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US 10,845,141 B2Granted
Multi-barrel split-breach rapid fire gun
AssigneeBrendon Zinsner
InventorLisa Fitzgerald
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Abstract
The multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun is a light-weight, electrically-driven rapid fire gun, radially loaded and fired, using only rotating parts. This eliminates inertia problems compared to a breech-loaded gun that requires a bolt to chamber a cartridge. The firing mechanism allows the cartridge to be enclosed in a split-breech for 50% one rotation of the barrel hub. The gun incorporates an independent firing pin for each barrel to allow for high firing rates. The gun is fed by a thin polyimide cartridge belt fan-folded in a detachable wet-magazine.
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A multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun comprising:
- (a) a housing with a handle and trigger positioned thereon, the trigger operatively connected to a motor drive assembly;
- (b) a motor drive assembly arranged within the housing having a rotation member that rotates when the trigger is actuated;
- (c) a chain drive assembly that is operatively connected to the rotation member of the motor drive assembly, the chain drive assembly comprising an endless belt having a plurality of connected, individual links, with each individual link having a half breech or chamber formed thereon and in which the endless belt is configured to rotate within the gun when the trigger is actuated;
- (d) a firing assembly that is adjacent to and operatively connected to the chain drive assembly and motor drive assembly, the firing assembly comprising:
- (i) a plurality of rotatable barrels arranged on the multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun that are spaced apart from the trigger;
- (ii) a rotatable barrel hub with a plurality of cartridge half breeches or chambers formed thereon, the rotatable barrel hub synchronously rotates with the individual links of the endless belt such that each cartridge half breech or chamber formed on the rotatable barrel hub is configured to align with a corresponding half breech or chamber formed on each individual link of the endless belt to form a complete cartridge breech or chamber that is configured to temporarily house a cartridge therein before firing the cartridge through one barrel of the plurality of rotatable barrels;
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- (iii) a cartridge inlet configured to align with a cartridge magazine and a spent cartridge outlet arranged opposite to the cartridge inlet;
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- (e) optionally a cartridge magazine configured to releasably and securely mate to the housing and align with the cartridge inlet such that cartridges are fed from the magazine through the cartridge inlet into the complete cartridge breech or chamber formed by the aligned half breeches or chambers and rotate through the firing assembly such that spent cartridges exit the cartridge outlet such that the spent cartridges remain linked to one another after exiting the cartridge outlet.
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A plurality of assemblies configured for a multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun, the plurality of assemblies comprising:
- (a) a chain drive assembly that configure to be operatively connected to a rotation member of a motor drive assembly in a multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun, the chain drive assembly comprising an endless belt having a plurality of connected, individual links, with each individual link having a half breech or chamber formed thereon and in which the endless belt is configured to rotate within the gun when a trigger is actuated;
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- (b) a firing assembly configured to be adjacent to and operatively connected to the chain drive assembly, the firing assembly comprising:
- (i) a plurality of rotatable barrels to be arranged on the multi-barrel split-breech rapid fire gun;
- (ii) a rotatable barrel hub with a plurality of cartridge half breeches or chambers formed thereon, the rotatable barrel hub configured to synchronously rotate with the individual links of the endless belt such that each cartridge half breech or chamber formed on the rotatable barrel hub is configured to align with a corresponding half breech or chamber formed on each individual link of the endless belt to form a complete cartridge breech or chamber that is configured to temporarily house a cartridge therein before firing a cartridge through one barrel of the plurality of rotatable barrels;
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- (iii) a cartridge inlet configured to align with a cartridge magazine and a spent cartridge outlet arranged opposite to the cartridge inlet.
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