Automated ammunition transfer device

Details Automated ammunition transfer device Automated ammunition transfer device

1995-01-20

1996-06-18

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Cartridge feeding

Holders

89 4007, 89 46, F41A 964

Patent

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055267300

ABSTRACT:
An ammunition transfer system, for large caliber artillery ammunitions of varying dimension, using a shuttle moveable through the transfer device's housing to transfer a projectile into or out of the said device. The said shuttle has gripping devices to engage the rotating band and base area of the projectile to release it according to biasing cams adjacent to the path of travel. The remainder of the projectile is supported by roller devices in the housing of the transfer device. A multiplicity of storage cavities provide the means to store projectiles. The said transfer device may be mounted to a positioning system capable of aligning it with any particular storage cell and transporting it to other destinations.

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Pan, K. C., Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine, "Applicati of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence to Armament", Sep.-Oct. 1983, pp. 15-17.

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