DE29913841U1 - Shooting sports facility - Google Patents

Description

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Applicant: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christof Rösch, 78176 Blumberg

Applicant No.:

Name: Shooting range

Description

The invention relates to a shooting range for skeet shooting and/or trap shooting with a collecting device for catching and collecting the fired shot and falling clay pigeon parts, which has at least one collecting surface inclined towards a collecting device, the distance of which from a throwing machine is smaller than the throwing distance of the throwing machine.

Bullet traps have been known for a long time in bullet shooting ranges. They are used to catch the bullets in a controlled manner in a bullet trap.

By catching the projectiles, it is prevented that they can escape from the shooting range and that they do not pose a safety hazard outside the facility. It is also possible to remove the projectiles from the catching device from time to time.

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and reuse or dispose of them. The collection and safe storage or recycling of the projectiles is necessary to prevent contamination of the groundwater and soil.

In systems already in use, the collection devices are usually installed under a roof. Devices made of wood, plastic, sand or earth are provided to collect the projectiles. The roof ensures that the projectiles can be stored dry and without danger to the environment until they are occasionally collected and removed.

At clay pigeon shooting ranges, clay targets are fired at, which are thrown into the air by throwing machines. These fly into the terrain on a trajectory that is more than 50 m away from the launching point. Lead shot of various calibers, such as 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm, is used as ammunition. Due to the long trajectories of both the shotgun shells and the clay targets or clay pigeons, it is necessary to set up the collecting device over a very wide area so that all the projectiles and clay pigeon fragments can be collected.

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In open areas, this can be an area of 200 m x 200 m. In older plants, the falling scrap material was simply left lying on the ground. The plants were usually located in hydrologically favorable areas, so that the authorities could tolerate the entry of heavy metals and other elements such as antimony and arsenic. Recently, however, such plants are no longer tolerated. Instead, controlled collection and disposal of the toxic substances is prescribed.

A collecting device is already known (DE-295 05 310.0) in which modular collecting nets are provided to collect the falling pellets, which form inclined collecting surfaces. The inclinations of the individual collecting surfaces are directed towards a central lowest point, where a collecting container is located. The individual collecting nets are each attached to posts that are connected to one another via ropes.

Because a permanent installation of such safety nets is not possible, they must at least be dismantled before the onset of winter and reassembled at the start of the new season. In addition, they are exposed to wind and rain,

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so that other objects carried by the wind can also get stuck in them. The risk of damage is also very high, especially during storms.

The invention is based on the object of creating a shooting sports facility of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which the devices used to collect the shot and clay pigeon remains are permanently installed in a spatially defined area without requiring maintenance, both manual and mechanical collection of the shot and clay pigeon remains is possible in a simple manner and in which the rainwater (surface water) can also be controlled and, above all, channeled into a drainage system free of shot and clay pigeon remains or other contaminants.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the collecting area is formed by a sealed slope which runs in an arc around the throwing machine, is at least 15 m high and is at least 50 m away from the throwing machine, at the base of which there is a sealed collecting trough, on or in which a low-pressure collecting tank is located between the throwing machine and the slope.

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The floor area, which also slopes towards the collecting trough and is sealed, ends.

The main advantage of the system according to the invention is that it remains installed all year round and ensures a high level of security that the shot and clay pigeon fragments do not penetrate into the soil and can be easily collected.

It is particularly advantageous if the embankment is completely covered with a plastic film according to claim 2 and the ground surface is sealed with a smooth bitumen layer according to claim 3, so that the ground surface can also be driven over by vehicles which are used, for example, to clean the ground surface and/or to collect the shot and clay pigeon fragments which have fallen onto the ground surface.

Further advantageous embodiments of the shooting range according to the invention are the subject of claims 4 to 15.

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The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1 shows a shooting range of the type according to the invention in plan view;

Fig. 2 shows a section II-II of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows, on an enlarged scale, a sectional view of the collecting trough with an integration pit along the section line IH-III of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged sectional view of the collecting trough with a sewage shaft along the section line IV-IV in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 and 6 show on an enlarged scale two different cross-sectional profiles of the tubes used as weights.

The shooting range shown in plan in Fig. 1 has a shooting range S for skeet shooting and next to it a shooting range T for trap shooting. In skeet shooting, the shooters shooting clay pigeons stand in a semicircle 10 between two trap machines 11. Only one shot may be fired at each pigeon.

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In trap shooting, the shooters who shoot at the clay pigeons that have been thrown stand in a line 20 parallel in front of the trapping machine 21. They are each allowed to fire two shots at the pigeons that have been thrown in alternating directions.

The skeet shooting range S shown in Fig. 1 has a total of seven shooting positions 12 around the semicircle 10, while the trap shooting range T has four shooting positions 22 along the straight line 20. These shooting positions 12 and 22 can easily also be present in other numbers.

This shooting range has a collecting surface 1 as a collecting device for catching and collecting the fired shot and falling clay pigeon parts, the distance e of which from a throwing machine 11 or 21 is smaller than its throwing distance. In the embodiment shown, this distance e is approximately 60 m. The layout of the two throwing machines 11 and 21 shown in Fig. 1 results in an essentially C-shaped layout.

The catching area 1 is surrounded by a sealed area running in a C-shaped arc around the throwing machines 11 and 21.

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Slope 2 is formed. The height h of this embankment 2 is at least 15 m, but preferably 20 m, whereby the distance e of the embankment crown 3 from the respectively assigned throwing machine 11 or 21 should be at least 50 m.

At a lower height, it is advisable or, in some cases, necessary to provide the embankment crown with an additional retaining wall.

The embankment itself can be naturally formed or artificially constructed.

A sealed collecting trough 5 runs along a foot line 4 of the embankment 2, at or in which a ground surface 6, which is also sealed and lies between the throwing machines 11 or 21 and the embankment 2 and runs with a slight gradient of approximately 2% to 3% towards the collecting trough 5, ends.

The slope 2 is completely covered with a plastic film 7, the lower edge 8 of which ends in an overlapping manner in the collecting trough 5. The floor surface 6 and the collecting trough 5 are each sealed with a continuous, smooth bitumen layer 9. The slope 2 has a slope angle α of preferably 45°. This slope

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The angle of inclination α should be at least 30° and at most 55°.

The film 7 can be composed of several sheets glued or welded together.

The film 7 with which the slope 2 is sealed is made of polyethylene. Its thickness should be at least 1.5 mm. A thickness of 3 mm has proven to be optimal.

The upper foil edge 15 (Fig. 2) is anchored in an embedment trench 16 running along the slope crown 3, which is expediently filled with gravel or the like.

To weigh down the film 7, several weights 17 are provided, each running in the direction of fall and extending over the entire height h of the slope. These weights 17 consist of rods or tubes, each of which is attached to the top of the slope 3 and in the collecting trough. Plastic tubes filled with a weighting material, e.g. sand or gravel, are expediently used for this purpose. The lower ends 18 of the weights 17 are each in

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Anchored in embedment pits 25 which are filled with sand, gravel or similar material and covered, i.e. sealed, by the bitumen layer 9. In addition, these embedment pits 25 are also at least partially covered by the lower edge 8 of the film 7.

Depending on the location of the system, the weights 17 can be arranged at greater or lesser distances of 10 m to 30 m from each other. They each rest directly on the film 7 covering the slope 2 in order to secure it against lifting and shifting.

It is also important that the lower ends 18 of the rods or tubes that make up the weights 17 each extend through the lower edge 8 of the film 7 that extends into the collecting trough. To prevent water from penetrating, the film 7 is provided at these points with watertight sleeves 19 that tightly enclose the rods or tubes. These sleeves are expediently glued or welded with their upper edges 19' to the peripheral surfaces of the tubes or rods, while the lower ends of the sleeves 19 are provided with an annular collar 23 glued or welded to the lower edge 8 of the film.

In order to better identify the weight 17, the foil 7 and the surface of the slope 2, these are shown in Fig. 3

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shown at a distance from each other. In reality, however, the film 7 lies directly on the slope 2 and the weights 17 lie directly on the film 7.

The upper ends of the rods or tubes forming the weights 17 are each provided with a section 26 resting on the horizontal part of the embankment crown 3 or the film 7, which is anchored in a suitable manner on the embankment crown 3.

The tubes forming the weights 17 according to Fig. 5 or Fig. 6 expediently have a flat cross-section with a flat base surface 28 resting on the film 7. These tubes can have a rectangular cross-section according to Fig. 5 or a loaf-like cross-section according to Fig. 6.

As can be seen from Fig. 1, between the weights 17 fixed at least with their lower ends 18 in the embedment pits 2, additional weights 13 in the form of short tubes or rods filled with sand or the like can be provided, which rest on the film 7 while hanging loosely on ropes or wires 14.

The collecting trough 5, which extends at least approximately over the entire length of the foot line 4 of the slope 2, is provided in the embodiment with two water drainage shafts

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These water drainage shafts 30 each have a drain pipe 31 near the bottom of the shaft, through which they are connected to a drainage system. To collect the shot and clay pigeon parts, each water drainage shaft 30 has a collecting device in the form of a removable bucket 32. This bucket 32 consists of a water-permeable sieve that collects the shot and clay pigeon shards. The upper edge of the bucket 32 is designed as a funnel 33. It also has a handle 34 by which it can be easily removed from the water drainage shaft 30. It is also important that the bottom 36 of the bucket 32 has a sufficiently large vertical distance from the drain pipe 31 or from the shaft bottom 38 so that the shot and clay pigeon parts collected in the bucket 32 are not in standing rainwater.

The water drainage shaft is covered by a cover grid 35 that can be driven over. This ensures that the shot and clay pigeon parts that reach the collecting trough 5 from the sealed slope 2 or the ground surface 6, for example washed up by rainwater, can be safely collected in the water drainage shafts, which can also be provided in large numbers, by the buckets 32 arranged therein and can thus be easily disposed of.

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Another possibility for catching the shot and clay pigeon parts in the area of the water drainage shafts 30 is to provide a sieve collar 37 that surrounds the edge of the water drainage shaft. This sieve collar 37 is placed on the cover grid 35 in such a way that it catches the shot and clay pigeon parts that accumulate in the area of the water drainage shaft 30 or prevents them from falling into the water drainage shaft 30. These shot and clay pigeon parts caught by the sieve collar 37 can be removed manually or mechanically from time to time.

The sieve collar 3 is provided with a preferably curved cover 39, which can be closed or designed as a sieve. With sufficient stability and with a design that is as low as possible, the sieve collar 37 can also be designed so that it can be driven over.

In both cases it is ensured that the shot, which usually consists of lead, does not remain for a long time in the rainwater flowing away through the water drainage shaft 30. Contamination of the rainwater is thus largely avoided.

It is also possible to provide both collection devices simultaneously or alternatively.

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It is understood that the collecting trough 5 has a gradient towards the two water drainage shafts 30, which ensures proper water drainage.

Claims (15)

1. Shooting range for skeet shooting and/or trap shooting with a collecting device for collecting and collecting the fired shot and falling clay pigeon parts, which has at least one collecting surface ( 1 ) inclined towards a collecting device, the distance (e) of which from a throwing machine ( 11 , 21 ) is smaller than the throwing distance of the throwing machine, characterized in that the collecting surface ( 1 ) is formed by a sealed slope ( 2 ) which runs in an arc around the throwing machine, is at least 15 m high and at least 50 m away from the throwing machine, at the base line ( 4 ) of which there is a sealed collecting trough ( 5 ), on or in which a floor area ( 6 ) which is also sealed and which lies between the throwing machine ( 11 , 21 ) and the slope ( 2 ) and runs with a slight gradient towards the collecting trough ( 5 ) ends. 2. Shooting range according to claim 1, characterized in that the slope ( 2 ) is completely covered with a film ( 7 ) made of plastic, the lower edge ( 8 ) of which ends in an overlapping manner in the collecting trough ( 5 ). 3. Shooting range according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the floor surface ( 6 ) and the collecting trough ( 5 ) are sealed with a continuous smooth bitumen layer ( 9 ). 4. Shooting range according to claim 2, characterized in that the upper foil edge ( 15 ) is anchored in an integration trench ( 16 ) running along the slope crown ( 3 ). 5. Shooting range according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the collecting trough ( 5 ) extends at least approximately over the entire length of the foot line ( 4 ) of the slope ( 2 ) and is provided with at least one water drainage shaft ( 30 ) equipped with a collecting device ( 32 ) for the shot and clay pigeon parts. 6. Shooting range according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the film ( 7 ) is provided with several weights each running in the direction of fall, which extend individually or together over the entire height of the slope. 7. Shooting range according to claim 6, characterized in that the weights consist of rods or tubes ( 17 ) which are respectively fastened to the embankment crown ( 3 ) and in the collecting trough. 8. Shooting range according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the weights ( 17 ) consist of plastic tubes which are filled with a weighting material, in particular sand or gravel. 9. Shooting range according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the weights ( 17 ) consisting of rods or tubes protrude with their lower ends ( 18 ) into an embedment pit ( 25 ) filled with loose filling material, which is covered by the film ( 7 ). 10. Shooting range according to claim 9, characterized in that the lower ends of the rods or tubes extend through the lower edge of the film ( 7 ) extending into the collecting trough and that the film ( 7 ) is provided at these points with watertight sleeves ( 19 ) fastened to it, which tightly enclose the rods or tubes. 11. Shooting range according to one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that the upper ends of the rods or tubes ( 17 ) are each provided with a rod or tube section ( 26 ) resting on a horizontal part of the slope crown ( 3 ). 12. Shooting range according to one of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that the tubes have a flat cross-section with a base surface ( 28 ) lying flat on the film ( 7 ). 13. Shooting range according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the film ( 7 ) consists of polyethylene and has a thickness of at least 1.5 mm, preferably 3 mm. 14. Shooting range according to claim 1 or one of claims 2 to 13, characterized in that the slope ( 2 ) has a substantially C-shaped plan and comprises both a skeet shooting range (S) with several shooting stands ( 12 ) arranged in a semicircle between two throwing machines ( 11 ) and a trap shooting range (T) with several shooting stands ( 22 ) arranged in a line ( 20 ) parallel in front of a throwing machine ( 21 ). 15. Shooting range according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the slope ( 2 ) has a slope angle (α) of at least 30°, preferably 45°.