Ordnance – Loading
Patent
1984-02-15
1986-01-28
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Loading
F41F 906
Patent
active
045663696
ABSTRACT:
A compact loading tray mechanism for loading an ammunition into a gun barrel weapon, preferably a tank cannon. The loading tray mechanism operates so as to prevent an impacting of the cartridge on the rear edge of the loading chamber of the weapon. A first lower loading tray is pivotally mounted on a first pivot arm at one of its ends which first pivot arm is in turn pivotally mounted on a non-recoiling part of the weapon at the other of its ends. A second upper loading tray is fixedly mounted on a second pivot arm at one of its ends which second pivot arm is in turn pivotally mounted at its other end on a non-recoiling part of the weapon. A crank drive is operatively connected to the first and second pivot arms for jointly pivoting them transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the gun barrel into a loading position in which the respective first and second loading trays form a quasi-extension of the gun barrel which extension forms a cylindrical passage whose internal diameter corresponds to the outer diameter of cartridge bottom. The crank drive also pivots jointly the first and second pivot arms into a folded down position which transversely laterally removed from their loading position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 697126 (1902-04-01), Becker
patent: 2851928 (1958-09-01), Hultgren et al.
Bierwirth Adolf P.
Zielinski Erich
Bentley Stephen C.
Rheinmetall GmbH
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