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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:
Mar. 06, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maurice V Bourlet, Liege, BE;
Assignee:
Fabriqe Nationale Herstal S.A., Herstal, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3 / ; 89 3 / ;
Abstract
The invention pertains to a visual checking device for machine guns and similar weapons, characterized by the fact that it is made up of a lever or toggle lever, permanently stressed by a return spring in the direction of the location of the successive rounds of the supply belt, in such a manner that aforesaid lever or toggle lever can take up two positions, respectively an upper position when it makes contact with a cartridge, and a lower position when no cartridge is present.