Ordnance – Cartridge feeding – With magazine
Patent
1981-08-17
1983-08-30
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Cartridge feeding
With magazine
F41D 1014
Patent
active
044010087
ABSTRACT:
A feature of this invention is the provision of a train of rounds carriers, adapted to come from a stationary supply, each carrier coupled to the next adjacent carrier by pivot means capable of unrestricted rotation, and each carrier carrying a respective round of ammunition; and a rounds orientation means, adapted to rotate in train as a function of the rotation in train of a gun and to intercept and orient each assembly of carrier and respective round, by rotation of its respective pivot means, to an orientation in train which is determined by the orientation in train of the gun.
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H. C. Foshag Designed System Used With the 20 mm Towed Vulcan Air Defense System.
Bentley Stephen C.
General Electric Company
Kuch Bailin L.
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