Assignee: Wegmann & Co. GmbH

Location: Kassel, DE
No. of patents: 26

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Number	Title	Issue Date
5285714	Rotary-ring carriage for a light weapon on a combat vehicle, especially for the hatchway of a military tank A rotary-ring carriage for a light weapon on a combat vehicle, especially for the hatchway of a military tank. The weapon is mounted on an undercarriage that rolls on wheels along curved rails. The rails extend along arcs subtending angles greater than π...	02/15/1994
5128803	Combat vehicle with a hatchway in its armored roof and including a system of periscopes A combat vehicle, especially a military tank, has a hatchway in its armored roof and periscopes in the immediate vicinity of the hatchway. Each periscope has an ocular inside the vehicle and an objective outside it. A channel that accommodates the optical...	07/07/1992
5126887	Cap for protecting the ocular of a periscope on a combat vehicle A protective cap for the ocular of a periscope in a combat vehicle. A wrapping encloses expanded plastic and leaves a viewing cutout uncovered. Controls and/or electrical equipment are integrated into the wrapping in order to save space inside the vehicle...	06/30/1992
5105714	Armored combat vehicle, especially a military tank An armored combat vehicle, especially a military tank, with at least one entry-and-exit hatchway in the top. The hatchway closes with a hatch completely covering it. At least two additional moving roof-protection hatches above the hatch that completely co...	04/21/1992
5105716	Weapon throughbearing through an armored turret, especially on a military tank A weapon throughbearing through an armored turret, especially on a military tank, accommodating a heavy weapon that can be elevated and has a barrel mounted in a cradle and extending out through an opening in the turret that is protected by a shield. The ...	04/21/1992
5105718	Manually operated wheel for activating the hatch on a combat vehicle, especially a tank A manually operated wheel for activating the hatch on a combat vehicle, especially a tank. It comprises an axially solid disk of appropriate anti-fragmentation and/or anti-radiation material....	04/21/1992
5101708	Unbalance-compensating device for a weapons system A weapons system has a stationary base and an assembly that has the tube mounted on it, that pivots in the direction of elevation, and that is mounted on a trunnion in a stationary base. The center of gravity of the pivoting assembly is outside the axis o...	04/07/1992
5048392	Elevating bearing for a large-caliber weapon accommodated in the turret of a tank An elevating bearing for a large-caliber weapon accommodated in the turret of a tank, with a slant-ring bearing around the tube. The tube is mounted in a bearing ring that rotates around the axis of the tube and is itself mounted on another bearing ring a...	09/17/1991
5022308	Ammunition magazine for a combat vehicle An ammunition magazine for a combat vehicle, wherein the shells are stowed upright and perpendicular to the floor and when they are removed automatically by an ammunition positioner that has an arm with a pivoting pickup at its end, with several magazine ...	06/11/1991
5014594	Unbalance-compensating device for a weapons system especially a heavy weapon An unbalance-compensating device for a weapons system, especially a heavy weapon, with an assembly that has the tube mounted on it, that pivots in the direction of elevation, and that is mounted on a trunnion in a stationary base, whereby the center of gr...	05/14/1991
5013884	Water table for a thermal-cutting machine, especially for processing aluminum, with an underwater plasma-based cutting system A water table for a thermal-cutting machine, especially for processing aluminum, with an underwater plasma-based cutting system, with a surface that is immersed in a tank of water and that supports the material, and with a device for raising and lowering ...	05/07/1991
4974492	Ammunition magazine An ammunition magazine for stowing large-caliber ammunition in a miltiary tank. The rack has an intake rack comprising rows of essentially horizontal intake tubes positioned one above and next to another for accommodating shells. The rack can be lowered i...	12/04/1990
4947728	Combat vehicle, especially armored howitzer A mechanism for feeding the shells to a weapon one at a time comprises a conveyor for removing one shell from at least one ammunition magazine comprising a frame, mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to a floor for movement from a pick-up posi...	08/14/1990
4754688	Flick rammer for artillery rounds A flick rammer for artillery rounds. The rammer has a loading tray that is positioned in alignment with the powder chamber at a prescribed distance to the rear of the gun. The tray accommodates the round. The rammer also has a mechanical acceleration comp...	07/05/1988
4674411	Railroad-vehicle truck frame with transoms having flanges and central webs A railroad-vehicle truck with a frame that yields under torsion and consists of transoms (2) and side frames bars (1) welded into an H. The transoms (2) are positioned such that the planes that the transom webs (2k) lie in intersect at one line (S7), whic...	06/23/1987
4631832	Device for measuring axle geometry of motor vehicles with the wheels turning A device for measuring axle geometry at the wheel axles of motor vehicles with the wheels turning. The device has at least two frames. A driven pair of rotating cylinders is positioned in each frame. A wheel of the vehicle can rest on the cylinders. The f...	12/30/1986
4623191	Rotating and positioning tool for axially symmetrical workpieces, especially steering tie rods in motor vehicles Rotating and positioning tool for axially symmetrical workpieces, especially for steering tie rods in motor vehicles. A housing with a recess for the introduction of a workpiece accommodates a clamping mechanism with a crown gear that is positioned and dr...	11/18/1986
4619615	Equipment for monitoring combat vehicles, especially tanks Equipment for monitoring combat vehicles, especially tanks, firing practice firing with simulated rounds. Each combat vehicle has a laser that emits a pulse of light when the firing button is pressed and devices to receive and display an arriving pulse of...	10/28/1986
4598623	Ammunition-stowage system in which the individual shells can be inserted in storage tubes In ammunition-stowage systems in which the individual shells can be inserted in storage tubes, damage to the shells is prevented when they are inserted too rapidly. A braking device is positioned for this purpose at each storage tube and brakes the longit...	07/08/1986
4587880	Hatch for a combat vehicle, especially an armored vehicle A combat vehicle, especially an armored vehicle, with a rotating turret on a hull and with an entry-and-exit hatch that can be closed with a cover and that is mounted in the roof of the hull. The parts of the roof of the hull in the vicinity of the hatch ...	05/13/1986
4580482	Ammunition-stowage system in an ammunition bunker with side walls that taper upward In the turrets of tanks and other battle systems the ammunition is supposed to be stored in the ammunition bunker of the turret itself, in ammunition-stowage systems. Since tank turrets taper upward as a rule whereas the space available for storing ammuni...	04/08/1986
4574684	Securing and ejector device on ammunition-stowage systems with storage tubes In ammunition-stowage systems in which the shells are stored in storage tubes, the shells are to be prevented from being able to slide out of the storage tubes when severely shaken while on the other hand being easy to grasp for removal and withdrawal fro...	03/11/1986
4562765	Ammunition bunker in which the shells are inserted in individual storage tubes An ammunition bunker has a plurality of storage tubes arrayed in rows next to and above each other. A doorway at the rear ends of the tubes is provided through which shelves are inserted and removed from the tubes. The doorway extends over an area which i...	01/07/1986
4533327	Apparatus for the supervision of a combat vehicle, especially an armored vehicle Apparatus for the supervision of a battle vehicle, especially an armored vehicle, from a control station during training exercises. The apparatus has a television camera which is coupled to an aiming or observation apparatus in the battle vehicle and is c...	08/06/1985
4325284	Trunnion bearing in armored housing A gun barrel mount for a battletank in which the gun barrel and its cradle roller may be horizontally inserted into a relatively small aperture in the armor of the battletank turret and maintained in that position with a few threaded fasteners, the entire...	04/20/1982
4324169	Main battletank turret A battletank having a turret with especially heavy armor for containing the weapons system and a crew whereby the minimum possible dimensions of the armor and sufficient space for the crew are achieved, the power supply installations, the electrical and e...	04/13/1982

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