US1139629A

US1139629A - Cartridge-belt.

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Publication number: US1139629A
Application number: US61765511A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank Roe Batchelder
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-03-29
Filing date: 1911-03-29
Publication date: 1915-05-18
Anticipated expiration: 1932-05-18

Description

F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. I911.

Patented May18,1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 50., FHDTD-LITHO, WASHINGTON, D. C.

I F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 19H.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. FHOTc-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. c,

F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 19H.

Patented May18, 1915.

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F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1911.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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FRANK ROE BATCHELDER, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARTRIDGE-BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed March 29, 1911. Serial No. 617,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Ron BATGHEL- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vorcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cartridge-Belts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings;

The invention has relation to cartridgebelts, carriers, and other articles of woven material having pockets furnished with covers or flaps; more particularly, it relates to such as have a cover or flap made of a separate piece of material, In the case of these last, the cover or flap usually has been combined with the pocket by inserting a portion of its length into the latter and attaching the inserted portion'to the inner surface of the back wall of the pocket by rivets, or stitches, or both. The inserted portion heretofore has ordinarily extended all the way to the bottomof the pocket," in order that the interior surface of the pocket at the back of the latter may be smooth and free from any projection capable of obstructing' the withdrawal of the contents of the pocket. The lower end of the inserted portion, if located at an intermediate point in the height of the back wall, would constitute a projecting shoulder against which cartridges or clips would be likely to catch in being withdrawn from the pocket, especially if such end were doubled back upon itself so as to turn the cut edge thereof in between the adjoining part of the said in serted portion and the back wall of the pocket, so as to conceal and protect the said out edge. The inserted portion measures ordinarily two or three inches in length; hence, the total length of the additional webbing that is required for the inserted attaching portions of the covers or flaps of all the pockets of a cartridge-belt is consider? able and represents a considerable cost, adding largely to the expense incurred in the manufacture. Moreover, the additional web bing increasesmaterially the Weight of a cartridge-belt, which is a serious defect from the military standpoint.

The invention provides for inclosing and housing the attaching portion of a cover or flap so that the lower end thereof is completely concealed and protected,and also so thatthe formation'of a sharply-defined piece in of the contents of the pocket is avoided. It obviates the necessity existing in the case of other constructions for extension of the inserted attaching portion of the cover or flap to the bottom of the pocket, and permits the length of such portion to be considerably reduced so as to materially lessen the weight and reduce the cost. It also fa-v cilitates the process of manufacture.

In accordance with the invention, the pocket-wall to which the cover or flap is attached is woven for a portion of its depth in distinct thicknesses which are integral portions of such wall, and which for convenience I term plies, and is woven also with a slit between such thickness that ad I mits the attaching portion of the cover or iiap, whereby the said portion is housed between the plies, within the slit. The three thicknesses of material are secured together in suitable manner, as by stitches or rivets,

ing portion is completely inclosed, so that" 7 -85 ternal to the cartridge-receiving interior it is protected and concealed, and being eX- The attaching portion respace of the pocket it does not constitute an obstruction within the pocket. The bottom of the slit constitutes an integral junction, located above the bottom of the pocket,

'whichwilllimit the extent to which the in- I serted portion of the cover or flap is introduced. Much less care than heretofore requiredhas to be exercised n inserting the cover or flap-piece and adjusting it into proper position, and it is easier to keep such i l the required position while being attached. Thereforethe operation of combining the flap or cover with the pocket and securing it permanently in place is more readily and quickly performed, which con- 7 tributes to reducing the cost of production. The length of the housing slit may be varied in dif erent cases, according as it is deemed advisable to employ a narrow cover or flap or a wide one, or to employ a cover or flapstrip having the attaching portion thereof of the same width as the main or covering portion of the strip or narrower than the latter portion.

In the drawings,-Figure lshows a portion of alcarir dge-cbelt 'or carrier and'illus trates certain of the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section in the plane of line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a plan view of the pocket-web of Figs. 1 and'2 before the applicationof the flaps or covers thereto. Figs. 4;, 5 and 6 are views siini'lar to'Fig. 1,-illustrating different embodiments I of the invention. 1 Fig. 7 is a plan 'of a pocket-web woven with housing slits exceeding in length thewidth of a pocket. Fig. 8

shows a portion of a cartridge-beltor car-v rier made-of a web on the orderof that shown in Fig. 7. F ig. 9 is a plan view of a pocket-web having a continuous. housing-slit. Figs. 10 andll are views each showlng a 1 portion of a cartridge-belt or carrier ,made

,of aweb on the order of that shown in Fig.

9, with a separate-cover or fiapto each pocket. 'Fig. 12 is a'view showing .theapplication of a cover or flap extending over :two pockets to a pocket-web on the order of that shown inFigs; 9 and 10. Figsa13, 14

and 15 are views invertical section illustratm other applications of the principles of I the invention; g

- Having reference to the drawings, Yinthe d fferent figures'of the drawlngsthe respective' poc'kets are marked A, and the portions of web which intervene between the pockets are marked B. The back walls ofthe re spective pockets arefmarked l, 1 etc. In

' Fi s. .l to 6, the upper portion of the'back wall. 1 is woven in the two distinct thick nesses of plieswhichar'e marked 1 ,1", con- .stituting integral portions of the said back wall, and'between which plies is the hous} ing slit. At bothends of each pocketand at the fbottoniof the slit the two thicknesses or plies are joined together in the weaving. In the'embodiments of the invention which n are shown in these figures the length of the two separate thicknesses or .plies-andthe housing slit approximately equals the width insertedinto the housingslit. Consequently,

the marginal portions of the said cover or flap project'laterally at opposite sides of the'pocket, sothat when the cover is closed down into place such portions overlie and protect the side 'portions of the pocketand its contents. The cover or fiapC may be woven with its attaching portion narrower;

than the main portion of the cover or flap,

as shown in Fig. 4, or may be cut to the shape shown in the said figure. In each ,fof

I Figs. 5 and 6, also, the cover or flap,C C

the cover or flap C fin Fig. 5 is made-is of is wider than the pocket with which it is combined. IThepie'ce of material ofwhich serted between thetwo plies,

eral parts 0 c of its attaching portion turned inward'upon the middle of such portion, to reduce the width of the latter, before insertion of the same into the housing slit which receives it. The cover or flap C of F ig. 6 is woven with a wide upper portion, a. narrower lower portion, and tapering sideportions 0 0 intermediate the wide portions and the narrower ones.

As will be apparent from Fig. 2, in applying the piece of material of which a'cover or "uniform width throughout, but has the latflap iscomposed, its attaching portion is simply pushed into the housing gslit which has beenprovided for its reception, until its entering end touches the bottom of .the'slit. The cover or flapthenis secured perma-'.

nently to the pocket by means of stitches 3, r and rivets 4t, passing through the two plies and the attachingportion of the cover or ance with methodsheretofore followed, with '85 flap, or by'stitches alone, or by rivets alone.

The pocket-web may be woven:in.acc0rdtheaddition of a sufilicient number of warpthreads for producing an additional single ply, and with a properr modilication ofthe interweaving. of the weft iwith. the warpthreads to produce the two plies one superimposed upon the other, the additional ply having a selvage and being of a proper width from its selvageto its junction with the other ply sufficient to afio'rd the necessary cover forthe cover or flap which is inthose embodiments'of the invention already described in which the f additional p'lyextends only'across the width of thepocket,

the additional warp-threads may be inter- In the case of j woven with the other warp-threads'and the t weft intosolid fabric at opposite sides of eachpocket and betweenthe successive pockets, or maybe properly tied'fin at each side ofa pocket and between" the" pockets be thrown to the back surface'of theweb and floated thereon, and subsequently cut away.

Advantages of the invention are illus-. trated in thecase of the constructions shown in Figs. 7 to 12.v In these constructions the length" of the housingslitexceeds'thejwidth of the pocket, permitting of the employment of cover orflap-strips of the same uniform width throughout. their length, and

wider than a pocket. In Figs. 7 and ,8 the top edgeof the pocket-web is woven in two practically continuous plies 1, 1 which are tied together at a point, 1, inidwaybetween every two pockets by warp-threads crossing from oneply to theoth'er. This construction allows a cover or flap-stripto be used which corresponds in width with thelength of housing slit intermediate the crossing-over warp-threads at the point 1 at one side of a pocket, and the point 1 at the other side of.

such pocket. The coversor-fiaps of adjacent 7 pockets may'almost meet, edge to edge.

In Figs. 9 to 12 two plies 1, 1 and an intervening housing slit, extend continuously past two or more pockets, or an entire series of pockets of a cartridge-belt or carrier, and at each end beyond such pockets to the extent of a portion of an inch. This construction permits the employment of covers or flaps of uniform width throughout,and exceeding a pocket in width. Adjacent covers or flaps may meet, edge to edge, as in the case of the covers or flaps C C in Fig. 10, or may overlap each other as in thecase of the flaps or covers C, C, in Fig. 11. The narrowing of the attaching portion of a cover or flap-strip, either in the weaving, or by turning or folding over, is rendered unnecessary. The continuous housing slit enables use to be made, when desired, of a cover or flap of sufficient width to cover two or more pockets, as at C in Fig. 12.

Fig. 13 shows a form of embodiment in which the housing slitfor the reception of the lower end of the cover or flap strip C is located intermediately of the height of the pocket. In this form an additional ply, 1 is woven upon the inner face of the back 1 within the pocket, with its lower portion connected with the back in the weaving, its upper edge being unconnected therewith so as to admit the said end of the said strip between. the additional ply and the back. Stitches 3 passing through the additional ply, the strip, and the back, secure the lower end of the strip in the housing slit between the two layers 1 and 1 of material, and rivets 4L secure the strip to the back adjacent to the upper edge of the latter. The addi- I tional ply in this figure is located in the portion of the pocket which is occupied by the reduced mouth-ends and bullets of the cartridges which are placed in the pocket.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the top edge of the back of the pocket, the

stitches 3 which pass through the said ply and through the lower portion of the cover or fly-strip C and the backbeing below the rivets 4 which secure the cover or flap-strip to the back adjacent to the top edge of the latter. In Fig. 15 the outer ply, 1 terminates a short distance below the top of the pocket and there are two lines of stitches, namely 3 and 3 respectively below and above the rivets 4.

I claim as my invention:

A pocketed carrier woven with a pocket for a portion of its depth in divided plies with an integral junction located above the bottom of the said pocket, and having combined therewith a cover-flap having its attaching end inserted between said plies and bottoming against said junction, and means engaging with the inserted portion and attaching the cover-flap to such web-portion. In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK ROE BATOHELDER.

Witnesses:

RosA F. WooDoooK, GRACE E. Minor.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

and having one of its web-portions woven