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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037801 | Link separation device for an ammunition belt A link separation device for an ammunition belt, said belt exiting a weapon after firing via an opening and in which an assembly of links (M1, M2) are mounted able to pivot angularly with respect to one another, each of said links incorporating two lat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7578226 | Device to separate the links of an ammunition belt A device to separate the links (M1, M2) of an ammunition belt, such belt exiting a weapon after firing and in which the links are mounted so as to pivot angularly with respect to one another, a relative pivoting position of a first link (M1) wit... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7363845 | Concealable speed loader for firearms and method for loading a firearm A concealable speed loader for firearms includes a flexible, one-piece body having a flat open condition, a closed annular condition, two ends and a given width. The body has grasping chambers for receiving cartridges with a length substantially greater than the giv... | 04/29/2008 |
| 5458045 | Feed chute-to-gun ammunition belt guide adapter for machine guns Belted ammunition of either the "ball" or the shorter "SLAP" type is supplied through a flexible feed chute to a 7.62 mm mini machine gun using a specially configured feed adapter interconnected between the outlet end of the feed chute and the inlet of th... | 10/17/1995 |
| 4790231 | Lightweight belt link for telescoped ammunition and belt formed therefrom A lightweight ammunition belt link comprises first, second and third elongate, tubular shell holding rings sized to slidingly receive cylindrical, telescoped amunition. First and second webs interconnect the three shell-holding rings so that the first and... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4586423 | Cartridge belt and belt links therefor The belt links are constituted by a clamp member and a link member and serve to assemble together a series of cartridges to form a cartridge belt. Each cartridge is engaged or embraced by the guide member of one belt link, on the one hand, and by the link... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4011788 | Stripper/de-linking mechanism Stripper/De-linker assembly for disintegrating links of ammunition belts ch is located in the feed tray and which rearwardly strips and delinks in the feed tray, links, each of which totally circumscribes the corresponding cartridge or round and remains ... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4004492 | Disintegrable cartridge link An articulated belt for supporting and moving a plurality of elongate parallel objects such as gun cartridges disintegrates just as the cartridges are extracted therefrom at the gun. The belt consists of separate links, each link comprising two interlocki... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4004683 | Packaging for power loads A flexible rubber strip has openings slightly smaller than the shank of a power load spaced along its length. Power loads having shank and head portions are inserted through the openings up to the head portion in which position the power loads are gripped... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3983990 | Conveyor mechanism A cradle is provided for use in a train of cradles in a constraining chute which has a universal joint intercoupling adjacent cradles. A joint is provided by a truncated male sphere on one cradle and a slotted female sphere on the next adjacent cradle. Ea... | 10/05/1976 |
