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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard R Gillum, Marblehead, OH (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 46 ; 89 3305 ; 89 3501 ;
Abstract
A shell feeding system comprising an endless loop, nondisintegrating link lt 14 within a magazine 12 for moving telescoped shells into an extraction position where they are side stripped and transferred to a ram load position. A hydraulic cylinder 48 is used to incrementally index belt 14 placing a round into position. Another hydraulic cylinder 76 accomplishes the transfer of an extracted shell 16' to the cannon load position.