公开(公告)号：EP0020095B1

公开(公告)日：1984-05-16

申请号：EP80301700.3

申请日：1980-05-22

申请人： FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

发明人： Washburn, William J. ,  La Fever, Clifford E. ,  Thompson, Hugh B.

IPC分类号： F41D10/02 ,  B65G47/51

CPC分类号： B65G47/5113 ,  F41A9/04 ,  F41A9/29

公开(公告)号：EP0020095A1

公开(公告)日：1980-12-10

申请号：EP80301700.3

申请日：1980-05-22

申请人： FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

发明人： Washburn, William J. ,  La Fever, Clifford E. ,  Thompson, Hugh B.

IPC分类号： F41D10/02 ,  B65G47/51

CPC分类号： B65G47/5113 ,  F41A9/04 ,  F41A9/29

摘要： A accumulator arrangement (10) for a machine gun has a handling conveyor (17) passing through a supply channel (16), a bypass channel (14), and a return- channel (18). The supply channel leads to a freed system (12) of a machine gun. At the junction of bypass channel and return channel there is connected to a return conveyor (46) leading from the feed system. A gate (24, 50, 52) is mounted at the junction of the bypass channel and supply channel operably between two positions, one position directing ammunition (58) on the handling conveyor onto a supply conveyor (44) leading to the feed system and a second position directing ammunition on the handling conveyor through the bypass channel via the return channel. Upon release of a trigger mechanism operably connected to the gun, the gate moves from its first position to the second position. The feed system continues its forward operation to clear itself of any live ammunition therein. The handling conveyor maintains a forward mode directing ammunition into the bypass channel. A reversing mechanism reverses the handling conveyor to retrieve live ammunition from the bypass channel to the supply channel after the feed system is cleared of all live ammunition. So the live ammunition intermediately accumulated in the bypass channel can be fed to the feed system during the next operation of the machine gun.
The accumulator arrangement and feed system might also be used for article handling systems in general which handle individual linkless articles other than ammunition in rapid sequence.

摘要翻译： 用于机枪的储液器装置（10）具有处理传送带（17）通过一个供给通道（16），旁通通道（14），和一个回流通道（18）。 供给通道导致机枪的释放系统（12）。 在旁路通道和返回通道的连接处有连接到返回输送机（46）从所述进料系统的龙头。（24，50，52）被安装在旁路通道和供给通道的交汇处可操作地在两个位置之间的栅极 ，一个位置引导所述搬运传送机上弹药（58）安装到供给传送带（44），从而导致进料系统和第二位置通过经由所述返回通道的旁通通道中的处理传送带上引导弹药。 当可操作地连接到枪的触发机构释放，栅极从其第一位置到第二位置移动。 进料系统。其中继续向前运行，以清除任何实弹的本身。 该处理输送带维持前进模式引导弹药到旁通通道。 反转机构反转输送处理的进料系统被清除所有实弹的后从旁路通道到供给通道检索实弹。 因此，在旁路通道中间积累的实弹可以机枪的下一个手术过程中被输送到进料系统。 ... 蓄能器布置和馈电系统可能因此可用于在一般物品处理系统哪处理比在快速序列弹药其他个体linkless制品。

公开(公告)号：EP0038384B1

公开(公告)日：1984-11-14

申请号：EP80301178.2

申请日：1980-04-11

申请人： FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

发明人： Washburn, William J. ,  Thompson, Hugh B. ,  La Fever, Clifford E.

IPC分类号： F41D10/28 ,  B65G47/52

CPC分类号： F41A9/35 ,  B65G47/846 ,  F41A9/30

公开(公告)号：EP0038384A1

公开(公告)日：1981-10-28

申请号：EP80301178.2

申请日：1980-04-11

申请人： FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

发明人： Washburn, William J. ,  Thompson, Hugh B. ,  La Fever, Clifford E.

IPC分类号： F41D10/28 ,  B65G47/52

CPC分类号： F41A9/35 ,  B65G47/846 ,  F41A9/30

摘要： A twin-barrel machine gun has two stationary firing chambers (16,18), a conveyor (26), and a feed system (20) mounted within a housing. The feed system 20 transfers ammunition (22) from the conveyor 26 to the firing chambers 116,18). The feed system (22) includes a sprocket (48) pivotably mounted about its central longitudinal axis. The sprocket (48) has two receptacle slots (50,52) and two discharge slots (62,64) circumferentially spaced thereabout. The sprocket (48) is rotatable between a first and second position. The receptacle slots (50,52) each have a first position aligned with the conveyor to receive a round of ammunition and a second position aligned with a respective firing chamber. One receptacle slot is in its first position when the other is in its second position. The discharge slots also have a first position aligned with a firing chamber and a second position aligned with an outlet in the housing. One discharge slot is in its first position when the other is in its second position. An ejector cam (84) is also rotatably mounted about an axis aligned with the axis of rotation of the sprocket (48). The ejector cam is fitted within a central hollow of the sprocket. A drive gear (78,80,126,128,116,118) connected to the sprocket oscillates the sprocket between its first and second positions and a second drive gear (100,102,90,112,114,116,118) oscillates the ejector cam (84) so that it laterally passes through the first and second discharge slots when in their respective second positions. The ejector cam ejects any cartridges from the discharge slot as it passes therethrough.

摘要翻译： 的双桶机枪具有两个静止的喷发腔（16,18），输送机（26），和安装在外壳系统（20）内的进料。 从输送机（26）到喷墨腔（16,18）的进料系统20将弹药（22）。 进料系统（22）包括一个链轮（48）枢转地安装绕其中心纵向轴线旋转。 链轮（46）具有两个接收槽（50，52）和两个输出槽（62,64）沿周向间隔围绕其。 链轮（48）是第一和第二位置之间可旋转的基座。 插座槽（50,52）各自具有与输送机对准的第一位置以接收圆弹药并用respectivement发射室对准的第二位置。 一个容纳槽处于其第一位置时，另一个是在其第二位置。 因此，该输出槽具有带有烧结室和在所述壳体中与出口对齐的第二位置对准的第一位置。 一个放电槽处于其第一位置时，另一个是在其第二位置。 喷射器凸轮（84）因此，可旋转地安装在左右轴与链轮（48）的旋转轴线对齐。 喷射器凸轮链轮的中央中空部内装配。 连接到spocket驱动齿轮（78,80,126,128,116,118）振荡其第一位置和第二位置和第二驱动齿轮（100,102,90,112,114,116,118）之间的链轮振荡喷射器凸轮（84），所以这样做是尾盘反弹通过第一和第二排出槽 当他们respectivement第二位置。 所述喷射器喷射凸轮任何墨盒从排出口，因为它穿过那里。