein the compression piston is in the first position in the cocked position of the spring and the compression piston is in the second position in the fired position of the spring; and (f) a radially expandable bushing connected to the piston body, the bushing radially expanding from a non contacting configuration to a contacting configuration in response to a longitudinal compressive force on the bushing, the longitudinal compressive force corresponding to movement of the spring from the cocked position to the fired position and the radial expansion of the bushing in the contacting configuration sufficient to contact the inside surface of the compression tube.