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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, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J Aloi, Richmond, VT (US);
George D Brooks, South Burlington, VT (US);
Ronald E Prince, Colchester, VT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ; F42B / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 34 ; 86 48 ; 89 3 / ; 89 3 / ; 198370 ; 198449 ; 221123 ;
Abstract
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.