Systems and methods for receiving and loading cartridges in bulk
First Claim
1. A method for loading ammunition from a cartridge carrier into a magazine, comprising:
- coupling a cartridge carrier with cartridges onto a loading device, the loading device including partition walls, the partition walls laterally movable along a receiving surface, the receiving surface perpendicular to an alignment wall;
transferring the cartridges from the cartridge carrier onto the receiving surface to form single file rows of cartridges on the receiving surface;
decoupling the cartridge carrier from the cartridges and the partition walls;
coupling an open end of a magazine relative to the receiving surface;
urging the partition walls and the single file rows of cartridges toward the alignment wall andsuccessively urging the single file rows of cartridges from the receiving surface into the open end of the magazine.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for receiving and loading cartridges in bulk are disclosed herein. A device described herein includes multiple parallel partition walls configured to couple with cartridge carriers and segregate, group and single file line the cartridges removed from the cartridge carriers and placed onto a receiving surface. An alignment wall on the receiving surface works in conjunction with the partition walls in aligning groups of cartridges into single files on the receiving surface. A loading rod slideably engaged with the receiving surface urges single filed groups of cartridges from the receiving surface into a magazine coupled with the receiving surface.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for loading ammunition from a cartridge carrier into a magazine, comprising:
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coupling a cartridge carrier with cartridges onto a loading device, the loading device including partition walls, the partition walls laterally movable along a receiving surface, the receiving surface perpendicular to an alignment wall; transferring the cartridges from the cartridge carrier onto the receiving surface to form single file rows of cartridges on the receiving surface; decoupling the cartridge carrier from the cartridges and the partition walls; coupling an open end of a magazine relative to the receiving surface; urging the partition walls and the single file rows of cartridges toward the alignment wall and successively urging the single file rows of cartridges from the receiving surface into the open end of the magazine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A speed loading device for loading cartridges into a magazine, the speed loading device comprising:
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a generally elongated receiving surface having a front face, a proximal long edge, and a proximal short edge, the front face configured to slideably engage with cartridges, and the proximal short edge configured to engage with an open end of a magazine for receiving cartridges from the speed loading device; an alignment wall, the alignment wall running a length of the receiving surface along the proximal long edge of the receiving surface; an obstructing wall, the obstructing wall running perpendicular to the alignment wall and the receiving surface along the proximal short edge of the receiving surface; multiple parallel partition walls slideably and laterally movable relative to the receiving surface and toward and away from the alignment wall, the partition walls configured to couple with boxes or trays of cartridges; and a generally elongated loading rod having a long side and a short end, the long side configured to be slideably engaged with the receiving surface and the short end configured to urge cartridges along the receiving surface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device for loading cartridges into a magazine, the device comprising:
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a receiving surface positioned to receive rows of cartridges from a cartridge carrier, the receiving surface having a length and a width; an alignment wall extending from a long edge of the receiving surface along the length of the receiving surface; an obstructing wall extending from a short edge of the receiving surface along a portion of the width of the receiving surface, wherein the obstructing wall is spaced away from the alignment wall such that the obstructing wall, the alignment wall, and the receiving surface collectively define a gap that is sized to permit cartridges to slide from the receiving surface into a magazine that is positioned adjacent to the gap; two spaced-apart partition walls operatively coupled relative to the receiving surface, wherein the partition walls are parallel to the alignment wall and perpendicular to the obstructing wall, wherein the partition walls and the alignment wall are configured to facilitate receipt of two rows of cartridges from a cartridge carrier onto the receiving surface, and wherein the partition walls are configured to translate laterally relative to the receiving surface toward the alignment wall for sequential alignment of the two rows of cartridges with the gap; and a loading rod configured to operatively and sequentially urge the two rows of cartridges from the receiving surface into a magazine that is positioned adjacent to the gap. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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