GB1094640A - Improvements in or relating to an ammunition belt feeder for automatic weapons - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to an ammunition belt feeder for automatic weapons

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Publication number
GB1094640A
GB1094640A GB20093/66A GB2009366A GB1094640A GB 1094640 A GB1094640 A GB 1094640A GB 20093/66 A GB20093/66 A GB 20093/66A GB 2009366 A GB2009366 A GB 2009366A GB 1094640 A GB1094640 A GB 1094640A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
belt
feed
sprocket
housing
aperture
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB20093/66A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Rheinmetall Industrie AG
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Rheinmetall GmbH
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Application filed by Rheinmetall GmbH filed Critical Rheinmetall GmbH
Publication of GB1094640A publication Critical patent/GB1094640A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • F41A9/49—Internally-powered drives, i.e. operated by propellant charge energy, e.g. couplings, clutches, energy accumulators
    • 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
    • F41A9/29—Feeding of belted ammunition
    • F41A9/30—Sprocket-type belt transporters
    • 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
    • F41A9/37—Feeding two or more kinds of ammunition to the same gun; Feeding from two sides

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
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  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

1,094,640. Belt feed mechanism for automatic weapons. RHEINMETALL G.m.b.H. May 6, 1966 [May 18, 1965], No. 20093/66. Heading F3C. An ammunition belt feed mechanism for an automatic weapon 2 comprises a housing 1, a movable feed sprocket 10, an intermittentlyoperated drive mechanism, a coupling for connecting and disconnecting the feed sprocket 10 from the drive mechanism and, at least two belt feed apertures in the housing which are so disposed with respect to the feed sprocket that the direction of movement of the feed sprocket is constant irrespective of which aperture is used. The drive mechanism includes a spring drum 17 rotated in response to the recoil of the weapon or by gas from the barrel by a transmission means acting on a cam 26, pinions 18, 19 driven by the drum 17 and two ratchet couplings 20, 27 housed in the hub 13 of the sprocket 10. The ratchet couplings 20, 27 may be disconnected from the sprocket by actuation of a spring-loaded lever 28 forming the coupling to withdraw a belt from the mechanism. The belt feed apertures are provided, in the case of a rectangular cross-sectioned housing in three of its sides and each aperture is provided with a spring loaded flap 36 the inner surface of which acts as a guide for a belt when the corresponding aperture is not in use and the outer surface acts as a guide when the aperture is in use, the outer surface being pivoted such that it extends into the interior of the housing. The ammunition 7 is fed into the weapon 2 by a lug 11 from a disintegrating belt 8, 9.
GB20093/66A 1965-05-18 1966-05-06 Improvements in or relating to an ammunition belt feeder for automatic weapons Expired GB1094640A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DER40658A DE1290455B (en) 1965-05-18 1965-05-18 Belt feeder for automatic weapons

Publications (1)

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GB1094640A true GB1094640A (en) 1967-12-13

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GB20093/66A Expired GB1094640A (en) 1965-05-18 1966-05-06 Improvements in or relating to an ammunition belt feeder for automatic weapons

Country Status (9)

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US (1) US3367236A (en)
BE (1) BE680903A (en)
CH (1) CH440046A (en)
DE (1) DE1290455B (en)
DK (1) DK127799B (en)
GB (1) GB1094640A (en)
NL (1) NL143337B (en)
NO (1) NO117725B (en)
SE (1) SE301607B (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3999461A (en) * 1975-09-03 1976-12-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Modular lightweight squad automatic weapon system
DE2809505C2 (en) * 1978-03-06 1982-10-07 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Belt feeder drive for an automatic gas-operated gun, in particular a machine gun
US5131315A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-07-21 General Electric Company Magazine conveyor for large caliber ammunition
FR2911181B1 (en) * 2007-01-10 2009-04-10 Nexter Systems Sa DEVICE FOR SEPARATING LINKS FROM A MUNITIONS EMPLOYMENT STRIP
FR2929699B1 (en) * 2008-04-02 2010-04-23 Nexter Systems DEVICE FOR SEPARATING LINKS FROM AN AMMUNITION EMPLOYMENT STRIP.
RU2755562C1 (en) * 2021-01-22 2021-09-17 АКЦИОНЕРНОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО "АКЦИОНЕРНАЯ КОМПАНИЯ "ТУЛАМАШЗАВОД" (АО "АК "Туламашзавод") Feed path of an artillery mount

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2436370A (en) * 1942-07-24 1948-02-24 Albert M Alexander Automatic firearm feed mechanism
US2420285A (en) * 1944-03-23 1947-05-06 Bendix Aviat Corp Door latch
US2573749A (en) * 1945-04-03 1951-11-06 Phillip R Wheeler Machine gun ammunition feed
US2501143A (en) * 1946-07-17 1950-03-21 Autoyre Company Cartridge feeding mechanism
BE632336A (en) * 1951-03-27
US2815699A (en) * 1952-08-11 1957-12-10 Republic Aviat Corp Gun feed mechanism
US2766663A (en) * 1952-08-15 1956-10-16 Paul H Dixon Feed mechanism
US2895382A (en) * 1955-09-29 1959-07-21 Raymond A Starry Jam-proof feed mouth assembly for ammunition containers

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SE301607B (en) 1968-06-10
NL6606071A (en) 1966-11-21
NL143337B (en) 1974-09-16
DE1290455B (en) 1969-03-06
US3367236A (en) 1968-02-06
NO117725B (en) 1969-09-15
BE680903A (en) 1966-10-17
DK127799B (en) 1974-01-07
CH440046A (en) 1967-07-15

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