Variable payload magazine with automatic reload feature
US12235067B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D55/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A magazine for loading projectiles into a launch assembly by gravity feed. The magazine has a plurality blades radially extending from a central axis and defining a like plurality of compartments in an axially rotatable ring. The ring rests upon a stationary deck plate having a hole for gravity feed of the projectile into the launch assembly below. Projectiles having different fight characteristics are deposited into the compartments at a safe location, supported by the deck plate and the launch assembly with an associated device are transported to a hostile environment. A first projectile is launched by the launch assembly in a longitudinal direction. The launch assembly is retracted, automatically indexing the rotatable ring and dropping the next projectile through the hole and into the launch assembly for subsequent launch.
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