Patent ID: 7481148

Claim:
A transfer device for pushing a projectile into the barrel of a weapon along a transfer trough ( 2 ) that is located behind the barrel at least during the transfer and positioned substantially parallel to the barrel, the transfer device having two turning wheels ( 5 , 6 ) at a distance from each other and an elongate power transmission element ( 7 ) that is a flexible element forming a closed loop and mounted to run around the turning wheels ( 5 , 6 ) and that during the transfer of the projectile moves at least along part of its length substantially parallel to the transfer trough ( 2 ) toward the barrel of the weapon, and at least two transfer elements ( 8 , 10 ) that under the influence of the moving power transmission element ( 7 ) push the projectile ( 3 ) from behind in consecutive steps toward the barrel of the weapon, whereby the first transfer element ( 8 ) is always in a position, in which it extends behind the projectile ( 3 ) and moves the projectile ( 3 ) first a part of the way, while the second transfer element ( 10 ) is in a position in which it is at the side of the projectile ( 3 ) and disengaged from the power transmission element ( 7 ), and when the first transfer element ( 8 ) is in a predefined position, the second transfer element ( 10 ) engages the power transmission element ( 7 ) and turns behind the projectile ( 3 ) to push it, characterised in that the power transmission element moves in one direction during the transfer of the projectile, that the power transmission element ( 7 ) has two connection elements ( 9 , 11 ) at a distance from each other, and the first connection element ( 9 ) is engaged to move the first transfer element ( 8 ), and after the first transfer element ( 8 ) has moved the projectile ( 3 ) a part of the way, the second connection element ( 11 ) engages to move the second transfer element ( 10 ) at the same speed in the same direction, that the second transfer element ( 10 ) starts to push the projectile ( 3 ) from behind before the first transfer element ( 8 ) stops moving the projectile ( 3 ), that, after this, the movement speed of the of the first transfer element ( 8 ) decelerates and the second transfer element ( 10 ) continues to push the projectile ( 3 ) into the barrel of the weapon as the pushing movement of the first transfer element ( 8 ) ends.