Plastic ammunition belt
First Claim
1. A cartridge belt comprising a single lower strip of cord reinforced flexible polyester material, an upper strip of polyethylene vinyl acetate film material of lighter weight than said lower strip, said upper strip being heat sealed to said lower strip in transverse spaced intervals to form a plurality of tubular cartridge receiving pockets on said strip transversely thereof, said pockets being disposed in predetermined spaced apart relation along said strip and adpated to receive cartridges therein, a longitudinal weakened area along each one of said pockets remotely disposed from said lower strip which is responsive to being torn incident to lateral removal of a cartridge therefrom.
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Abstract
An ammunition belt comprising a plurality of joined plastic strips of a petermined length, the strips being of different tensile strengths, one of the strips being a driven strip carrying the dynamic force load of the moving belt and weight of the ammunition being fed into the weapon and the second strip of lower tensile strength formed into a plurality of ammunition receiving loops or apertures, the looped strip including a plurality of spaced transverse perforations, one perforation being located adjacent each loop to permit transverse tearing of each loop while under a predetermined tension whereby each cartridge is sequentially removable from the belt.
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- 1. A cartridge belt comprising a single lower strip of cord reinforced flexible polyester material, an upper strip of polyethylene vinyl acetate film material of lighter weight than said lower strip, said upper strip being heat sealed to said lower strip in transverse spaced intervals to form a plurality of tubular cartridge receiving pockets on said strip transversely thereof, said pockets being disposed in predetermined spaced apart relation along said strip and adpated to receive cartridges therein, a longitudinal weakened area along each one of said pockets remotely disposed from said lower strip which is responsive to being torn incident to lateral removal of a cartridge therefrom.
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Current AssigneeThe United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
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Original AssigneeThe United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
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InventorsSeeling, Ernest Richard
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Primary Examiner(s)Bentley, Stephen C.
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Application NumberUS05/614,285Time in Patent Office496 DaysField of Search89/35 R, 221/25, 206/3, 206/343, 206/344, 206/820US Class Current89/35.01CPC Class CodesF41A 9/31 with cartridge stripping meansF42B 39/087 Feed belts manufactured fro...
