Projectile Lift Vertical Ammunition Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing projectile lifts face challenges in efficiently moving heavy ammunition bodies between storage levels in military vehicles, requiring significant physical effort and complicating the process of loading and unloading due to the need for lateral ejection and alignment, which hinders efficient vertical movement.
Innovation Solution
A projectile lift design featuring a holding device that raises ammunition bodies vertically from a receiving tray, allowing for secure longitudinal movement and vertical lifting, combined with a linear drive system for precise control, enabling easy transfer between storage levels without lateral ejection, and a receiving tray that functions as a linear guide to prevent sideways movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the holding device secures ammunition bodies to prevent sideways and vertical movement, then the ammunition bodies are securely held, but it becomes difficult for the ammunition bodies to be slid out sideways and move between storage levels
Solution Approach 1:
The holding device transitions from a static secured state to a dynamic transfer state. The holding device is movable relative to the receiving tray, allowing it to shift position to enable sideways ejection of ammunition bodies while maintaining secure holding during vertical transport
Solution Approach 2:
The holding device changes its positional parameter relative to the receiving tray. By moving the holding device to different positions, the system enables both secure holding (when positioned to encompass the ammunition body) and easy ejection (when positioned to allow sideways movement)
2Device complexity
If manual movement of heavy ammunition bodies is used, then no complex equipment is needed, but very high physical exertion is required
Solution Approach 1:
The projectile lift system performs the heavy lifting operation automatically. The holding device moves vertically relative to the receiving tray to lift ammunition bodies between storage levels, eliminating the need for manual physical exertion while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical structure
3Productivity
If lateral ejection of ammunition bodies is required, then ammunition can be loaded and unloaded, but the process becomes complicated and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The holding device is designed to be movable relative to the receiving tray, enabling it to dynamically adjust its position. This allows the system to facilitate lateral ejection of ammunition bodies for loading and unloading operations while maintaining a simple overall structure through the relative movement mechanism
Data Source
AI summary
A projectile lift for vertically moving ammunition elements between two storage levels of a magazine comprising a receiving tray for receiving an ammunition body and a retaining device for retaining the ammunition body, wherein the retaining device can vertically lift the ammunition elements away from the receiving tray. The disclosure also relates to a magazine including a projectile lift and a method for vertically moving ammunition elements.