AMMUNITION FEED APPARATUS
Assignee
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Filed
Jul 7, 1982
Granted
May 3, 1994
Location
BEXLEY HEATH GB
Abstract
A gravity operated shell feed apparatus for a turret-mounted gun comprises two stacks of downwardly sloping magazine racks, from the lower ends of which shell may be singly released to roll into an appropriately positioned collection tray which is then angularly deflected in a vertical plane so as to transfer the shell to a ramming tray for delivery to a ramming position at the gun, the whole sequence being manually controlled by means of a single operating lever. The apparatus is designed for a fixed loading position thereby avoiding the necessity of sweeping the feed apparatus at high speed through a large volume of turret space, and using instead the elevating gear of the gun to sweep the balanced elevating mass through a smaller turret volume at a proportionately lower speed, in a region less hazardous to the gun crew.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Jan 26, 1983
Rescinded
Mar 31, 1993
Duration
10 years, 2 months
Inventor
- 1GEORGE J. STUBBS
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5307726
- Application
- 06398335
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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