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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1990
Joseph F Bender-Zanoni, Grand Isle, VT (US);
David L Maher, Hero, VT (US);
General Electric Company, Burlington, VT (US);
Abstract
An extensible ammunition conveyor includes telescoping conveyor sections mounting pairs of laterally spaced sprockets adjacent the conveyor section ends. A pair of endless chains are trained about these sprockets in coextensive, transversely spaced relation with each chain having transversely lapping run portions extending along the telescoped end portions of the conveyor sections. The sprockets of each pair are mounted in angularly relation to provide an effectively V-shaped open trough for transversely confining cylindrical ammunition rounds during conveyance motivated by driving the chains in unison. Jointly braking and driving the chains in an appropriate direction produces powered extension and contraction of the conveyor.