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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:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
May. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Gyre, St Germain les Vergnes, FR;
Assignee:
GIAT Industries, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 34 ; 89 331 ; 89 3317 ; 193 / ;
Abstract
An automatic munition device, mobile in translation between a weapon and a fixed feeder, having means to transfer the munition in a path defined by an arc of a circle between the fixed feeder and the weapon, the munition being moved parallel to the fixed feeder and perpendicular to the translation motion of the munition. The feed device has a variable-pitch helical ramp having the same center as the center of the arc, one end of the ramp being integral with the weapon and the other end integral with the fixed feeder. The ramp also has guiding means to position the munition axially during feeding of the munition.