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Flexible ammunition channel

US4301711A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1979
Grant dateNov 24, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 17, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A9/57
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible ammunition channel comprising a multiplicity of elements connected with one another by hinges or pivots. The side walls of the ammunition channel, which are directed perpendicular to the bending plane of such ammunition channel, are constituted by flexible guide elements extending through the individual elements of the ammunition channel. The ammunition is precisely guided with small resistance against forward feed or advance thereof.

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