EP 0256250 B1 19900829 - DEVICE FOR LOADING CANNONS, ESPECIALLY ARMOUR-PLATED CANNONS
Title (en)
DEVICE FOR LOADING CANNONS, ESPECIALLY ARMOUR-PLATED CANNONS
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 3627042 A 19860809
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4823675A] In an apparatus for loading guns, particularly tank howitzers, from a rotary magazine containing the shells and positioned below and alongside the gun barrel, for simplifying construction and movement sequences a substantially vertical loading arm pivotable about a vertical axis between a reception position in the vicinity of the rotary magazine and a position below and upstream of the gun barrel is provided, the loading arm having at least one gripper for a shell and in the last-mentioned position is pivotable about an approximately horizontal axis at right angles to the core axis of the gun barrel into a loading position from which the shell aligned with the core axis can be transported by a rammer into the gun chamber.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F41A 9/16 (2006.01); F41A 9/38 (2006.01); F41A 9/76 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
Citation (examination)
- JP H05333000 A 19931217 - NIPPON STEEL CORP
- EP 0141900 A1 19850522 - RHEINMETALL GMBH [DE]
- EP 0178484 A1 19860423 - RHEINMETALL GMBH [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0256250 A1 19880224; EP 0256250 B1 19900829; DE 3627042 A1 19880211; DE 3764581 D1 19901004; US 4823675 A 19890425
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 87108858 A 19870620; DE 3627042 A 19860809; DE 3764581 T 19870620; US 8328987 A 19870810