Propellant magazine for field artillery piece
CA 2056489 A1 · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Rodriguez, Callista Meg; Trahan, Paul Armand; Maher, David Lord
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
Dkt. No. 52-AR-2309, ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A propellant magazine includes a conveyor for mechanizing the handling of propellant charge units into and out of magazine storage. The charge units are contained in open ended tubular packs which are loaded onto the conveyor at a resupply loading station and are axially discharged from the packs through one open end at a gun loading station. The conveyor is comprised of a series of transversely elongated conveyor elements having a pair of hoops at each end with hoops of each adjacent pair of elements retained in nested relation to pivotally interconnect the elements in chain link fashion. The propellant charge units are discharged axially …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 28, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 28, 2011.
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