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(11) EP 0 306 061 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10

(21) Application number: 88115214.4

(22) Date of filing: 17.10.1986
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F41D 7/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI SE

(30) Priority: 30.10.1985 US 793013
18.12.1985 US 878470

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
86114433.5 / 0220630

(71) Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Schenectady New York 12305 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Pettinga, Robert
    Shelburne Vermont 05482 (US)
  • Dix, Joseph
    Williston Vermont 05495 (US)
  • Forrester, Victor James
    Burlington Vermont 05401 (US)
  • McHugh, Thomas Owen
    Burlington Vermont 05401 (US)
  • Sibley, Lincoln Lewis, Jr.
    Burlington Vermont 05401 (US)
  • Ziemba, Richard Thomas
    Burlington Vermont 05401 (US)

(74) Representative: Catherine, Alain 
General Electric France Service de Propriété Industrielle 18 Rue Horace Vernet
92136 Issy-Les-Moulineaux Cedex
92136 Issy-Les-Moulineaux Cedex (FR)


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    (54) External drive for a machine gun


    (57) An external drive for a gun having an operating mechanism including a rocking lever (34) journaled for oscillation about a central axis, comprising a motor (100) having an output shaft (102) which is coupled through an intermittent drive mechanism to the rocking lever (34).







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