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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. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guy Ferrand, Bourges, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, Versailles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ; F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3316 ; 89 3317 ; 89 3302 ;
Abstract
Medium-calibre feed system, of the type comprising an ammunition feed system and a firing and loading system with a barrel, for example, which is characterized in that it comprises an ammunition box in which the ammunition is stored without being linked together by any medium, a drive mechanism for loading the ammunition, round by round, to the loading and firing system, an energy source for controlling the drive mechanism during the firing of a burst, the latter comprising a link of the elastic type interposed between the ammunition box and the firing and loading system, this link consisting, for example, of a chain conveyor.