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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:
Nov. 10, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J Aloi, Richmond, VT (US);
Robert J Fritz, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ; F41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89137 ; 89 3 / ;
Abstract
The device is for use with an ammunition storage drum for a modern multi-barrel high rate-of-fire machine gun (i.e., 'Gatling' type gun) system, in which unfired ammunition rounds are transported from the drum to the gun, and the cases of the spent ammunition are returned from the gun to the drum. When two generally, oppositely positioned spent ammunition sensors within the drum simultaneously detect spent ammunition in the drum, a signal is sent to the gun control unit in time to cut off power. The device prevents spent ammunition from being chambered in the gun, and as a result also permits higher rates-of-fire by the gun.