Automatic weapons having a cartridge belt feed

Details Automatic weapons having a cartridge belt feed Automatic weapons having a cartridge belt feed

1976-10-14

1978-01-17

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Cartridge feeding

With magazine

F41D 902

Patent

active

040685578

ABSTRACT:
An automatic weapons fed by a cartridge belt comprising a trigger and a feed mechanism for feeding the cartridge belt by applying traction force to the belt to advance the belt from a casing in which the belt is placed in overlapping folds. A feed assisting mechanism is provided for applying additional traction to the belt and comprises a star-shaped rotor in mesh with the cartridge belt in a zone situated downstream of the feed mechanism and an electrical motor drivingly coupled to the rotor and coupled to the trigger to furnish a torque whose energization is controlled by the operation of the trigger so that each time the trigger is activated the motor is energized. The feed assisting mechanism is disposed on a guide passage for the cartridge belt disposed between the feed mechanism on the weapon and the casing for the belt.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2403170 (1946-07-01), Chapman et al.
patent: 2557441 (1951-06-01), Kornblum et al.
patent: 2719459 (1955-10-01), Peterson
patent: 3090880 (1963-05-01), Raymound
patent: 3144574 (1964-08-01), Henry-Baudot

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