Shell feeder for an automatic gun
IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0167479
(1987-12-14)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Stoner Eugene M. (6055 SW. Mapp Rd. Palm City FL 33490)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
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초록
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An automatic cannon, especially for cylindrical, telescoped shells, comprises a receiver in which is rotatably mounted an interconnected gun barrel and barrel extension or rotor. The rotor is connected to a power source, which may be an external source, for being driven at a relatively uniform rotat
An automatic cannon, especially for cylindrical, telescoped shells, comprises a receiver in which is rotatably mounted an interconnected gun barrel and barrel extension or rotor. The rotor is connected to a power source, which may be an external source, for being driven at a relatively uniform rotational velocity for firing. A chamber having two laterally spaced apart, feed through, shell-holding cavities, is radially slidably mounted in a centrally located, transverse rotor aperture. Three cooperative camming means, responsive to rotor rotation, cause shell feeding, firing and ejection. Shell camming means simultaneously transport shells from an associated feeder into the chamber cavities and fired shell casings from the chamber cavities to a receiver ejection port. Chamber camming means cause the chamber to slide radially, while rotating, so that each of the shell holding cavities trace out a preferably cardioid-shaped path, the cavities being aligned with barrel for shell firing at the cusp of the path so that a preselected firing dwell time of the cavities at the firing position is provided. Shells are fed into the cavities and fired casings are pushed from the cavities when the cavities are out of alignment with the barrel. Firing pin camming means operate a rotor-mounted firing pin in a manner that shells are fired as soon as they are moved by the chamber into the firing position. Preferably first and second camming means are generally symmetrical so that the gun can be operated in either rotor rotational direction, with shells being fed forwardly for one rotational direction and rearwardly for the opposite rotational direction.
대표청구항
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A shell feeder for feeding an automatic gun, having spaced apart shell feeding and shell casing ejection ports, from a magazine having an unfired shell out-feed port and a fired shell casing in-feed port, the feeder comprising: (a) first conveyor means for picking up unfired shells from the magazine
A shell feeder for feeding an automatic gun, having spaced apart shell feeding and shell casing ejection ports, from a magazine having an unfired shell out-feed port and a fired shell casing in-feed port, the feeder comprising: (a) first conveyor means for picking up unfired shells from the magazine shell out-feed port and delivering fired shell casings to the magazine casing in-feed port; (b) second conveyor means for feeding shells from the first conveyor means to the gun shell feeding port, (c) third conveyor means for feeding fired shell casings from the gun casing ejection port to the first conveyor means, (d) guiding means, for causing in response to shell transferring movement of said first, second and third conveyors the transfer of unfired shells from the first conveyor means to the second conveyor means for causing the transfer of fired shell casings from the third conveyor means to the first conveyor means; and, (e) means for driving the first, second and third conveyor means in a preselected direction causing the second conveyor means to feed shells from the first conveyor means to the associated gun and the third conveyor to feed fired shell casings from the gun to the first conveying means.
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