Device for feeding cartridges to a vertically aimable gun.

摘要

1. Apparatus for feeding cartridges (14) to a height adjustable gun (13) from a fixed magazin (15) from which the cartridges (14) are transferred until they reach the elevation axis (16), - having a diverting device (11) which swivels the cartridges (14) according to the elevation of the gun and feeds them to the gun (13), - said diverting device (11) being constituted by a rigid helical cartridge feed channel (11) fixed on the gun (13), - at the entrance opening, (17) of which channel the cartridges (14) are arranged coaxial to the elevation axis (16), - at the exit opening (18) of which channel the cartridges (14) are arranged parallel to the gun axis, - the entrance opening (17) of the cartridge feed channel (11) being located in the region of said elevation axis (16) and remaining in this region of the elevation axis (16) when the height of the gun (13) is adjusted, characterised in that - the cartridge feed channel (11) is wound around an imaginary circular cylinder (20), the cylinder axis of which is inclined at an angle both with respect to the elevation axis and with respect to the gunbarrel axis, - the centres of gravity of the cartridges (14) situated in the cartridge feed channel (11) form a helix lying on said imaginary circular cylinder (20).