Patent ID: 6314777
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A locking device for locking a revolver having a cylinder with a cylinder chamber, the cylinder chamber having a bullet cartridge portion, a relatively smaller diameter bullet round portion and a chamber constraining shoulder therebetween, the locking device comprising:a lock housing including a front tubular section and a rear section,the front tubular section being sized to fit through the bullet round portion and extend past the constraining shoulder of the cylinder chamber, the front tubular section including a housing hole extending axially therein and a captive hole extending radially therethrough to the housing hole,the rear section attached to a distal end of the front tubular section and having a relatively larger outer periphery than the front tubular section;a camming member disposed within the captive hole; andan activation rod movable within the housing hole between a locked position and an unlocked position, the activation rod having a major periphery and a smaller minor periphery;wherein, when the activation rod is in the unlocked position, the camming member engages the minor periphery and is disengaged from the constraining shoulder, and wherein, when the activation rod is in the locked position, the camming member is captured between the major periphery of the activation rod and the constraining shoulder of the cylinder chamber, and the rear section is engaged against the cylinder.