Class 89/33.01 - CARTRIDGE FEEDING

Subclass of Class 89 - Ordnance
Definition: Subject matter to hold and/or feed a plurality
No. of patents: 31
Last issue date: 08/24/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7779741	Semi-automatic firing closed bolt-type carbine anti-jamming cartridge loading system A semi-automatic firing carbine anti-jamming cartridge loading system is provided wherein no feed lips or a portion of said feed lips are removed, wherein the cartridge to be loaded is fed to the carbine breech along a feed ramp. A bolt enclosing the firing pin incl...	08/24/2010
7296506	Make-break devices A make-break device includes a first component having at least one engaging member, the engaging member presenting first and second orthogonally disposed edges, each edge being defined at the intersection of a respective pair of chamfered face and a second component...	11/20/2007
7004058	Projectile ramming device The invention concerns a device (1) for artillery intended to ram a projectile (7) into the chamber of a weapon barrel, such device comprising an impulse jack (12) incorporating a mobile rod (25) driving a carriage (10) mounted abl...	02/28/2006
7004057	Ammunition feeder Ammunition feeder with a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion is integrally attached to the head portion. The handle portion is a flat elongate shape having raised portions to help the user maintain his grip on the handle. The head portion is shaped...	02/28/2006
6836991	System and method for a cartridge casing catcher A catcher for receiving expended shell casings from a firearm having an ejection port as the firearm is discharged, the catcher includes a hollow housing and a lining. The hollow housing having a plurality of rigid walls, wherein one of the walls has an opening in c...	01/04/2005
6799500	Ammunition pouch A soft magazine or pouch for belted machine gun ammunition is disclosed. The pouch has a metal or plastic top with flexible sides and bottom made of woven fabric. The sides have internal pockets that carry plastic panels for structural support. One side also has an ...	10/05/2004
6742298	Carrier locking device A carrier lock for use in semi-automatic firearms. ...	06/01/2004
6622606	Weapon system ammunition feed assembly An ammunition feed assembly for a military weapon system includes a feed chute housing and an ammunition support bracket for supporting ammunition adjacent to the feed chute housing. The feed chute housing is adapted to be connected to an ammunition guide...	09/23/2003
6612062	Carrier locking device A carrier lock for use in semi-automatic firearms....	09/02/2003
6513415	Propellant retention device A dual action retention pawl for securing ammunition in a breech loading gun having a bore along a longitudinal axis of a barrel of the gun and a breech opening with a moveable breech block at a rear of the bore. The dual action retention pawl includes a ...	02/04/2003
6378752	Automatically resetting combustion tool with device for advancing charges therein A powder actuated tool for driving a faster with combustion gases has an automatic reset. To use the device, the operator presses the device to the articles to be fastened, which requires overcoming the force of a spring in order to bring the working end ...	04/30/2002
6343535	Device for advancing charges in a powder-actuated tool, and improved tool including the same A combustion activated tool includes a housing having a longitudinal bore that extends and connects with a vertical bore, a piston and piston guide disposed within the longitudinal bore and moveable axially therein, and an advance lever having a reset end...	02/05/2002
6339983	Ammunition-feeding device for a cannon In connection with this ammunition-feeding device, an axial transport device (19) with a conveyor chain (34) is provided between a conveyor (6) and a transfer station (20) for transferring cartridges (2) to a revolver drum (25) of a revolver cannon, by me...	01/22/2002
6279450	Loading apparatus for a large-caliber weapon A weapon includes a weapon barrel having a longitudinal axis and a magazine positioned behind the weapon barrel and formed of two spaced, facing partial magazines situated on either side of the barrel axis. Each partial magazine has at least one tier acco...	08/28/2001
6276253	Cartridge clip A cartridge clip including a carrier member (1) and a plurality of propellant-containing cartridges arranged in the carrier member (1) with the carrier member (1) having at its first free end a taper (11) a width (B) of which decreases in a direction tran...	08/21/2001
6269729	Shaft for a driven magazine Disclosed herein is an apparatus for separating consecutive cartridge-receiving cells of a driven magazine for an aircraft-mounted machine gun or cannon. The apparatus includes an elongated, substantially cylindrical shaft constructed of a fiber-reinforce...	08/07/2001
6044580	Semiautomatic rifle with lateral feeding mechanism and ejection from below A semiautomatic sports rifle or shotgun having a smooth or rifled bore. A casing (20) has a lateral opening (27) for introducing cartridges from one side of the casing and a lower opening (28) for ejecting the case (25') of each cartridge fired from below...	04/04/2000
5811721	Ammunition feeder A method and apparatus for automatically transferring a vertically standing ammunition component from a delivery opening in a carriage mounted magazine to a flick rammer incorporated in a gun elevation system is provided. In the method, a loading pendulum...	09/22/1998
5675109	Passive ammunition magazine for combat vehicles A passive ammunition magazine includes a plurality of cells arranged in rows for accommodating projectiles in vertical, base-down orientations on cell base supports. Each cell includes a pair of vertically spaced locking members mounted at one side of the...	10/07/1997
5594194	Dual-axis ammunition reorienter An ammunition round reorienter is equipped with a gear train having parallel drive paths connecting a common motor to concurrently rotate a platform about a vertical axis and to pivot a tray about a horizontal axis, such that an ammunition round carried b...	01/14/1997
5392685	Automatic cannon with carbioid-shaped shell chamber path 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, f...	02/28/1995
5309662	Alignment guide An improved alignment guide for use in the MK-19 grenade launcher of the type having a body member with a centrally located slot defined therein extending to a bowl formed in the body member, the guide being characterized by a lack of upper and lower edge...	05/10/1994
5070762	Dual ammunition transfer mechanism A dual ammunition transfer mechanism includes a pair of ammunition round feed conveyors for selectively conveying the same size but different types of rounds toward a pivotal round selector finger. One conveyor is stopped while the other conveyor is drive...	12/10/1991
4898069	Apparatus for transporting cartridges to a firing weapon with an elevation control system For feeding cartridges from a stationary container to a firing weapon having an elevation adjustability or control, it is necessary to provide means for deflecting cartridges according to the weapon's elevation. It is common practice to use either plate c...	02/06/1990
4869150	Device for forward oriented case ejection in an externally driven automatic cannon A device performs forwardly oriented case ejection from an externally driven automatic cannon, the cannon having a chamber, a breechblock which is longitudinally movable along a path by the action of a rotating control cylinder and which simultaneously ad...	09/26/1989
4748892	Energy transfer multi-barrel gun A rapid rate of fire, multiple barrel gun employing triangularly shaped cartridges that are fed and ejected transversely to the barrels of the gun. Each barrel has its own separate feed and ejection system, that are driven in common in a synchronized but ...	06/07/1988
4573394	Machine gun With an automatic or semi-automatic weapon or gun, an improved component coupling arrangement for providing interlocking component assemblies of the receiver and barrel groups of the weapon, where, with a single screw coupling only in conjunction and inte...	03/04/1986
4270436	Ammunition feed and eject mechanism This invention has the provision of a plurality of cam driven follower assemblies carried by the rotor, one for each gun bolt, for pushing a round from the feed sprocket to the gun bolt, and from the gun bolt to the exit sprocket....	06/02/1981
4269108	Programmed shell casing ejector apparatus for automatic cannon A programmed shell casing ejector apparatus, for an automatic cannon having an axially reciprocating bolt assembly, includes an ejector member axially slidably mounted to the bolt assembly, a pair of cam tracks symmetrically fixed to a cannon mount, and a...	05/26/1981
4175470	Gun with rapid firing rate A gun has a projectile housing and a cartridge chamber, aft thereof, aligned between a barrel and a breech bolt containing a striker. The striker is positioned to impact on primer caps of expendable propellant cartridges, which are placed in the cartridge...	11/27/1979
4142443	Visual checking device for machine guns and similar weapons The invention pertains to a visual checking device for machine guns and similar weapons, characterized by the fact that it is made up of a lever or toggle lever, permanently stressed by a return spring in the direction of the location of the successive ro...	03/06/1979

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Class 89/33.01 - CARTRIDGE FEEDING