GB722226A - Ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns - Google Patents

Ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns

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Publication number
GB722226A
GB722226A GB20560/52A GB2056052A GB722226A GB 722226 A GB722226 A GB 722226A GB 20560/52 A GB20560/52 A GB 20560/52A GB 2056052 A GB2056052 A GB 2056052A GB 722226 A GB722226 A GB 722226A
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Prior art keywords
belt
collector
cartridges
pawl
cartridge
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB20560/52A
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 Air Defence AG
Original Assignee
Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Buhrle AG
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Application filed by Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Buhrle AG filed Critical Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Buhrle AG
Publication of GB722226A publication Critical patent/GB722226A/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
    • F41A9/29—Feeding of belted ammunition
    • 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
    • F41A9/04—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
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Abstract

722,226. Automatic firearms. VERWALTUNGSGES DER WERKZEUGMASCHINENFABRIK OERLIKON. Aug. 15, 1952 [Aug. 18, 1951], No. 20560/52. Class 92(2). An endless conveyer belt 10, for conveying ammunition from a magazine 11 to guns 6, is of resilient construction and feeds the cartridges to a collector 40 which strips the cartridges from the belt and guides them towards the guns, the arrangement being such that the belt becomes compressed between a driving sprocket 33 and the collector and forces the cartridges in the collector towards the gun. In the construction shown, the empty belts are replenished from magazines 11, are tensioned by spring-mounted pulleys 28, are driven by motors 26 via sprockets 24, 25 and are guided by guides 32. Each belt comprises a plurality of cartridge holders 14, fitted with cartridge clips 17 and interconnected with longitudinal play, by slotted links 15. Sleeves 20 are secured to the ends of the holders and coact with springs 16 which may, as shown, each extend over several sleeves or may each extend between two adjacent sleeves. The sprocket 33 is driven by a separate motor as shown in Fig. 5. When a shot is fired, a lever 47 actuated by the gun is rocked to rock a pawl carrier 42 whose pawls 43 advance the rounds in the collector, and another round from the compressed belt is fed into the collector, the rounds being stripped from the belt by a wall 37a of the collector. In a modification the pawl and pawl carrier arrangement is dispensed with, and in another modification a single belt feeds two collectors. Fig. 13 (not shown) illustrates a spring-controlled pawl device for ensuring that the belt correctly passes over the sprocket 33, and Fig. 15 shows a modified clip which includes a part 52 which is rocked by a part 52a on the collector 40 to release the cartridge.
GB20560/52A 1951-08-13 1952-08-15 Ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns Expired GB722226A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH2809562X 1951-08-13
CH722226X 1951-08-18

Publications (1)

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GB722226A true GB722226A (en) 1955-01-19

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GB20560/52A Expired GB722226A (en) 1951-08-13 1952-08-15 Ammunition feed mechanism for automatic guns

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US (1) US2809562A (en)
BE (1) BE513452A (en)
CH (1) CH299739A (en)
DE (1) DE912905C (en)
FR (1) FR1065638A (en)
GB (1) GB722226A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4674393A (en) * 1980-05-23 1987-06-23 Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle Ag Marine firing weapon for fighting airborne targets, especially in zenith
US5107750A (en) * 1986-12-24 1992-04-28 Dornier Gmbh Feeding ammunition

Families Citing this family (7)

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US3139796A (en) * 1956-02-24 1964-07-07 Robert G Nutting Gas operated feeder for gun
DE1264296B (en) * 1964-02-28 1968-03-21 Breda Mecc Bresciana Loader for weapons such as machine guns and cannons
US4137821A (en) * 1977-05-27 1979-02-06 Tesseract Corporation Article handling belt
DE3005256C2 (en) * 1980-02-13 1985-03-28 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Ammunition belt
EP0361050B1 (en) * 1988-09-28 1992-02-26 Oerlikon-Contraves AG Endless chain conveyor for an ammunition magazine
EP0405177A1 (en) * 1989-06-30 1991-01-02 Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG Device for feeding with cartridges a gun which is moveable in elevation
US4941393A (en) * 1989-09-11 1990-07-17 North American Dynamics Loading apparatus for ammunition

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US1273670A (en) * 1918-06-07 1918-07-23 Jules Gilbert Charles Queron Cartridge-feeding belt for machine-guns.
DE527675C (en) * 1927-09-16 1931-06-20 Siemens Schuckertwerke Akt Ges Cartridge delivery device for automatic rifles
GB457043A (en) * 1935-05-17 1936-11-17 Ismet Mahmoud Bey Reshad Improvements relating to cartridge belts for machine guns
GB486684A (en) * 1939-08-26 1938-06-09 Boulton Aircraft Ltd Improved means for feeding ammunition belts to machine guns
DE720140C (en) * 1939-12-29 1942-04-25 Krupp Ag Device for the gradual feeding of cartridges lying loosely next to one another to a weapon
US2265166A (en) * 1940-12-12 1941-12-09 Filser D Hoppert Cartridge belt
US2557441A (en) * 1944-05-01 1951-06-19 Harvey Machine Co Inc Feed for guns or the like
CH249656A (en) * 1945-09-29 1947-07-15 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Automatic weapon comprising a magazine.
BE508938A (en) * 1951-02-19 1900-01-01

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4674393A (en) * 1980-05-23 1987-06-23 Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle Ag Marine firing weapon for fighting airborne targets, especially in zenith
US5107750A (en) * 1986-12-24 1992-04-28 Dornier Gmbh Feeding ammunition

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CH299739A (en) 1954-06-30
FR1065638A (en) 1954-05-28
DE912905C (en) 1954-06-03
US2809562A (en) 1957-10-15
BE513452A (en)

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