Class 89/33.4 - Empty shell receivers

Subclass of Class 89 - Ordnance
Definition: Subject matter to receive or catch spent cartridge cases
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 12/06/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8069767	Gun mount and ejection system An armament system for aircraft includes gun mount and ejection system for a machine gun. The gun mount and ejection system includes an ejection chute assembly including a hopper positioned intermediate the uprights of a carriage supporting the machine gun. ...	12/06/2011
7548419	Electronic device with switch module An electronic device with switch module includes a first body and a second body which pivot together to be closed. The first body has a buckling member. The second body has a catching member, an actuating member, an ejecting member, and a through hole disposed corre...	06/16/2009
7389605	Self clearing single and/or multiple shell catching device A self clearing single and/or multiple spent shell catcher for use on autoloading guns comprising a plurality of pivoting spring loaded jaws with cam features which are released by a jaw trigger means and thereby catch an ejected shell. Caught shells are automatical...	06/24/2008
7258055	Machine gun mount A machine gun mount is provided for mounting a machine gun in a movable support arm of a helicopter. The mount includes a gun cradle which is detachably connected to the gun and a pintle one end of which is adapted to pivotably mount the pintle, and thus the mount, ...	08/21/2007
7168200	Gun shell catcher device A shell catcher for use with hand-held firearms adjustably detachably mounts on a side of the firearm for receiving and retaining spent shells expelled by the firearm. The shell catcher has a base, which mounts on a side of the firearm and a collapsible flexible hou...	01/30/2007
7134233	Acoustically tuned cartridge casing catcher A catcher, in combination with a firearm having an ejection port, for receiving and retaining expended magnetically attracted shell casings through the ejection port as the firearm is discharged. The catcher includes a hollow housing having a plurality of rigid wall...	11/14/2006
7043863	Multi-position spent cartridge casing catcher A catcher in combination with a firearm having an ejection port for receiving and retaining expended magnetically attracted shell casings through the ejection port as the firearm is discharged. The catcher includes a hollow housing having a plurality of rigid walls....	05/16/2006
6766607	Articulative, shell casing deflection and collection apparatus An articulative, shell casing deflection and collection apparatus is provided for deflecting and collecting spent shell casings from firearms when shooting at a range. The apparatus clamps to the edge of a shooting table and is adjustable to suit any type firearm. T...	07/27/2004
6530169	Toggle action see through shotgun shell catcher This invention is an improved shotgun shell catcher. It has a cage of very light weight construction, which captures many casings before it must be emptied. Toggle action permits near effortless operation to quickly unload the empty casings. Thumbwheel lo...	03/11/2003
6354035	Brass catcher An apparatus comprising a portable, standing screen with a bin that can be placed near the person firing a semi-automatic weapon. The screen has a base section and an upright frame section. The upright frame section can be removed from the base to facilit...	03/12/2002
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
5811716	Device for catching cartridges ejected from fired weapons A device for catching cartridges ejected from a fired weapon. The device includes a fabric catch bag mounted on a frame and attached by means of a swivel mount to an extendable, base-mounted support rod. The frame may rotate about an axis parallel to the ...	09/22/1998
5442991	Accumulating rotary transfer unit A device for use in a rapid-fire weapons system wherein a gun is movable in both elevation and azimuth. The device is designed to have a high round storage capacity and transfers rounds across the azimuth axis, thus allowing the gun to move in azimuth wit...	08/22/1995
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
5303635	Apparatus and method for entrapping and discarding spent artillery shells The present invention generally relates to a military cannon as typically unted within the turret of a military armored vehicle such as an armored tank. My invention teaches method and apparatus for the catching and entrapping the stub case typically ejec...	04/19/1994
5245906	Apparatus for infeeding cartridges of two different types of ammunition to a Gatling-type gun Apparatuses for the infeed of cartridges predominantly of two different types of ammunition to a Gatling-type gun or weapon system, can be stationarily installed if there are employed, apart from two transport devices, storage devices for the intermediate...	09/21/1993
5115713	Apparatus for the infeed of cartridges to a firing weapon During the infeed of cartridges from an ammunition container or magazine to a firing weapon, problems arise in the event there are not simultaneously fulfilled the following three requirements: (a) the first cartridge of a firing burst or series firing sh...	05/26/1992
4738182	Cartridge casing ejector A casing ejector in an enclosed fighting compartment for ejecting stump casings of partially combusted cartridge casings. For purposes of not hindering the loading process of an automatic loading mechanism, the cartridge casing ejecting mechanism includes a li...	04/19/1988
4691615	M-16 rifle, improved to more safely accomodate left handed shooters Disclosed is a new rifle receiver body for an M-16 rifle, incorporating a deflector portion adapted to divert spent cartridge cases away from the person of the user, away from the face and neck of a left-handed shooter for example. While particularly usef...	09/08/1987
4690031	Automatic loader for an armored vehicle having a rotatable turret The invention relates to an automatic loader for an armored vehicle having a rotatable turret adapted to feed vertically stored projectiles from a storage magazine into the loading chamber of a large caliber weapon from which it can be inserted into the g...	09/01/1987
4632011	Automatic loader for an armored vehicle having a rotatable turret The invention relates to an automatic loader for an armored vehicle having a rotatable turret adapted to feed vertically stored projectiles from a storage magazine into the loading chamber of a large caliber weapon from which it can be inserted into the g...	12/30/1986
4601230	Weapon system A weapon system including a main gun using link fed ammunition and a co-axially mounted machine gun mounted in a turret rotatably positionable in an armored vehicle. The spent links for the main gun and the spent machine gun links and brass are ejected th...	07/22/1986
4573395	Linkless ammunition magazine with shell buffer A linkless ammunition magazine for guns includes an endless, shell-holding conveyor having two, spaced apart bicycle-type chains which are entrained over several pairs of guides that confine the conveyor to a convoluted path within a housing. During firin...	03/04/1986
4562768	Alternative ammunition belt feeder for an automatic machine cannon An empty belt clip and empty cartridge casing discharge arrangement for use with a machine cannon which can, for example, be mounted in the gun turret of an armored vehicle. The arrangement includes a cradle and built-in gun barrel which is pivotally moun...	01/07/1986
4398447	Vertical loading system for a gun mount A gun mount having a gun cover or shield contains a gun which may be directed in both azimuth and elevation. An ammunition storage space is disposed below the gun mount. Ammunition components are combined in the storage space to provide an ammunition roun...	08/16/1983
4309933	Externally powered gun loading and ejection system An externally powered twin-barrel shuttle gun which has a shuttle having two firing chambers. The shuttle linearly moves between two positions so that the firing chambers are alternately fed a round of ammunition and discharged. The feed system has a pair...	01/12/1982
4253376	Termination accumulator A termination accumulator for a machine gun has a handling conveyor passing through a supply channel, a bypass channel, and a return channel. The supply channel leads to a feed system of a machine gun. The bypass channel has its other end connected to a r...	03/03/1981
4092901	Device for firearm intended for tank which has a barrel supported in a recoil jacket A firearm of the type which loads from the bottom of the recoil jacket includes protective doors opened by the loading mechanism as it rises into ramming position. One pair of doors is mounted in the recoil jacket and another is mounted on the barrel at a...	06/06/1978
4064786	Method and device for automatic ammunition handling A plurality of rounds of ammunition are fed simultaneously by the invention which includes a plurality of hoists feeding a plurality of compartments located in a magazine mounted on the elevating part of a gun. Rapid loading in synchronism with firing is ...	12/27/1977
4020738	Receiver for spent shells A receiver for spent sheels is disclosed wherein a rigid compartment is formed and includes a mounting means for mounting one end of the compartment adjacent to the shell ejection slot of a gun, and for supporting the rigid compartment away from the body ...	05/03/1977
3994202	Tank turret cover A tank having a firearm mounted thereon for selective elevation and depression about trunnions located within a turret, is provided with a cover pivotally mounted on said turret and adapted to be engaged by the recoil jacket of the gun when the gun barrel...	11/30/1976
3988962	Loading pendulum Apparatus for the loading of rounds of ammunition from a magazine into the barrel of a firearm, particularly a firearm supported on a tank. The firearm is movable in elevation about a first axis, and a pendulum-like member is provided which is rotatable a...	11/02/1976

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