Patent ID: 6530572
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
A trap for receiving and de-energizing a bullet comprising:a funnel shaped receiver having a wide entrance and a narrow exit for a bullet to pass therethrough, said receiver having side walls converging from said entrance to said exit to guide the bullet toward said exit and further having a center axis extending from said entrance to said exit between said side walls; an energy dissipating housing having a vertical axis and a circular interior surface surrounding said vertical axis with an opening connected to said exit to receive and direct the bullet into a circular path around said vertical axis decreasing the kinetic energy of the bullet, said housing having an outlet for the bullet to move therethrough after following the circular path; a collector tube connected between said receiver and said housing and extending from said exit to said opening to direct the bullet from said receiver to said housing, said collector tube including a longitudinal axis arranged at an included acute angle relative to said center axis with said opening off set from said center axis and said exit to limit movement of the bullet and any fragments thereof from said housing through said receiver; an elongated vertical member mounted to said housing and extending longitudinally along said vertical axis being located offset from said longitudianal axis, said circular interior surface surrounding said vertical axis limiting movement of the bullet across said vertical axis to limit the bullet from ricocheting from said housing and out said receiver; and, a container to receive the bullet moving through said outlet.