ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,075, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Tippmann Industrial Products Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
"Belt-fed rotary gun" was invented by Bradley Tippmann (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Allen W. Rife (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Daniel Mueller (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt-fed Gatling-style gun is provided. In some embodiments, the belt-feed system allows a plurality of individually separable belt links to be connected in series to feed cartridges to a belt-fed rotary gun. Each individual belt link may be removably connected to a series of belt links to facilitate ease of loading and making belts of ammunition of any length."
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