CONVEYER FOR PLACEMENT AND FEED OF ROUNDS Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, conveyers for feed of ammunition to the gun. SUBSTANCE: the conveyer framework is hinge-mounted to the floor with the aid of a ball race plate and made in the form of the upper and lower rings fastened by posts. The posts are positioned between the cells under the vertically installed rounds. Cups for inclination to the conveyer centre are hinge-fastened in the cells. A double-arm lever-rocker is installed in the upper part of the cup, one arm of the lever is engaged with the detent of the cup inclination drive, and the other - with the spring-loaded catch installed in the cup ears and moving in parallel with the cup axis. A latch is installed in the lower part of the cup, its one arm fixes the round bottom, and the other is engaged with a rigid stop located on a fixed frame installed on the floor. Fastened on the floor is a transducer with a pusher engaged with the round bottom and signaling on the presence of a round in the gun loading plane. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of functioning of the conveyer and gun loading mechanism, enhanced accuracy of round feed to the loading mechanism. 5 dwg