Loader and magazine mechanism

Claim 1

A SUBSTANTIALLY SELF-BALANCING AMMUNITION MAGAZINE AND LOADER COMBINATION FOR USE WITH A TRIANABLE RAPIDFIRE GUN ELEVATABLE ABOUT A GUN WITH A TRAINABLE RAPIDAN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE CARRIER FOR CARRYING ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION THROUGH THE MAGAZINE, SUPPORT MEANS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING MEANS IN ENGAGECARRIER THROUGHOUT THE TRAVEL THEREOF AND TRIANABLE WITH THE GUN, MEANS FOR GUIDING THE ROUNDS AS THE LATTER ARE MOVED BY SAID CARRIER, DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID CARRIER, A LOADING STATION ADJACENT THE CARRIER AND AT ONE SIDE OF THE MAGAZINE FOR INTRODUCING ROUNDS TO THE CARRIER, AN UNLOADING STATION ADJAENT THE CARRIER, SAID UNLOADING STATION BEING CENTRALLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE MAGAZINE AND REMOTE FROM THE LOADING STATION FOR RECEIVING ROUNDS FROM THE CARRIER, MEANS AT SAID UNLOADING STATION FOR UNLOADING ROUNDS FROM THE MAGAZINE REGARDLESS OF ELEVATION OF THE GUN, SAID CARRIER MEANS BEING SUPPORTED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY BALANCED CIRCUITOUS PATH OF TRAVEL FOR MOVING THE ROUNDS FROM THE LOADING STATION TO THE UNLOADING STATION SO AS TO FILL THE MAGAZINE SUCCESSIVELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL PLANE INCLUDING THE GUN TRUNNION AXIS TO THEREBY MAINTAIN A CLOSE WEIGHT BALANCE OF THE MAGAZINE DURING LOADING AND UNLOADING OPERATIONS, SAID LOADING STATION INCLUDING A HOUSING TRAINABLE WITH THE GUN AND ALIGNED WITH SAID CARRIER, A PLURALITY OF ROUND GUIDING WALLS OF SAID HOUSING DEFINING A VERTICAL CHUTE, HORIZONTAL INLET AND OUTLET STATIONS RESPECTIVELY LOCATED AT THE TOP