CA2025276A1 - Multi-bay magazine for belted ammunition - Google Patents
Multi-bay magazine for belted ammunitionInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
A magazine is provided with anti-syphon members, mounted atop the partitions of a multi-bay magazine, which operate in conjunction with drag-reducing rollers to prevent spurious syphoning movements of an ammunition belt from one bay to an adjacent bay as the belt is being withdrawn from the latter to a magazine exit port.
To provide for bidirectional ammunition belt withdrawal, the anti-syphon members are pivotally mounted in pairs operating to permit belt withdrawal from the bays over the rollers and directly to an exit port, while inhibiting syphoning belt movements from bay to bay.
A magazine is provided with anti-syphon members, mounted atop the partitions of a multi-bay magazine, which operate in conjunction with drag-reducing rollers to prevent spurious syphoning movements of an ammunition belt from one bay to an adjacent bay as the belt is being withdrawn from the latter to a magazine exit port.
To provide for bidirectional ammunition belt withdrawal, the anti-syphon members are pivotally mounted in pairs operating to permit belt withdrawal from the bays over the rollers and directly to an exit port, while inhibiting syphoning belt movements from bay to bay.
Description
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Docket No . 5 2 -AR-~ 2 99 MnLTI-BAY MAGAZINE FOR BELTED AMMUNITION ~
The present invention relates to ammunition ~` -containers for storing linked rounds of ammunition in ready condition for feeding to a rapid-fire gun.
;Backaround of the Invention A typical magazine or can for linked or belted rounds of ammunition include~ a plurality of partitions for subdividing the can interior into multiple compartm~nts or bays. A continuous ammunition belt is ~ -loaded in the can with portions thereof in each bay -aFranged in layers built up from the bottom in ~ serpentine fashion. From the uppermost layer in each ; ~bay, the ammunition belt is drawn over the top of the partitions and runs downwardly to the bottom of the , lS adjacent bay. !The~leading end of the ammunition belt is directed out through an exit port from an adjacent bay and on to the rapid-fire gun. When the ammunition belt is wlthdrawn to f-ed succ-soive rounds to the gun, the , ~ ~ r, C.'i ~ 7 i~
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 bays are emptied ln succession. To reduce drag, the ammunition belt may be drawn over rollers positioned above the partitions, as disclosed in Trimbach U.S.
Patent No. 2,398,263.
While this loading arrangement provides optimum packaging density, problems are encountered during withdrawal of an ammunition belt, particularly when drag-reducing rollers are utilized between bays. As a bay is being emptied of its serpentine layers from top to bottom, a point is reached when the weight of the freed belt segment suspended from the roller is sufficient to pull belted ammunition rounds ou~ of the adjacent bay, over the roller and down into the bay being emptied. These rounds "syphoned" from the i~
adjacent bay uncontrollably pile up on the upper serpentine layer in the bay being emptied, thereby seriously impeding belt withdrawal to the point that the links between rounds can be damaged or even severed.
Damage links typically result in jams, and severed links deny access to that portion of the ammunition belt beyond the break. In either case, the rapid-fire gun is shortly out of action.
Summary of the Invention It is accordingly an object of the present~ `~
invention to provide an improved multi-bay magazine for belted ammunition.
A further object isi to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, wherein impediments to the smooth withdrawal of an ammunition belt therefrom are avoided.
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Docket No. 52-AR-229g An additional object is to provide an a~munition magazine of the above-character, wherein an am~unition belt is drawn completely out of each bay in succession.
Yet another object is to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, wherein spurious movements of the ammunition belt between bays are inhibited.
A still further ob;ect is to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, which is economical to manufacture, simple in construction, and reliable in operation over a long service life.
Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and in part appear hereinafter.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an ammunition magazine or container of box-like shape and having a plurality of partitions subdividing the interior thereof into a plurality of bays. A roller is positioned above the upper edge of each partition. An ammunition belt is loaded into the magazine with portions thereof multiply folded in serpentine formation deposited in each bay and interconnecting loop portions thereof drawn over the rollers from bay to bay. An anti-syphon member is supported on the upper edge of each partition to present an integral finger in an extended position relative to the peripheral surface of the adjacent roller. The fingers, in their extended positions, are effective to catch the loop portions of the ammunition belt to inhibit syphoning movements thereof from a succeeding ;
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 bay into a bay from which the ammunition belt i5 being withdrawn.
As an important feature of the present invention, a pair of anti-syphon members are supported in juxtaposed relation on the upper edge of each partition for independent, limited pivotal movements to swing their respective fingers between retracted and extended positions relative to the adjacent roller peripheral surface at respective angularly spaced locations. The fingers assume their retracted positions to permit belt movements out of the bays and automatically assume their extended positions to inhibit syphoning belt movements into the bays, thereby adapting the magazine to bidirectional ammunition belt withdrawal.
The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts, all as described hereinbelow, and ~;
the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
Brief Description Q~he ~rawinas -~
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For a full understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference may be had to the following Detailed Description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a side-elevational view, in diagra~matic form, of an ammunition magazine constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention:
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Docket No. 52-AR-2299 FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary plan view of one of the rollers seen in ~he embodiment of FIGURE l;
and FIGURE 3 i~ an enlarged side view of one of the pairs of anti-syphon members seen in FIGURE 1.
Corresponding reference numerals refer to li~e parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
Detaile~_Description <
The ammunition magazine of the present invention, generally indicated at 10 in FIGURE 1, includes opposed sidewalls 12 (FIGURE 2), opposed endwalls 14, and a bottom wall 16 joined together by suitable means such as ;`!
welding, rivets, etc., to provide a structurally rigid, box-like structure. The top of the magazine is closed o~f by one or more removable covers 18. In the illustrated embodiment, the magazine is optionally adapted, such as in the manner disclosed in Applic~nt's copending application entitled "Multiply Adaptable Magazine Assembly" (Docket No. 52-AR-2298), filed concurrently herewith, with exit ports 20 and 22, one at each end, and to which modular feed chutes 24 are installed. The disclosure of this copending application is specifically incorporated herein by reference. The magazine is equipped with spaced partitions 26 affixed to and spanning the sidewalls to subdivide the interior into a plurality of bays 28a-28e arrayed between the endwalls. Rotatably mounted by the sidewalls in position above each partition are separate rollers 30a-30d. One of these rollers is collectively indicated at 30 in FIGURES 2 and 3.
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1 in its adaptation to accommodate two ammunition belts 32 and 34, each consisting of linked ammunition rounds 36. Belt 32 is stored with its trailing end 32a lying in the bottom of bay 28b and folded on itself in layered, serpentine fashion to fill this bay. From the uppermost layer, the belt is drawn over roller 30a and down to the bottom of bay 28a as an interconnecting loop portion 32b. From the bottom of bay 28a, the belt is layered upwardly in serpentine fashion, with the leading end 32c drawn out from the uppermost layer through exit port 20 and feed chute 24 to a rapid-fire gun (not shown). ~elt 34 is accommodated with its trailing end 34a }ying at the bottom of bay 28c and is layered -~
upwardly in this bay. From the uppermost layer, this b~lt is drawn over roller 30c and extends down to the bottom of bay 28d as an interconnecting loop portion 34b. From the bottom of this bay, the belt is serpentined upwardly, drawn over roller 30d and draped ; 20 downwardly to the bottom of bay 28e as a second interconnecting loop portion 34b. From the bottom of this bay, belt 34 is layered upwardly, with its leading end 34c brought out from the uppermost layer through exit port 22 and feed chute 24 to a second rapid-fire gun, also not shown. It is seen that, upon gun-feeding withdrawal of belt 32, the ~erpentine layers in bay 28a are progressively unfolded to empty this bay first, and then the belt is drawn over roller 3Oa along a direct path to exit port 20 to empty bay 28b. In the same fashion, withdrawal of belt 34 through exit port 22 empties bay 28e first, followed by bay 28d and then bay 28c. ~ ~ ;
, . - - - , : ,. , ., . ~ - , , , , , -2 3~ 2 ~ 2 7 ~ 3 Docket No. 52-AR-2299 It is seem from the description thus far that the inclusion of rollers 30a and 30e serves to significantly reduce the frictional drag on these belts during withdrawal to feed ammunition rounds 36 to the two guns.
Unfortunately, this reduced drag inherently creates a condition which can impose a severe impediment to successful a~munition belt withdrawal. This condition occurs as a bay is being emptied. As can be appreciated from FIGURE 1, as the serpentine layers in bay 28a are unfolded and drawn out, the weight of the interconnecting loop portion 32b of the belt between roller 30a and the uppermost layer in bay 28a ultimately becomes sufficient to pull the belt over this roller and out of bay 28b. The additional ammunition rounds 36 lS spurious syphoned into bay 28a from bay 28b pile up on the uppermost layer in bay 28a, thus impeding its unfolding and withdrawal. It is seen that the same syphoning condition can occur in bays 28e and 28d with regard to ammunition belt 34. The additional feeding ;
force to maintain uniform belt withdraw can damage or even sever the links between rounds. Damaged links typically result in jamming of the delinking mechanism, and link severance renders the length of ammunition belt beyond the break unavailable to the gun.
; 25 In accordance with the present invention, this spurious syphoning condition is avoided by the utilization of anti-syphon members in conjunction with each of the roilers 30. Each anti-syphon member, generally indicated at 40 and best seen in FIGURE 3, is identically formed from a metal blank to provide a body 42 in which is cut a downwardly opening notch 44 ha~ing a flat bottom 44a and diverging sides 44b. The anti-syphon member is supported by a partition 26 with the upper partition edge seated in notch 44. This b" ~ .
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support position is preserved by providing a circumferential groove 46 in roller 30 in which the anti-syphon member is rQceived. A protuberance 48 on body 42 lies in closely spaced relation ~elow the bottom of roller groove 46 to maintain the anti-syphon member ~eated on the partition upper edge. The sidewalls of the roller groove maintain the anti-syphon member in an upright orientation.
The divergent straight edges 44b of notch 44 permit limited pivotal motion of the anti-syphon member such as to rock a finger 48 projecting from body 42 in and out of roller groove 46 between a retracted position, indicated in phantom at 48a, lying below the roller peripheral surface and an extended, solid line position with its tip projecting beyond the roller peripheral surface. In its extended position, finger 48 is effective to catch an ammunition belt, such as belt 34 in FIGURE 1, and thereby inhibit belt movement in the clockwise direction about roller 30. Thus, the finger supports the weight of the interconnecting loop portion 34b of belt 34 suspended into a bay, e.g. bay 28e, as it is being emptied. Thus, syphoning of the ammunition belt from a succeeding bay, e.g. bay 28d, is prevented.
When a bay is completely emptied, the belt assumes the indicated phantom line path 49 leading directly to a magazine exit port, which is seen to be well removed from finger 48 in its extended position.
It will be appreciated that fingers 48 can be manually set to their extended positions in catching engagements with an am~unition belt to support its interconnecting loop portions during the loading of magazine 10. As a precaution against the omission of 2~27~
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 manually setting the fingers to their extended positions, the flat bottom 44a of notch 44 seated on the squared off upper edge of a partition serve~ to establish a quiescent finger position, indicated in phantom at 48b, intermediate the retracted and extended ringer positions. In this position inherently assumed by the anti-syphon memberc~ their finger tips project slightly beyond the roller periphery, sufficient to be driven to their extended positions by initial syphoning motion of the ammunition belt.
To provide belt syphon prevention regardless of - the direction of am~unition belt withdrawal, a pair of -~
anti-syphon members 40 and il are supported atop each partition 26 in mirror image relation, i.e., turned 180 relative to each other. For convenience, the anti-syphon members of each pair are juxtaposed in side-by-side relation so they can be accommodated in the same roller groove 46, as best seen in FIGURE 2.
Depending on the direction of ammunition belt feed, one anti-syphon member of each pair assumes its retracted position to permit belt withdrawal from a bay to an exit port, while the other member is in its extended position to prevent syphoning belt movement into a bay from an adjacent bay. Thus, as seen in FIGURE 1 wherein the feed directions of ammunition belts 32 and 34 are in relatively opposite directions, anti-syphon members 40 and 41 of the pair associated with roller 30a are respectively in their retracted and extended finger positions. The anti-syphon member pair associated with roller 30b are both in the quiescent finger positions since there is no interconnecting loop portion of an ammunition belt trained over this roller. Of the pairs associated with rollers 30c and 30d, anti-syphon members ... ,. .... , ., ,, ., , - - - , . -. . , - ~
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Docket No. 52-AR-2299 40 are in their extended finger positions, while members 41 are in their retracted finger positions.
If magazine lo is of the construction disclosed and claimed in the above-cited copending application such as to be multiply adapta~le to dual caliber as well as bidirectional ammunition belt feed, two pairs of anti-syphon members 40, 41 are supported atop each partition in association with each roller 30, as seen in FIGURE 2. Each magazine bay is optionally subdivided into bay sections by the installation of separators 50, into which a belt or belts of smaller caliber ammunition are loaded. Roller 30 is provided with a circum-ferential groove at its mid-length point or as roller sections 50' carried on a common shaft 31 to accommodate separator installation. Each roller section is circumferentially grooved, a indicated at 46, to accommodate separate pairs of anti-syphon members 40, 41 -in operative positions with respect to the bay sections to prevent cyphoning movements of a small caliber ammunition belt(s) being withdrawn therefrom. It will be appreciated that one or the other of the anti-syphon me~ber pairs associated with each roller, depending on ammunition round orientation, is e~fect to prevent siphoning movements of a belt or belts of larger caliber ammunition being withdrawn from the bays.
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It is seen that the ob;ects of the invention set forth above, including those made apparent in the Detailed Description, are efficiantly attained, and, since certain changes may :oe made in the construction set forth without departing from the invention, it is intended that all matters of detail be taken as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
Docket No . 5 2 -AR-~ 2 99 MnLTI-BAY MAGAZINE FOR BELTED AMMUNITION ~
The present invention relates to ammunition ~` -containers for storing linked rounds of ammunition in ready condition for feeding to a rapid-fire gun.
;Backaround of the Invention A typical magazine or can for linked or belted rounds of ammunition include~ a plurality of partitions for subdividing the can interior into multiple compartm~nts or bays. A continuous ammunition belt is ~ -loaded in the can with portions thereof in each bay -aFranged in layers built up from the bottom in ~ serpentine fashion. From the uppermost layer in each ; ~bay, the ammunition belt is drawn over the top of the partitions and runs downwardly to the bottom of the , lS adjacent bay. !The~leading end of the ammunition belt is directed out through an exit port from an adjacent bay and on to the rapid-fire gun. When the ammunition belt is wlthdrawn to f-ed succ-soive rounds to the gun, the , ~ ~ r, C.'i ~ 7 i~
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 bays are emptied ln succession. To reduce drag, the ammunition belt may be drawn over rollers positioned above the partitions, as disclosed in Trimbach U.S.
Patent No. 2,398,263.
While this loading arrangement provides optimum packaging density, problems are encountered during withdrawal of an ammunition belt, particularly when drag-reducing rollers are utilized between bays. As a bay is being emptied of its serpentine layers from top to bottom, a point is reached when the weight of the freed belt segment suspended from the roller is sufficient to pull belted ammunition rounds ou~ of the adjacent bay, over the roller and down into the bay being emptied. These rounds "syphoned" from the i~
adjacent bay uncontrollably pile up on the upper serpentine layer in the bay being emptied, thereby seriously impeding belt withdrawal to the point that the links between rounds can be damaged or even severed.
Damage links typically result in jams, and severed links deny access to that portion of the ammunition belt beyond the break. In either case, the rapid-fire gun is shortly out of action.
Summary of the Invention It is accordingly an object of the present~ `~
invention to provide an improved multi-bay magazine for belted ammunition.
A further object isi to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, wherein impediments to the smooth withdrawal of an ammunition belt therefrom are avoided.
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Docket No. 52-AR-229g An additional object is to provide an a~munition magazine of the above-character, wherein an am~unition belt is drawn completely out of each bay in succession.
Yet another object is to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, wherein spurious movements of the ammunition belt between bays are inhibited.
A still further ob;ect is to provide an ammunition magazine of the above-character, which is economical to manufacture, simple in construction, and reliable in operation over a long service life.
Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and in part appear hereinafter.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an ammunition magazine or container of box-like shape and having a plurality of partitions subdividing the interior thereof into a plurality of bays. A roller is positioned above the upper edge of each partition. An ammunition belt is loaded into the magazine with portions thereof multiply folded in serpentine formation deposited in each bay and interconnecting loop portions thereof drawn over the rollers from bay to bay. An anti-syphon member is supported on the upper edge of each partition to present an integral finger in an extended position relative to the peripheral surface of the adjacent roller. The fingers, in their extended positions, are effective to catch the loop portions of the ammunition belt to inhibit syphoning movements thereof from a succeeding ;
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 bay into a bay from which the ammunition belt i5 being withdrawn.
As an important feature of the present invention, a pair of anti-syphon members are supported in juxtaposed relation on the upper edge of each partition for independent, limited pivotal movements to swing their respective fingers between retracted and extended positions relative to the adjacent roller peripheral surface at respective angularly spaced locations. The fingers assume their retracted positions to permit belt movements out of the bays and automatically assume their extended positions to inhibit syphoning belt movements into the bays, thereby adapting the magazine to bidirectional ammunition belt withdrawal.
The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts, all as described hereinbelow, and ~;
the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
Brief Description Q~he ~rawinas -~
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For a full understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference may be had to the following Detailed Description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a side-elevational view, in diagra~matic form, of an ammunition magazine constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention:
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Docket No. 52-AR-2299 FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary plan view of one of the rollers seen in ~he embodiment of FIGURE l;
and FIGURE 3 i~ an enlarged side view of one of the pairs of anti-syphon members seen in FIGURE 1.
Corresponding reference numerals refer to li~e parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
Detaile~_Description <
The ammunition magazine of the present invention, generally indicated at 10 in FIGURE 1, includes opposed sidewalls 12 (FIGURE 2), opposed endwalls 14, and a bottom wall 16 joined together by suitable means such as ;`!
welding, rivets, etc., to provide a structurally rigid, box-like structure. The top of the magazine is closed o~f by one or more removable covers 18. In the illustrated embodiment, the magazine is optionally adapted, such as in the manner disclosed in Applic~nt's copending application entitled "Multiply Adaptable Magazine Assembly" (Docket No. 52-AR-2298), filed concurrently herewith, with exit ports 20 and 22, one at each end, and to which modular feed chutes 24 are installed. The disclosure of this copending application is specifically incorporated herein by reference. The magazine is equipped with spaced partitions 26 affixed to and spanning the sidewalls to subdivide the interior into a plurality of bays 28a-28e arrayed between the endwalls. Rotatably mounted by the sidewalls in position above each partition are separate rollers 30a-30d. One of these rollers is collectively indicated at 30 in FIGURES 2 and 3.
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1 in its adaptation to accommodate two ammunition belts 32 and 34, each consisting of linked ammunition rounds 36. Belt 32 is stored with its trailing end 32a lying in the bottom of bay 28b and folded on itself in layered, serpentine fashion to fill this bay. From the uppermost layer, the belt is drawn over roller 30a and down to the bottom of bay 28a as an interconnecting loop portion 32b. From the bottom of bay 28a, the belt is layered upwardly in serpentine fashion, with the leading end 32c drawn out from the uppermost layer through exit port 20 and feed chute 24 to a rapid-fire gun (not shown). ~elt 34 is accommodated with its trailing end 34a }ying at the bottom of bay 28c and is layered -~
upwardly in this bay. From the uppermost layer, this b~lt is drawn over roller 30c and extends down to the bottom of bay 28d as an interconnecting loop portion 34b. From the bottom of this bay, the belt is serpentined upwardly, drawn over roller 30d and draped ; 20 downwardly to the bottom of bay 28e as a second interconnecting loop portion 34b. From the bottom of this bay, belt 34 is layered upwardly, with its leading end 34c brought out from the uppermost layer through exit port 22 and feed chute 24 to a second rapid-fire gun, also not shown. It is seen that, upon gun-feeding withdrawal of belt 32, the ~erpentine layers in bay 28a are progressively unfolded to empty this bay first, and then the belt is drawn over roller 3Oa along a direct path to exit port 20 to empty bay 28b. In the same fashion, withdrawal of belt 34 through exit port 22 empties bay 28e first, followed by bay 28d and then bay 28c. ~ ~ ;
, . - - - , : ,. , ., . ~ - , , , , , -2 3~ 2 ~ 2 7 ~ 3 Docket No. 52-AR-2299 It is seem from the description thus far that the inclusion of rollers 30a and 30e serves to significantly reduce the frictional drag on these belts during withdrawal to feed ammunition rounds 36 to the two guns.
Unfortunately, this reduced drag inherently creates a condition which can impose a severe impediment to successful a~munition belt withdrawal. This condition occurs as a bay is being emptied. As can be appreciated from FIGURE 1, as the serpentine layers in bay 28a are unfolded and drawn out, the weight of the interconnecting loop portion 32b of the belt between roller 30a and the uppermost layer in bay 28a ultimately becomes sufficient to pull the belt over this roller and out of bay 28b. The additional ammunition rounds 36 lS spurious syphoned into bay 28a from bay 28b pile up on the uppermost layer in bay 28a, thus impeding its unfolding and withdrawal. It is seen that the same syphoning condition can occur in bays 28e and 28d with regard to ammunition belt 34. The additional feeding ;
force to maintain uniform belt withdraw can damage or even sever the links between rounds. Damaged links typically result in jamming of the delinking mechanism, and link severance renders the length of ammunition belt beyond the break unavailable to the gun.
; 25 In accordance with the present invention, this spurious syphoning condition is avoided by the utilization of anti-syphon members in conjunction with each of the roilers 30. Each anti-syphon member, generally indicated at 40 and best seen in FIGURE 3, is identically formed from a metal blank to provide a body 42 in which is cut a downwardly opening notch 44 ha~ing a flat bottom 44a and diverging sides 44b. The anti-syphon member is supported by a partition 26 with the upper partition edge seated in notch 44. This b" ~ .
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support position is preserved by providing a circumferential groove 46 in roller 30 in which the anti-syphon member is rQceived. A protuberance 48 on body 42 lies in closely spaced relation ~elow the bottom of roller groove 46 to maintain the anti-syphon member ~eated on the partition upper edge. The sidewalls of the roller groove maintain the anti-syphon member in an upright orientation.
The divergent straight edges 44b of notch 44 permit limited pivotal motion of the anti-syphon member such as to rock a finger 48 projecting from body 42 in and out of roller groove 46 between a retracted position, indicated in phantom at 48a, lying below the roller peripheral surface and an extended, solid line position with its tip projecting beyond the roller peripheral surface. In its extended position, finger 48 is effective to catch an ammunition belt, such as belt 34 in FIGURE 1, and thereby inhibit belt movement in the clockwise direction about roller 30. Thus, the finger supports the weight of the interconnecting loop portion 34b of belt 34 suspended into a bay, e.g. bay 28e, as it is being emptied. Thus, syphoning of the ammunition belt from a succeeding bay, e.g. bay 28d, is prevented.
When a bay is completely emptied, the belt assumes the indicated phantom line path 49 leading directly to a magazine exit port, which is seen to be well removed from finger 48 in its extended position.
It will be appreciated that fingers 48 can be manually set to their extended positions in catching engagements with an am~unition belt to support its interconnecting loop portions during the loading of magazine 10. As a precaution against the omission of 2~27~
Docket No. 52-AR-2299 manually setting the fingers to their extended positions, the flat bottom 44a of notch 44 seated on the squared off upper edge of a partition serve~ to establish a quiescent finger position, indicated in phantom at 48b, intermediate the retracted and extended ringer positions. In this position inherently assumed by the anti-syphon memberc~ their finger tips project slightly beyond the roller periphery, sufficient to be driven to their extended positions by initial syphoning motion of the ammunition belt.
To provide belt syphon prevention regardless of - the direction of am~unition belt withdrawal, a pair of -~
anti-syphon members 40 and il are supported atop each partition 26 in mirror image relation, i.e., turned 180 relative to each other. For convenience, the anti-syphon members of each pair are juxtaposed in side-by-side relation so they can be accommodated in the same roller groove 46, as best seen in FIGURE 2.
Depending on the direction of ammunition belt feed, one anti-syphon member of each pair assumes its retracted position to permit belt withdrawal from a bay to an exit port, while the other member is in its extended position to prevent syphoning belt movement into a bay from an adjacent bay. Thus, as seen in FIGURE 1 wherein the feed directions of ammunition belts 32 and 34 are in relatively opposite directions, anti-syphon members 40 and 41 of the pair associated with roller 30a are respectively in their retracted and extended finger positions. The anti-syphon member pair associated with roller 30b are both in the quiescent finger positions since there is no interconnecting loop portion of an ammunition belt trained over this roller. Of the pairs associated with rollers 30c and 30d, anti-syphon members ... ,. .... , ., ,, ., , - - - , . -. . , - ~
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Docket No. 52-AR-2299 40 are in their extended finger positions, while members 41 are in their retracted finger positions.
If magazine lo is of the construction disclosed and claimed in the above-cited copending application such as to be multiply adapta~le to dual caliber as well as bidirectional ammunition belt feed, two pairs of anti-syphon members 40, 41 are supported atop each partition in association with each roller 30, as seen in FIGURE 2. Each magazine bay is optionally subdivided into bay sections by the installation of separators 50, into which a belt or belts of smaller caliber ammunition are loaded. Roller 30 is provided with a circum-ferential groove at its mid-length point or as roller sections 50' carried on a common shaft 31 to accommodate separator installation. Each roller section is circumferentially grooved, a indicated at 46, to accommodate separate pairs of anti-syphon members 40, 41 -in operative positions with respect to the bay sections to prevent cyphoning movements of a small caliber ammunition belt(s) being withdrawn therefrom. It will be appreciated that one or the other of the anti-syphon me~ber pairs associated with each roller, depending on ammunition round orientation, is e~fect to prevent siphoning movements of a belt or belts of larger caliber ammunition being withdrawn from the bays.
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It is seen that the ob;ects of the invention set forth above, including those made apparent in the Detailed Description, are efficiantly attained, and, since certain changes may :oe made in the construction set forth without departing from the invention, it is intended that all matters of detail be taken as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
Claims (18)
1. A magazine for storing a belt of ammunition, said magazine comprising, in combination:
A. a container having opposed sidewalls, opposed endwalls, and a bottom wall conjoined to provide a box-like structure, said container including at last one exit port;
B. a plurality of spaced partitions affixed in spanning relation with said sidewalls to subdivide the interior of said container into a plurality of bays, each said partition having an upper edge;
C. a separate roller rotatably mounted by said container in positions spaced above said upper edge of each said partition; and D. an anti-syphon member supported on said upper edge of each said partition for limited pivotal movement, each said member having an integral projecting finger movable between retracted and extended positions relative to the peripheral surface of said adjacent one of said rollers;
E. whereby, upon withdrawal of an ammunition belt loaded in said container with multiply folded serpentine portions thereof deposited in each said bay and with interconnecting loop portions thereof draped over said rollers from one said bay to an adjacent said bay, said fingers assume said retracted positions to permit movement of the belt out of said bays directly to said exit port and assume said extended positions engaging the interconnecting loop portions of the ammunition belt to prevent syphoning movements thereof into said bays as the serpentine belt portions are being withdrawn therefrom to said exit port.
A. a container having opposed sidewalls, opposed endwalls, and a bottom wall conjoined to provide a box-like structure, said container including at last one exit port;
B. a plurality of spaced partitions affixed in spanning relation with said sidewalls to subdivide the interior of said container into a plurality of bays, each said partition having an upper edge;
C. a separate roller rotatably mounted by said container in positions spaced above said upper edge of each said partition; and D. an anti-syphon member supported on said upper edge of each said partition for limited pivotal movement, each said member having an integral projecting finger movable between retracted and extended positions relative to the peripheral surface of said adjacent one of said rollers;
E. whereby, upon withdrawal of an ammunition belt loaded in said container with multiply folded serpentine portions thereof deposited in each said bay and with interconnecting loop portions thereof draped over said rollers from one said bay to an adjacent said bay, said fingers assume said retracted positions to permit movement of the belt out of said bays directly to said exit port and assume said extended positions engaging the interconnecting loop portions of the ammunition belt to prevent syphoning movements thereof into said bays as the serpentine belt portions are being withdrawn therefrom to said exit port.
2. The magazine defined in Claim 1, wherein each said anti-syphon member is provided with a downwardly opening notch for receiving said partition upper edge.
3. The magazine defined in Claim 2, wherein said rollers are provided with circumferential grooves for receiving said anti-syphon members.
4. The magazine defined in Claim 3, wherein said notches are provided with divergent sides to define the limited pivotal movements of said anti-syphon members.
5. The magazine defined in Claim 4, wherein each said partition upper edge is squared off, and said notches are provided with flat bottoms, whereby, with said notch bottoms bearing fully on said partition upper edges, said fingers assume quiescent positions intermediate said retracted and extended positions, said fingers in said quiescent positions protruding beyond said roller peripheral surfaces such as to be propelled to said extended positions in response to initial syphoning movements of the belt interconnecting loop portions.
6. The magazine defined in Claim 5, wherein said anti-syphon members are identically formed from metal blanks.
7. The magazine defined in Claim 1, wherein a pair of said anti-syphon members are pivotally mounted on said upper edge of each said partition.
8. The magazine defined in Claim 7, wherein said anti-syphon members of each said pair are arranged in mirror image relation.
9. The magazine defined in Claim 8, wherein each said anti-syphon member is provided with a downwardly opening notch for receiving said partition upper edge.
10. The magazine defined in Claim 9, wherein each said roller is provided with a circumferential groove for receiving one of said pairs of anti-syphon members in juxtaposed relation.
11. The magazine defined in Claim 10, wherein said notches are provided with divergent sides to define the limited pivotal movements of said anti-syphon members.
12. The magazine defined in Claim 11, wherein each said partition upper edge is squared off, and said notches are provided with flat bottoms, whereby, with said notch bottoms bearing fully on said partition upper edges, said fingers assume quiescent positions intermediate said retracted and extended positions, said fingers in said quiescent positions protruding beyond said roller peripheral surfaces such as to be propelled to said extended positions in response to initial syphoning movements of the belt interconnecting loop portions.
13. The magazine defined in Claim 12, wherein said anti-syphon members are identically formed from metal blanks.
14. The magazine defined in Claim 7, wherein two pairs of said anti-syphon members are pivotally mounted on said upper edge of each said partition.
15. The magazine defined in Claim 14, wherein said anti-syphon members of each said pair are arranged in mirror image relation.
16. The magazine defined in Claim 15, wherein each said roller is provided with a pair of axially spaced, circumferential grooves, each said groove receiving one of said anti-syphon member pairs.
17. The magazine defined in Claim 16, which further includes at least one separator for subdividing one of said bays into a pair of bay sections, said separator being located between said roller grooves of said axially spaced pair.
18. The invention as defined in any of the preceding claims including any further features of novelty dislcosed.
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