Patents Represented by Law Firm Bacham & LaPointe, P.C.
  • Apparatus for feeding belted ammunition
    Patent number: 6029557
    Abstract: A physically economic apparatus which is insensitive to defects for feeding belted ammunition by means of starwheels is driven by a spring energy store which comprises a helical spring and a closed chain loop. The chain loop is formed by four sprocket wheels which are mounted in a housing and one of which is connected for drive purposes to the starwheel shaft. One end of the helical springs is supported on shoulders in the housing, and the other end is supported on pressure pieces which are fitted to the chain loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Sulm, Karl Brichta