ARTILLERY SHOT FEEDING MECHANISM Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, devices for feeding of shots to artillery gun bore. SUBSTANCE: device has a control link of the carriage, rectilinear guide of the carriage, grip secured on the carriage, and a grip control member. The carriage control link is made in the form of a thread screw installed along the rod with guides. Installed on the screw in the rod guides is the carriage engageable with the screw thread and moving along the rod. The carriage has a stop engageable with the shot case bottom. The grip is made in the form of two levers with rollers secured on the carriage axle. The upper lever is installed in a spaced relation to the roller and shot case bottom, and the lower one - for engagement with the control member made in the form of a track and spring-loaded stop located on the rod. The lower lever is spring loaded relative to the carriage and fixed by an adjusting screw. EFFECT: reduced linear dimensions of the feeding mechanism, smooth movement of the fed shot. 2 cl, 6 dwg