General Electric Company

George D Brooks

Anthony J Aloi

Ronald E Prince

Donald J Bushey, Sr

An ammunition sorting system where rounds are fed randomly in either a first or a second orientation includes a process for orientating all of the rounds into the second orientation.

Ammunition reorienting process

Ammunition sorting system including a plurality of storage hoppers each adapted to releasably store a different type of ammunition, and a conveyor system including in sequence a plurality of rungs, each rung having two alternative dispositions, one wherein the rung provides a pocket in the conveyor adapted to receive therein a round of ammunition from a hopper, the other wherein said rung precludes entry of a round into such pocket, and cams and followers for controlling the disposition of each rung as it passes each of the storage hoppers.

Automated ammunition mixer

A feature of this invention is a system including a buffer storage means for receiving rounds of ammunition, means for receiving therefrom the rounds in either of two orientations and for aligning them into a common orientation, and means for receiving therefrom the rounds with or without cardboard tubes and for removing any such tubes.

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South Burlington, VT, United States of America

George D Brooks