Magazine aligner for pistol magazine loaders
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1. A mechanism for facilitating the aligning of an open side of a firearm magazine inserted into a magazine loader with respect to a projecting member or plunger of said loader which is arranged to force a topmost round in said magazine further inside said magazine so that a new round can be inserted into said magazine, comprising:
- an inverted V-shaped member having two inclined-apart spaced legs or wings coupled together, the upper parts of the wings being closer than their bottom ends when said inverted V-shaped member is seen in its inverted V-shaped configuration,a coupler for attaching said inverted V-shaped member to said magazine loader,a spring member coupled to said inverted V-shaped member and to said loader and arranged to urge said inverted V-shaped member onto said open side of said magazine when said inverted V-shaped member is attached to said loader and a magazine is inserted into said loader,whereby when said inverted V-shaped member is attached to said loader and said loader is placed and forced over said open side of said magazine, said open side of said magazine will be aligned by said inverted V-shaped member with respect to said plunger of said loader so that said plunger will be able to force a topmost round in said magazine further inside said magazine.
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A magazine aligner is positioned inside a pistol magazine loader for centering the open side of magazines of different widths and depths when mounted into the loader to be in line with a round-inserting plunger of the loader. The aligner comprises an inverted “V”-shaped element adapted to accept the open side of magazines from below and includes a spring for keeping tension on the magazine.
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20 Claims
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1. A mechanism for facilitating the aligning of an open side of a firearm magazine inserted into a magazine loader with respect to a projecting member or plunger of said loader which is arranged to force a topmost round in said magazine further inside said magazine so that a new round can be inserted into said magazine, comprising:
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an inverted V-shaped member having two inclined-apart spaced legs or wings coupled together, the upper parts of the wings being closer than their bottom ends when said inverted V-shaped member is seen in its inverted V-shaped configuration, a coupler for attaching said inverted V-shaped member to said magazine loader, a spring member coupled to said inverted V-shaped member and to said loader and arranged to urge said inverted V-shaped member onto said open side of said magazine when said inverted V-shaped member is attached to said loader and a magazine is inserted into said loader, whereby when said inverted V-shaped member is attached to said loader and said loader is placed and forced over said open side of said magazine, said open side of said magazine will be aligned by said inverted V-shaped member with respect to said plunger of said loader so that said plunger will be able to force a topmost round in said magazine further inside said magazine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. For a firearm magazine loader arranged to receive a firearm magazine and having a projecting member or plunger which is arranged to force a topmost round in said magazine further inside said magazine so that a new round can be inserted into said magazine, an aligner arranged to center an open top of said magazine with respect to said plunger of said magazine loader, comprising:
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an alignment member having a top and an open bottom and a pair of walls that slope inwardly from said bottom to said top so as to provide an inverted V-shape, said walls of said alignment member having smooth and symmetrical inwardly inclined faces adapted to receive and guide said open top of said magazine, said alignment member having means for attaching said member to said loader, said alignment member having means for urging said alignment member onto said magazine when said member is attached to said loader and said magazine is inserted into said loader, whereby when said alignment member is attached to said loader, said alignment member will be able to align said open top of said magazine inserted into said loader with said projecting member or plunger regardless of the size of said magazine within a range of sizes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of centering or aligning a firearm magazine in a firearm magazine loader for enabling said loader to more reliably facilitate the loading of rounds into said firearm magazine, comprising:
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providing a firearm magazine comprising a hollow body with an open top end, said firearm magazine being arranged to hold a stack of rounds therein, providing a firearm magazine loader having a projecting member or plunger at a top thereof and an open end for receiving said magazine, said firearm magazine being insertable into said open end of said firearm magazine loader, providing an aligner within said firearm magazine loader for causing said firearm magazine to be forced to a centered position in said firearm magazine loader when said firearm magazine is inserted through said open end of said firearm magazine loader, said plunger being arranged to press down a top round in said magazine when said magazine is inserted through said open end of said firearm magazine loader and said magazine loader is operated, whereby said aligner will center or align said magazine with said plunger so that said plunger will be directly in line with said top round in said firearm magazine when said firearm magazine is inserted into said open end of said loader, regardless of the size of said magazine within a range of sizes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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