CA1128350A - Loading unit for loading weapon magazines, in particular rod magazines of military weapons - Google Patents
Loading unit for loading weapon magazines, in particular rod magazines of military weaponsInfo
- Publication number
- CA1128350A CA1128350A CA352,496A CA352496A CA1128350A CA 1128350 A CA1128350 A CA 1128350A CA 352496 A CA352496 A CA 352496A CA 1128350 A CA1128350 A CA 1128350A
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- CA
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- Prior art keywords
- package
- cartridges
- magazine
- loading
- frame
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
- F41A9/82—Reloading or unloading of magazines
- F41A9/83—Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips
- F41A9/84—Clips
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
- F41A9/82—Reloading or unloading of magazines
- F41A9/83—Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips
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- Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
- Clamps And Clips (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
There is provided a loading unit for the loading of weapon magazines, the unit having a funnel-shaped seat for mounting on the magazine. In the loading unit there is a channel which communicates with the seat and is open in the direction of the seat. The channel contains the cartridges, and the latter are held in the channel in such a way that they can be introduced into the magazine through pressure on the cartridge furthest from the seat. The seat is asymmetrically constructed with respect to the middle plane of the loading unit, such that funnel-shaped portions on one side lie opposite to corresponding recesses on the other.
There is provided a loading unit for the loading of weapon magazines, the unit having a funnel-shaped seat for mounting on the magazine. In the loading unit there is a channel which communicates with the seat and is open in the direction of the seat. The channel contains the cartridges, and the latter are held in the channel in such a way that they can be introduced into the magazine through pressure on the cartridge furthest from the seat. The seat is asymmetrically constructed with respect to the middle plane of the loading unit, such that funnel-shaped portions on one side lie opposite to corresponding recesses on the other.
Description
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LOADING UNIT FOR LOADING WEAPON MAGAZINES, IN PARTICULAR ROD
MAGAZINES OF MILITARY WEAPONS.
The invention relates to a packing unit for loading weapon magazines, particularly rod magazines of military weapons The loading unit includes a substantially funnel shaped seat for mounting of the loading unit on a magazine, and includes a channel for the cartridges which is open in the seat direction. In this channel the cartridges are held, and can be inserted into the magazine by pressure on the cartridge lying furthest from the seat or on the loading unit.
Loading units of this general nature have already been suggested, with a funnel shaped seat, for example accord-ing to DE-OS2107864. These have shown themselves to be practically failure-free; in o-ther words, even under unfavour-able conditions like darkness or psychological pressure and so forth, the magazines can be loaded.
In this connection, the seat is so formed that, as the loading unit is mounted upon the magazine, the region near the opening of the magazine is gripped, so that any slipping of the packing unit is definitely avoided, and the packing unit can be held in a centred way with respect to the magazine.
Such packing units, however, have the disadvantage that they are difficult to stack, since they cannot be arranged parallel with each other with the side walls in contact (unless -the sequential loading units are laid some-times with different directions, which is undesirable).
It is an aspect hereof to provide packing units of the general kind specified above, which can easily be stacked, but with which the advantages of a funnel shaped seat are retained.
This aspect is attained in accordance with the ~ invention, in that the seat is asymmetrically constructed , " , . : i :
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2with respect to the middle plane of the packing unit, such that recesses on the one side lie opposite to funnel shaped portions on the other.
In other words, only fifty percent of the funnel walls enclosing the magazine is formed on the sides of the loading unit: what is formed on one side is lacking on the other.
In this manner the desired stackability is possible with simple means and with a saving of material.
More particularly, this invention provides a reloading package for the rapid feed of a stack of cartridges into a magazine of an automatic or semiautomatic weapons.
The package comprises a generally U-shaped frame formed with an open end and having a pair of mutually parallel shanks having inwardly open guide channels for guiding opposite ends of the cartridges of said stack toward said open end. The shanks are spaced apart to define a window affording access to said stack whereby said cartridges can be fed into the magazine. The open end of the frame is formed with a funnel-shaped mouth adapted to receive an end of the magazine, the mouth being asymmetrical with respect to a median plane through the frame parallel to the plane thereof, whereby the mouths of a plurality of similar packages can interfit upon a stacking thereof.
~5 The focus of the invention will be more closely described with the help of an example embodiment with refer-ence to the drawings. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a loading unit with the magazine of a weapon shown beneath;
Figure 2 is a front view of the loading unit according to Figure l, in a condition in which it is mounted on the magazine; and Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line A-B at right angles to the side walls of the loading unit.
The loading unit 1 which is intended to be mounted on the weapon magazine 2 includes a U-shaped or C-shaped '! frame, of which the side pieces 3 and 4 define channels in ! ~
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which the individual cartridges 5 (not shown in Figures 1 and 2) can be introduced in stacked formation. In the illustrated embodiment, the cartridges are introduced into the channels from the side; a longitudinal entry guide is S not provided, and instead the spacing of the side pieces 3, 4 is adjusted with respect to the length of the cartridges such that no significant play or slack exists longitudinally of the cartridges.
In Figure 2, the loading unit is seen mounted on the magazine 2, and it is evident that the end of the loading unit towards the magazine is funnel shaped so that the magazine is enclosed at its upper edge, this also being seen in Figure 1.
To this end, the lower ends of the side portions 3 and 4 are connected with each other along one side by way of a side wall 6, which e~-tends first outwardly and then downwardly (Figure 2). On the other side the two side portions 3 and 4 are not connected with each other, but each has an angular piece 7, 8 which is directed outwardly and downwardly. The side wall 6 and the angular pieces 7 and 8 define together, with the help of short, displaced cut-away portions 9, 10 in the walls of the side portions 3 and 4, the seat which allows the packing unit to be mounted upon the magazine. It will be seen that this seat, with respect to the middle plane of the loading unit shown in Figures 2 and 3,is asymmetrically constructed, whereby recesses on one side lie opposite to correspondin~ formed funnel portions on the other side. In Figure 3 it can be seen that identical packing units can be stacked upon each other without any room between them.
The angle portions 7 and 8 can be so formed that they do not include front wall parts, since sideward movement is in any event prevented by the walls 9 and 10 of the side portions 3 and 4. In the illustrated embodiment the walls 9 and 10 are displaced to allow a better fit with respect to a particular magazine shape, but this is not essential.
The loading unit would, as usual, be of plastic, and is conceived as being constructed for a particular application. However, it could also be dimensioned and ~ constructed to suit several different applications.
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Supplementary Disclosure The figures added by this supplementary disclosure are Figures 4-7, of which:
Figure 4 is a side view of a further embodiment of a loading unit;
Figure 5 is a front view of the loading unit of Figure 4;
Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along the line C-D
in Figure 4; and Figure 7 shows a stack of six loading units constructed in accordance with Figures 4-6.
In Figure 4 the loading unit 1' is of slightly different configuration from loading unit 1 in Figure 1. The primary difference is that, in Figure 4, the lower end of the loading unit 1' is situated at right angles to the main direction of the loading unit itself, whereas in Figure 4 the lower end is angulated with respect to the main axis of the loading unit 1.
Referring to the lower end of the loading unit 1', particularly as seen in Figures 4 and 5, there is again provided a side wall 6' which connects together side portions 3' and 4', and which extends outwardly and downwardly as can be seen in Figure 5. On the opposite side, the side portions 3' and 4' are not connected with each other, but each supports an angular piece 7', 8' which is also directed outwardly and downwardly.
Again, the portions 6', 7' and 8' define a seat allowing the packing unit to be mounted upon the magazine.
Referring to Figures 4 and 5, the side wall 6 is provided with an elongated recess 12, matched on the angular pieces 7', 8' by recesses 13 and 14, respectively. This provi-sion is useful in the mounting arrangement.
Figure 7 shows a stack 11 consisting o~ six loading units 1' constructed in accordance with Figures 4-6. It can be seen that the loading units are received within one another in close stacked relationship, whereby when being mounted on the weapon magazine, the funnel portions grip each other.
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LOADING UNIT FOR LOADING WEAPON MAGAZINES, IN PARTICULAR ROD
MAGAZINES OF MILITARY WEAPONS.
The invention relates to a packing unit for loading weapon magazines, particularly rod magazines of military weapons The loading unit includes a substantially funnel shaped seat for mounting of the loading unit on a magazine, and includes a channel for the cartridges which is open in the seat direction. In this channel the cartridges are held, and can be inserted into the magazine by pressure on the cartridge lying furthest from the seat or on the loading unit.
Loading units of this general nature have already been suggested, with a funnel shaped seat, for example accord-ing to DE-OS2107864. These have shown themselves to be practically failure-free; in o-ther words, even under unfavour-able conditions like darkness or psychological pressure and so forth, the magazines can be loaded.
In this connection, the seat is so formed that, as the loading unit is mounted upon the magazine, the region near the opening of the magazine is gripped, so that any slipping of the packing unit is definitely avoided, and the packing unit can be held in a centred way with respect to the magazine.
Such packing units, however, have the disadvantage that they are difficult to stack, since they cannot be arranged parallel with each other with the side walls in contact (unless -the sequential loading units are laid some-times with different directions, which is undesirable).
It is an aspect hereof to provide packing units of the general kind specified above, which can easily be stacked, but with which the advantages of a funnel shaped seat are retained.
This aspect is attained in accordance with the ~ invention, in that the seat is asymmetrically constructed , " , . : i :
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2with respect to the middle plane of the packing unit, such that recesses on the one side lie opposite to funnel shaped portions on the other.
In other words, only fifty percent of the funnel walls enclosing the magazine is formed on the sides of the loading unit: what is formed on one side is lacking on the other.
In this manner the desired stackability is possible with simple means and with a saving of material.
More particularly, this invention provides a reloading package for the rapid feed of a stack of cartridges into a magazine of an automatic or semiautomatic weapons.
The package comprises a generally U-shaped frame formed with an open end and having a pair of mutually parallel shanks having inwardly open guide channels for guiding opposite ends of the cartridges of said stack toward said open end. The shanks are spaced apart to define a window affording access to said stack whereby said cartridges can be fed into the magazine. The open end of the frame is formed with a funnel-shaped mouth adapted to receive an end of the magazine, the mouth being asymmetrical with respect to a median plane through the frame parallel to the plane thereof, whereby the mouths of a plurality of similar packages can interfit upon a stacking thereof.
~5 The focus of the invention will be more closely described with the help of an example embodiment with refer-ence to the drawings. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a loading unit with the magazine of a weapon shown beneath;
Figure 2 is a front view of the loading unit according to Figure l, in a condition in which it is mounted on the magazine; and Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line A-B at right angles to the side walls of the loading unit.
The loading unit 1 which is intended to be mounted on the weapon magazine 2 includes a U-shaped or C-shaped '! frame, of which the side pieces 3 and 4 define channels in ! ~
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which the individual cartridges 5 (not shown in Figures 1 and 2) can be introduced in stacked formation. In the illustrated embodiment, the cartridges are introduced into the channels from the side; a longitudinal entry guide is S not provided, and instead the spacing of the side pieces 3, 4 is adjusted with respect to the length of the cartridges such that no significant play or slack exists longitudinally of the cartridges.
In Figure 2, the loading unit is seen mounted on the magazine 2, and it is evident that the end of the loading unit towards the magazine is funnel shaped so that the magazine is enclosed at its upper edge, this also being seen in Figure 1.
To this end, the lower ends of the side portions 3 and 4 are connected with each other along one side by way of a side wall 6, which e~-tends first outwardly and then downwardly (Figure 2). On the other side the two side portions 3 and 4 are not connected with each other, but each has an angular piece 7, 8 which is directed outwardly and downwardly. The side wall 6 and the angular pieces 7 and 8 define together, with the help of short, displaced cut-away portions 9, 10 in the walls of the side portions 3 and 4, the seat which allows the packing unit to be mounted upon the magazine. It will be seen that this seat, with respect to the middle plane of the loading unit shown in Figures 2 and 3,is asymmetrically constructed, whereby recesses on one side lie opposite to correspondin~ formed funnel portions on the other side. In Figure 3 it can be seen that identical packing units can be stacked upon each other without any room between them.
The angle portions 7 and 8 can be so formed that they do not include front wall parts, since sideward movement is in any event prevented by the walls 9 and 10 of the side portions 3 and 4. In the illustrated embodiment the walls 9 and 10 are displaced to allow a better fit with respect to a particular magazine shape, but this is not essential.
The loading unit would, as usual, be of plastic, and is conceived as being constructed for a particular application. However, it could also be dimensioned and ~ constructed to suit several different applications.
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Supplementary Disclosure The figures added by this supplementary disclosure are Figures 4-7, of which:
Figure 4 is a side view of a further embodiment of a loading unit;
Figure 5 is a front view of the loading unit of Figure 4;
Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along the line C-D
in Figure 4; and Figure 7 shows a stack of six loading units constructed in accordance with Figures 4-6.
In Figure 4 the loading unit 1' is of slightly different configuration from loading unit 1 in Figure 1. The primary difference is that, in Figure 4, the lower end of the loading unit 1' is situated at right angles to the main direction of the loading unit itself, whereas in Figure 4 the lower end is angulated with respect to the main axis of the loading unit 1.
Referring to the lower end of the loading unit 1', particularly as seen in Figures 4 and 5, there is again provided a side wall 6' which connects together side portions 3' and 4', and which extends outwardly and downwardly as can be seen in Figure 5. On the opposite side, the side portions 3' and 4' are not connected with each other, but each supports an angular piece 7', 8' which is also directed outwardly and downwardly.
Again, the portions 6', 7' and 8' define a seat allowing the packing unit to be mounted upon the magazine.
Referring to Figures 4 and 5, the side wall 6 is provided with an elongated recess 12, matched on the angular pieces 7', 8' by recesses 13 and 14, respectively. This provi-sion is useful in the mounting arrangement.
Figure 7 shows a stack 11 consisting o~ six loading units 1' constructed in accordance with Figures 4-6. It can be seen that the loading units are received within one another in close stacked relationship, whereby when being mounted on the weapon magazine, the funnel portions grip each other.
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Claims (5)
1. A reloading package for the rapid feed of a stack of cartridges into a magazine of an automatic or semiautomatic weapons, said package comprising a generally U-shaped frame formed with an open end and having a pair of mutually parallel shanks having inwardly open guide channels for guiding opposite ends of the cartridges of said stack toward said open end, said shanks being spaced apart to define a window affording access to said stack whereby said cartridges can be fed into said magazine, said open end of said frame being formed with a funnel-shaped mouth adapted to receive an end of said magazine, said mouth being asymmetrical with respect to a median plane through said frame parallel to the plane thereof whereby the mouths of a plurality of similar packages can interfit upon a stacking thereof.
2. The package defined in claim 1 wherein the mouth at said open end of said frame is defined by a wall section bridging said shanks on one side of said plane and a pair of additional sections on the opposite side of said plane spaced from one another across a gap separating said shanks.
3. The package defined in claim 2 wherein said additional sections are spaced apart by a gap dimensioned to receive the wall section of an identical package stacked upon the first-mentioned package.
4. The package defined in claim 1 containing a stack of cartridges, said channels being provided with guide edges laterally emplacing said cartridges.
5. The package defined in claim 4 wherein said frame and said sections are formed unitarily of synthetic resin material.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT380879A AT362263B (en) | 1979-05-23 | 1979-05-23 | CHARGER FOR FILLING RIFLE MAGAZINES, ESPECIALLY POLE MAGAZINES OF MILITARY ARMS |
| ATA3808/79 | 1979-05-23 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1128350A true CA1128350A (en) | 1982-07-27 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA352,496A Expired CA1128350A (en) | 1979-05-23 | 1980-05-22 | Loading unit for loading weapon magazines, in particular rod magazines of military weapons |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| AT (1) | AT362263B (en) |
| BE (1) | BE883446A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1128350A (en) |
| DE (2) | DE3016836A1 (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2457472A1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2050582B (en) |
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| AU2262588A (en) * | 1987-08-03 | 1989-03-01 | Australian Defence Industries Pty. Limited | A charger clip |
| DE4035955C1 (en) * | 1990-11-09 | 1991-12-19 | Heckler & Koch Gmbh, 7238 Oberndorf, De | Small bore cartridge magazine strip - incorporates load spring and slide mechanism |
| US10598455B2 (en) | 2015-09-29 | 2020-03-24 | Plate Llc | Magazine ammunition loader |
| US9689633B1 (en) | 2015-12-22 | 2017-06-27 | Christopher Andrew Plate | Magazine loader |
| US9964373B2 (en) * | 2016-12-07 | 2018-05-08 | A.F.I. Design Co., LLC | Magazine loading device and method for loading a magazine |
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| FR1323301A (en) * | 1962-05-18 | 1963-04-05 | Fassfabrik Diener & Roth Fa | Plastic drum with reinforcements |
| DE1812569A1 (en) * | 1968-12-04 | 1970-06-18 | Huels Chemische Werke Ag | Container for liquids |
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1979
- 1979-05-23 AT AT380879A patent/AT362263B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1980
- 1980-05-02 DE DE19803016836 patent/DE3016836A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1980-05-02 DE DE19808011945 patent/DE8011945U1/en not_active Expired
- 1980-05-16 GB GB8016198A patent/GB2050582B/en not_active Expired
- 1980-05-20 FR FR8011212A patent/FR2457472A1/en active Granted
- 1980-05-22 BE BE0/200734A patent/BE883446A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1980-05-22 CA CA352,496A patent/CA1128350A/en not_active Expired
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| DE8011945U1 (en) | 1983-04-28 |
| AT362263B (en) | 1981-04-27 |
| ATA380879A (en) | 1980-09-15 |
| GB2050582A (en) | 1981-01-07 |
| DE3016836A1 (en) | 1980-12-04 |
| FR2457472A1 (en) | 1980-12-19 |
| BE883446A (en) | 1980-09-15 |
| GB2050582B (en) | 1982-12-22 |
| FR2457472B1 (en) | 1984-01-06 |
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