Automatic loading device
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsWarren W. Wells, Robert E. Strohman, Harold H. Wiese
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Abstract
An automatic loading device consisting of a magazine of rounds of ammunit, a tray and rammer assembly to receive a round from the magazine as the gun tube recoils from firing a previous round, means responsive to counter recoil movement of the gun tube for moving the tray into position for loading a round into the gun chamber, cable means for releasing a rammer mechanism to exert forward movement against the round to move it forward into the gun chamber and close the gun breech. A fluid drive means retracts the rammer to cocked position during recoil to enable it to operate (move the round forward) during counter recoil of the gun tube.
Claims8
An automatic loading device for loading ammunition rounds into a gun tube chamber, said device comprising a magazine, a tray-rammer assembly responsive to gun recoil and counter recoil forces for removing a round from said magazine and placing it in said gun tube chamber, said assembly including a loading tray and a rammer mechanism, said rammer mechanism moving said round from said tray into said chamber, said loading tray being moved to a round receiving position under said magazine upon gun recoil and moved to a round chambering position upon gun counter recoil, said gun tube being supported by a gun carriage and said tray being suspended by links from said gun carriage, a cam follower mounted on said links and a cam track mounted on and moving with said gun tube, said cam follower being positioned in said cam track whereby recoil of said gun tube moves said tray into said round receiving position and counter recoil of said gun tube moves said tray into said round chambering position.
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