PATENT SPECIFICATION ‘ Convention Date (Sweden): Jan. 12, 1982, ‘Application Date (in United Kingdom): Jan. 9, 7933, Complete Accepted: Sept. 7, 1983, COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in and relating to Automatic Fire Arms. We, Axenmotacer Borors, Bofors, Sweden, « Swedish Compungy do. hereby, declare 'the nature of this invention and jn what manner the same is to be per 8 formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by tho following state- ment >— ‘The present invention relates to a feed- ing and ramming device for use in auto. 40 matic fire arms-in which the cartridge magazine is situated above the loadin tray from which eartzidge .eupplie thereon is fed and rammed down into the bazrel by means of an automatically oper. 45 ating rammer. ‘The characteristic feature lies substantially in the fact. that the Vottom of the magazine consists of two rollers of star-shaped cross section totat~ ably mounted in the magazine side by side, 20 the lower or bottom sides of whieh, together with the loading tray form a guide for the cartridge to be rammed. The rollers may also be mounted to slide transversely in such a manner that % hy feeding a cartridge down to the loading fay the rollers are moved apart, thos jermitting the passage of said cartridge Eetmeen tem. ® The device for feeding the cartridges ‘30 from the magazine to the loading bri may consist of one or more feeding arme, which at the movement of the barrel, caused by the recoil, frst are moved up: wards in relation to the cartridges in the magazine and then downwards, simulfane ously causing the cartridges to move down one step, whereby the Towost eartride in the magazine is fed to the loading tray. ‘The invention will be explained. in 40 greater detail in. the following by. refer ence fo the embodiment iitusrated in the sccompanying drawings, ‘Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the barrel which is shown in its rear. position with the empty cartridge case under ejection Fig. 2 isa section on the line HIT in Fi Fig, 9 fs a section on.the line IIIT in Fig. 1. Fig, 4 is a vertical section of the barrel in its forward position, one cartridge being fed to the loading tray. ‘Fig, 5 is section on the line V—V- in [Prige 1/-] 50 Price 48 6 Vig, 4. ‘ig. 6 isa section on the line VI—V1 in ig. Tin a vertical suction of the Darel with a cartridge rammed therein. "a dhe embotiment shown the Gavel i indicated with 1. The barrel is m a known manner provided with a recoil cas- tig andi hyde foal ake and spring operated ur hydraulic rune ing-out device, ‘The mechastism is aa Sutsmatic wedge breeth” mechanism of mown type. fo the seoll casag.2 fa Attacked "a" bracket supporting thoes parts ofthe automatic loadiag mechaniom that do not partake in the recoil movement of the barrel. The loading tray 5 is attached to the breech of the barrel and pariakes thus in the tocoil movement of Rie barrel, "The londing beldgo eat Set upper side formed as a channel serving asa. guide for the cartridge during its ening and forthe empty eantidge case uring fe fection after Being. ‘The ramming mechanism consists of a cylinder 6 formed in the bottom side of the loading tray and containing a spring 7, the one end of which bears against the agai sear end-wall 8 of the eylinder, the other cod bearing against a collar 9 eitached te a sliding bar 10 passing through the wal 8. The rear end of the sliding bar 10 supports a cross piece 11 in which tiv6 arms I2, 12 are pivotably mounted, said arms serving os a rammer. ‘These’ aruis fare each slidably mounted in stationary guides 13 and 13¢ in such-a manner that’ ‘the arms are moved in the guides when the barrel recoils, the arms being simultane- ously spread apart to such an extent that the: cartridge cases being ejected back- wards can pass between them. When after the recoil the barrel is moving for ward, the arms 12 and 1% axe moved together in order to bear against the rear end of the cartridge. fed to the loading tray and-to ram the said-cartridge. the foree for the ramming movement of the arm is supplied by the spring 7, whiclr is compressed at the forward moye= ment of the barrel after: the recoil, the cross piece H heing retained by the latch 14 until the barrel attains its forward 60 6 6 80 85 90 400 1052 398,081 position, at which moment tlie lever 15 Fr inurbced by a projection 10 located on the cylinder 6, the latch 14 thus being released, ‘The arms 12 and 12! are thus 5 foroed forward by the force of the com- pressed spring 7 and bring with them the Eartridge fed to the loading tray, to which tartridge is imparted such a rapid move~ ment that it will be firmly rammed into tho barrel. AS soon as the cartridge brought into the barrel, the mechanism ig automatically closed in known manner and the gan is fred, ‘has been mentioned above that at the 45 upper side the loading tray is provided with a channel 17 for guiding the cart- Tidges, “In order to afford a still better ruide for the cartridges above the loading dge there are provided to rollers 18 and_18%, the cross section of which has te form of a fow-pointed star, These rollers together with the channel 17 form ‘a closed guide channel for the cartridges. ‘The rollers 18 and 18 constitute, more over, the botiom of the cartridge magazine Tocafed above the loading tray and are rotatable about the shafts 19 and 10%, Which are mounted in oblong recesses, the Pullers by rotation thus being able ‘also 80 fo move apart in order to permit the pass- aye of the cartridge lying lowermost in the magazine. Normally the rollers are pressed together by means of springs act- Inge upon the shafts 19 and 19. The care. Hdges are retained in the magazine by means of a series of cartridge cramps 20 attached to each of the walls of the maga- tine, said cramps being formed as latches and consisting of arms which are mounted. about journals and by means of springs fe normally swing inwards. The cart- Hage cramps in each series are located at such a distance, each abovo the other, ‘hat their ends bear against tho upper side of the cartridges, thus preventing them from sliding upwards. "fo Seed the cartidigs one by one down to the loading tray 5 ihe cartridge eramps 21, BI! are provided, which are constructed 150 in'a manner similat to the cramps 20 and fare" mounted about journals, 22,22 attached to vertical arms 23, 28. ‘These farms are arranged on opposite sides of the magazine and at the lower ends said arms 5 are ench provided with a roller 24, 2 which projects into a guide 25, 25% formed in the lateral edges of the loading tray. ‘The arms 25, 25' are vertically movable in guides in the walls of the magazine and ft the recoil movement of the barrel they will be given a downward movement by neans of the guides 25, 25¢ and the rollers D424, the cartridge cramps 21, 21 thus fociling the cartridges downwards one step. 65 The arms 25, 25+ are not rigidly attached 40 35 40 a to the members 26, said arms and mem- bers being coupled together by means of springs 27, inserted between the upper Portion 28° bearing against the danged Portion of the arms 25, 23', and a head 39" bearing against a projection 30 on the Inembers 26._ ‘The above mentioned spring dlovices serve to take up the shocks be- tireen the arms 23, 28" and the members 26 in the case of a cartridge jamming in the feeding movement. The | upper Hanged portion of the arms 28, 23! thus préss upon the pars 28 thereby compress- Je the springs 27 as will be easily under- stood. ‘The lowermost cartridge will thus hy totating the vollers 18 and. 18! a quarter of x revolution and moving the fame apart, be fed down to the loading ina. After the recoil, when the barrel again is moved forward, the arms 23, 231 ill be foreed upwards and the cartridge Cramps 21. 21 will move out of the way Of the cartridges, which ave retained by the stationary cramps 20, and then catch the cartridge next above, ‘Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven- tion and in what manner the samo is to he “penformed, we declare that what me 1, A cartridge feeding and ramming device for tse in automatig fire arms in which the cartridge magazine is situated above the loading tray, fom which a cart- ridge supplied tereon is fed and rammed nto the barrel by ineans of an automatic- ally operating rammer, characterised by the boitom of the magazine consisting of ‘bro rollers of star shaped cross section, rotatably mounted in the magazine side ty side, a lower side of each together with the loading tray forming a guide for the cartridgo to be rammed. 2, Adevice as elaimed in claim 1, in which the two rollers aze mounted to slide 440 ransversely in such manner that on feeding a cartridge dowa to the loading fray fhe rollers are moved apart, thus emitting the erste fo pus Between 3, A device as claimed in claims 1 and 2, in which the device for feeding the cartridges from the magazine down to the oading tray consists of one or more feed- ing arms which, at the movement of the barrel caused by the recoil, ae frst moved upwards in relation to the cartridges in iemagazine and then downy, el. aneously causing the eartridges to move down one step, thus feeding the lowest cartridge in the magazine to the loading ‘tray. TA device as claimed in claim 8, in hich the feeding arm or arms are pro- Filed with spring operated cartridge 130 70 400 108 5 25898,081 3 ramps formed as Iatches, which, on the upward movement of the feeding’ arm ar arms spring out of the way of the cart- ridges but ou the downward movement of 55 the feeding arm or arms catch the cart- 8, A dovice as claimed in elaima 1 to 4, in which ono or more rows of spring ‘operated cartridge cramps formed as 4o latches are mounted in the walls of the magasine and prevent any upward move- ment of the cartridges in the magazine caused by the friction between said cart- ridges and the cramps attached to the 4g feeding arm or arms on the upward move. ‘ment of the latter. 6. A device as claimed in claim 1, in which the rammer for the cartridges ¢on- sists of two arms pivotably and slidably 29 mounted, said arms being swung apart into an open position on the ejection of an empty cartridge ease by means of a guid- Ing device inorder to permit the cargo ease to pass between them, 7, A device as claimed in claims 1 and 95 6, in which the arms constituting the wimmer ae mounted in a member slidably mounted in a portion which is rigidly atached to che barrel sid sliding mem cing controlled by a spring: which, on the movement of the barrel caused by the recoil is compressed and after the reooil at the end of the forward movement of the barrel is automatically released, the arms constituting the rammer thus being moved topether by the. guiding device simultaneously as they engaze a cartridge and ram the same. 8. Tho device for feeding and ramming cartridges in automatie fixe arms substan- tially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings, Dated this 9th day of January. 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