Automatic weapon with small barrel for rapid firing
US5111732A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A9/31
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A medium caliber automatic firearm with a high firing rate including a star drum which revolves in indexed fashion and which is in line with and driven by a cylinder star wheel, whose rotation is synchronized with that of the star drum, is mounted to the side of and is parallel to the star drum. A stripper is mounted between the star wheel and the star drum in order to separate cartridges from links at a point where the ammunition belt comes out of the star wheel while allowing the links to be evacuated from the firearm. A mechanism is also included which introduces the cartridges into successive chambers of the cylinder, the cartridges being lined up with the chambers by a star drum as the latter rotates.
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