EP2146174B1 - Appareil de rétention de munitions pour boîte ou chargeur de munitions pour munitions liées - Google Patents

Appareil de rétention de munitions pour boîte ou chargeur de munitions pour munitions liées Download PDF

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EP2146174B1
EP2146174B1 EP08160702A EP08160702A EP2146174B1 EP 2146174 B1 EP2146174 B1 EP 2146174B1 EP 08160702 A EP08160702 A EP 08160702A EP 08160702 A EP08160702 A EP 08160702A EP 2146174 B1 EP2146174 B1 EP 2146174B1
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Vidar Ulveraker
Nils Lokken
Benny A. Stenmo
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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
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    • F41A9/79—Magazines for belted ammunition

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for keeping linked ammunitions deposited in a box or magazine with bays separated by divider walls from flowing from one bay to another to reduce or avoid the risk of possible entangling or jamming of the ammunition.
  • Ammunition boxes are used to store large quantities of ammunition to supply machine guns and other firearms with ammunition.
  • the ammunition is usually individual bullets that are joined together with links forming a continuous belt of ammunition and then folded into ammunition boxes from where the linked ammunition is fed to the weapon.
  • a conventional ammunition box is most often box-shaped where the width is narrow compared to the length and height.
  • the ammunition box may also be divided into several smaller chambers or bays by divider walls, the divider walls herein referred to as partitions or baffles, where each chamber stores a certain amount of the total linked ammunition.
  • the width of the ammunition box or chambers is wide enough to receive the width of the linked ammunition. In this patent application it is referred to ammunition boxes with divider walls, baffles or partitions, and chambers or bays.
  • the main goal of the invention has been to stop the undesired effect of linked ammunition moving from one chamber to another within the ammunition box and keep it in place like it was originally loaded into an ammunition box which does not include a means for retaining the ammunition in the box to prevent it from moving from one chamber to another.
  • European patent EP0430655B1 discloses a magazine for storing a belt of ammunition, the magazine comprising a box like container having a plurality of spaced partitions to subdivide the interior of the container into bays, each partition having an upper edge, and an anti-siphon member supported on the upper edge of each of the spaced partitions. Each anti-siphon member is supported on said upper edge of its respective partition for limited pivotal movement. Each member has an integral projecting finger movable between retracted and extended positions relative to the peripheral surface of rollers mounted in positions above the edges.
  • the fingers Upon withdrawal of an ammunition belt loaded in the container with multiply folded serpentine portions thereof deposited in each bay and with interconnecting loop portions thereof draped over the rollers from one bay to an adjacent bay, the fingers assume the retracted positions to permit movement of the belt out of the bays directly to an exit port of the container and assume the extended positions engaging the interconnecting loop portions of the ammunition belt to prevent syphoning movements thereof into the bays as the serpentine belt portions are being withdrawn therefrom to the exit port.
  • US patent no. 2,710,561 discloses in an ammunition box having partitions forming a series of open compartments wherein a cartridge belt may be stored by looping the belt into the compartments over the partitions, a pawl connected to an upper end of the partition for preventing retrograde movement of the belt with respect to the compartment.
  • the pawl is pivotally connected to the partition so as to allow limited pivotal movement of the pawl from a rearwardly projected position to a generally in-line position with respect to the partition wall for allowing the belt to pass thereover, towards an outlet.
  • US 4,974,490 discloses a magazine arranged for bidirectional withdrawal of an ammunition belt stored therein.
  • the magazine is provided with anti-syphon members, pivotally mounted in pairs for limited pivotal movement atop upper edges of partitions of a multibay magazine, which operate in conjunction with drag-reducing rollers to prevent spurious syphoning movements of an ammunition belt from one bay to an adjacent bay as the belt is being withdrawn from the latter to a magazine exit port.
  • Each anti-syphon member has an integral projecting finger pivotally movable between retracted and extended positions relative to a periperal surface of an adjecent one of the rollers.
  • US 2,811,084 discloses an amunition magazine for storing a continuous belt of rounds interconnected by metal clips in open-topped cells establised in the magazine space by pairs of separator ribs attached to facing side walls of the magazine.
  • the belt runs from one cell, over an upper end of a pair of separator ribs, and into an adjacent cell.
  • each separator rib has a belt-engaging means comprising a fixed projection extending generally vertically as a continuation of the separator rib, and an arcuate guide member connected with said projection and spaced laterally therefrom, said guide member extending arcuately from a point beyond the end of that side of the separator ribs further from the outlet, then over said projection and in the direction of said outlet.
  • the present invention provides a further solution to the problems related to linked ammunition moving from one chamber to another within the ammunition box, thereby reducing ammunition jamming often caused by tilt and vibration of the ammunition box.
  • the siphon effect problem has also been solved.
  • the invention provides an ammunition retainer apparatus for reducing the risk of jamming or wedging of ammunition in an ammunition box or magazine having spaced partitions to subdivide its interior into a plurality of bays, the features of which are recited in the accompanying patent claims 1.
  • the invention provides an ammunition box or magazine comprising the ammunition retainer, the features of which ammunition box or magazine are recited in the accompanying patent claim 10.
  • the invention provides a loaded ammunition box or magazine comprising the ammunition retainer, the features of which loaded ammunition box or magazine are recited in the accompanying patent claim 11.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates front in a view drawing, a short section of linked ammunition, hereinafter referred to as ammunition 6.
  • the ammunition 6 comprises a plurality of cartridges linked together, such as for example by way of a plurality of clips 5.
  • Each clip has first grip part and a wider second grip part.
  • In the second grip part is an opening, adapted to the outer shape of the first grip part.
  • the first grip part is adapted to clip onto and hold a central part of a first cartridge, while the second grip part is adapted to clip onto and hold parts of a corresponding second cartridge located to the sides of the central part.
  • the central part of the second cartridge is left free for it to be held by a first grip part of a corresponding next clip, to form a belt of linked cartridges.
  • Figure 2 is an illustrates in a schematic cross section view a typical well-known ammunition box or magazine filled with linked ammunition 6, the linked ammunition 6 forming a continuous belt located in bays in the ammunition box or magazine container formed by baffles 3.
  • the linked ammunition is available to be pulled out of the container at an exit of the ammunition box or magazine container, illustrated by the arrow on the right hand side of the drawing.
  • the linked ammunition is run over upper edges 1 of the baffles 3.
  • the typical well-known ammunition box or magazine illustrated in figure 2 does not include means to restrict or impede movement or sliding of the belt of linked ammunition 6 over the upper edges 1 of the baffles 3.
  • the retainer bracket 10 comprises an elongated body having first and second ends 11 and 13, respectively.
  • the retainer bracket 10 comprises sets of spaced tabs.
  • the sets of tabs are a first set of central tabs 12a and 12b, located at a first position between the first and second ends, and a second set of end tabs 14a and 14b, located at the second end.
  • Central tab 12a and end tab 14a are located on a first side of the elongated body to constitute a first pair of tabs
  • central tab 12b and end tab 14b are located on a second side of the elongated body to constitute a second pair of tabs.
  • the spacing of the central tabs 12 and the end tabs 14 is adapted so as to allow the second grip part of clips 5 to be accommodated between them, while, as illustrated in part in figures 5 and 7 , allowing parts of cartridges located outside the second grip part of clips 5 to rest on the tabs when the belt of linked ammunition 6 is placed over the retainer bracket, and the tabs are dimensioned for extending into a space between adjacent ones of the cartridges forming the belt of linked ammunition 6.
  • tabs 12a, 12b, 14a, and 14b are curved or shaped in conformity with a curvature of a circular cross section of the part of the cartridges of the belt of linked ammunition 6 that the tabs are to provide a rest for.
  • the curved shape could be replaced by other shapes, provided that the shape allows the belt of linked ammunition to be pulled off the upper edge 1 of the baffle 3 of the ammunition box or magazine container, as illustrated schematically in figure 8 .
  • Figure 6 illustrates in a cross section view schematically the ammunition box or magazine container of figure 2 provided with retainer brackets 10 according to the invention at the upper edges 1 of the baffles 3, and a belt of linked ammunition filled into the bays between the baffles in the shape of a serpentine, and run over the upper edges 1 to form continuity of the belt as it runs from one bay to the next.
  • the part of the elongated body of the retainer bracket keeping the first pair of tabs on one side spaced from the second pair of tabs would generally be shaped as a half-pipe, and the tabs extending from the body of the retainer bracket 10 such that the end of the tabs are at a distance of approximately between one half and two thirds of the diameter of the cartridge away from the body.
  • the diameter of the half-pipe body should be about 18mm
  • the first pair of tabs should have a separation from the other pair of tabs of about 38mm measured on the circumference of the body
  • the tabs should protrude on respective radii of the half pipe shape to a distance of about 5mm
  • the tabs of each pair of tabs should have a separation of about 28mm
  • the tabs should have a cross section of about 2mm by 6mm.
  • the dimensions of the retainer bracket are scaled accordingly.
  • the tabs are located on the circumference of the body, and also shaped and dimensioned such that when the belt of linked ammunition is placed onto and partly folded around the retainer bracket, a group of three cartridges are accommodated above and between the first and second pairs of tabs, while the tabs are brought into close contact with the next cartridges on either side of the group.
  • the close contact will insure an improved stability of the linked ammunition.
  • FIG 7 shows a first pair of tabs 12a and 14a dimensioned to closely fit the spacing between the cartridges of the belt of linked ammunition, and also spaced from the second pair of tabs 12b and 14b (not visible) along the circumference of the body, and also angled away from a radius of the body, such that a slight force is applied to the cartridge located below the tab to keep the cartridge in place as shown.
  • the same is illustrated in the schematic side view of figure 8 , which also illustrates how the linked ammunition would be pulled of the retainer bracket 10 by the pull symbolized by the arrow, in a rolling movement about the adjacent cartridge next to the cartridge located immediately below the tab, as one bay is about to be emptied and ammunition is about to be supplied from the neighbouring bay.
  • the apparatus of invention can be seen as employed in the exemplary ammunition boxes depicted in figures 9, 10 , 11 and 12 .
  • the ammunition boxes include at least one section including the ammunition retainer bracket of the invention, adapted for a 7.62mm (0.30 cal) bullet, such as illustrated initially in figure 1 , although that caliber is employed in this disclosure for illustration purpose only, as the ammunition retainer of the invention can be adapted for use on different calibers.
  • the ammunition retainer of the invention stops the linked ammunition from moving from one chamber to another when the ammunition box is exposed to tilt and/or vibration, and also eliminates the siphon effect. This is done by actually locking the linked ammunition belt in place at the top of each baffle with the ammunition retainer of the invention, and still be able to freely pull the linked ammunition out of the ammunition box, as the ammunition retainer of the invention is not hampering the ammunition feeding or flow.
  • the typical ammunition boxes depicted in figures 9, 10 , 11 and 12 are particularly well suited for being provided with the ammunition retainer of the invention.
  • ammunition retainers 10 are shown on top of baffles 3, which combined with a further divider wall, shown as the vertical divider wall 7, divides the ammunition box into ten chambers 4, where chambers on one side of the divider wall 7 is reserved for 7.62mm (0.30 cal) linked ammunition, and chambers on the other side of the divider wall 7 is reserved for 5.56mm (0.22 cal) linked ammunition.
  • the ammunition retainer according to the invention is present on top of the baffles in both sides of the ammunition box.
  • a first aspect to be discussed herein is that the ammunition is linked.
  • the linking member herein also referred to as the clip 5, that keeps the individual cartridges joined together is designed in such a manner that the cartridges have a little gap between them, as can be seem from the illustrations of figures 1 , 5 and 7 . This gap is taken into consideration in the design of the ammunition retainer apparatus of the invention.
  • the second aspect to be discussed is the way in which the ammunition box is to filled or loaded to take further advantage of the stabilizing properties of the ammunition retainer apparatus of the present invention.
  • the ammunition belt is not allowed to move, and the ammunition will stay in the chamber into which it was originally loaded, until it is pulled out of the box in a normal fashion.
  • the apparatus of the invention is eliminating the possibility of ammunition moving from one chamber to another, which is known to causing interlinking and, hence, ammunition jamming.
  • the ammunition box should be loaded or filled in a certain way.
  • FIG 6 particular reference is made to figure 6 , for an illustration of an example of an advantageous loading pattern.
  • the linked ammunition should to be loaded in such a way that one chamber is filled at a time, then the ammunition belt is folded over the baffle which is provided with an ammunition retainer of the invention on top for "locking" the ammunition belt in place.
  • the continuation of the belt of linked ammunition is brought back over the ammunition resting of the ammunition retainers on top of the baffles and to an ammunition box exit which should be located over or in the vicinity of the upper part of the first bay, thus allowing the belt to continue to be fed to the weapon.
  • the ammunition box or magazine container loaded as described herein, when the belt of linked ammunition is pulled out of the container, it is pulled over the underlying layer of ammunition, to eventually roll over the ammunition retainer of the invention when a bay is about to be emptied, thereby staying clear of the tabs.
  • the angle at which tabs protrude from the body, the length, width and thickness of the tabs, as well as the shapes of tabs are parameters that may be varied in the optimization of the ammunition retainer of the invention for different types of linked ammunition, different designs of ammunition boxes or magazines, and different types of weapons.
  • the tabs on one side of the elongated body may be shaped differently form the tabs on the other side of the body. Different shaping of the various tabs may be found to be advantageous depending on the way or pattern in which the belt of linked ammunition is loaded in the ammunition box or magazine.
  • the tabs on the side towards the bay which is first emptied could advantageously be angled, shaped and dimensioned in consideration of the direction in which the belt is running along the divider wall 3 to the bottom of the bay to the left of the wall and the direction of the lifting force applied to the "tail" for "unlocking" the belt form the ammunition retainer.
  • the tabs on the right hand side of the body could be angled, shaped and dimensioned differently from the tabs on the opposite side of the body, as the ammunition belt to the right hand side of the ammunition retainer as illustrated by the example of figure 6 could approach the retainer from a different angle, and it should be taken into consideration that the belt of linked ammunition would be pulled more or less straight off the tabs without the rolling movement of the linked ammunition that is seen on the other side of the retainer.
  • the ammunition retainer of the invention could be provided as a plurality of member, to be assembled to form the ammunition retainer disclosed herein.
  • the ammunition retainer of the invention is produced as a single, unitary member, in that it may be cost effectively stamped from a sheet of metal, and even shaped during the stamping operation, or cast or molded in a single piece, thus requiring no further machining or other operation for it to be ready to be applied to or mounted on the ammunition box or magazine or to other element forming part of the ammunition box or magazine.
  • inventive ammunition retainer disclosed herein by way of example in the form of a separate bracket unit 10 to be mounted on the ammunition box or magazine or a part of an ammunition box or magazine is considered an advantageous embodiment in particular for applications for retrofitting existing designs of ammunition boxes or magazines, although the ammunition retainer of the invention is capable of being provided as an integral part of the ammunition box or magazine, or as an integral part of a baffle or other means of the ammunition box or magazine, such as means for providing the chambers or bays into which the linked ammunition could be loaded for loading of the ammunition container.
  • additional tabs are provided, such as for example a third set of tabs protruding from the body and located at a position along the circumference of the body between the first and second pairs of tabs.
  • further tabs may be arranged to at least one side of the first or second pairs of tabs.
  • the tabs of a pair of tabs are positioned along the longitudinal direction of the elongated body so as to maintain cartridges "locked" in place by the ammunition retainer with the percussion cap proximal to a first side wall of the linked ammunition container, while maintaining a space between the pointed bullet end of the ammunition and a second side wall of the ammunition container located opposite to the first side wall of the ammunition container.
  • the central tabs 12a, 12b could be termed "end tabs" 12a, 12b, as being located at a different end of the body, opposite to the end at which the end tabs 14a, 14b are located.
  • the tabs of the ammunition retainer of the invention may be provided resilience as suitable for maintaining the linked ammunition "locked” in position at the ammunition retainer, such as for example by use of a material having inherent resilient properties for the tab itself, or by attaching the tab to the body of the ammunition retainer by a section of resilient material.
  • one or more tabs may be shaped to provide resilience for advantageously locking the belt to the tab by way of the gap between adjacent ones of two cartridges of the belt of linked ammunition cartridges, such as for example by making the tab longer than shown in the accompanying drawings and then folding back an outer part of the tab to a shape and dimension that will allow it to be fit by some force into the gap between adjacent cartridges and in that position exerting by spring action of the folded back portion counteracting forces on both cartridges to increase friction for holding the cartridges "locked" to the tab, also in case of a belt of linked ammunition cartridges with considerable variations of dimensions of the gaps between cartridges.
  • the invention disclosed herein may be performed in a first method of providing an ammunition box or magazine with the functionality of the ammunition retainer disclosed above, in a second method of loading an ammunition box or magazine having the ammunition retainer disclosed above with a belt of linked ammunition starting from the bottom of a first bay via and over the ammunition retainer apparatus and on to a next bay adjacent to the first bay including loading the first and bays with linked ammunition in a serpentine like pattern and on to an exit of the box or magazine, or in a third method for unloading linked ammunition from a loaded magazine wherein ammunition is obtained by pulling linked ammunition from the loaded box or magazine via a path corresponding to the one taught by the illustrating arrow and its associated line in figure 6 and over the inventive ammunition retainer as taught by the illustration of figure 8 as the next bay is being emptied and ammunition then is supplied from the first bay.

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  1. Appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) à placer à la partie supérieure d'une paroi de division (3) divisant un espace intérieur d'une boîte ou d'un chargeur de munitions (2) dans un premier compartiment et un deuxième compartiment l'un arrangé de manière adjacente à l'autre, pour supporter une partie d'une chaîne de cartouches de munitions liées (6) chargées dans ledit premier compartiment et ledit deuxième compartiment et sans interruption au-dessus de la partie supérieure de la paroi de division (3) et pour empêcher la chaîne de munitions liées d'être détournée par la chaîne en soi entre le premier compartiment et le deuxième compartiment l'un arrangé de manière adjacente à l'autre, l'appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) comprenant un corps allongé présentant
    a) sur un premier côté, une première paire de pattes (12a, 14a) fixées de manière rigide au corps et faisant saillie du corps dans une premier direction, et
    b) sur un deuxième côté, une deuxième paire de pattes (12b, 14b) fixées de manière rigide au corps et faisant saillie du corps dans une deuxième direction.
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la première patte et la deuxième patte de la première paire de pattes (12a, 14a) sont alignées dans une direction longitudinale du corps.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la première patte et la deuxième patte de la deuxième paire de pattes (12b, 14b) sont alignées dans une direction longitudinale du corps.
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel la première patte et la deuxième patte de la première paire de pattes (12a, 14a) ou de la deuxième paire de pattes (12b, 14b) sont espacées l'une de l'autre dans une direction longitudinale du corps allongé par une distance correspondant à une largeur de la plus grande pièce de pince d'un élément de liaison de cartouches (5).
  5. Appareil selon la revendication 1, 2, 3 ou 4, la première paire (12a, 14a) et la deuxième paire (12b, 14b) de pattes étant séparées l'une de l'autre par une distance le long d'une circonférence du corps correspondant à un intervalle de liaison de la chaîne de cartouches de munitions liées (6).
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 1, 2, 3 ou 4, la première paire (12a, 14a) et la deuxième paire (12b, 14b) de pattes étant séparées l'une de l'autre par une distance le long d'une circonférence du corps correspondant à un multiple d'un intervalle de liaison de la chaîne de cartouches de munitions liées (6).
  7. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins la première patte et la deuxième patte de la première paire de pattes (12a, 14a) ou de la deuxième paire de pattes (12b, 14b) sont dimensionnées à un ajustement serré de pattes dans un interstice entre deux quelconques des cartouches adjacentes constituant la chaîne continue de cartouches de munitions liées (6).
  8. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins une patte est arrangée de façon résiliente par rapport au corps ou par rapport à une patte correspondante située sur un côté différent du corps.
  9. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins une patte est élastique pour un ajustement serré de façon résiliente de la patte dans un interstice entre deux quelconques des cartouches adjacentes constituant la chaîne continue de cartouches de munitions liées (6).
  10. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions (2) présentant des parois de division (3) divisant l'intérieur de la boîte ou du chargeur (2) en compartiments (4) pour stocker une chaîne continue de cartouches de munitions liées (6) prenant le départ dans un premier compartiment et s'étendant au-dessus d'une partie supérieure d'une paroi de division (3) et dans un deuxième compartiment arrangé de manière adjacente au premier compartiment, dans lequel la boîte ou le chargeur (2) comprend un appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, arrangé à la partie supérieure de la paroi de division (3).
  11. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions (2) chargé présentant des parois de division (3) divisant l'intérieur de la boîte ou du chargeur en compartiments (4) et une chaîne continue de cartouches de munitions liées (6) prenant le départ dans un premier compartiment et s'étendant au-dessus d'une partie supérieure d'une paroi de division (3) et dans un prochain compartiment arrangé de manière adjacente au premier compartiment, dans lequel la boîte ou le chargeur (2) comprend un appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, arrangé à la partie supérieure de la paroi de division (3).
  12. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions chargé selon la revendication 11, la boîte ou chargeur de munitions (2) présentant une sortie arrangée immédiatement au-dessus du premier compartiment ou au-dessus du et à un côté du premier compartiment détourné du prochain compartiment, et où la chaîne de munitions liées (6) est déposée dans le premier compartiment selon une forme sinueuse et s'étend sans interruption depuis la partie supérieure du premier compartiment et au-dessus de la rétention de munitions et dans la partie inférieure du prochain compartiment le long de la paroi de division (3) et sans interruption depuis la partie inférieure du prochain compartiment est déposée selon une forme sinueuse depuis la partie inférieure du prochain compartiment jusqu'à la partie supérieure du prochain compartiment et s'étend sans interruption depuis la partie supérieure du prochain compartiment jusqu'à la sortie.
  13. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions chargé selon la revendication 11 ou 12, dans lequel une patte de l'appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) est ajustée de manière serrée dans un interstice entre deux quelconques des cartouches adjacentes constituant la chaîne continue de cartouches de munitions liées (6).
  14. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions chargé selon la revendication 11 ou 12, dans lequel une pluralité de cartouches de la chaîne de cartouches de munitions liées (6) est ajustée et bloquée sur l'appareil pour le support de rétention de munitions (10) entre la première paire et le deuxième paire de pattes par
    a) une première force exercée par la première paire de pattes (12a, 14a) sur une première cartouche arrangée à un premier côté de la pluralité de cartouches, la première force présentant un composant dirigé vers la partie inférieure du premier compartiment, et
    b) une deuxième force exercée par la deuxième paire de pattes (12b, 14b) sur une première cartouche arrangée à un deuxième côté de la pluralité de cartouches, la deuxième force présentant un composant dirigée vers la partie inférieure du deuxième compartiment.
  15. Boîte ou chargeur de munitions chargé selon la revendication 14, dans lequel une première force ou une deuxième force est pourvue par la résilience d'une patte ou par la résilience un élément de liaison (5).
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