GB572929A - Improvements in belted ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns - Google Patents

Improvements in belted ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns

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Publication number
GB572929A
GB572929A GB7210/42A GB721042A GB572929A GB 572929 A GB572929 A GB 572929A GB 7210/42 A GB7210/42 A GB 7210/42A GB 721042 A GB721042 A GB 721042A GB 572929 A GB572929 A GB 572929A
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gun
belt
feed
box
cartridge
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GB7210/42A
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Bendix Aviation Corp
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Bendix Aviation Corp
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41AFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/29Feeding of belted ammunition

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Automatic Assembly (AREA)
  • Automobile Manufacture Line, Endless Track Vehicle, Trailer (AREA)

Abstract

572,929. Gun turrets ; cartridge-belt feed-mechanism. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. May 27, 1942, No. 7210. Convention date, July 9,1941. [Classes 92 (i) and 92 (ii)] Cartridge belts for automatic guns are fed from a fixed belt box over a tapered roller mounted on a spindle fixed to the gun. The arrangement is such that cartridges lying in the belt box with their axes at right angles to the gun are, during the feed, turned into line with the gun feed box. The feed is unaffected by gun elevation. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the cartridge-belt feedmechanism is shown applied to an upper turret 12 on aircraft mounted on a vertical column 18 rotated for training by an electric motor 16, the guns being carried at the ends of a transverse shaft 32 rotated for elevation'by a motor 34. The gunner occupies a seat 26 with foot-rests 28, or stands on a platform 30. Each cartridge belt passes from a belt box over a tapered roller 54 rotating on an inclined spindle 52. The cartridges are oonfined by end plates 56, 58 and by a fixed guide plate 60, and are turned into line with the gun feed box as they are conveyed upwardly from the belt box 162, Fig. 7, over a roller 159 and round the tapered roller 54. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the cartridges are guided into the feed box by a further roller 155.
GB7210/42A 1941-07-09 1942-05-27 Improvements in belted ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns Expired GB572929A (en)

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US401574A US2379185A (en) 1941-07-09 1941-07-09 Gun feed mechanism

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GB572929A true GB572929A (en) 1945-10-30

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2149069A (en) * 1983-10-26 1985-06-05 Agusta Aeronaut Costr Gun turrets
CH665474A5 (en) * 1985-01-08 1988-05-13 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Mechanism for guiding cartridges into weapon breech - has turntable which swings cartridges through 90 deg.

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US2415967A (en) * 1942-02-04 1947-02-18 Bendix Aviat Corp Gun turret
US2463056A (en) * 1944-07-03 1949-03-01 United Shoe Machinery Corp Airplane gun mount
US2457242A (en) * 1944-11-30 1948-12-28 United Shoe Machinery Corp Gun turret
US2487237A (en) * 1945-02-14 1949-11-08 United Shoe Machinery Corp Power-operated flexible machine gun mount
DE1063937B (en) * 1957-10-23 1959-08-20 Wegmann & Co Belt feed for automatic firearms
US3901123A (en) * 1971-09-30 1975-08-26 Pacific Car & Foundry Co Cartridge feed and orientation system for rapid fire weapon
DE3660694D1 (en) * 1985-06-04 1988-10-13 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Device for feeding cartridges to a vertically aimable gun
US5782157A (en) * 1997-04-02 1998-07-21 Esco Electronics Company Chuting assembly for ammunition magazine feed
KR101000030B1 (en) 2008-12-18 2010-12-09 재단법인 국방기술품질원 Aligner of link for transferring bullet
DE202009007415U1 (en) 2009-05-25 2010-08-26 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Modular weapon carrier
IL200036A (en) * 2009-07-23 2015-02-26 Rafael Advanced Defense Sys System and method for protected reloading of a remote controlled weapon station
US11725893B2 (en) 2021-05-05 2023-08-15 Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. Compact ammunition conveyor twister

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2149069A (en) * 1983-10-26 1985-06-05 Agusta Aeronaut Costr Gun turrets
CH665474A5 (en) * 1985-01-08 1988-05-13 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Mechanism for guiding cartridges into weapon breech - has turntable which swings cartridges through 90 deg.

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