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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151683 | Link chute ejection adapter A link chute ejection adapter for conveying spent links of an ammunition belt from the receiver chamber of a machine gun to a link chute. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136440 | Adapter for converting a magazine-fed firearm to use linked ammunition An ammunition feed adapter and method of use is provided that converts a semi-automatic or fully automatic firearm from a magazine-fed firearm into a belt-fed firearm enabling the firearm to be used as a sustainable source of firepower. Modification of a soldier's s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8082834 | Ammunition magazine box with adjustable tilted interior bracket structure An ammunition magazine box is provided for receiving a vertically serpentined length of belted ammunition for selective outfeed from the box to a machine gun. A specially designed support bracket structure, representatively of a length adjustable construction, is pr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7934443 | Magazine for 22 caliber conversion kit and 22 caliber firearm A magazine configured for use with a 22 caliber conversion kit and/or a non-converted 22 caliber firearm includes an elongate, hollow, rectangular housing for receiving an ammunition belt on a splined belt pulley. A slide of the firearm applies an impact force to a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918153 | Ammunition magazine box with adjustable tilted interior bracket structure An ammunition magazine box is provided for receiving a vertically serpentined length of belted ammunition for selective outfeed from the box to a machine gun. A specially designed support bracket structure, representatively of a length adjustable construction, is pr... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913610 | Ammunition retainer for linked ammunition An ammunition retainer apparatus for restraining a continuous belt of linked ammunition cartridges loaded into bays of an ammunition box or magazine from flowing over a divider wall from a first bay to a second bay adjacent to the first bay. The ammunition retainer ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908957 | Synchronized weapon and ammunition container apparatus A synchronized ammunition container apparatus and system is provided with a weapon, rotating automatic arm, ammunition container, and rotatable turret base that allows an anti-aircraft weapon, to traverse, depress and elevate in order to engage a rapid, head-on, fly... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7500421 | Magazine for an automatic shell firing weapon mounted on a gun carriage A magazine for an automatic shell-firing weapon mounted on a gun carriage, wherein the magazine is adapted to contain a belt and comprises two closed magazine portions interconnected by a closed transfer channel. The two magazine portions are disposed on opposite si... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7428795 | Receiver for firearm A firearm comprises an upper receiver body and a lower receiver assembly. The upper receiver body is configured for receiving belt-fed ammunition and the lower receiver assembly is attached to the upper receiver body. The lower receiver assembly includes a receiver ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7318369 | Out-of-battery lock for automatic primer feed mechanism An out-of-battery lock for a primer feed mechanism having a drive shaft and a drive shaft housing surrounding the drive shaft, the out-of-battery lock including a housing having an opening therethrough for attachment to the drive shaft; a pair of wings disposed on o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7237468 | Projectile firing device The invention relates to a projectile firing device used on a platform and comprising at least two tubes integral with a base. This device is characterized in that the base is mounted able to swivel on a turret around a first, substantially horizontal axis, s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7137217 | Auto-loading firearm mechanisms and methods Automatic and semi-automatic firearms of remarkably reduced mass yet capable of long-range accuracy because of unique recoil reduction are characterized by (A) a temporary combination of a barrel, an integral breech and a separable chamber that in operation of the f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7040213 | Firearm receiver system with belt-feed capability A firearm receiver system including a receiver body, an ammunition belt feeding assembly and a bolt carrier. The receiver body includes a first face and a second face approximately opposite the first face. The receiver body is configured for having means for trigger... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021189 | Turret for a military vehicle A turret for a military vehicle, mobile in traverse with respect to said vehicle and supporting an oscillating mass notably comprising a cannon oriented in elevation, wherein said oscillating mass is mounted in said turret using a linking interface ensuring the air-... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6715396 | Firearm conversion kit A cartridge feed tray for belt ammunition is modified to receive shorter ammunition and exclude ammunition of standard length by inclusion of an insert positioned along the forward containment wall of the tray. The insert carries a feed lip that fits through a loadi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6681677 | Method of reconfiguring a firearm receiver system for receiving magazine-fed ammunition and belt-fed ammunition A method of reconfiguring a firearm receiver system comprises the operations of providing a substantially as-manufactured OEM lower receiver assembly capable of having an ammunition magazine attached thereto for communicating ammunition to an OEM upper re... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6634274 | Firearm upper receiver assembly with ammunition belt feeding capability A firearm receiver system includes an upper receiver assembly capable of receiving magazine-fed ammunition and belt-fed ammunition. A lower receiver is attached to the upper receiver assembly. The lower receiver assembly is capable of having an ammunition... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6606933 | Turret for a combat unit Turret (12) fitted with automatic canon and intended for a combat unit, said turret (12) comprising a turret housing (14) which is intended to be mounted on the outside of the combat unit and can rotate about a substantially vertical axis, and in which tu... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6439098 | Ammunition box An ammunition box is disclosed. The ammunition box is an open top, narrow width, box-like structure having a bottom, two opposing side walls, a front wall and a rear wall opposing the front wall. The ammunition box further has a vertical divider extending... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6389948 | Ammunition feed device for beltless fed ammunition An ammunition feed device is disclosed for feeding beltless fed ammunition to a self-loading weapon. The disclosed device includes an endlessly guided ammunition feed chain to feed ammunition into the weapon. It also includes at least two deflection units... | 05/21/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6211630 | Single motor, two film belt control system An automotive HVAC system controls two side by side film belts with a single drive motor. Two co planar wind up rollers, one for each belt, have inboard ends that are indirectly connected by a rotation transmission means that has a defined level of turnin... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6176169 | Aircraft support plank mounted 30 MM machine gun A machine gun, representatively a 30 mm machine gun, is mounted on an outer end portion of a support plank structure projecting out of the cabin area of a helicopter using a roller cradle assembly secured to the outer plank end. A variety of structural im... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6164180 | Container for belted ammunition In a container for belted ammunition, this ammunition forms loops between intermediate walls, thus ensuring that the ammunition can easily be drawn out, that the belted ammunition is supported vertically on the base, and a wall has a vertical aligned outl... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6152012 | Ammunition container bracket for machine gun A device for use with a weapon having a magazine well for acceptance of a rst munitions magazine of a given capacity. The device includes a bracket having first end sized to replicate the well engaging end of the munitions magazine to permit insertion of ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6029557 | Apparatus for feeding belted ammunition A physically economic apparatus which is insensitive to defects for feeding belted ammunition by means of starwheels is driven by a spring energy store which comprises a helical spring and a closed chain loop. The chain loop is formed by four sprocket whe... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5945624 | Ammunition magazine for large-caliber ammunition In order to accommodate the ammunition (7) in an ammunition magazine (1) in a space- and mass-saving manner without an external drive, and to subsequently remove the ammunition quickly from the magazine, the individual ammunition bodies (7) are disposed, ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5932831 | Device for feeding ammunition into an airbornee weapon and aircraft equipped with such a device A device for feeding ammunition in the form of a continuous belt into a weapon carried on an aircraft; the device having a rigid conduit extending longitudinally along a side of the fuselage of the aircraft, and in turn having a rear portion for loading t... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5905224 | Pulley belt magazine This invention is in reference to ammunition feeding devices for guns, specifically magazines. The belt feed mechanism consists of a container, which stores the ammunition and defines the path which the ammunition band moves the ammunition. The ammunition... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5684265 | Turret for a wheel-mounted or tracked vehicle A turret for a preferably armored wheel-mounted or tracked vehicle is provided with a weapon and a magazine from which the weapon can be supplied with ammunition in belt form. The magazine is positioned in the turret laterally alongside the weapon and lev... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5471904 | Ammunition feeder chute An ammunition feeder chute includes a plurality of unitary segments injection molded from a flexible thermoplastics material. The segments are articulated to one another in side-by-side relationship, and are interconnected by a cable which passes through ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5408915 | Shell feeder for an automatic gun 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... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5299487 | Weapons system with at least one barrel A weapons system (10) with at least one barrel (12) is provided, wherein the barrel is arranged on a weapon carrier (14) which is mounted by trunnions (16) between cradle supports (18), and its elevation is adjustable. A separate ammunition container (26,... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5282410 | Externally mounted aircraft ammunition magazine box structure A high strength ammunition magazine box is externally mounted on the side of an aircraft by a support strut structure and is adapted to store a longitudinally serpentined ammunition belt which may be fed out to a machine gun also externally supported on t... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5263397 | Plank-mounted aircraft armament system having ammunition magazine apparatus and associated mounting structure A helicopter armament system includes an elongated support plank longitudinally extending transversely through the helicopter and having opposite end portions projecting outwardly beyond opposite sides of the helicopter. Mounted on these opposite plank en... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5212338 | Ammunition transfer apparatus for uploading and downloading a magazine To automate the uploading and downloading of a magazine storing rounds of large caliber ammunition in horizontal orientation, a transfer mechanism is equipped with a set of transfer forks and a set of selector gates operating is synchronism with a magazin... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5208420 | Propellant strip assembly A propellant strip assembly for use in propellant actuated fastener driving tools. The assembly includes a carrying strip which contains a plurality of pockets which each hold a propellant charge and a sensitizer to activate the charge. The carrying strip... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5206454 | Externally mounted aircraft ammunition magazine box structure A high strength ammunition magazine box is externally mounted on the side of an aircraft by a support strut structure and is adapted to store a longitudinally serpentined ammunition belt which may be fed out to a machine gun also externally supported on t... | 04/27/1993 |
