AUTOMATIC ARTILLERY MOUNT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: artillery.

SUBSTANCE: the magazine of the gun mount is made in the form of a double-thread conveyer drum located in the under turret room with a transmission mechanism kinematically linked with the elevator positioned above it. The double-thread conveyer drum is installed on a bedframe with the aid of a supporting assembly and has an outer housing with radial partitions for placement of shots and ports, as well as an inner housing having two inner spirals made for backing of each shot in the point located behind its center of gravity, and two outer spirals, the two pairs of the inner and outer spirals form a double-thread conveyer. The transmission mechanism has a disk, collector and two intake-transmitting devices installed in the disk diametrically opposite each other, each of the devices consists of the first and second enveloping guides. The double-thread conveyer drum is so secured that the beginning of its entries coincides with the shafts of the first and second intake sprockets. The double-thread conveyer is kinematically linked with the first shaft with the aid of a bevel gear installed on it and engaged with a bevel-gear wheel fixed to the bedframe. The collector is made in the form of a ring with a ring gear, whose flange is engageable with the second rollers backing and centering it during rotation, and ribs are made in the bore of the ring, forming radial cells for placement of shots. The elevator is made in the form of an endless chain and has beds and a radius part formed by the fourth guides and made for engagement with the intake-transmitting sprocket located on a rocking lever. Hinge-joined on the rockshaft of the rocking lever passing through the center of curvature of the elevator radius part is an intermediate sprocket made for engagement with the intake-transmitting and central sprockets located on the journal axle and kinematically linked with the intake sprocket of the fan-type conveyer, which in its turn is kinematically linked with the recoiling parts of the artillery mount. The rocking lever is made for engagement by means of a cam with the control limit switch of the elevator drive.

EFFECT: enhanced rate of fire, reliability of operation and convenience of use of the artillery mount.

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