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US 2026/0017482 A1Published application
Modular ammunition counter
OwnerSpencer Neitzkeinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for counting belted or bulk ammunition rounds. The modular ammunition counter includes a detachable electronics assembly, an ammunition guide for receiving the ammunition rounds, and a sensor module. The electronics assembly is configured to count the number of ammunition rounds that pass through the coupled ammunition guide. This method of ammunition round counting offers a significant improvement in speed and accuracy compared to manually counting the ammunition rounds by hand.
Claims18
An ammunition counting device comprising:
- an electronics assembly;
- an ammunition guide for receiving ammunition rounds for counting;
- a display for displaying an ammunition count;
- a power source for providing power to the electronics assembly;
- an energy emitting element for emitting energy directed to the ammunition rounds;
- an energy receiving element for receiving reflected energy from the ammunition rounds and for generating a count signal responsive thereto;
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- the electronics assembly responsive to the count signal for determining an ammunition count.
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An ammunition counting device, comprising:
- an ammunition guide for accepting ammunition rounds;
- an energy emitting element for emitting an incident signal;
- two sensors disposed along a path that the ammunition rounds travel through the ammunition guide, each sensor for producing a sensor signal upon detecting presence of an ammunition round by reflection of the incident signal from an ammunition round;
- an electronics assembly for receiving the sensor signals and producing a count signal responsive thereto, wherein a direction of travel of the ammunition rounds through the ammunition guide is responsive to a sequence of sensor signals from the two sensors such that an ammunition round passing in a first direction produces a count signal representing a count of plus one and an ammunition round passing in a second direction opposite to the first direction produces a count signal representing a count of minus one, wherein the ammunition count is responsive to the count signals;
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- a display responsive to the electronics assembly for displaying the ammunition count.
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A method for counting ammunition rounds, the method comprising;
- an ammunition guide for receiving ammunition rounds for counting;
- emitting energy in a direction of the ammunition rounds as the rounds pass through the ammunition guide;
- receiving reflected energy from the ammunition rounds;
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- producing a count signal responsive to the reflected energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.