Three-Column Magazine Structure for Rapid Fire Shotgun
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magazine structures for automatic pump rifles have limited capacity, requiring frequent reloading and making it difficult to rapidly fire different types of cartridges, which disrupts the targeting process and leads to inefficient shooting.
Innovation Solution
A novel three-columned magazine structure with equidistant tubular design, allowing for high cartridge capacity and easy reloading, enabling continuous rapid fire without manual reloading and enabling the firing of multiple types of cartridges by switching between columns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a single-column magazine structure is used, then the structure is simple, but the cartridge capacity is limited and requires frequent reloading
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine structure is divided into three independent columns, each capable of holding cartridges separately. This segmentation allows the total cartridge capacity to be tripled compared to a single-column design, while each column can be independently managed and reloaded, maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
Three separate magazine columns are merged into a single integrated magazine assembly that shares common structural elements, feeding mechanisms, and ejection systems. This combining approach achieves high cartridge capacity without proportionally increasing overall structural complexity.
2Productivity
If cartridges are arranged in a single line in traditional magazines, then the structure is simple, but rapid fire performance is interrupted by frequent reloading
Solution Approach 1:
The three-column magazine design enables continuous firing by allowing the shooter to switch between columns when one is depleted. This eliminates interruptions in the firing sequence, as at least one column remains available, maintaining the continuity of useful action during rapid fire operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple columns are pre-loaded with cartridges before engagement. This preliminary action ensures that when one column is exhausted, others are already prepared and immediately available, eliminating the need for mid-engagement reloading and maintaining combat effectiveness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional magazine structure is used, then it can hold one type of cartridge, but switching between different cartridge types requires complete magazine replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine is segmented into three columns that can be independently configured for different cartridge types. This allows the shooter to load each column with a specific cartridge type according to anticipated engagement scenarios, providing versatility without requiring complete magazine replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The magazine structure is designed to universally accommodate multiple cartridge types across its three columns. Each column can be independently loaded with different cartridge calibers, making the single magazine assembly multi-functional and adaptable to various engagement requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The three-columned magazine structure allows for extended rapid fire sessions with minimal downtime for reloading and enables the efficient firing of various cartridges, improving shooting performance by reducing reloading interruptions and enhancing targeting accuracy.
Implementation Method 1
The cartridges which are in single line arranged one on the top of the other move upwardly by means of a spring located in the base as firing is performed.
Implementation Method 2
Cartridge to be fired is received into barrel through gap point at back end of magazine structure connected to barrel. As shooting is performed, cartridge at the end of tubular magazine structure is fed into barrel by means of a spring structure placed in front section of tubular magazine structure.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a novel three columned magazine structure with high cartridge capacity developed for automatic shotguns that are able to perform rapid fires, and enabling to have more than one type of cartridge at the same time ready to be fired from shotgun structure, and allowing different type of cartridge structures to be fired in desired order.