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US 8,069,767 B2Granted
Gun mount and ejection system
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsAaron Deckard, Michael Holzmeyer, James Buechler
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Abstract
An armament system for aircraft includes gun mount and ejection system for a machine gun. The gun mount and ejection system includes an ejection chute assembly including a hopper positioned intermediate the uprights of a carriage supporting the machine gun.
Claims4
A weapon system comprising:
- a machine gun;
- a gun cradle supporting the machine gun;
- an ejection chute assembly including a hopper having a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom portion defining an opening and coupled between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a deflector coupled between the first side wall and the second side wall and extending at an obtuse angle to the bottom portion, the ejection chute assembly further including an ejection tube having an upper end coupled to the opening of the bottom portion of the hopper and an open lower end, the deflector of the hopper configured to deflect spent casings from the machine gun toward the opening and the ejection tube;
- a link chute, wherein the hopper further includes a receiver supported by each side wall and configured to couple to the link chute;
- wherein the hopper further includes an open upper end and a downwardly extending cylindrical connector, and a band clamp coupling the ejection tube to the connector of the hopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.