US1095801A - Cartridge-tube. - Google Patents

Description

J. M. BROWNING;

CARTRIDGE TUBE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'lllay 5,1914.

Application filed November 19, 1912. Serial N 0. 732,214.

To all wZwn tz't mag/concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN M. BROWNING, a citizen of the Ogden, in the State of Utah, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cartridge-Tubes, of-which the following is a specification.

My invention relates-t0 an improved form oftube for carrying cart-ridges so that they may be quickly loaded into the magazine of a repeating firearm.

gPaper cartridge tubes have heretofore been made with a closure at the filling end which requires the use of some tool to open it. This tool, usually a special device made for the purpose, must be carried'around and used whenever it is desired to load a magazine from the tube. a

- The principal object of my invention is to provide a form of closure for cartridge tubes that can be easily opened with the finger the use of any tool.' The convenience and advantage of this improvement, when used by a sportsman in the field and in many other cases, will be easily understood.

A further obj act is to provide in one form of the invention a movableclosure at each end of the tube so that cartridges can be loaded fromitinto. a magazine from either 7 end.

. The characteristics and advantages of the invention will besufliciently pointed out in connection with a detailed description of the accompanying drawin which shows some of the possible embodiments of my invention. I

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the tube with the feeding end of the tube open.

Fig. 2 is a side view with-the tube turned one-quarter way around. Fig. 3 shows the feeding end of the tube closed. Fi 4 is a longitudinal section showing the tu filled and the feeding end closed. Fig. 5 is a sec tional view showing the tube inverted and in feedingrelation to an imaginary ma'ga zine, the feedingend being open for feeding.

Fig. .6 is a modification in which the same closure may be used for both ends of the tube, and Fig. 7 shows the tube of; Fig. 6

with both endsclosed.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, reference character 1 designates a pa er cartridge tube of suflicient thickness to give considerable lateral'stiflness.

partly or. entirely any other suitable United States, residing at mg in the connection with required by The bottom end '2 is closed by crimping or in. way. ,The top or feeding end 1s cut away diagonally as at 3, leaving at one side a projection or tongue 4. The angle of the cut may be varied considerabl l Vhen the feed end is open the tube is filled with cartridges as shown inFig'. 4 and the feed and is then closed by bending or crimp ferred form thisbendingis'don 'in su'clr a 'way' that when the tongue is closed it has a concave contour 5.

When it is desired to feed the column of cartridges into a magazine,- the tongue ,may easily be opened out straight by the finger nail. This leaves an angular discharge opening very conveniently adapted to be placed against a gun stock, or other part of a gun containing a fillin' openng, in an angular position so that t e column of cartridges .will easily slide out and pass through the filling opening and make the slight turn necessary to enter the magazine. Fig. 5 shows the tube open with its filling endplaced against a part of a gun indicated by the line now, adjacent to the filling opening y. 4 i

In some cases both ends of the tube may projection or tongue 4. in aprebe closed in the manner already'des'cribed in having its disc arge end diagonally formed and provided with an inte a1 closure so that the closure may be readi y opened without the use of a special tool, and the d1scharge end angularly part to fill a magazine.

2. A paper cartridge tube having its dis-' charge end diagonally cut, the projecting part at one side of the tube so produced bein inwardly bent toward the center of the tu e forming a closure which may be easily opened with thefinger nail to permit discharge of cartridges into a magazine.

3. A paper cartridge tube having its discharge end diagonally cut, the projecting part atone side of the tube so produced being inwardly bent toward the center of the fitted against the gun A tube forming an integral temporary closure angularly fitted against a gun part to fill a magazine.

5. A cartridge tube of relatively soft, flexible material provided at its discharge end with anintegral part projectin at one side of the tube in the direction of t e tube axis, said part being inwardly, concavely bent toward the center of the tube, forming a cartridge-retaining closure which may be easily opened without the use of a special tool to permit discharge of cartridges into a magazine.

6. A cartridge-containing tube of paper, said tube having one end diagonally cut, the

integral extending part thus formed being inwardly bent or crimped to. 'removably engage the contained cartridges.-

7 A cartridge-containing tube of paper, said tube having each end diagonally ut, the

extended parts thus formed being inwardly bent or crimped to removably engage the contained cartridges, the closures thus provided' at each end of the tube being formed and adapted to retain cartridges by engaging either the balls or the shell bases thereof.

7 JOHN MIBROWNING. Witnesses:

A. J. ANDRI, A. SALOPIN.

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