System for storing and feeding propellant charges

Details System for storing and feeding propellant charges System for storing and feeding propellant charges

1994-02-23

1995-10-17

Jordan, Charles T.

Ordnance

Cartridge feeding

With magazine

89 34, 89 45, F41A 909

Patent

active

054580447

ABSTRACT:
A system for storing and feeding propellant charges that are intended to be inserted into the chamber of the barrel of a medium- or large-caliber weapon of an armored vehicle such as a tank for example, contains a storage part including a magazine divided into m tiers each divided into n rows, each containing p individual charges of the modular type, and a feed part having a transfer device. The transfer device includes an elevator located opposite one face or front face of the magazine to receive individual charges and to transport them to a first tier of the elevator, a first device to insert individual charges into the elevator from each tier of the magazine, and a second device to remove individual charges from the first tier of the elevator and to transport a given number of the charges to a loading carrier.

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patent: 5107751 (1992-04-01), Grabner
patent: 5341720 (1994-08-01), Franzen et al.

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