US 12,235,067 B1
Variable payload magazine with automatic reload feature
Michael Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Grant Appel, O'Fallon, IL (US); Seth Konig, El Dorado Hills, CO (US); George Gardner, Butler, MO (US); Shawn Mathis, Waco, TX (US); William Yates, Columbia, SC (US); John Olson, Lakeville, MN (US); and Hugh Briggs, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed by Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,407.
Application 18/331,407 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/655,853, filed on Mar. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,995,996.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/440,519, filed on Jan. 23, 2023.
Int. Cl. F41A 9/11 (2006.01); F41A 9/00 (2006.01); F41A 9/48 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/48 (2013.01) [F41A 9/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magazine for gravity loading projectiles onto a projectile delivery device having a longitudinally retractable bucket for receiving a projectile, the magazine comprising:
a deck plate, the deck plate being stationary relative to the projectile delivery device and having a central axis therethrough, the deck plate further having a hole therethrough and aligned with a longitudinally retractable bucket of the projectile delivery device;
a ring disposed on the deck plate and divided into a first plurality of compartments, each compartment being sized to removably receive a projectile therein, the ring being rotatable about the central axis; and
an arm intermittently intercepting the ring and operably associated with the longitudinally retractable bucket, the arm circumferentially indexing the ring one compartment upon longitudinal retraction of the bucket.