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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762174 | Ammunition container and feed system A linkless ammunition feed system for a firearm. The ammunition feed system has an ammunition container with a path for holding a plurality ammunition rounds in a single file manner and an exit for passing the ammunition rounds out of the container. A pusher is posi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7357130 | Spring-assisted paintball loader A mechanism for feeding uniformly-sized spherical projectiles such as paintballs into a gun adapted to shoot said projectiles is positioned in a lower region of a paintball-holding magazine, and includes a spinning body in the form of a spool from the peripheral sid... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322348 | Electric paintball feed hopper for paintguns An electric paintball feed hopper for paintguns, characterized in having a hopper opening, which provides for loading paintballs, defined in a hopper, a fastening cover, which prevents the paintballs from falling out, is fitted to the hopper opening, and an oblique ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275342 | Semi-automatic weapon for several tubes cartridges loading system for long guns New design for semi-automatic weapon for several tubes cartridges loading system for long guns, wherein an in-between connection steel part fixes the barrel to the receiver. The retention of the cartridges inside the parallel tubes is done by three metallic nails. T... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270121 | Paintball backpack hopper with positive feed device to deliver paintballs to a paintball gun without jamming problems This invention is directed toward a device and method of providing a substantial quantity of paintballs to a paintball gun in a manner which minimizes the target silhouette of the user and allows him/her to supply the paintball gun with relative ease, safety, and ef... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7240600 | Rifle charging handle with ambidextrous latch A charging handle for a rifle having a housing. The handle has a body with an elongated bar having a forward end and a rear end. The bar has a bolt engaging element at the forward end, and a crossbar having an intermediate portion connected to the rear end of the ba... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6779430 | Sponson tow plate-mounted helicopter armament apparatus and associated methods External armament apparatus, including a machine gun, an associated ammunition box for supplying belted ammunition to the gun, a flare dispenser, a missile launcher or other external stores apparatus, and a forward looking infrared sensor (FLIR), is exteriorly suppo... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6701907 | Spring loaded feed mechanism for paintball loader A spring-loaded feed mechanism for a paintball loader. The feed mechanism includes an inner spool and an outer spool. A torsion spring is positioned between the inner and outer spools. The outer spool includes a pressure wall, from which the torsion sprin... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6601496 | Magazine for firearms A magazine for a firearm having a cylindrical housing with rear and front covers and with a smooth inner surface is provided. A hollow cylinder rigidly secured to the rear cover is arranged inside the housing. A helix is formed on the outer surface of the... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6502495 | Rotary magazine for firearm with hold-open lever A rotary magazine for a firearm includes a hold-open lever that is actuated after the last shot is fired to hold the bolt in an open condition to signify that the magazine is empty. No modification to the firing mechanism, bolt or other part of the firear... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488019 | Feeder for a paintball gun A feeder for use with a paintball gun has an inlet through which paintballs enter, and an outlet through which they exit. A feed mechanism disposed inside the feeder frictionally engages the paintballs as they enter and transports them to the outlet. The ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6467473 | Paintball feeders The present invention provides jam free paintball feeding systems for use with a paintball gun. Such paintball feeder systems include a feeder for feeding paintballs to a paintball gun which includes a first compliant moveable component, such as a rotatin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6405629 | Ammunition magazine for beltless fed ammunition An ammunition magazine for beltless fed ammunition is disclosed. The magazine includes at least one endlessly guided ammunition guide chain to transport ammunition, and a chain tightener to tighten the ammunition guide chain with a predetermined chain ten... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401592 | 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... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6354183 | Method and device for handling propellant charges of different sizes and charge strengths in artillery guns The present invention relates to a method and a device for use in gun magazines first and foremost in automatic-loading artillery guns (26) for arranging and stowing modular charges, and for delivering the desired number and type of modular charge (50, 51... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6327953 | Device for storing projectile balls and for feeding them to the projectile chamber of a hand weapon A device for storing projectile balls and for feeding them to the projectile chamber of a hand weapon (1), with a ball container (3), with a conveying tube (2) which is connected at one end to the latter and the other end of which leads to the weapon (1),... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6202534 | Variable speed common axis control sprockets used in a shell casing unloading device A handling system for brass shell casings in an ammunition handling system. A shaft has a first sprocket and first hub and a non-circular gear mounted thereto, and because of the non-circular gear, rotates at a variable speed when driven by a power source... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5929366 | Ammunition feed mechanism A feed mechanism for use transferring linkless ammunition especially cased telescoped ammunition, from location to another, and simultaneously changing the orientation of its axis, comprising an Archimedes feed screw (11) and a cam track (14, 18, 17) loca... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5794606 | Ram feed ammo box A feed mechanism for use with a paintball gun having an infeed tube for receiving paintballs that are to be fired from the paintball gun. The feed mechanism includes a storage container, a feeder tube, a feed structure, an electric motor and a switch for ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5750916 | Transmission device having a central rotating wheel and a laying mechanism with such a device A transmission device includes a central wheel, a satellite wheel, a drive element and a tension control device. The central wheel is disposed to rotate about a central wheel axle that is fixed in a first position. The satellite wheel has a satellite whee... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5675111 | Transmission assembly with a telescopic universal joint, weapon having such a transmission assembly and method A transmission assembly for transmitting power between a fixed part and a moving part of a weapon, the moving part being disposed to move in response to recoil of the weapon, includes a drive motor, a mechanism, and a transmission device. The drive motor ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5614689 | Ammunition feed system and method An ammunition feed system for a firearm that can pivot in elevation about a horizontal elevation axis includes an ammunition storage device, a loading device and an intermediate transfer section. The ammunition storage device is fixed relative to the elev... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5610362 | Ammunition feed device and method A mechanism for feeding ammunition in a small arm includes a linkage, a rotating member and a magazine follower. The small arm includes a barrel, a breech that moves under recoil and a magazine that extends approximately parallel to the barrel. The linkag... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5600083 | Magazine for pump action shotgun A magazine filled with ammunition that can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from a firearm. It has a snail-shaped housing with a laterally offset chimney section that has an outlet port at its top end for feeding the ammunition into the fire... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5571984 | Ammunition feed system for a medium-calibre firearm Medium-calibre feed system, of the type comprising an ammunition feed system and a firing and loading system with a barrel, for example, which is characterized in that it comprises an ammunition box in which the ammunition is stored without being linked t... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5561258 | Magazine for pump action shotgun A magazine filled with ammunition that can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from a firearm. It has a housing with a chimney section that has an outlet port at its top end for feeding the ammunition into the firearm. There is an annular chamb... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5456153 | Magazine for pump action shotgun A magazine filled with ammunition that can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from a firearm. It has a snail-shaped housing with a laterally offset chimney section that has an outlet port at its top end for feeding the ammunition into the fire... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5335579 | Indexing helical feed magazine An improved magazine for fragile projectiles such as pellets or paint balls, wherein the front end of a rotating drive member is formed with elongated fingers to form individual chambers to feed the projectiles one by one out of the magazine synchronously... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5284081 | Lightweight grenade launcher A lightweight grenade launcher utilizing a rotary feed mechanism in conjunction with a toggle link bolt movement mechanism to incorporate the barrel, flash suppressor, bolt and toggle link mechanism as part of the gun's recoiling mass with the barrel movi... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5245907 | Automatic weapon munition feed device An automatic munition device, mobile in translation between a weapon and a fixed feeder, having means to transfer the munition in a path defined by an arc of a circle between the fixed feeder and the weapon, the munition being moved parallel to the fixed ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5180879 | Ammunition supply device for an automatic weapon The invention relates to an ammunition supply device for an automatic weapon that undergoes translational motion in relation to a fixed magazine. It comprises at least one slide fitted with gripping devices (9) for ammunition (11), and primary guide mecha... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5149909 | Opposed round parallel path single bay ammunition feed system An ammunition feed system wherein a single layer of alternatingly opposing rounds of ammunition is conveyed in a magazine by a single closed loop conveyor disposed along a serpentine path. The opposing rounds are fed into a twister conveyor apparatus whic... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5147972 | Parallel path single bay ammunition feed system An ammunition feed system wherein a single layer of ammunition is conveyed in a magazine by two independent closed loop conveyors disposed side by side in parallel, serpentine paths. Live rounds are fed on parallel output paths into first and second expan... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5144097 | Carrier clip apparatus for linear linkless ammunition systems Carrier clip apparatus for use in linear linkless ammunition systems, including a cradle attached to a chain along with a plurality of legs, protruding from one side of the cradles, for guiding an ammunition round as the chain is moved in the linear linkl... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5115714 | Apparatus for infeeding cartridges When using a multi-barrel firing weapon, such as a Gatling-type gun or canon, it is desired during a firing burst, to first fire the initial or lead cartridge or ammunition round when the rotating array of weapon barrels, during running up to speed, has a... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5109752 | Universal self-timing ammunition loader A self-timing ammunition interface system is provided which includes an exit unit for accepting and delivering ammunition rounds and a linker/delinker for inserting ammunition rounds into the exit unit and receiving downloaded ammunition rounds from the e... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5109751 | Parallel path single bay ammunition feed system An ammunition feed system wherein a single layer of ammunition is conveyed in a magazine by two independent closed loop conveyors disposed side by side in parallel, serpentine paths. Live rounds are fed on parallel output paths into first and second expan... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5107750 | Feeding ammunition Device for feeding ammunition to an aircraft firing gun, without using belts includes an ammunition container having a plurality of partitions to establish a plurality of different levels; a pair of endless chains being interconnected and run over at leas... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4825743 | Magazine and feed mechanism for firearms An improved magazine and feed mechanism is disclosed for firearms which provides a transfer disc for receiving cartridges laterally with respect to the barrel of the firearm such as to be rotatable to orient the cartridge longitudinally with respect to th... | 05/02/1989 |
