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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred J Skahill, Davenport, IA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 11 ;
Abstract
A drum cam for reciprocating the operating group of an externally powered apon, wherein hang-fire is prevented by transferring the cam follower to a separate cam path when the group is in in-battery position, and the follower dwells until a chambered round has fired before permitting the operating group to recoil.