Magazine loader for ammunition preloaded with striper clip

• US 6,754,987 B1
• Filed: 04/14/2003
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NcSTAR, Inc.
• Original Assignee: New Century SCI & Tech Incorporated (New Century Sci. & Tech)
• Inventors: Cheng, Carson, Morgan, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RICHARDSON, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US10/411,991
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 42/87, 42/88, 42/90
• US Class Current: 42/87
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 9/83 Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 9/84 Clips

Abstract

A magazine loader includes a loading holder and an ammo pusher. The loading holder has a supplying opening end, an opposed discharging opening end, a feeding channel extended from the supplying opening end to the discharging opening end for slidably receiving a plurality of ammos, and a guiding arrangement provided within the feeding channel, wherein the discharging opening end of the loading holder is capable of detachably mounting on an opening of a magazine such that the feeding channel of the loading holder is adapted for aligning with the opening of the magazine. The ammo pusher, having a pusher head, is slidably engaged with the guiding arrangement to substantially guide the pusher head sliding from the supplying opening end of the loading holder to the discharging opening end thereof for pushing the ammos within the feeding channel of the loading holder into the magazine.

Claims

1. A magazine loader for loading ammos in a magazine having an opening, comprising:

a loading holder having a supplying opening end, an opposed discharging opening end, a feeding channel extended from said supplying opening end to said discharging opening end for slidably receiving the ammos, and a guiding arrangement provided within said feeding channel, wherein said discharging opening end of said loading holder is capable of detachably mounting on the opening of the magazine so as to alignedly communicate said feeding channel with the opening of the magazine; and

an ammo pusher, having a pusher head, slidably engaged with said guiding arrangement to substantially guide said pusher head sliding from said supplying opening end of said loading holder to said discharging opening end thereof for pushing the ammos within said feeding channel of said loading holder into the magazine.

2. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a striper clip slidably disposed in said feeding channel through said supplying opening end, wherein said striper clip is arranged for holding said ammos in position so as to guide said ammos within said feeding channel to align with said opening of said magazine.

3. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said guiding arrangement has at least two slider rails formed on two sidewalls of said loading holder to slidably engage with two side edges of said ammo pusher respectively, wherein each of said slider rails is extended from said supplying opening end of said loading holder to said discharging opening end thereof, so as to guide said pusher head of said ammo pusher to slide between said supplying opening end and said discharging opening end of said loading holder.

4. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said guiding arrangement has at least two slider rails formed on two sidewalls of said loading holder to slidably engage with two side edges of said ammo pusher respectively, wherein each of said slider rails is extended from said supplying opening end of said loading holder to said discharging opening end thereof, so as to guide said pusher head of said ammo pusher to slide between said supplying opening end and said discharging opening end of said loading holder.

5. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said loading holder further has a guiding slot provided at a rear side of said feeding channel, wherein said striper clip is guided to slide along said guiding slot for ensuring said ammos retained in said feeding channel in position.

6. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 4, wherein said loading holder further has a guiding slot provided at a rear side of said feeding channel, wherein said striper clip is guided to slide along said guiding slot for ensuring said ammos retained in said feeding channel in position.

7. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 5, wherein said loading holder further comprises a clip stopper formed within said guiding slot at said discharging opening end of said loading holder in such a manner that when said striper clip is slid into said guiding slot, the striper clip is stopped at said clip stopper for securely holding said ammos within said feeding channel in position.

8. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 6, wherein said loading holder further comprises a clip stopper formed within said guiding slot at said discharging opening end of said loading holder in such a manner that when said striper clip is slid into said guiding slot, the striper clip is stopped at said clip stopper for securely holding said ammos within said feeding channel in position.

9. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a pusher platform and an elongated pusher body downwardly extended therefrom while said pusher head is formed at a bottom end of said pusher body, wherein said pusher body has a predetermined length that when said pusher platform is stopped at said supplying opening end of said loading holder when said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder for ensuring said ammos within feeding channel being fed in said magazine.

10. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a pusher platform and an elongated pusher body downwardly extended therefrom while said pusher head is formed at a bottom end of said pusher body, wherein said pusher body has a predetermined length that when said pusher platform is stopped at said supplying opening end of said loading holder when said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder for ensuring said ammos within feeding channel being fed in said magazine.

11. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 4, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a pusher platform and an elongated pusher body downwardly extended therefrom while said pusher head is formed at a bottom end of said pusher body, wherein said pusher body has a predetermined length that when said pusher platform is stopped at said supplying opening end of said loading holder when said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder for ensuring said ammos within feeding channel being fed in said magazine.

12. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 8, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a pusher platform and an elongated pusher body downwardly extended therefrom while said pusher head is formed at a bottom end of said pusher body, wherein said pusher body has a predetermined length that when said pusher platform is stopped at said supplying opening end of said loading holder when said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder for ensuring said ammos within feeding channel being fed in said magazine.

13. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 9, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a clip retraction element provided at said pusher platform to detachably engage with said striper clip when said pusher head is slidably moved at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, so that when said ammo pusher is slidably pulled out from said feeding channel, said striper clip is automatically pulled out from said loading holder at the same time.

14. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 10, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a clip retraction element provided at said pusher platform to detachably engage with said striper clip when said pusher head is slidably moved at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, so that when said ammo pusher is slidably pulled out from said feeding channel, said striper clip is automatically pulled out from said loading holder at the same time.

15. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 11, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a clip retraction element provided at said pusher platform to detachably engage with said striper clip when said pusher head is slidably moved at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, so that when said ammo pusher is slidably pulled out from said feeding channel, said striper clip is automatically pulled out from said loading holder at the same time.

16. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 12, wherein said ammo pusher further comprises a clip retraction element provided at said pusher platform to detachably engage with said striper clip when said pusher head is slidably moved at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, so that when said ammo pusher is slidably pulled out from said feeding channel, said striper clip is automatically pulled out from said loading holder at the same time.

17. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 13, wherein said clip retraction element is a magnet mounted at a bottom side of said pusher platform and said striper clip is made of magnetic attraction ability material, in such a manner that when said ammo pusher is slidably pushed in said feeding channel until said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, said clip retraction element is magnetically engaged with said striper clip.

18. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 14, wherein said clip retraction element is a magnet mounted at a bottom side of said pusher platform and said striper clip is made of magnetic attraction ability material, in such a manner that when said ammo pusher is slidably pushed in said feeding channel until said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, said clip retraction element is magnetically engaged with said striper clip.

19. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 15, wherein said clip retraction element is a magnet mounted at a bottom side of said pusher platform and said striper clip is made of magnetic attraction ability material, in such a manner that when said ammo pusher is slidably pushed in said feeding channel until said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, said clip retraction element is magnetically engaged with said striper clip.

20. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 16, wherein said clip retraction element is a magnet mounted at a bottom side of said pusher platform and said striper clip is made of magnetic attraction ability material, in such a manner that when said ammo pusher is slidably pushed in said feeding channel until said pusher head is positioned at said discharging opening end of said loading holder, said clip retraction element is magnetically engaged with said striper clip.

21. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said pusher head of said ammo pusher has an enlarged bottom engaging surface for enlarging a contacting surface of said pusher with respective to said respective ammo within said feeding channel so as to evenly distribute a pushing force from said pusher head on said ammos.

22. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 6, wherein said pusher head of said ammo pusher has an enlarged bottom engaging surface for enlarging a contacting surface of said pusher with respective to said respective ammo within said feeding channel so as to evenly distribute a pushing force from said pusher head on said ammos.

23. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 8, wherein said pusher head of said ammo pusher has an enlarged bottom engaging surface for enlarging a contacting surface of said pusher with respective to said respective ammo within said feeding channel so as to evenly distribute a pushing force from said pusher head on said ammos.

24. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 12, wherein said pusher head of said ammo pusher has an enlarged bottom engaging surface for enlarging a contacting surface of said pusher with respective to said respective ammo within said feeding channel so as to evenly distribute a pushing force from said pusher head on said ammos.

25. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 8, further comprising an ammo discharger detachably mounted at said loading holder, wherein said ammo discharger has a discharging head adapted for pushing said ammo out of said magazine at said opening thereof so as to unload said ammos in said magazine.

26. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 16, further comprising an ammo discharger detachably mounted at said loading holder, wherein said ammo discharger has a discharging head adapted for pushing said ammo out of said magazine at said opening thereof so as to unload said ammos in said magazine.

27. A magazine loader, as recited in claim 24, further comprising an ammo discharger detachably mounted at said loading holder, wherein said ammo discharger has a discharging head adapted for pushing said ammo out of said magazine at said opening thereof so as to unload said ammos in said magazine.