Automatic firing apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9903677-B2
Application number	US-201615223616-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Feb 23, 2015
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

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

The invention claimed is:

1. 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;
a magazine bank actuator for rotating the magazine bank base at a predefined angle, direction and time, wherein the predefined time is determined based on a required firing frequency for the firearm; and
a magazine load actuator adapted to be automatically triggered for loading a bullet magazine among the stored bullet magazines inside the firearm.

2. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magazine bank base is a rotatable magazine disk.

3. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the magazine bank is rotated by applying a torque using the magazine bank actuator.

4. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , 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.

5. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the moment of inertia is determined as a function of total weight of the magazine disk and radius of the magazine disk.

6. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the total weight of the magazine disk comprises a weight of the magazine disk and a weight of the bullet magazines.

7. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the slots are positioned along the radial axis of the magazine disk.

8. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the magazine disk is a hollow disk or a solid disk.

9. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an electronic circuit, a microprocessor or microcontroller adapted to be connected to the magazine bank actuator and preconfigured with said predefined angle, direction and time.

10. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , 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.

11. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , 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.

12. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , 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.

13. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , 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 bullet magazine in position to be loaded inside the firearm once the empty magazine is released, initiate the magazine load actuator to load the next bullet magazine inside the firearm once the next magazine is in position to be loaded and to repeat these steps until all the magazines stored inside the magazine bank are exhausted.

14. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a magazine discard actuator and 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 the magazine discard actuator after the door is opened.

15. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the trigger actuator is any one of a hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, or magnetic actuator.

16. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the magazine release actuator is any one of a hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, or magnetic actuator.

17. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magazine load actuator is any one of a hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, or magnetic actuator.

18. The magazine bank apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magazine bank actuator is a step motor and wherein the magazine bank is rotated by the step motor having a predetermined power and rounds per minute (RPM).

Assignees

• Univ United Arab Emirates

Inventors

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

Classifications

• F41A9/59

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

• F41A19/64 Primary

  for automatic or burst-firing mode · CPC title

• F41A31/00

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

• F41A9/84

  Clips · CPC title

• F41A9/64

  for unbelted ammunition · CPC title