Fast cartridge loader for firearm magazines
First Claim
1. In combination, a loader for a cartridge magazine, said magazine comprising means to receive cartridges of a predetermined size and to load said magazine with said cartridges, said loader comprising cartridge inserting means adapted to urge said cartridges one by one from said loader via said magazine cartridge receiving means into said magazine, said loader further comprising a first arm and a second arm, a cartridge platform fixed to one of said arms, a back wall joined to the other of said arms and positioned substantially parallel to said platform, said back wall and said platform being spaced apart from each other by a distance at least equal to the length of one of said cartridges of said predetermined size, means to hinge said arms to each other for motion on an axis substantially perpendicular to said platform and to said back wall, stop means defining a closed position and an open position of said arms with respect to each other, each of said arms also comprising a side wall, said loader being adapted to accept cartridges on said platform in said open position of said arms;
- said platform, said back wall, and said side walls on said arms all together in said closed position of said arms defining a predetermined volume at least equal to the volume of a relatively dense mass of a predetermined number of said cartridges of said predetermined size;
said loader with said mass of cartridges in said predetermined volume being in a predetermined orientation with respect to the force of gravity when loading said cartridges into said magazine, and said loader comprising means to removably mount said magazine to be loaded with said cartridges in said loader with said magazine cartridge receiving means in a predetermined closely spaced relation to and below said loader'"'"'s cartridge inserting means, whereby said mass of cartridges are fed through said loader and into said cartridge inserting means by the force of gravity.
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Abstract
A loader particularly adapted for a cylindrical helical path feed ammunition magazine, the loader being able to accept cartridges as provided by the cartridge manufacturer in trays, whole trays at a time. The loader is made up of two hinged arms, with a platform on one of the arms to accept the tray of cartridges. After the tray is removed, the cartridges remain in the same array as they were in when in the tray, and then the arms are closed to create a dense mass of the large number of cartridges. The loader is then positioned vertically, a magazine inserted, and the cartridges quickly loaded into the magazine by turning a crank.
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10 Claims
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1. In combination, a loader for a cartridge magazine, said magazine comprising means to receive cartridges of a predetermined size and to load said magazine with said cartridges, said loader comprising cartridge inserting means adapted to urge said cartridges one by one from said loader via said magazine cartridge receiving means into said magazine, said loader further comprising a first arm and a second arm, a cartridge platform fixed to one of said arms, a back wall joined to the other of said arms and positioned substantially parallel to said platform, said back wall and said platform being spaced apart from each other by a distance at least equal to the length of one of said cartridges of said predetermined size, means to hinge said arms to each other for motion on an axis substantially perpendicular to said platform and to said back wall, stop means defining a closed position and an open position of said arms with respect to each other, each of said arms also comprising a side wall, said loader being adapted to accept cartridges on said platform in said open position of said arms;
- said platform, said back wall, and said side walls on said arms all together in said closed position of said arms defining a predetermined volume at least equal to the volume of a relatively dense mass of a predetermined number of said cartridges of said predetermined size;
said loader with said mass of cartridges in said predetermined volume being in a predetermined orientation with respect to the force of gravity when loading said cartridges into said magazine, and said loader comprising means to removably mount said magazine to be loaded with said cartridges in said loader with said magazine cartridge receiving means in a predetermined closely spaced relation to and below said loader'"'"'s cartridge inserting means, whereby said mass of cartridges are fed through said loader and into said cartridge inserting means by the force of gravity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- said platform, said back wall, and said side walls on said arms all together in said closed position of said arms defining a predetermined volume at least equal to the volume of a relatively dense mass of a predetermined number of said cartridges of said predetermined size;
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10. The combination 9, said axis on which said arms are hinged to each other being substantially coincident with the axis of said socket means.
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