EP0936433A3 - Cartridge loading device for a repeating firearm - Google Patents

Cartridge loading device for a repeating firearm Download PDF

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EP0936433A3
EP0936433A3 EP98123904A EP98123904A EP0936433A3 EP 0936433 A3 EP0936433 A3 EP 0936433A3 EP 98123904 A EP98123904 A EP 98123904A EP 98123904 A EP98123904 A EP 98123904A EP 0936433 A3 EP0936433 A3 EP 0936433A3
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Johannes Murello
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Heckler und Koch GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/64—Magazines for unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/65—Box magazines having a cartridge follower
    • F41A9/70—Arrangements thereon for discharging, e.g. cartridge followers or discharge throats
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/01—Feeding of unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/06—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using cyclically moving conveyors, i.e. conveyors having ammunition pusher or carrier elements which are emptied or disengaged from the ammunition during the return stroke
    • F41A9/09—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines
    • F41A9/10—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging
    • F41A9/13—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane
    • F41A9/16—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane which is parallel to the barrel axis
    • F41A9/17—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane which is parallel to the barrel axis mounted within a smallarm
    • F41A9/19—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane which is parallel to the barrel axis mounted within a smallarm feeding from a tubular magazine mounted in the stock

Abstract

Bei einer Mehrlade-Handfeuerwaffe ist eine Fördereinrichtung vorgesehen, um die oberste Patrone im Magazin (14) quer zu ihrer Erstreckung in eine Zwischenstation zu fördern, und eine Hubeinrichtung (10), um die Patrone in der Zwischenstation zu ergreifen und vertikal in eine Zuführstation zu bewegen, in der sie parallel zur Achse des Laufes (25) der Waffe ausgerichtet ist.With a multi-load handgun is a conveyor provided the top cartridge in the magazine (14) across to their extension to an intermediate station convey, and a lifting device (10) to the cartridge in to take the intermediate station and vertically into one To move the feed station in which it is parallel to the axis of the Barrel (25) of the weapon is aligned.

Die Hubeinrichtung ist bevorzugt als Zuführgabel (10) ausgebildet, die mit ihren Zinken (31) die in der Zwischenstation befindliche Patrone bevorzugt von vorne her untergreift und dann in einer Kippbewegung in die Zuführstation anhebt.

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The lifting device is preferably designed as a feed fork (10) which, with its tines (31), preferably engages under the cartridge located in the intermediate station from the front and then lifts it into the feed station in a tilting movement.
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EP98123904A 1998-02-10 1998-12-16 Cartridge loading device for a repeating firearm Expired - Lifetime EP0936433B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE19805297A DE19805297C1 (en) 1998-02-10 1998-02-10 Cartridge feeder for a multi-load handgun
DE19805297 1998-02-10
US09/248,501 US6389947B1 (en) 1998-02-10 1999-02-10 Cartridge feed device for a repeating firearm

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EP0936433A2 EP0936433A2 (en) 1999-08-18
EP0936433A3 true EP0936433A3 (en) 2001-01-03
EP0936433B1 EP0936433B1 (en) 2003-07-09

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EP (1) EP0936433B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE244865T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2261331C (en)
DE (2) DE19805297C1 (en)
ES (1) ES2201398T3 (en)

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ES2201398T3 (en) 2004-03-16
DE19805297C1 (en) 1999-11-25
DE59808981D1 (en) 2003-08-14
EP0936433B1 (en) 2003-07-09
EP0936433A2 (en) 1999-08-18
US20020033091A1 (en) 2002-03-21
US6397721B1 (en) 2002-06-04
CA2261331A1 (en) 1999-08-10
ATE244865T1 (en) 2003-07-15
CA2261331C (en) 2006-07-04

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