Ordnance – Cartridge feeding – Holders
Patent
1988-01-25
1990-02-06
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Cartridge feeding
Holders
89 3719, F41D 1036
Patent
active
048980706
ABSTRACT:
Ammunition container for belted rounds to be used in conjuction with automatic guns in an aircraft including a longitudinally extending channel having a width corresponding at least approximately to a length of single round and a height equal to a diameter or an integral multiple of the diameter of the round; an ammunition feeding channel is on one end of the container channel and a belt introducing device as provided either on the same or on the opposite end of the container channel; a loading device, preferably a winch with crank and bracket is provided for pulling rounds on a belt into the channel and said one is located at the opposite end of the container channel; the container channel has multiple layers, there being deflection means to provide a continuous channel through the multiple layers.
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Bentley Stephen C.
Dornier GmbH
Siegemund Ralf H.
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