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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gianluigi Bandera, Gallarate, IT;
Assignee:
Finmeccanica S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3314 ; 89 3716 ; 89 34 ;
Abstract
A device for feeding ammunition in the form of a continuous belt into a weapon carried on an aircraft; the device having a rigid conduit extending longitudinally along a side of the fuselage of the aircraft, and in turn having a rear portion for loading the ammunition, and a front portion connectable to the weapon by a flexible conduit; the rear portion of the rigid conduit being of such a width as to house the ammunition in two rows, in an accordion configuration; and the front portion being narrower to house the ammunition in a single row.