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US 4,538,723 AGranted
Battlefield magazine
AssigneeHarsco Corporation
InventorsBruce S. Johnson, Paul H. Borst
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Abstract
A battlefield magazine includes a base and a cover which may be used to realize a projectile storage container to protect projectiles against harsh environmental conditions and to seal projectiles against contamination from nuclear, biological, and chemical agents. Each of the projectiles within the projectile storage container is individually sealed by a resilient seal compressed between the cover and the base. When access to the projectiles for usage is required, the cover may be removed from the base and replaced with an alternate projectile front protecting device used to lock the front of the projectiles. The projectile locking front together with the base form a projectile storage rack used to secure the projectiles, but also allowing their removal for loading into weapons.
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An apparatus comprising a projectile locking front including:
- (a) a body having a front and a back;
- (b) a plurality of projectile front storage zones in said body and extending from said back to said front, each of said front storage zones having an open back to allow projectiles to extend outwardly therefrom and an open front to allow projectiles to extend outwardly therefrom;
- (c) locking means mounted to said body and selectively operable to secure projectiles against movement out the front of said storage zones and selectively operable to allow projectile removal out of the front of said front storage zones;
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- (d) base securing means on said body operable for removably securing a base to said back of said body, the base having a plurality of projectile back storage zones associated on a one-to-one basis with said front storage zones and operable to hold the backs of projectiles which have their noses extending into said projectile front storage zones.
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An apparatus comprising a base for holding back portions of a plurality of projectiles and including:
- (a) a back;
- (b) a front parallel to said back and having a plurality of projectile openings therein;
- (c) four sides extending from said back of said base to said front of said base;
- (d) a plurality of separate projectile back storage compartments between said front of said base and said back of said base with parallel center lines, said projectile back storage compartments associated on a one-to-one basis with said projectile openings and each having a length and transverse dimension to be operable to hold a projectile with at least one-half of the ogive of the projectile extending out from said front of said base;
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- (e) front securing means operable for removably securing a projectile front protecting device to said front of said base;
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- wherein said base is operable to secure alternate projectile front protecting devices to said front of said base;
- one of said front protecting devices being a cover which encloses at least the front one-half of the ogives of projectiles extending out of said back storage compartments, said base and the cover are together operable to compress at least one resilient seal disposed therebetween and to protect a plurality of projectiles against nuclear, biological, and chemical agents, and wherein movement of all of the cover is necessary to allow removal of projectiles from said back storage compartments;
- the other of said front protecting devices being a projectile locking front having locking means selectively operable to secure projectiles against movement out of said back storage compartments and selectively operable to allow projectile removal from said back storage compartments with the projectile locking front disposed at said front of said base.
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An apparatus comprising a cover operable to enclose at least the front one-half of the ogives of projectiles extending out from a base and including:
- (a) a cover body having a closed off front, a back, four sides extending from said front to said back;
- (b) a plurality of projectile front storage zones disposed in said cover body and extending from said back to said front;
- (c) back securing means operable for removably securing said cover to the base with a plurality of projectile back storage compartments in the base corresponding on a one-to-one basis with said front storage zones such that each front storage zone may hold the front of a projectile having its back extending into the corresponding back storage compartment;
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- (d) at least one control on said cover body operable for activating and deactivating said back securing means;
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- wherein said cover and the base are together operable to compress at least one resilient seal disposed therebetween and to protect a plurality of projectiles against nuclear, biological, and chemical agents.
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A method for storing projectiles and making projectiles accessible for usage, the steps comprising:
- I. placing a plurality of projectiles in a projectile container having a base and a cover, said base including:
- a back;
- a front parallel to said back and having a plurality of projectile openings therein;
- four sides extending from said back of said base to said front of said base;
- a plurality of separate projectile back storage zones between said front of said base and said back of said base with parallel center lines, said projectile back storage zones associated on a one-to-one basis with said projectile openings;
- and front securing means operable for removably securing a projectile front protecting device to said front of said base;
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- said cover including:
- a cover body having a closed off front,
- a back,
- four sides extending from said front of said cover body to said back of said cover body;
- a plurality of projectile front storage zones disposed in said cover body and extending from said back of said cover body to said front of said cover body;
- back securing means operable with said front securing means for removably securing said cover to the base with said plurality of projectile back storage zones in the base corresponding on a one-to-one basis with said front storage zones with each projectile having its back disposed in one of said projectile back storage zones and its front disposed in the corresponding front storage zone;
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- wherein said projectiles are inaccessible with said cover on said front of said base;
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- II. removing said cover when said projectiles are to be made ready for access;
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- III. securing a projectile locking front to said base, said projectile locking front including:
- a body having a front and a back;
- a plurality of projectile front storage zones in said body corresponding on a one-to-one basis with said projectile back storage zones and extending from said back to said front,
- each of said front storage zones in said projectile locking front having an open back to allow projectiles to extend outwardly therefrom and an open front to allow projectiles to extend outwardly therefrom;
- locking means mounted to said body and selectively operable to secure projectiles against movement out the front of said front storage zones in said projectile locking front and selectively operable to allow projectile removal out of the front of said front storage zones in said projectile locking front;
- and base securing means on said body operable for removably securing said base to said back of said body;
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- wherein said projectile locking front allows access and removal of said projectiles while it is secured to said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.