US1812363A

US1812363A - Device for loading firearms

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Publication number: US1812363A
Application number: US418270A
Authority: US
Inventors: Orlando Luigi
Original assignee: METALLURG BRESCIANA GIA TEMPIN
Current assignee: METALLURG BRESCIANA GIA TEMPIN; METALLURGICA BRESCIANA GIA TEMPINI
Priority date: 1929-11-22
Filing date: 1930-01-03
Publication date: 1931-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1948-06-30
Also published as: DE530703C; FR692683A; BE366235A; GB343243A

Description

1.. ORLANDO 1,812,363

DEVICE FOR LOADING FIREARMS Filed Jan. 5, 1930 3 Sheets-Shee 1 Fig, 2

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June 30, 1931.

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DEVICE FOR LOADING FIREARMS Filed Jan. 5, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet s Patented June 30, 1931 S' 'I A'F 1,s12,3ea

PATENT enies LUIGI ORLAN I JO, OF MILAN, ITALY, ASSIGN'OE'; IVIESN E ASSIGNMENTS;- TO' METAL- LU'RGIGA BRESGIANA? GIA TEMPINL- OF FIUMEGRANDE, BREESGIA, ITALY, A COM- 1 A1vY- oF- ITALY DEVICE non LOADING FIREARM-s Application filed January 1930,. Seria1'No..41'8,-270,r and in Italy November 22, 1929.

This invention relatesto devices for loadin'g'fire arms, more particularly of the light machine gun" type; by which it is possible to feed" cartridges to said arms in av simple,

5 rapid and economic. manner.

, The device comprises a magazine of any type suited to the arm in connection with which it is to be used and provided with a spring lifterfOr'f the cartridges. Its character'istic feature is that the magazine is split in a longitudinal direction from its mouth to near its bottom and is so shaped thatthe two parts s'eparated by said longitudinal cut may recede' at" will from each other to the necessary extent for introducing through the mouth into'the magazine a; filler containing the cartridges and thereupon be drawn again'towards each" other'so as to re-close the magazine body or box and retain the car- 2 fridges in the magazine when the filleris removed. H 7

Another object of the invention is to providea magazinein' which the two parts separated by the longitudinalcut tend to come by elasticity into the open position which permits the introduction of the filler, and a-slider mounted for displacement in suitable magazine guides holds the two parts close together and'thus the magazine body closedwhe'n it is brought into its position nearest to the mouth, while it allows the magazine to-j open for introducing the filler when" it' is brought in proximity to-the' bottom of the" magazine.

The fillers may be' of any suitable type accordingv to the arm and magazine in use and-contain cartridges on one or twoirows; in practice they" are"manufa'ctured by the same fire arm factory and th'usdistributed-to 40 the gunners. The magazine may 'be detached from the arm for loading butfit is obvious that it can also be hinged to this latter by one of the two parts into which it is sub-divided by the longitudinal out or in any other suit-able manner, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

The accompanying drawings shows by way of example an improvedmagazine according to this invention.

Figure 1 is a cross sectional View of the p agazine body closed in its operative posi- Figure 2 is a cross sectional view thereof with open body for loading by means of a filler also" partly shown.

Figures 3 and 4 area side'view and rear view, respectively, with closed magazine dya,

Figures 5 and 6 are a horizontal section and longitudinal section, respectively, also with closed magazine.

Figure 7 is a partialsideview'oli the magazine and a filler in position ready for'loadingl l Vith reference to thedrawings, them-agazine is subdivided into two parts 1 and 1 in C5 the longitudinal direction by a out which in the example shown is formed" by: acut s, made on the back portion and-by an opening -S on the front-face; both extending from the lips 2 into proximity to'th'e bottom3 In the construction shown the magazineis wholly open on it's frontfacefrom the lips into proximity to-the bottom and the bullets wholly project from the magazine,the side walls whereof are formed with-a constricted portion t'to'correspond with-the neck po'r'- tion of the cartridge case in order to hold-the cartridges in position. r

i 5 denotes the cartridge lifter and 6 the spring thereof. 7 denotes the slidermovable on the' guide ribs 8 formed on the back portion of the magazine.

I W hen the slider? is in its position nearest to'the lifts 2 ("shown in Figs.- 1 l 5' and (3) the magazine body is" rigidly closed as in a s5 usual'magazine and'theref-ore its worl'zing' is vasreliable asthat-of a: magazine with undivided body. i

lVhen the slider is displaced towards 'th'e bottom" 3 into thefposition shown in- Fig. 2, to

the two parts 1 and 1g'intO"VVhiCh the magazine is subdivided by the longitudinal cut ''s S+'- open-by elasticity being nolonge'r held closed by the slider (see Fig. 2) andthe distance between the edges of the lipsQ is such that the branches 8 -8 of the filler can freely be introduced for loading. The filler is inserted between the'lips 2 and; pushed fully into the magazine pressing back the lifter 5" against the action: of the spring a an hen the last cartridges of the filler are underneath the edge of the lips 2, i. e. the filler is wholly introduced, the slider 7 is displaced towards thelips 2 and brought into the position shown in Fig. 1. The two halves l and 1 of the magazine body are thus brought close to each other and the lips 2 come over the cartridges passing between the branches 8 and 8 (Fig. 7) of the filler. When removing the filler the cartridges are prevented for slipping out by the lips 2, while the

branches

8 and 8 are freely withdrawn by pulling a handle with which the filler is provided.

It is obvious that the branch 8 of the filler instead of extending only a short distance corresponding with the cartridge neck portion as shown in Fig. 7 may extend further in order to surround the bullets of the two cartridge rows, as shown in Fig. 2, exactly like the rear branch 8 which surrounds the caps of the two cartridge rows.

The magazine may be of any suitable form and size and contain one or more rows of cartridges and its lifter can be guided through pins or other extensions in slots on the side walls of the magazine body in order to prevent its falling to the outside when the magazine body is opened for its loading, without departing from the spi it of this invention.

What I claim is:

1. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridge magazine having in its middle plane parallel to the cartridge axis a longitudinal cut extending from the cartridge inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom dividing the magazine into two integral resilient parts, which receoe from each other when a cartridge filler is introduced into the magazine and automatically. close onto the filled in cartridges when the filler is withdrawn.

2. A loading device for fire arms compris ing a box-shaped magazine which is subdivided by a longitudinal out along the axial plane parallel to the cartridge axis extending from the cartridge inletmouth into proximity to the bottom into two lateral parts which tend to recede from each other, a slider movable on guides on said lateral parts and adapted to bring the latter close together when it is displaced towards the mouth and a filler formed in such manner that it can be introduced filled with cartridges into the magazine when the lateral parts are brought apart and extracted in an empty condition when said lateral parts of the magazine are brought together by the displacement of said slider.

3. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped magazine which is subdivided by a longitudinal out along the plane parallel to the cartridge axis extending from the cartridge inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom into two lateral parts which may to recede from each other for filling in the cartridges and a filler filled with cartridges formed in such manner that it can be introduced into the magazine when it is filled with cartridges by moving apart said lateral portion and can be extracted in an empty condition when said lateral parts of the magazine have closed over the cartridge rows in the filler.

4. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridge magazine open on its front wall along which the adjacent edges of the magazine sides are depressed for applying them against the cartridge neck portion, the rear wall of said magazine being subdivided by a cut extending from the inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom of the magazine body, guide ribs extending laterally from said rear wall,,a slider movable on said guide ribs and adapted to hold the sides close to each other when it is displaced towards the magazine inlet month, said sides being automatically drawn apart by elasticity when the slider is displaced towards the bottom of the magazine.

5. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridge magazine open on its front wall along which the adjacent edges of the magazine sides are depressed for applying them against the cartrid e neck portion, the rear wall of said magazine being subdivided by a cut extending from the inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom of the magazine body, guide ribs extending laterally from said rear wall, a slider movable on said guide ribs and adapted to hold the said sides close to each other when it is displaced towards the magazine inlet mouth, said sides being automatically drawn apart by. elasticity, when the slider is displaced towards the bottom of the magazine, cartridge retaining lips limited to the central portion of the inlet mouth, a filler consisting of a front and rear branch supporting the cartridges capable of being introduced filled with cartridges into the magazine, when said sides are drawn apart in order to clear the cartridge rows between said retaining lips, said retaining lips closing over the cartridge rows through the displacement of said slider towards the inlet mouth, after which said filler can be removed from the magazine in an empty condition.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name.

LUIGI ORLANDO.