Rotatable firearm rotor
View Patent ↗A rotor for a firearm having a tracks and locks for interaction with at least one firearm bolt with a rotatable head and carrier body may have a reversible lock structure such that locks may be merely turned around in relation to the rotor when one set of lock bosses is worn by the interaction of the lock and bolts when firing. Drive and delinker gears may also be geometrically keyed to the rotor to efficiently divide torque across the gears and to maintain correct timing for the firearm.
1. A rotor for a rotating firearm comprising;
a rotor shaft; and
a plurality of statically mounted reversible track locks with functionally identical sets of bosses located at both a forward and an aft position of each track lock,
the reversible track locks being mounted upon the rotor shaft in a manner that they are static in relation to said rotor shaft;
wherein when a set of bosses on one side of one of the plurality of reversible track locks are worn from interaction with at least one firearm bolt, said track lock may be removed and repositioned on the rotor shaft such that another set of bosses may interact with the at least one firearm bolt.
2. The rotor for a firearm of claim 1 , further comprising a drive gear that is geometrically keyed to the rotor to divide torque loads across the circumference of the gear.
3. The rotor for a firearm of claim 2 , further comprising a delinker gear that is geometrically keyed to the rotor to divide torque loads across the circumference of the gear.
4. The rotor for a firearm of claim 1 , further comprising a delinker gear that is geometrically keyed to the rotor to divide torque loads across the circumference of the gear.