Patent ID: 8528691

Claim:
A sound suppressor for a firearm, the firearm having a barrel being threaded on its front end, comprising: a) a tubular cover having front and rear end portions, said cover being closed with a centrally disposed bullet aperture on said front end portion, said cover being open on said rear end portion; b) a core, said core having front and rear end portions, left and right side portions, and a central axis, wherein said core is removably inserted into said tubular cover; c) left and right ribs being disposed on said left and right side portion, respectively, of said core and extending from said front end to said rear end of said core; d) a plurality of baffles disposed in said core, each said baffle having upper and lower portions, left and right side portions, front and rear surface portions, and a centrally disposed bullet aperture therein, wherein each said left side portion of each said baffle is disposed on said left rib and each right side portion of each said baffle is disposed on said right rib, wherein said baffles are spaced apart between said front and rear end portions of said core so as to form an expansion space between each said baffle and its adjacent baffle; e) wherein each baffle in said plurality of baffles is disposed at an opposite acute angle to each adjacent baffle so that closest parts of adjacent baffles are spaced from each other with no overlapping of adjacent baffles, wherein the angle is measured with respect to a line perpendicular to said central axis of said core; and f) both front and rear surfaces of every baffle having serrations, whereby firing gasses are forced to encounter serrations on both sides of each baffle.