Patent ID: 8006603

Claim:
In combination with the feeder/delinker of a Gatling machine gun, the feeder/linker including a housing, an interior, and a cartridge positioned in the interior, the improvements comprising an access system comprising a unitary door ( 10 ) pivotally mounted in said housing and including (a) a slot ( 23 ); and (b) a plunger ( 11 ) pivotally mounted in said door and including a deployable portion and a cartridge-contact bottom surface ( 20 ), said plunger movable between at least two operative positions, (i) a first stowed operative position with said plunger ( 11 ) retracted and housed in said slot ( 23 ) of said door ( 10 ), and (ii) a second deployed operative position with said deployable portion of said plunger ( 11 ) extending outwardly from said slot ( 23 ) and said door ( 10 ), said door ( 10 ) movable between at least three operative positions, (i) a first completely open operative position with said plunger in said second deployed operative position and said cartridge-contact bottom surface ( 20 ) spaced apart from the cartridge, (ii) a second partially open operative position with said plunger in said second deployed operative position and said cartridge-contact bottom surface ( 20 ) contacting the cartridge, and (iii) a third closed operative position with said plunger in said first stowed operative position.