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US 2011/0315001 A1Published application
Ammunition hoist
AssigneeOTO Melara S.p.A.
InventorsAndrea Chiappini, Andrea Bruschi
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Abstract
An ammunition hoist (1) includes a supporting beam (4) set alongside a hollow guide element, and a movement system (5), adapted to enable movement of the ammunition (3) along a supporting beam (4) between a first level and a second level set at a different height with respect to one another. The hoist includes moving equipment (6), sliding with respect to the supporting beam (4) and to which the ammunition (3) is associated at least temporarily; the movement of the ammunition (3) occurs in an automated way from and towards the first or second level.
Claims15
1) An ammunition hoist, comprising:
- a supporting beam set alongside a hollow guide element, and
- a movement system, for enabling movement of at least one ammunition along said supporting beam between a first level and a second level set at a different height with respect to one another;
- moving equipment sliding with respect to said supporting beam and to which said ammunition is associated at least temporarily;
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- wherein movement of said ammunition occurs in an automated way from and towards said first level or said second level.
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