Firearm or repeating pyrotechnic mortar that advances cartridges from a magazine into a firing chamber by a chemical detonation or steam explosion
US7676973B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42C19/12
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of loading individual caseless cartridges sequentially into a firearm firing chamber by the expansive force of a small detonation in the magazine focused locally on the current top cartridge in a magazine without damaging remaining cartridges. Small individual propelling charges containing an igniter microchip located in the magazine behind each cartridge provides the loading thrust. More energetic charges containing igniter microchips are imbedded in the cartridges to fire the cartridge in the firing chamber at will.
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