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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony R Steward, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Peter A Bates, Underhill, VT (US);
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 46 ; 89 3301 ;
Abstract
An ammunition round reorienter is equipped with a gear train having parallel drive paths connecting a common motor to concurrently rotate a platform about a vertical axis and to pivot a tray about a horizontal axis, such that an ammunition round carried by the tray is reoriented both in azimuth and elevation as it is translated between receiving and handoff orientations.