CONVEYER FOR PLACEMENT AND FEED OF SHOTS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, conveyers for feed of shots to the gun of armored infantry fighting vehicles (airborne fighting vehicles) and ship-borne gun mounts.

SUBSTANCE: the conveyer has a framework hinge-mounted on the floor of the fighting compartment by means of a ball racer, conveyer drive with a stop gear and vertically arranged seats for the shots with catches framework is made in the form of pillars with the upper and lower plates forming the seats for the shots. The profile of the plates provides for displacement of the shot in the radial direction. The catches for holding the shots are made in form of spring-loaded outer and inner thumb catches hinge-joined between the upper and lower plates. The outer thumb catch is installed for engagement with the subsequent shot, and the inner one - with the previous shot in the conveyer. The surfaces of the thumb catches engaged with the shots are inclined at an angle providing their self-extraction at an axial motion of the shot. To provide fixation of the shot in the vertical direction, the inner thumb catch is provided with a shoulder engageable with the rim of the bottom of the shot case.

EFFECT: enhanced reliability of conveyer operation, simplified design and provided automatic outfit of the conveyer with shots due to a radial motion of the shot outside the conveyer and fixation of it in the vertical seat.

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