Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159504 | Firing module A firing module having a fully automatic shell supply mechanism for supplying shells to a heavy weapon in a housing. A shell ram having a loading tray is disposed on a free end of a shell transfer arm that is pivotable between a raised position, in which the loading... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6591733 | Loading system The present invention relates to a method and a device for handling artillery shells (14-16) when loading artillery guns (1) that have an integral shell magazine (9) fixed in the traverse system but independent from the elevating mass, which magazine on c... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5513550 | Firearm with pivoting barrel A firearm for firing cartridges (2) which may in at least one embodiment fire caseless cartridges (2), having a barrel (1) pivoting around a pivot point (11) from a firing position to a loading position, and back to the firing position. A fixed wall (16) ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5353678 | Automatic gun with a swinging chamber for firing telescoped cylindrical rounds An automatic gun for firing telescoped cylindrical ammunition, the gun comprising a sleeve for supporting a barrel, a breech, and a rear box which are all rigidly connected together by beams, the gun including a chamber disposed between the breech and the... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5333530 | System for loading a round into a pivoting chamber of a gun The invention relates to a loading system for loading a round into a pivoting chamber of a gun. The system comprises a control device for controlling pivoting of the chamber, a feed device for feeding rounds and constituted by a feed station in alignment ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5202530 | Light armor piercing automatic rifle A light armor piercing weapon, which is hand carried by a single man, is provided for firing or launching armor piercing rocket propelled projectiles. A propellent pack is worn or carried by the soldier along with a launching rifle. Unsymmetrical dimethyl... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5177319 | Apparatus for loading shells into tubular weapons, particularly tank howitzers An apparatus for loading shells in tubular weapons, particularly tank howitzers, comprises a linearly guided rammer engaging on the bottom of the shell, a pretensioned spring means driving said rammer and a release mechanism acting on the rammer and absor... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5177318 | Device for identifying and checking the ammunition of an automatic-loading firearm and process for its implementation The invention relation to a device for identifying and checking ammunition on an automatic-loading device of a firearm. The firearm is capable of firing ammunition of different types. The device includes a rotating magazine having adjacent chambers for ac... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5111732 | Automatic weapon with small barrel for rapid firing A medium caliber automatic firearm with a high firing rate including a star drum which revolves in indexed fashion and which is in line with and driven by a cylinder star wheel, whose rotation is synchronized with that of the star drum, is mounted to the ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4961370 | Load pushing apparatus Apparatus for pushing a load e.g. a projectile comprises an elongate ribbon which can be extended from a condition where it is coiled on a drum to a substantially straight condition for pushing the load. The ribbon has a generally curved cross section whe... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4860633 | Autoloader for military vehicle An autoloading method and apparatus is disclosed for a turret mounted gun that is pivoted horizontally relative to the turret and must be lowered to a substantially horizontal 0° position for loading selected cartridges from a magazine conveyor, ejecting... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4823675 | Apparatus for loading guns, particularly tank howitzers In an apparatus for loading guns, particularly tank howitzers, from a rotary magazine containing the shells and positioned below and alongside the gun barrel, for simplifying construction and movement sequences a substantially vertical loading arm pivotab... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4735126 | Cartridge feed for double-barrel gun A cartridge feeder for a gun having two alternately fired barrels has respective adjacent loading positions. The feeder comprises a guide defining a path having an upstream end and a downstream end, the latter being at one of the positions and the other p... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4494440 | Arming sets for weapons system A weapons system for single-barrel automatic cannons uses PRUNIT rounds consisting of a projectile and a casingless solid body of propellant affixed to the projectile. A respective arming set is provided for at least some of said weapons to form central u... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4064787 | Magazine for a mobile firearm A device for a magazine comprises a number of tubular containers which are arranged in an endless chain, intended to contain rounds, and provided with blocking members for fixing the respective rounds in the longitudinal direction in the containers, drivi... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4020740 | Firearms for selectively continuous and non-continuous operation A firearm adjustable into single-shot, burst and continuous operation modes is described. For operation in one of the non-continuous modes, an indexing device disposed on the rear portion of a first lever in the firearm trigger mechanism is placed into en... | 05/03/1977 |
