Automatic firing apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016245607-A1
Application number	US-201514691983-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Feb 23, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is provided an automatic firing apparatus, and a method for operating the automatic firing apparatus, the apparatus comprising a trigger actuator for automatically firing bullets contained in a magazine of a firearm; a magazine release actuator for releasing an empty magazine from the firearm; a magazine bank for storing a bullet magazine inside the firearm; and a magazine loading actuator for loading a new magazine inside the firearm from the magazine bank. There is further provided a magazine bank apparatus for use with a firearm comprising a magazine bank base having a plurality of slots adapted to receive and store bullet magazines; and a magazine load actuator adapted to be automatically triggered for loading a bullet magazine among the stored bullet magazines inside the firearm.

First claim

1 . An automated firing method comprising:
initiating a trigger actuator for automatically firing bullets contained in a magazine of a firearm; releasing the empty magazine using a magazine release actuator; and loading a new magazine inside to the firearm from a magazine bank adapted to store bullet magazines using a magazine loading actuator.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically determining the number of bullets being fired, automatically initiating the magazine release actuator for releasing the empty magazine once all the bullets of the magazine are fired and automatically initiating the magazine loading actuator for loading the new magazine inside the firearm once the empty magazine is released and for reinitiating these actuator actions until exhaustion of all the magazines stored inside the magazine bank.

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically initiating a slider release actuator for releasing the fired bullets from the firearm and repeating the above steps until all the magazines inside the magazine bank are consumed.

4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically initiating a door actuator for opening a door to a discard box once the empty magazine is released, wherein the empty magazine is forced inside the discard box through the opened door using a magazine discard actuator after the door is opened.

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising using a gripping actuator for automatically adjusting a gripping apparatus for securely gripping the firearm in place before initiating the triggering actuator.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the magazine disk is a rotatable magazine disk and wherein the loading action of a new magazine comprises rotating the magazine disk by a magazine disk actuator at a predefined angle, direction and time to make available the next filled magazine in position to be loaded inside the firearm.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the actions of the actuators are initiated and coordinated using an electronic circuit, a microcontroller or microprocessor, and wherein the firing is conducted according to a firing frequency preconfigured using the electronic circuit, the microcontroller or the microprocessor, and wherein the torque required for rotating the magazine disk is preconfigured as a function of moment of inertia and angular acceleration of the magazine disk.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the method is for purpose of testing at least one of the firearm and the firearm bullets.

9 . An automatic firing apparatus comprising;
a trigger actuator for automatically firing bullets contained in a magazine of a firearm; a magazine release actuator for releasing an empty magazine from the firearm; a magazine bank for storing a bullet magazine inside the firearm; and a magazine loading actuator for loading a new magazine inside the firearm from the magazine bank.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a slider release actuator for releasing the fired bullets from the firearm.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a door actuator and a magazine discard actuator, the door actuator being adapted for opening a door to a discard box once the empty magazine is released, wherein the empty magazine is forced inside the discard box through the opened door using the magazine discard actuator after the door is opened.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a gripping apparatus for securely receiving the firearm and a gripping actuator for automatically adjusting the gripping apparatus for securely gripping the firearm in place before initiating the triggering actuator.

13 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the magazine bank is a rotatable magazine disk, the apparatus further comprising a magazine disk actuator for rotating the magazine disk in predetermined angle, direction and time to make available the next bullet magazine in position to be loaded inside the firearm once the empty magazine is released.

14 . The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising an electronic circuit, microcontroller or microprocessor adapted to be connected to the actuators for initiating the coordinating the actions of the actuators, the apparatus being adapted to be connected to a power supply for providing power to the actuators and to the electronic circuit, microcontroller or microprocessor.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the electronic circuit, microcontroller or microprocessor is adapted for automatically determining the number of bullets being fired, automatically initiating the magazine release actuator for releasing the empty magazine once all the bullets of the magazine are fired and automatically initiating the magazine loading actuator for loading the new magazine inside the firearm once the empty magazine is released and for reinitiating these actuator actions until exhaustion of all the magazines stored inside the magazine bank.

16 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein each one of the actuators is any one of a hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, or magnetic actuator.

17 . A magazine bank apparatus for use with a firearm comprising:
a magazine bank base having a plurality of slots adapted to receive and store bullet magazines; and a magazine load actuator adapted to be automatically triggered for loading a bullet magazine among the stored bullet magazines inside the firearm.

18 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 17 wherein the magazine bank base is a rotatable magazine disk, and the apparatus further comprising a magazine bank actuator adapted to rotate the magazine disk at a predefined angle, direction and time to make available the bullet magazines in position to be loaded inside the firearm one at a time.

19 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 18 further comprising an electronic circuit, a microprocessor or microcontroller adapted to be connected to the magazine bank actuator, the microcontroller being preconfigured with said predefined angle and direction.

20 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 19 wherein the electronic circuit, the microprocessor or the microcontroller is further adapted to be connected to the magazine load actuator for initiating the loading action of the magazine inside the firearm once the bullet magazine has been put in position to be loaded by the magazine bank actuator.

21 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 20 wherein the electronic circuit, the microprocessor or the microcontroller is further adapted to be connected to a trigger actuator and to a magazine release actuator for releasing an empty magazine from the firearm once the bullets are fired using the trigger actuator.

22 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the electronic circuit, the microprocessor or the microcontroller is further adapted to rotate the magazine disk to make available a next bullet magazine in position to be loaded once the empty magazine is released from the firearm.

23 . The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 22 wherein the electronic circuit, the microprocessor or the microcontroller is further adapted to iteratively initiate the trigger actuator for firing all the bullets inside a bullet magazine, determine once all the bullets inside the magazine are fired, initiate the magazine release actuator for releasing the empty magazine once all the bullets are fired, initiate the magazine disk to rotate to make available the next

Assignees

• Univ United Arab Emirates

Inventors

• Al Abdouli Ibrahim
• ARBABI Mohammad
• Al Merri Saleh
• AL SAYYED Basel

Classifications

• F41A9/00

  Feeding or loading of ammunition ({conveying ammunition through pipes by the action of flowing gases B65G51/025} ; adaptations for feeding or loading missiles from magazines in air guns F41B11/50); Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges (cartridge extractors or ejectors F41A15/00) · CPC title

• F41A9/84

  Clips · CPC title

• F41A9/64

  for unbelted ammunition · CPC title

• F41A31/00

  Testing arrangements (testing mounts F41A23/16) · CPC title

• F41A9/59

  Ejectors for clips or magazines, e.g. when empty · CPC title