Ordnance – Cartridge feeding – With magazine
Patent
1979-05-24
1981-03-03
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Cartridge feeding
With magazine
198347, F41D 1004
Patent
active
042533767
ABSTRACT:
A termination accumulator for a machine gun has a handling conveyor passing through a supply channel, a bypass channel, and a return channel. The supply channel leads to a feed system of a machine gun. The bypass channel has its other end connected to a return conveyor leading from the feed system. A gate is mounted at the junction of the bypass channel and supply channel operably between two positions, one position directs ammunition on the handling conveyor onto a supply conveyor leading to the feed system and a second position directs ammunition on the handling conveyor through the bypass channel. Upon release of a trigger mechanism operably connected to the gun, the gate moves from its first position to a second position such that the feed system continues its forward operation to clear itself of any live ammunition therein. The handling conveyor maintains a forward mode directing ammunition in to the bypass channel. A reversing mechanism reverses the handling conveyor to retrieve live ammunition from the bypass channel after the feed system is cleared of all live ammunition such that the live ammunition accumulated in the termination accumulator can be then fed to the feed system during the next operation of the machine gun.
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LaFever Clifford E.
Thompson Hugh B.
Washburn William J.
Bentley Stephen C.
Ford Motor Company
Permut Steven L.
Sadler Clifford L.
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