Low inertia linear linkless ammunition feeding system
US4833966A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 30, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A9/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A linear linkless ammunition feeding system includes a magazine in which a major portion of an endless ammunition conveyor is supported in serpentine formation on upper and lower sets of opposed rails. Screw feeder elements convey this serpentine formation linearly to an exit end of the magazine where the serpentine conveyor loops thereof are successively unwrapped from the rails by a first shuttle mechanism and accelerated to conveyor gun firing velocity. A second, identical shuttle mechanism stationed at the entrance end of the magazine decelerates the conveyor coming from the gun and wraps it into serpentine loops on the rails.
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