Magazine loader and cartridge clip useful therewith
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1. A magazine loader for rapidly and easily loading cartridges held by a standard retainer strip into a firearm magazine, each of said cartridges having a neck, a base and an extractor recess, said magazine loader comprising:
- A. a skirt having an open top through which cartridges pass, an open bottom adapted to receive the magazine to be loaded, a front end, a base end opposite said front end, and two juxtaposed side walls, each of said side walls extending between the front end and the back end of the skirt;
wherein the length of the open top is less than the length of the open bottom and the width of the open top is less than the width of the open bottom;
B. a cartridge-neck holder attached to the top of the skirt at its front end, said cartridge-neck holder comprising;
1. an upwardly extending front support; and
2. two laterally extending neck-arms attached to the front support at their forward ends,wherein the laterally extending neck-arms are adapted to slidably hold the neck of a cartridge; and
C. a cartridge-base holder attached to the top of the skirt at its back end, said cartridge-base holder comprising;
1. an upwardly extending rear support; and
2. two laterally extending base arms attached to the rear support at their rearward ends,wherein the laterally extending base arms are adapted to slidably hold the base of a cartridge; and
wherein the distance between the laterally extending base arms is greater than the width of the retainer strip which grips each cartridge by the extractor recess.
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A magazine loader and a cartridge clip for rapidly and easily loading cartridges into a firearm magazine. The magazine loader comprises a cartridge-neck holder and a cartridge-base holder, both attached to a skirt. The base holder is adapted to receive cartridges held by a standard retainer strip or the novel cartridge clip.
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1. A magazine loader for rapidly and easily loading cartridges held by a standard retainer strip into a firearm magazine, each of said cartridges having a neck, a base and an extractor recess, said magazine loader comprising:
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A. a skirt having an open top through which cartridges pass, an open bottom adapted to receive the magazine to be loaded, a front end, a base end opposite said front end, and two juxtaposed side walls, each of said side walls extending between the front end and the back end of the skirt;
wherein the length of the open top is less than the length of the open bottom and the width of the open top is less than the width of the open bottom;B. a cartridge-neck holder attached to the top of the skirt at its front end, said cartridge-neck holder comprising; 1. an upwardly extending front support; and 2. two laterally extending neck-arms attached to the front support at their forward ends, wherein the laterally extending neck-arms are adapted to slidably hold the neck of a cartridge; and C. a cartridge-base holder attached to the top of the skirt at its back end, said cartridge-base holder comprising; 1. an upwardly extending rear support; and 2. two laterally extending base arms attached to the rear support at their rearward ends, wherein the laterally extending base arms are adapted to slidably hold the base of a cartridge; and wherein the distance between the laterally extending base arms is greater than the width of the retainer strip which grips each cartridge by the extractor recess. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A magazine loader for rapidly and easily loading cartridges into a firearm magazine, said magazine loader comprising:
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A. a skirt having an open top through which cartridges pass and an open bottom adapted to slidably receive the cartridge-receiving end of a magazine to be loaded, wherein the front end of the inside of the skirt is provided with a land having a planar surface; and wherein said skirt is provided with a rear land having a planar surface; and B. a cartridge-neck holder attached to the top of the skirt at its front end, said cartridge-neck holder comprising;
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7. an upwardly extending front support;
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2. two laterally extending arms attached to the front support at their forward ends; and wherein the distance between the neck arms at their rearward extremity is less than the diameter of the neck of a cartridge, such that a cartridge placed between the laterally extending neck arms causes the laterally extending neck arms to deflect outward against their natural spring force such that the laterally extending neck arms slidably hold the neck of the cartridge; and wherein the planar surface of the inside of the front support is coincidental with the planar surface of the forward land of the skirt; and C. a cartridge-base holder attached to the top of the skirt at its back end, said cartridge-base holder comprising; 1. an upwardly extending rear support; and 2. two laterally extending base arms attached to a rear support at their rearward ends; and wherein the distance between the laterally extending base arms is greater than the width of the metallic retaining strip adapted to grip cartridges by the extractor recess; and wherein each laterally extending base arm terminates on its forward end with a transversely extending segment, the forward walls of each of which are displaced one from the other a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the base of the cartridge; and wherein the base holder is adapted to receive cartridges held by a retainer strip, portions of which extend into the extractor recess of the cartridges; and wherein the distance between the forward wall of the rear support and the rearward wall of the laterally extending segments is slightly greater than the distance between that portion of the retainer strip furthest removed from the cartridges and a line connecting the forwardmost extremities of the retainer strip such that the retainer strip can be held completely enclosed within the cartridge base holder; and wherein the cartridge base holder is further provided with two juxtaposed shoulders extending from the side walls of the base holder a distance greater than the transverse dimension of the retainer strip but less than the diameter of a cartridge whereby downward movement of the retainer strip is stopped when pressure is applied to cartridges held within the retainer strip; and wherein the magazine loader is provided with a ramp, the surface of which is tilted at an angle to the surface of the rear support of the base holder but contiguous thereto; and wherein said ramp is provided with a recess adapted to receive a bendable tab attached to the retainer strip, wherein said recess has a depth sufficiently great to receive the entire bendable tab while still maintaining contact between the surface of the ramp and the rim of the cartridge; and wherein each ramp extends beyond the plane of the surface of the rear land of the skirt; and whereby a standard retainer strip containing ten cartridges held within the retainer strip by portions thereof which extend into the extractor recess and held by two bendable tabs can be easily and quickly placed in the cartridge base holder with the lower end of the retainer strip resting on the shoulders; and whereby application of finger pressure on the uppermost cartridge held within the retainer strip causes the lowermost bendable tab to bend downward into the recess in the ramp; and whereby the retainer strip holds the cartridges in the same relative horizontal position and whereby the cartridge-neck holder holds the neck of the cartridges preventing lateral movement; and whereby the cartridges are caused to slide down the cartridge-neck holder toward the skirt and are caused to slide down the cartridge-base holder toward the skirt through the open top of the skirt and into the magazine surrounded by the skirt; and whereby contact is maintained between the base of each cartridge and the ramp thus guiding each cartridge smoothly into the magazine.
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8. A magazine loader for rapidly and easily loading cartridges into a firearm magazine, each of said cartridges having a neck and an extractor recess, said magazine loader comprising:
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A. a skirt comprising; 1. an open top through which cartridges pass; and 2. an open bottom adapted to slidably receive the cartridge-receiving end of a magazine to be loaded; and 3. a front end, the inside of said front end being provided with a forward land having a planar surface; and 4. a back end provided with a rear land having a planar surface; and B. a cartridge-neck holder attached to the top of the skirt at its front end, said cartridge-neck holder comprising; 1. an upwardly extending front support, the inside of said front support being a planar surface coincidental with the planar surface of the forward land of the skirt; and 2. two laterally extending neck arms attached to the front support at their forward ends, the distance between the neck arms at their rearward extremity being less than the diameter of the neck of a cartridge such that neck arms slidably hold the neck of the cartridge; and C. a cartridge-base holder attached to the top of the skirt at its back end, said cartridge-base holder comprising; 1. an upwardly extending rear support; and 2. two laterally extending base arms attached to the rear support at their rearward ends, the distance between said laterally extending base arms being greater than the width of a retainer strip adapted to grip cartridges by the extractor recess, each of said base arms having a transversely extending segment at its forward end, each of said transversely extending segments terminating in a forward wall, said forward walls being displaced one from the other a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the base of the cartridge; and 3. two juxtaposed shoulders extending from the base arms, the distance between said shoulders being greater that the diameter of a cartridge and less than the width of the retainer strip, whereby downward movement of the retainer strip is stopped when pressure is applied to cartridges held within the retainer strip; and 4. a ramp, said ramp having a surfacwe tilted at an angle to the inner surface of the rear support of the base holder but contiguous thereto, said ramp being provided with a recess adapted to receive a bendable tab of the retainer strip and said ramp extending beyond the plane of the surface of the rear land of the skirt; and wherein, the base holder is adapted to receive cartridges held by a retainer strip such that the retainer strip is completely enclosed within the base holder; and wherein a standard retainer strip containing ten cartridges held within the retainer strip by portions thereof which extend into the extractor recess and held by two bendable tabs can be easily and quickly placed in the cartridge base holder with the lower end of the retainer strip resting on the shoulders; and wherein application of finger pressure on the uppermost cartridge held within the retainer strip causes the lowermost bendable tab to bend downward into the recess in the ramp; and wherein the cartridges are caused to slide down the cartridge-neck holder toward the skirt and are caused to slide down the cartridge-base holder toward the skirt through the open top of the skirt and into the magazine surrounded by the skirt; and wherein contact is maintained between the base of each cartridge and the ramp thus guiding each cartridge smoothly into the magazine.
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