On-board ammunition container
US4898070A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A9/86
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Ammunition container for belted rounds to be used in conjuction with automatic guns in an aircraft including a longitudinally extending channel having a width corresponding at least approximately to a length of single round and a height equal to a diameter or an integral multiple of the diameter of the round; an ammunition feeding channel is on one end of the container channel and a belt introducing device as provided either on the same or on the opposite end of the container channel; a loading device, preferably a winch with crank and bracket is provided for pulling rounds on a belt into the channel and said one is located at the opposite end of the container channel; the container channel has multiple layers, there being deflection means to provide a continuous channel through the multiple layers.
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