US PATENT SUBCLASS 89 / 178
.~.~ Barrel return means

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125  DF  AUTOMATIC {14}
160  DF  .~ Movable barrel (e.g., rotary) {4}
178.~.~ Barrel return means

DEFINITION

Classification: 89/178

(under subclass 160) Guns in which the invention lies in the means for returning the barrel to firing position.

(1) Note. The return means is usually a spring device, which also opposes the recoil of the barrel.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

42+, for similar devices for nonautomatic guns.

177, for barrel buffer springs, claimed per se or combined with barrel return means.

199, for breech-block return means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 267, Spring Devices.