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Chuting assembly for ammunition magazine feed

  • US 5,782,157 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1997
  • Issued: 07/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A magazine and feed mechanism storing ammunition for a weapon and feeding the ammunition to the weapon when the weapon is fired comprising:

  • a magazine storing a plurality of rounds of ammunition, individual rounds of said ammunition being linked together on an ammunition belt by which said rounds of ammunition are fed to the weapon during firing;

    feed means including a feed chute positioned above said magazine vertically extracting said linked rounds of ammunition from said magazine, said feed chute being a rigid feed chute having a fixed fan radius through which said belt of ammunition is drawn;

    drive means engaging said belt of ammunition to draw said linked ammunition from said magazine up through said rigid chute to the weapon, use of said rigid chute enabling ammunition to be fed to the weapon regardless of the weapon'"'"'s angle of elevation and eliminating feed problems caused by tip-over of the belted ammunition which may otherwise stop the weapon from firing and jamming of the weapon during firing due to misalignment of links of the ammunition and stretching of the ammunition belt; and

    ,a switch within said magazine actuated by movement of the last of round of ammunition on a belt from its storage position in the magazine to provide an indication thereof and facilitate reloading of the magazine.

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