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AssigneeTextron Systems Corporation
InventorsKevin Michael Ayotte, Andrew Joseph Bosley, Ed Charles Volz, Leonard Terrence Katilas
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A feed tray assembly for a belt-fed weapon includes a bottom tray portion configured for mounting at a top of the weapon. The feed tray assembly further includes a feed tray cover mounted to the bottom tray portion and configured for lateral sliding opening and closing movement, such as on laterally extending pins riding in corresponding channels of the bottom tray portion. The feed tray cover has (1) a closed position in which it covers the bottom tray portion to retain the belt of ammunition during operation, and (2) an open position laterally displaced from the closed position to enable insertion of the belt of ammunition. Due to this lateral sliding movement of the feed tray cover, a sighting optic may be mounted on the weapon with a forward portion directly above the feed tray assembly without any undesired mechanical interference.
A feed tray assembly for a belt-fed weapon, comprising:
A belt-fed weapon having a feed tray assembly mounted at a top thereof, the feed tray assembly having a bottom tray portion and a feed tray cover, the bottom tray portion accepting a belt of ammunition for loading and firing a succession of round, the feed tray cover being mounted to the bottom tray portion and configured for lateral sliding opening and closing movement orthogonal to a firing direction of the belt-fed weapon, the feed tray cover having (1) a closed position in which the feed tray cover covers the bottom tray portion to retain the belt of ammunition during operation, and (2) an open position laterally displaced from the closed position to enable insertion of the belt of ammunition,
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