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US 12,405,075 B2Granted
Belt-fed rotary gun
AssigneeTippmann Industrial Products, Inc.
InventorsBradley Tippmann, Allen W. Rife, Daniel Mueller
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Abstract
A belt-fed Gatling-style gun is provided. In some embodiments, the belt-feed system allows a plurality of individually separable belt links to be connected in series to feed cartridges to a belt-fed rotary gun. Each individual belt link may be removably connected to a series of belt links to facilitate ease of loading and making belts of ammunition of any length.
Claims18
A rotary gun comprising:
- belt-feed assembly configured to feed ammunition through the rotary gun, the belt feed assembly comprising:
- (i) a first belt link comprising a first elongated side and a second elongated side,
- wherein the first elongated side of the first belt link is substantially parallel to the second elongated side of the first belt link,
- wherein the first elongated side of the first belt link further comprises a first semicircular detent configured to secure a cartridge,
- wherein the second elongated side of the first belt link further comprises a second semicircular detent configured to secure a cartridge,
- wherein the first elongated side of the first belt link is connected to the second elongated side of the first belt link with a substantially cylindrical cross member,
- wherein the first belt link comprises a hook opposite the substantially cylindrical cross member,
- (ii) a second belt link comprising a first elongated side and a second elongated side,
- wherein the first elongated side of the second belt link is substantially parallel to the second elongated side of the second belt link,
- wherein the first elongated side of the second belt link further comprises a first semicircular detent configured to secure a cartridge,
- wherein the second elongated side of the second belt link further comprises a second semicircular detent configured to secure a cartridge,
- wherein the first elongated side of the second belt link is connected to the second elongated side of the second belt link with a substantially cylindrical cross member,
- wherein the second belt link comprises a hook opposite the substantially cylindrical cross member,
- wherein the hook on the second belt link is configured to be attached to the substantially cylindrical cross member of the first belt link;
- and
- a gun firing assembly including a feed ram configured to sequentially disengage cartridges fed into the rotary gun by the belt-feed assembly.
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A method for belt-feeding a rotary gun, the method comprising:
- orienting a cartridge within a reusable modular belt link on a reusable modular belt,
- feeding the reusable modular belt to a rotary gun via a series of belt teeth on the reusable modular belt,
- wherein the belt teeth on the reusable modular belt are configured to slot into a gun barrel system such that the series of belt teeth are pulled through the gun barrel system,
- loading the cartridge into the gun barrel system via a feed ram,
- wherein the feed ram is configured to pass through a central channel in the reusable modular belt and disengage the cartridge from the reusable modular belt, and further inject said cartridge into the gun barrel system, and
- ejecting the reusable modular belt from the rotary gun.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.