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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7836812 | Propellant charge feed or supply means A propellant charge feed or supply system for automatic introduction of modular propellant charges into the weapon tube of a heavy weapon having a breech assembly and a propellant charge chamber in front of the breech assembly. An oblong propellant charge feed tray ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7802510 | Ammunition loading assembly An ammunition loading assembly (10) is disclosed for loading a projectile (12) into a barrel (14) of a gun. The assembly includes an urging member (16) for urging the projectile (12) into the barrel (14) and a drive means ( | 09/28/2010 |
| 7757596 | Shell restraining device for an anti-armour weapon A device for restraining a shell in a barrel of a disposable anti-armour weapon being stored in a compartment of a transport box. A stopper member is configured to be placed in the barrel in front of and adjacent to a shell loaded therein. The stopper member has at ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7581484 | Weapon system retention device An apparatus for retaining an object in a gun tube of a weapon system, the gun tube having a longitudinal axis, a chamber and a breech ring with an opening therein, the apparatus including a plunger that reciprocates in the opening in the breech ring and the chamber... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7475626 | Device for feeding propellant charges to a heavy weapon A device for feeding propellant charges to a heavy weapon, comprising a fixed propellant charge magazine having guides for receiving propellant charge modules such that their longitudinal axes extend horizontally. The guides are disposed parallel to one another and ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7467580 | Carrier for ammunition handling system The invention provides an ammunition carrier for retaining ammunition. The ammunition carrier includes a stationary carrier body portion disposed about a space in which to retain the ammunition; and a rotating carrier body portion disposed about the space and pivota... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7296506 | Make-break devices A make-break device includes a first component having at least one engaging member, the engaging member presenting first and second orthogonally disposed edges, each edge being defined at the intersection of a respective pair of chamfered face and a second component... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7243589 | Variable volume chamber cannon An assembly for effecting a variable volume chamber for use in a cannon having a breech assembly operably coupled to a chamber, and includes the chamber having a certain size being partially defined by a constant diameter for a known depth dimension and having a kno... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231863 | Arrangement for transferring large-calibre ammunition from an ammunition magazine to loading position in a large-calibre weapon The invention relates to an arrangement (18) for retrieving large-calibre ammunition (10), such as shells, from an ammunition magazine and transferring these to a loading and ramming position, in which the respective ammunition unit (10) is loca... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207257 | Ammunition guide A guide for centering transit ammunition rounds generally includes a plate having an ammunition round passage port therethrough along with a plurality of spaced apart ammunition round contact members disposed around a circumference of the passage port. A plurality o... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7184862 | Turret targeting system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162332 | Turret deployment system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150855 | Pelletized nitrocellulose (PNC) manufacture and long term storage A method of making pelletized nitrocellulose (PNC) includes preparing a lacquer, the lacquer comprising nitrocellulose (NC), ethyl acetate and ethyl centralite, the NC having a nitrogen content of at least about 12.2%; mixing the lacquer with an antisolvent to there... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140300 | Device to separate propellant charge modules A device to separate propellant charge modules for field weapons, each module incorporating a top and bottom, the top of one of the modules being engaged in the bottom of an adjacent module, the device incorporating a reception device for all the modules having a de... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127331 | Turret operator interface system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7040211 | Mortar bomb retention apparatus A mortar bomb retention apparatus for retaining a mortar bomb in a mortar tube includes a lever arm; a lever positioner in which the lever arm is rotatably mounted; a generally cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the central opening comprising... | 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 |
| 7004058 | Projectile ramming device The invention concerns a device (1) for artillery intended to ram a projectile (7) into the chamber of a weapon barrel, such device comprising an impulse jack (12) incorporating a mobile rod (25) driving a carriage (10) mounted abl... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6922615 | Turret envelope control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control f... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6752063 | Multiple cell ammunition cradle A multiple cell ammunition cradle system for a weapon wherein the rate of ammunition transfer and the consequent rate of fire of the weapon is independent of the azimuth angle of the weapon. The system generally includes a cradle having a rotor with a plurality of c... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6694857 | Apparatus for discharging shells from an ammunition magazine, and a shell-discharging arrangement comprising two such apparatuses An apparatus (20) for discharging shells from a magazine. The apparatus comprises a first ramming element (42) for initial, primary linear discharge of a shell (G) from the magazine, and a second ramming element (56) for continued, secondary feed of the s... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6679159 | Ammunition transfer system An ammunition transfer system and method of loading a weapon wherein the rate of ammunition transfer and the consequent rate of fire of the weapon is independent of the azimuth angle of the weapon. In a preferred embodiment, the invention includes a multi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6588311 | Automatic loading device for a weapon mounted on a turret The invention relates to a loading device for a medium or large caliber weapon supplied with rounds constituted by a projectile and modular charges. It comprises means to receive a projectile and modular charges, a vehicle incorporating at least two housi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6513415 | Propellant retention device A dual action retention pawl for securing ammunition in a breech loading gun having a bore along a longitudinal axis of a barrel of the gun and a breech opening with a moveable breech block at a rear of the bore. The dual action retention pawl includes a ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6490958 | Apparatus for storing charge units A friction restraint and latching assembly for a charge unit storage chamber defined by an elongated casing having an open end, and including a friction restraint bar of a length approximating that of the elongated casing, and supported at the periphery o... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6460448 | Automated loader assist for mortars The loader assist for mortars allows for the automated loading of ammunition through the muzzle. The invention assists soldiers by transporting the shell into the muzzle from a lower position near the base of the mortar tube thus reducing exposure to enfi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6446536 | Method and device for handling propelling charges in fully and semi-automatic loading systems for artillery guns A loading system of artillery guns to enable modular charges that are combinable into larger units to be handled in a main magazine with a number of mutually parallel magazine tubes designed to accommodate the modular charges and a retrieval tube whose in... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443045 | Rammer for an artillery piece A rammer for an artillery piece with a barrel that can be elevated. The rammer has a cradle upstream of the barrel. The cradle is aligned with the powder chamber, has an accommodation for the shell, travels subject to a guide along a track that parallels ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6279450 | Loading apparatus for a large-caliber weapon A weapon includes a weapon barrel having a longitudinal axis and a magazine positioned behind the weapon barrel and formed of two spaced, facing partial magazines situated on either side of the barrel axis. Each partial magazine has at least one tier acco... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6205904 | Mechanism for feeding munition elements to an artillery cannon The subject of the invention is an ammunition element (3,4) feed device (1) for an artillery cannon, notably in projectiles (3) or propellant charge modules (4), and comprising at least one storage magazine (2) for the ammunition elements that incorporate... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6170380 | Method and apparatus for storing and handling propellant charge units A system and method for selectively transferring storable units, particularly artillery propellant charge units, between a storage space and a location outside of the storage space, the system including a storage magazine having a plurality of parallel, a... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6161461 | Training device for a combat vehicle with a heavy weapon, especially an armored howitzer A training device for a combat vehicle with a heavy weapon, especially an armored howitzer. A shorter practice barrel replaces the weapon's regular barrel, but has the same sort of attachments at its inner end as the regular barrel has for fastening it to... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6119576 | Method and system for automatic determination of ammunition type, and the use thereof A method and a system for automatic identification of ammunition type simultaneously with the performance of loading is based on optical reading of the ammunition's silhouette, and emits a signal concerning ammunition type to a computer for calculation of... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6073534 | Transfer mechanism and method for uploading and downloading propellant charges and projectiles A transfer mechanism that can selectively transfer molded solid propellant charges or projectiles between a transport conveyor and respective storage magazines is described. The transfer mechanism has multiple transfer forks driven from a common drive sha... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6065385 | Bucket carrier for molded solid propellant storage magazine A linked bucket carrier for safely transporting molded, solid-propellant charges between a transport conveyor and respective storage magazines is described. The propellant charge carrier includes an elongated body having an arc-shaped cross section that d... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5965837 | Artillery shell carrier A device for carrying artillery shells, each shell having a cylindrical body and a conical head, is disclosed. The device includes an upper body and a lower body. A gripper assembly is connected to the lower body and has an inner circumferential surface c... | 10/12/1999 |
