JP2626731B2 - Ammunition magazine equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ammunition magazine device mounted on a turret gun mounted on a vehicle and for storing ammunition, and more particularly to an ammunition magazine device for selectively storing a bullet or a charge. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a turret gun such as a rifle gun mounted on a vehicle, a separated ammunition separated into a bullet and a charge tends to be frequently used as the size of the gun increases. Separated ammunition of this type is stored separately in the rear of the turret, divided into bullets and charges, bullets are stored in a magazine such as a drum, rack, or tube, and charges are stored in a charge box. Was. In this storage method, a tube type ammunition magazine device in which a bullet magazine and a charge magazine are vertically arranged has been proposed because the storage efficiency is low and it is difficult to increase the number of responsive ammunition. .

[0003] In such a conventional ammunition magazine device, it is required that the ammunition be transported by mechanical force in order to improve the bombardment performance. As for the drum type and rack type bullet magazines, an ammunition transfer mechanism for transferring by a mechanical force has already been proposed. However, in the case of the tube type ammunition magazine device, an ammunition transfer mechanism for transferring a bullet or a charge by mechanical force has not yet appeared. This is because it is difficult to fold the tubes at both ends in order to improve the storage efficiency by narrowing the interval between the upper and lower tubes, and specifically for the lateral feed mechanism that sends a plurality of tubes in the left and right direction. Has not been proposed. Further, there is a demand for a bullet and a charge that can be selectively taken out and stored so that a predetermined kind of ammunition is constituted by arbitrarily combining a plurality of types of bullets or a charge.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional technical problem.
According to the configuration of the invention of the present invention, a bullet magazine 4 for selectively storing bullets and a charging magazine 3 for selectively storing cartridges are provided in a housing 6, and the bullet magazine 4 and the charging magazine are provided. 3 are arranged vertically, a plurality of bullet tubes 8 for storing bullets are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with a central axis parallel to the bullet magazine 4, and the charging magazine 3 is composed of a plurality of The medicine tube 7 is arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to the housing 6.
A bullet carrying port 21 for carrying a bullet into the bullet tube 8 is formed in the rear wall 6c, and a position different from the position corresponding to the bullet carrying port 21 is set as the bullet tube 8
A bullet outlet 23 for carrying out the bullets carried into the inside of the cartridge is formed in the front wall 6d, and a charge carrying inlet 20 for carrying the charge into the inside of the charge tube 7 is formed in the rear wall 6c.
An ammunition magazine device in which a charge outlet 22 for discharging a charge loaded into the charge tube 7 is formed on the front wall 6d as a position different from the position corresponding to the charge inlet 20. And a link mechanism 30 in which the charging magazine 3 connects the left and right sides of the charging tube 7 in a bendable manner and connects them endlessly, and a plurality of feed rollers supported by the link mechanism 30 11a, 11b
And a guide portion 6a formed in the housing 6 so as to extend in the left-right direction and parallel to the vertical position, and guide the charge tube 7 in the left-right direction, and drive the charge tube 7 in the left-right direction.
And a drive mechanism 31 that is mounted on the housing.
6 and a pair of support shafts 16 rotatably supported by
Is secured to the shaft 16, respectively, the feed rollers 11a, chewing respectively 11b if cormorants feed sprocket 14a positioned vertically, and 14b, gear 1 fixed to the support shafts 16
5 and the housing 6 are rotatably penetrated and supported.
1 with drive gear 17a meshing with gear 15
Drive shaft 17 and rotationally drive the drive shaft (17).
As a result, the charge tube 7 fed in the left-right direction by the feed sprockets 14a, 14b is separated from the left-right end of one guide portion 6a, and then turned back one after another to the other guide portion 6a. An ammunition magazine device to be guided. The configuration of the invention of claim 2 is
A link mechanism 30 is fixed to each of the charging tubes 7 in the front-rear direction so as to be opposed to each other, and forms a pair, and a link member 9 that connects between the flange members 7a adjacent in the left-right direction by pins 10. , A feed roller 1 rotatably supported by a pin 10 between a pair of a flange member 7 a and a link member 9.
2. The ammunition magazine device according to claim 1, further comprising: 1a and 11b. Configuration of the invention of claim 3, the guide rollers 12 and 13 are provided on the collar member 7a, with the guide rollers 12 and 13 engage the pair of guide portions 6a forming a U-shaped cross section, the guide roller 12 , 13 are pins 10
It is rotatably supported by the extension to the outside of the
A first guide roller 12 supported in contact with the guide portion 6a;
A bracket 7b provided outside the member 7a is rotatably supported.
2 is supported by the guide portion 6a,
The ammunition magazine device according to claim 2, further comprising a guide roller (13 ). According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the feed roller 1 is rotatably supported by the housing 6 so as to adjust the interval in the left-right direction, is disposed on each of the right and left sides of the feed sprockets 14a, 14b, and is positioned vertically.
3. A strut mechanism 33 having a sprocket 33b that meshes with each of 1a and 11b and absorbs the slack of the collar member 7a and the link member 9.
Or 3 ammunition magazine device. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a housing is provided with a bullet magazine for selectively storing bullets and a charging magazine for selectively storing cartridges. The loading magazine 3 is arranged up and down, and the bullet magazine 4
A plurality of bullet tubes 8 for storing bullets are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to each other, and the charging magazine 3
A plurality of charge tubes 7 for storing the charge are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to the center axis. The housing 6 has a bullet carry-in port 21 for carrying a bullet into the bullet tube 8 formed in the rear wall 6c. As a position different from the position corresponding to the bullet entrance 21, a bullet outlet 23 for discharging a bullet carried into the bullet tube 8 is formed in the front wall 6 d, and the charge is charged. A charging port 20 for carrying in the inside of the tube 7 is formed on the rear wall 6c, and a position different from the position corresponding to the charging port 20 is used for charging the charge carried into the charging tube 7. An ammunition magazine device in which a discharge outlet 22 to be carried out is formed on a front wall 6d, wherein the bullet magazine 4 connects the right and left sides of the bullet tube 8 to each other so as to be freely bent and connected in an endless annular shape. Let phosphorus A mechanism 30, a plurality of feed rollers 11 a and 11 b supported by the link mechanism 30, and a guide portion formed in the housing 6 so as to extend in the left-right direction and to be parallel to the vertical position and guide the bullet tube 8 in the left-right direction. 6
and a drive mechanism 3 for driving the bullet tube 8 in the left-right direction.
1 and the drive mechanism 31 is rotatable on the housing 6
And a pair of support shafts 16 supported by
The feed rollers 11a,
Cormorant if chewing respectively 11b feed sprocket 14a, 1
4b , a gear 15 fixed to each support shaft 16, and a housing
Ring 6 and rotatably penetrate it,
One drive shaft 1 fitted with a meshing drive gear 17a
7 by rotating the drive shaft (17).
Then, after the bullet tube 8 fed in the left-right direction by the feed sprockets 14a, 14b comes off the left-right end of one of the guide portions 6a, it is successively turned back and guided by the other guide portion 6a. This is an ammunition magazine device. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the link mechanism
A pair of flange members 8a are fixed to each bullet tube 8 so as to face each other in the front-rear direction, and a link member 9 connects the flange members 8a adjacent in the left-right direction with pins 10.
Feed rollers 11a, 11b rotatably supported by a pin 10 between a pair of a flange member 8a and a link member 9.
6. The ammunition magazine device according to claim 5, comprising: According to the configuration of the seventh aspect of the present invention, the guide rollers 12, 13 are provided on the flange member 8a, and the guide rollers 12, 13 are provided.
Co If There engaging a pair of guide portions 6a forming a U-shaped cross-section
In addition, the guide rollers 12 and 13 extend outside the pin 10.
It is rotatably supported by the long part, and the vertical movement is
The first guide roller 12 supported in contact with and outside the flange member 7a
It is rotatably supported by the bracket 7b provided on the side,
The second guide roller 1 whose movement is supported by the guide portion 6a
3 and it is ammunition magazine according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises a. According to the construction of the invention of claim 8, the feed rollers 11a, 11 are disposed on the left and right sides of the feed sprockets 14a, 14b, respectively, and are rotatably supported by the housing 6 so as to be adjustable in the horizontal direction.
The ammunition magazine device according to claim 5, 6 or 7, further comprising a projecting mechanism (33) having a sprocket (33b) that meshes with each other (b) and absorbs the slack of the flange member (8a) and the link member (9).

[0005]

According to the ammunition magazine device of the first aspect, the bullet magazine 4 has a plurality of bullet tubes 8 for storing bullets arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to the bullet axis. A plurality of charging tubes 7 to be stored are arranged in a horizontally long ring with the central axis parallel. With such a bullet magazine 4 and a charge magazine 5 arranged vertically compactly, storage or unloading of the charge is performed as follows.

When a charge is stored in the charge tube 7, the rear opening of the predetermined charge tube 7 is matched with the charge inlet 20. When successively storing the charge in the charge tube 7, the drive mechanism 31 is driven. That is, by rotating the feed sprockets 14a, 14b, the feed rollers 11a, 11 supported by the link mechanism 30 are rotated.
1b is sent in the left-right direction. Thereby, the link mechanism 3
0, a series of charged tubes 7 connected in a bendable and endless annular manner are fed in the left and right direction while keeping the central axis parallel, so that a predetermined empty charged tube 7 can be charged into the charging port 20. To match. At that time, the charging tube 7
It moves left and right while being guided by the guide portion 6a.

When feeding a series of charging tubes 7,
After the charging tube 7 located at the end in the left-right direction of the guide portion 6a is deflected from being guided by one of the guide portions 6a and turned over, it is successively sent after being guided by the other guide portion 6a. Become like

Next, when the charge is carried out from the charge tube 7 storing the predetermined charge, the predetermined charge tube 7
The front opening is made to coincide with the charge outlet 22. At that time, the driving mechanism 31 is driven. That is, the feed sprockets 14a and 14b are driven to rotate, and the feed sprocket 1
Upper and lower feed rollers 11 meshing above and below 4a, 14b
a and 11b are sent to make the predetermined charging tube 7 coincide with the charging outlet 22. Thus, the feed sprocket 14
a, 14b feed rollers 11 located on the upper and lower sides
Since a and 11b are engaged and the charging tube 7 is sent,
The feed speeds of the charging tubes 7 at the upper and lower positions are exactly the same.

According to the ammunition magazine device of the second aspect, the link mechanism 30 has the flange member 7a, the link member 9, and the feed rollers 11a and 11b.
When the feed rollers 11a and 11b supported by the link mechanism 30 are fed in the left-right direction by rotating and driving the 4a and 14b, the flange member 7a and the link member 9 connected by the pin 10 are provided.
Is sent together with the feed rollers 11a and 11b. Thus, the charging tube 7 integrated with the flange member 7a is sent in the left-right direction.

According to the ammunition magazine device of the third aspect, the guide rollers 12 and 13 engaged with the guide portion 6a are formed by the flange members 7 and 8.
a, when feeding a series of charging tubes 7, the flange member 7a and the link member 9 are folded around the guide rollers 12 and 13 located at the left and right ends of the guide portion 6a. After that, the guide rollers 12, 13 which have come off from one of the guide portions 6a are stuck in the other guide portion 6a and are fed one after another. In this way, the charging tube 7 moves smoothly in the left-right direction while being guided by the guide portion 6a via the guide rollers 12, 13.

According to the ammunition magazine device of the fourth aspect, since the projecting mechanism 33 is provided, the feed sprocket 14a,
The spacing between the sprockets 33b located on the left and right sides of the sprocket 33b in the left-right direction is adjusted so that the feed rollers 11a,
11b and thus the slack of the charging tube 7 can be absorbed. Thereby, when a series of the charging tubes 7 are fed, the folding that is performed at the left and right ends of the guide portion 6a is stably performed.

According to the ammunition magazine device of claim 5, in the bullet magazine 4, a plurality of bullet tubes 8 for storing bullets are arranged in a horizontally long ring with the central axis parallel to the bullet magazine. A plurality of charging tubes 7 to be stored are arranged in a horizontally long ring with the central axis parallel. With such a bullet magazine 4 and a charge magazine 5 compactly arranged up and down, the bullets are stored or carried out as follows.

When storing a bullet in the bullet tube 8, the rear opening of a predetermined bullet tube 8 is made to coincide with the bullet entrance 21. When successively storing bullets in the bullet tube 8, the drive mechanism 31 is driven. That is, by rotating the feed sprockets 14a, 14b, the feed rollers 11a, 11 supported by the link mechanism 30 are rotated.
1b is sent in the left-right direction. Thereby, the link mechanism 3
0, a series of bullet tubes 8 connected in a bendable and endless annular manner are fed in the left-right direction while keeping the central axis parallel, so that a predetermined empty bullet tube 8 matches the bullet entrance 21. . At that time, the bullet tube 8
It moves left and right while being guided by the guide portion 6a.

When feeding a series of bullet tubes 8,
After the bullet tube 8 located at the end in the left-right direction of the guide portion 6a is deflected from being guided by one of the guide portions 6a and is turned over, the bullet tube 8 is guided by the other guide portion 6a and is successively fed. become.

Next, when a bullet is carried out from the bullet tube 8 storing a predetermined bullet, the predetermined bullet tube 8
Is made to match the bullet opening 23 with the front opening. At that time, the driving mechanism 31 is driven. That is, the feed sprockets 14a and 14b are driven to rotate, and the feed sprocket 1
Upper and lower feed rollers 11 meshing above and below 4a, 14b
a and 11b are fed to match the predetermined bullet tube 8 with the bullet outlet 23. Thus, the feed sprocket 14
a, 14b feed rollers 11 located on the upper and lower sides
Since a and 11b are engaged and the bullet tube 8 is sent,
The feed speeds of the bullet tubes 8 in the upper and lower positions match exactly.

According to the ammunition magazine device of claim 6, since the link mechanism 30 has the flange member 8a, the link member 9, and the feed rollers 11a and 11b, the feed sprocket 1
When the feed rollers 11a, 11b supported by the link mechanism 30 are fed in the left-right direction by rotating and driving the 4a, 14b, a flange member 8a and a link member 9 connected by the pin 10 are provided.
Is sent together with the feed rollers 11a and 11b. Thus, the bullet tube 8 integrated with the flange member 8a is sent in the left-right direction.

According to the ammunition magazine device of the seventh aspect, the guide rollers 12, 13 engaging with the guide portion 6a are formed by the flange member 8
a, when feeding a series of bullet tubes 8, the flange member 8a and the link member 9 are folded around the guide rollers 12, 13 located at the left and right ends of the guide portion 6a. Thereafter, the guide rollers 12, 13 which have come off from one of the guide portions 6a are stuck in the other guide portion 6a and are fed one after another. In this way, the bullet tube 8 moves smoothly in the left-right direction while being guided by the guide portion 6a via the guide rollers 12, 13.

According to the ammunition magazine device of the eighth aspect, since the projecting mechanism 33 is provided, the feed sprocket 14a,
The spacing between the sprockets 33b located on the left and right sides of the sprocket 33b in the left-right direction is adjusted so that the feed rollers 11a,
11b and thus the slack of the bullet tube 8 can be absorbed. Thereby, when a series of bullet tubes 8 are fed, the folding that is performed at the left and right ends of the guide portion 6a is stably performed.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 show one embodiment of the present invention.
In the drawing, reference numeral 2 indicates a turret of a vehicle mounted cannon,
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the partition wall 2a and the rear wall 2b on the resettlement area side
The ammunition magazine device 3 is placed in the turret body 2c partitioned by
Is arranged. The ammunition magazine device 3 includes a bullet magazine 4 and a charge magazine 5 which are housed in a housing 6 and are vertically divided by a boundary wall 6b. The charge magazine 5 is disposed above the bullet magazine 4. ing.

The bullet magazine 4 and the charge magazine 5 are used to supply the ammunition to another device disposed in front of the partition wall 2a, for example, an ammunition transfer device (not shown) having a vertically arranged bullet tray and a charge tray. Of the turret 2 is tilted upward so that the delivery of
A bullet outlet 24 and a charge outlet 25 are formed. The rear wall 6c of the housing 6 has a bullet carry-in port 21 for carrying a bullet into a predetermined bullet tube 8.
On the front wall 6d different from the position corresponding to the carry-in port 21, a bullet carry-out port 23 for carrying out the bullet in the bullet tube 8 to the bullet tray is opposed to the bullet take-out port 24 of the partition wall 2a. Is formed. Further, the housing 6
The rear wall 6c is provided with a charge inlet 20 for carrying the charge into the predetermined charge tube 7, and the charge inlet 20 is provided.
On the front wall 6d which is different from the position corresponding to the above, a charging outlet 22 for discharging the charging in the charging tube 7 to the charging tray is provided.
The partition 2a is formed so as to face the charge outlet 25. In FIG. 2, the bullet entrance 21 and the bullet exit 2
3, and the charge inlet 20 and the charge outlet 22 are shown as different cross sections.

Thus, the bullets carried into the predetermined bullet tube 8 from the bullet carry-in port 21 are moved by the bullet carry-out mechanism 18 provided corresponding to the bullet carry-out port 23.
The charge that can be pushed out of the partition 2a from the bullet discharge port 3 and the bullet take-out port 24 and is loaded into the predetermined charge tube 7 from the charge loading port 20 is provided in correspondence with the charge discharge port 22. By the medicine discharging mechanism 19, the medicine can be pushed out from the charging outlet 22 and the charging outlet 25 to the front of the partition wall 2a. Bullet discharge mechanism 18 and charge discharge mechanism 19
Are single-bend chains 18a, 19 that can be bent only to one side.
a single-bend chain 18a housed in a chain case (not shown) provided on the bottom wall of the housing 6 or a boundary wall 6
b while being guided in a chain case (not shown) provided in a chain case (not shown) provided in FIG. 2 (b) so that the chain can be driven forward and backward between a standby position shown in FIG. I'm sorry.

Each of the tubes 8 and 7 is provided with a detection means (not shown) for detecting the presence / absence, type and amount of stored bullets or charges. Etc. can be stored in an external storage means and confirmed. Further, each of the tubes 8 and 7 is provided with a bullet clamp and a charge stopper (not shown) in order to prevent a bullet or a charge from moving while the vehicle is running or shooting.

Each of the bullet magazine 4 and the charge magazine 5 is provided with a feed mechanism for feeding the tubes 8, 7 in the left-right direction (lateral direction). The feed mechanism of the bullet magazine 4 and the feed mechanism of the charging magazine 5 use the flange members 7a, 8a and the link members 9 of the tubes 8, 7, and the front feed roller 11a and the rear feed roller 11 are used.
together to form a link mechanism 30 having a b, each collar member 7a, first in 8a, is supplied with the second guide rollers 12 and 13, and is configured to provide a driving mechanism 31, a substantially identical structure Therefore, the configuration of the feed mechanism of the charging magazine 5 will be mainly described below.

The charging magazine 5 includes a plurality of charging tubes 7 having a central axis extending in the front-rear direction and arranged in a horizontally long annular shape so as to be parallel to each other. The feeding mechanism includes a plurality of charging tubes 7. A link mechanism 30 for connection, and first and second guide rollers 12 for guiding the left and right movement of each charging tube 7,
13 (shown in FIG. 3) and a drive mechanism 31 for driving a series of the charge tubes 7 are main components. The charge tube 7 has a cylindrical shape with open front and rear ends, and stores therein a charge (not shown).

The link mechanism 30 includes a pair of flange members 7a which are attached to the outer periphery of both front and rear ends of each of the charging tubes 7 in the front-rear direction, respectively, and a pair of flange members 7a adjacent in the left-right direction.
As shown in FIG. 4, at least one link member 9 (two each in this embodiment) connected and connected by a pin 10 as shown in FIG. The flange member 7a and the link member 9 are connected in a bendable and endless annular shape by the respective pins 10 so as to form opposing chains. Each of the pins 10 is provided between the flange member 7a and the link member 9 which make a pair at the front and rear positions. Thus, in the link mechanism 30 of the present embodiment, the joints of the pins 10 are formed between both end portions of each flange member 7a and the adjacent link members 9 and between the adjacent link members 9.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front feed roller 11a or the rear feed roller 11b is provided by the pins 10 positioned between the endless annular chains facing each other.
Is rotatably supported. However, the front feed roller 11
As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the rear feed roller 11b is provided between the pins 10 and 10 at the intermediate portions of the flange members 7a and the link members 9, that is, between the pins 10 at both ends. 10 and two are arranged at equal intervals.
The flange member 7a is formed in an annular shape in order to increase the rigidity of the charging tube 7. However, when the required rigidity is obtained in the charging tube 7, the flange member 7a is attached to a part of the charging tube 7. Can be protruded. As shown in FIG. 2, the flange member 8 a fixed to the bullet tube 8 is provided at the front and rear ends of the bullet tube 8 having a shape in which the front and rear portions of the cylindrical body are partially cut out. The flange member 8a and the link member 9 arranged on the inner peripheral side are connected to each other in a bendable and endless annular shape by each pin 10 to form a chain facing each other.

Of the pair of flange members 7a fixed to the front and rear ends of the charging tube 7, the outer side of the flange member 7a located outside is abutted and supported vertically with the guide portion 6a of the housing 6. Guide roller 12 that is guided in the left-right direction
The second guide roller 13 is rotatably supported as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, and is supported in the front-rear direction between the guide portion 6a of the housing 6 and guided in the left-right direction.
Are rotatably supported as shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first guide rollers 12 are rotatably supported on extensions extending outside the pins 10 connecting the flange members 7a and the link members 9, respectively. Are provided in the same manner, and roll on the guide portion 6a. The second guide roller 13 is rotatably supported on a bracket 7b horizontally fixed to the outside of the flange member 7a as shown in FIG. 6, and rolls on the side surface of the guide portion 6a. In addition, the mounting position of the second guide roller 13 can be matched with the first guide roller 12. Also, the flange member 8a of the bullet tube 8
Similarly, the first guide roller 12 is attached to the link member 9 and the second guide roller 13 is similarly attached to the flange member 8a.
Is attached.

On the other hand, the inner surfaces of the front and rear walls 6c and 6d of the housing 6 are supported in contact with the front and rear movement of the second guide roller 13 to guide them in the left-right direction, and the vertical movement of the first guide roller 12 is contacted. Guide portions 6a having a U-shaped cross section for supporting and guiding in the left-right direction are fixed to the upper and lower positions in parallel, and both ends of each guide portion 6a in the left-right direction are open. The length of the guide portion 6a in the left-right direction is L as shown in FIG. 1, and is formed to be slightly shorter than the length in the left-right direction of the link mechanism 30 connected endlessly by the pin 10. It is set so that the both ends can be smoothly turned. In order to smoothly turn back both ends of the link mechanism 30, the ends of the guide portions 6a on the entrance side may be gradually widened.

However, when the number of the first guide rollers 12 which are not supported by the respective guide portions 6a increases, and the both ends of the link mechanism 30 are not smoothly turned, the left and right ends of the link mechanism 30 are guided. An unillustrated sprocket is provided to ensure that the first guide roller 12 and the second guide roller 13 enter the other guide portion 6a after the link mechanism 30 is folded back. Link mechanism 3
If 0 is a single-bend structure that can be bent only in one direction and cannot be bent in the other direction, the first guide roller 12 and the second guide roller 13 that are not supported by the guide portions 6a are relatively large. Even in such a case, it is possible to reliably enter the other guide portion 6a. The guide portion 6a for guiding the first guide roller 12 and the second guide roller 13 of the bullet magazine 4 in the left-right direction is similarly provided in the housing 6.
Are formed on the inner surfaces of the front and rear walls 6c and 6d.

A drive mechanism 31 for driving the charging tube 7
Is disposed near the center of a link mechanism 30 including a flange member 7a and a link member 9 connected endlessly as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and is rotatably mounted between front and rear walls 6c and 6d of the housing 6. And a pair of support shafts 16
Feed sprockets 14 secured to both front and rear ends
a, 14b, a gear 15 fixed to the rear of the intermediate portion of each support shaft 16, and a drive gear 1 rotatably penetrated through the rear wall 6c of the housing 6 and meshed with both gears 15.
And a drive shaft 17 to which the drive shaft 7a is attached. Each pair of feed sprockets 14a, 14b is connected to each of the front and rear link mechanisms 3
0, and the upper and lower sides are forward feed rollers 11a.
Alternatively, it is engaged with the rear feed roller 11b. By arranging two support shafts 16 in parallel and arranging the feed sprockets 14a and 14b on the left and right as described above, the meshing efficiency with each of the feed rollers 11a and 11b is improved.
As compared with the case where the book support shaft 16 is provided, a series of the charging tubes 7 can be sent stably. Also, by arranging the feed sprockets 14a and 14b in front and back,
Link mechanism 30 and feed sprocket 14 only in the middle
A series of the charging tubes 7 can be sent more stably as compared with the case where a and 14b are provided.

When the drive shaft 17 is driven to rotate in one direction by a rotation drive source (not shown), all the feed sprockets 14a and 14b are driven via the drive gear 17a, the gear 15 and the support shafts 16. Since the rollers rotate in the other direction in synchronization with each other, the two feed rollers 11a and 11b meshing with the respective feed sprockets 14a and 14b can be fed in either the left or right direction. Thus, the link mechanism 30 in a chain moves in the left-right direction with the charging tube 7.
At this time, the first guide 6a guided by the upper or lower guide portion 6a
After the guide roller 12 and the second guide roller 13 are separated from the end of one of the guide portions 6a as described above, they enter the other guide portion 6a, and the charge tube 7 is sequentially fed in the left-right direction.

By intermittently controlling the number of revolutions of the rotary drive source, the feed of both feed rollers 11a and 11b can be made intermittent and the charge tube 7 can be indexed and fed. By continuously controlling the number of rotations, the charge tube 7 can be continuously fed at various speeds. The drive mechanism 31 for driving the bullet tube 8 also has a link mechanism 30 including a flange member 8a and a link member 9 connected in an endless ring as shown in FIG.
Of each pair of feed sprockets 14
Similarly, upper and lower sides a and 14b of the front feed roller 11a
Alternatively, it is engaged with the rear feed roller 11b.

At each end of the pair of guide portions 6a in the left-right direction, a projecting mechanism 33 is provided as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the strut mechanism 33 includes a front wall 6d of the housing 6.
A sprocket 33b is rotatably supported at each of the front and rear ends of a support shaft 33a which adjustably supports a mounting position in the left-right direction between the sprocket 33b and the rear wall 6c. It is engaged with the front feed roller 11a or the rear feed roller 11b of the mechanism 30. Adjustment of the mounting position of the support shaft 33a in the left-right direction is performed along long holes in the left-right direction provided on the front wall 6d and the rear wall 6c. Thus, by adjusting the mounting positions of the support shafts 33a on the left and right sides in the left-right direction, the slackness of the link mechanism 30 having a chain shape can be absorbed. As shown in FIG. 1, the projecting mechanism 33 is similarly provided for the link mechanism 30 of the bullet magazine 4, and the upper and lower sides of each sprocket 33b are connected to the front feed roller 11a or the rear side of the link mechanism 30. It is engaged with the feed roller 11b.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the charging magazine 5 will be described. First, when storing a charge in the charge tube 7, the rear opening of the predetermined charge tube 7 is made to coincide with the charge inlet 20. The type, amount, etc. of the charge stored in each charge tube 7 are stored in a storage device. When successively storing the charge in the charge tube 7, the drive mechanism 31 is driven to drive the drive shaft 17, the drive gear 17a, both gears 15, both support shafts 16, and each feed sprocket 14a,
14b, the feed sprockets 14a,
Since the feed rollers 11a and 11b meshing with the feed sprockets 14a and 14b and thus the charging tube 7 can be fed intermittently or continuously in the left-right direction via the feed sprocket 14b while keeping the central axis parallel. A predetermined empty charging tube 7 is matched with the charging port 20.

When a series of charging tubes 7 are fed,
The flange member 7a and the link member 9 are folded around the pair of front and rear first guide rollers 12 located at the left and right ends of the one guide portion 6a, and the first guide roller 12 and the A series of charging tubes 7 are fed one after another while the second guide roller 13 is successively fitted into the other guide portion 6a arranged in parallel in the vertical position. If the first guide roller 12 and the second guide roller 13 are provided at the same position, the second guide roller 13 is prevented from interfering with the guide portion 6a when the flange member 7a is folded back.

Next, when the charge is carried out from the charge tube 7 storing the predetermined charge, the predetermined charge tube 7
Is made to coincide with the charge outlet 22 and the charge outlet 25. At that time, the drive mechanism 31 is driven to feed the feed rollers 11a and 11b meshing with the feed sprockets 14a and 14b, and the predetermined charging tube 7 is aligned with the charging outlet 22 and the charging outlet 25. Let it. Next, the charge discharge mechanism 19 is driven to discharge the charge from the charge tube 7.

By the way, the housing 6 is provided with the bullet outlet 2.
3 or the front wall 6d in which the charge outlet 22 is formed and the rear wall 6c in which the bullet inlet 21 or the charge inlet 20 is formed can be connected by an appropriate stay.
In the above embodiment, the charge magazine 5 is arranged above the bullet magazine 4, but the same effect can be obtained by disposing the bullet magazine 4 above the charge magazine 5. The operation of storing or carrying out the bullets in the bullet tube 8 can be performed by substantially the same procedure as the case of the charging tube 7. However, bullet tube 8
When a bullet is stored in the bullet tube 8, the rear opening of the predetermined bullet tube 8 is matched with the bullet carry-in port 21, and when the bullet is carried out from the bullet tube 8, the front opening of the predetermined bullet tube 8 is carried. This is performed in accordance with the outlet 23 and the bullet outlet 24.

[0039]

As will be understood from the above description,
According to the ammunition magazine device according to the present invention, the bullet magazine or the charging magazine is configured such that the bullet tube or the charging tube is annularly connected by the flange member and the link member, respectively, and guided by the guide portion. The tubes can be arranged tightly and compactly in the housing, and the space between the upper and lower tubes in a chain can be reduced and folded. Accordingly, it has become possible to increase the number of ammunition ready by increasing the number of bullet tubes or charge tubes.

Since the bullets or the charge are stored in a plurality of bullet tubes or charge tubes, and the tubes are fed in the left-right direction, various types of ammunition can be stored individually irrespective of the shape and size. Therefore, various types of bullets or charges are mixed and stored in the ammunition magazine device, and a bullet or a charge can be selected in accordance with a range, thereby making it possible to improve the shelling performance. Since the bullet tube or the charging tube is driven in the left and right direction by rotating the feed sprocket which meshes with the feed rollers positioned above and below, respectively,
The feed can be stably obtained by a simple structure. Change
The bullet tube which is sent to the left and right by the drive mechanism
Or the charge tube is a drive gear attached to one drive shaft
Feed sprockets fixed to a pair of support shafts
The rocket is driven to rotate, whereby the feed roller and
Sent via link mechanism. As a result, one support shaft
A series of bullet tubes or charges compared to
The tube can be sent stably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an ammunition magazine device according to one embodiment of the present invention from behind.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the first guide roller.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a second guide roller.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a strut mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

2: turret, 2a: bulkhead, 2b: rear wall, 2c: turret body,
3: ammunition magazine device, 4: bullet magazine, 5: charging magazine, 6: housing, 6a: guide portion, 6b: boundary wall, 6c: rear wall, 6d: front wall, 7: charging tube, 7
a, 8a: flange member, 7b: bracket, 8: bullet tube, 9: link member, 10: pin, 11a: front side feed roller (feed roller), 11b: rear side feed roller (feed roller), 12: first Guide roller (guide roller), 13:
Second guide roller (guide roller), 14a, 14b: feed sprocket, 15: gear, 16: support shaft, 17: drive shaft, 17a: drive gear, 18: bullet discharge mechanism, 18
a, 19a: single bending chain, 19: charge delivery mechanism, 2
0: ammunition carry-in, 21: bullet carry-in, 22: ammunition carry-out, 23: bullet carry-out, 24: bullet take-out, 25:
Charge outlet, 30: link mechanism, 31: drive mechanism,
33: Tension mechanism, 33a: Support shaft, 33b: Sprocket.

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A housing (6) comprising a bullet magazine (4) for selectively storing bullets and a charge magazine (3) for selectively storing discharges in a housing (6). The bullet magazine (4) and the charge magazine (3) are arranged vertically, and the bullet magazine (4) has a plurality of bullet tubes (8) for storing bullets, which are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to each other. In the medicine magazine (3), a plurality of charging tubes (7) for storing a charging agent are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel, and the housing (6) stores a bullet inside the bullet tube (8). Bullet loading port (2
1) is formed on the rear wall (6c) and the bullet entrance (21)
As a position different from the position corresponding to the above, a bullet outlet (23) for discharging the bullet carried into the bullet tube (8) is formed in the front wall (6d), and the charge is charged to the charge. The loading port (2) for loading into the tube (7)
0) is formed in the rear wall (6c), and the charging port (20) is formed.
The ammunition magazine device in which a charge outlet (22) for discharging the charge carried into the charge tube (7) is formed on the front wall (6d) as a position different from the position corresponding to. A link mechanism (30), wherein the charging magazine (3) connects the left and right sides of the charging tube (7) to bend freely and connects them endlessly annularly;
A plurality of feed rollers (11a, 11b) supported by a link mechanism (30) and a housing (6) are formed so as to extend in the left-right direction so as to be parallel to the upper and lower positions, and the charging tube (7) is moved in the left-right direction. guide to the guide portion to the (6a), instrumentation
A drive mechanism (3) for driving the medicine tube (7) in the left-right direction.
The drive mechanism (31) is rotatably supported by the housing (6).
A pair of support shafts (16) to be held and each support shaft (16)
The feed rollers (1
1a, respectively intermesh cormorants feed sprocket 11b) (14a, 14b), fixed to the respective support shaft (16) formate
(15) and the housing (6) are rotatably penetrated.
Drive gear that is supported and meshes with both gears (15)
(17a) and one drive shaft (17)
By rotating the drive shaft (17), the charge tube (7) fed in the left-right direction by the feed sprockets (14a, 14b) is moved to the left-right end of one of the guides (6a). The ammunition magazine device is characterized in that after being disengaged, it is successively turned back and guided by the other guide portion (6a). 2. A pair of a flange member (7a), which is fixedly attached to each charge tube (7) in the front-rear direction so as to face each other, and a pair of flange members (7a) adjacent in the left-right direction. A link member (9) connecting between them by a pin (10);
2. An ammunition according to claim 1, further comprising a feed roller (11a, 11b) rotatably supported by a pin (10) between a pair of a collar member (7a) and a link member (9). Magazine device. 3. A guide roller (12, 1) is attached to a flange member (7a).
3) is provided, and the guide rollers (12, 13) are U-shaped.
While engaging with a pair of guide parts (6a) forming a cross section ,
The guide rollers (12, 13) move outside the pin (10).
Is rotatably supported by the extension of
A first guide roller (12) supported in contact with (6a);
Turn to the bracket (7b) provided outside the flange member (7a).
Rollably supported, the back and forth movement abuts the guide (6a)
3. The ammunition magazine device according to claim 2, comprising a second guide roller (13) supported . 4. A feed roller (11a, 11b) which is rotatably supported by a housing (6) so as to be capable of adjusting the interval in the left-right direction, is disposed on each of the right and left sides of a feed sprocket (14a, 14b), and is positioned vertically. 4) is provided with a projecting mechanism (33) having a sprocket (33b) that meshes with each other and absorbs the slack of the flange member (7a) and the link member (9).
Ammunition magazine equipment. 5. A bullet magazine, comprising: a magazine (4) for selectively storing bullets in a housing; and a charging magazine (3) for selectively storing cartridges in a housing. (4) and a charging magazine (3) are arranged vertically, and the bullet magazine (4) is configured such that a plurality of bullet tubes (8) for storing bullets are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel to the tube. In the magazine (3), a plurality of charging tubes (7) for storing a charging agent are arranged in a horizontally long annular shape with the central axis parallel, and the housing (6) carries a bullet into the bullet tube (8). Bullet loading port (2
1) is formed on the rear wall (6c) and the bullet entrance (21)
As a position different from the position corresponding to the above, a bullet outlet (23) for discharging the bullet carried into the bullet tube (8) is formed in the front wall (6d), and the charge is charged to the charge. The loading port (2) for loading into the tube (7)
0) is formed in the rear wall (6c), and the charging port (20) is formed.
The ammunition magazine device in which a charge outlet (22) for discharging the charge carried into the charge tube (7) is formed on the front wall (6d) as a position different from the position corresponding to. A link mechanism (30), wherein the bullet magazine (4) flexibly connects left and right adjacent ones of the bullet tubes (8) to each other so as to be connected endlessly;
A plurality of feed rollers (11a, 11b) supported by a link mechanism (30) and a housing (6) are formed so as to extend in the left-right direction so as to be parallel to the upper and lower positions, and to move the bullet tube (8) in the left-right direction. Guide part (6a) to guide, bullet
A drive mechanism (3) for driving the round tube (8) in the left-right direction.
The drive mechanism (31) is rotatably supported by the housing (6).
A pair of support shafts (16) to be held and each support shaft (16)
The feed rollers (1
1a, respectively intermesh cormorants feed sprocket 11b) (14a, 14b), fixed to the respective support shaft (16) formate
(15) and the housing (6) are rotatably penetrated.
Drive gear that is supported and meshes with both gears (15)
(17a) and one drive shaft (17)
By rotating the drive shaft (17), the bullet tube (8) sent in the left-right direction by the feed sprockets (14a, 14b) is moved from the left-right end of one of the guide portions (6a). An ammunition magazine device characterized in that it is turned over one after another and guided to the other guide part (6a). 6. A pair of a flange member (8a), which is fixed to each bullet tube (8) in a front-rear direction so as to be opposed to each bullet tube (8), and a flange member (8a) adjacent in the left-right direction. A link member (9) for connecting the two with a pin (10);
6. The ammunition according to claim 5, further comprising a feed roller (11a, 11b) rotatably supported by a pin (10) between a pair of a flange member (8a) and a link member (9). Magazine device. 7. A guide roller (12, 1) is attached to a flange member (8a).
3) is provided, and the guide rollers (12, 13) are U-shaped.
While engaging with a pair of guide parts (6a) forming a cross section ,
The guide rollers (12, 13) move outside the pin (10).
It is supported on the extension portion rotating freely, vertically moving the guide portion
A first guide roller (12) supported in contact with (6a);
Turn to the bracket (7b) provided outside the flange member (7a).
Rollably supported, the back and forth movement abuts the guide (6a)
7. The ammunition magazine device according to claim 6, comprising a supported second guide roller . 8. A feed roller (11a, 11b) which is rotatably supported by a housing (6) so as to be adjustable in a lateral direction and is disposed on each of the left and right sides of a feed sprocket (14a, 14b). 8), each having a sprocket mechanism (33) having a sprocket (33b) that meshes with the flange member (8a) and absorbs the slack of the link member (9).
Ammunition magazine equipment.