US2098234A

US2098234A - Cartridge clip for firearms

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Publication number: US2098234A
Application number: US365205A
Authority: US
Inventors: John C Garand
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-05-22
Filing date: 1929-05-22
Publication date: 1937-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 1954-11-09

Description

v- 9, 1937. J. c. GARAND 23 098,2

CARTRIDGE CLIP FOR FIREARMS Filed May 22, 1929 3mm 1.151111. [3. Giraud m are in the clip; and

Patented Nov. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT lorr es 2.098.234 csa'rnmcn our roa mnAaMs Alii licatlon May 22, 1929, Serial No. 365,205 4 Claims. (CI. 42-88) (Granted under the act of March a, 1883 as amended April so, 1928; 370 o. (11.1157) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

. This invention relates to a cartridge clip for holding ammunition in fire arms. In devising a clip for ammunition it is desirable that it be of light construction but at the same time durable; that it be so formed as to hold the ammunition properly staggered or nested; that it hold the ammunition firmly yet allow ofits easy insertion and withdrawal; that it permit the ammunition to be evenly and properly fed; that it be capable of insertion into the fire armeither end first and that it be firmly held in the firearm.

These desired objects are attained in the present instance by the provision of. a clip suitably curved to properly stack the ammunition and lend strength to the clip; by providing a reduced area contact between the sides of the clip and the ammunition through ribs, corrugations or the like, which also serve to further strengthen the structure and allow the use of light material; by constructing the clip of such dimensions that ammunition may be stacked 4 therein only in the proper position to be evenly fed therefrom and by making a symmetrical clip formed with suitable. elements to cooperate with the retaining element of the fire arm. With these'and such other objects in view as resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood,

I however, that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without-de-' parting from the spirit of the invention.

A' preferred embodiment of the. invention is shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing wherein: Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation: I Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a central transverse section; a

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in front elevation illustrating the positions assumed by the cartridg'es when an even number are in the clip; Fig. 5 is the sameyiew iliustratingthe positions assumed by the cartridges when an odd number Fig. 6 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference:

The clip consists as backplatel curved mi. a properly stack the ammunition and incidentally I ay hereinafter more fully appear,-the invention angular movement of thecartridge is the reto-lend strength to the structure. The backplate is formed at each end with cut away portions-or apertures 2 to permit ammunition to be properly fed from the clip. Extending from thebackplate are the side plates 3 which convergetoward the 5 front to firmly contact and retain the ammunition. At the juncture of the side plates with the backplate they are offset inwardly to form guide elements 4 which extend longitudinally of the clip and preferably merge into the side plates 10 adjacent to the ends thereof. These elements serve to guide orposition the clip within the fire arm and are preferably rectangular in cross section and so proportioned that binding of the clip during insertion is prevented even though the in- 15 serting pressure be applied considerably to. one side of the plane of the'ribs. Means are provided for cooperating with a retaining element of a: fire arm for holding the clip in place therein such means preferably consisting in a notch 5 formed 20 in each rib the notches so located that cooperae. tion with the retaining element will be had which ever end of the clip be inserted initially into th fire arm.. j

Each-oi the side plates 3 has on the inner side thereof and adjacent to the backplate .a longi- 25 -tudinal rib 6 which serves the purpose of cont ting the ammunition and reducing surface f ction thereby rendering sliding of the ammuniof the two end cartridges. At or near its outer edge each side plate-has a similarly extending rib 'l. which also serves the purpose of/ contacting the sides-of the cartridges to reduce surface friction. 36

Theseribs 6 and I serve the further purpose of strengthening the side plate.

The ends f each rib 'iare curved inwardly to form the respective edges or projections 8 or I from whence the ribs merge into the curved ends- 40 9 or 9' of the side walls, thus forming, with the edge I or 8', the edge Ill or Ii of-the side wall, and thesurface of the next succeeding cartridge,

' a suspension for the piece 'of ammunition next to be fed from the clip which renders feeding of the ammunition exceedingly easy. ese edges or projections I and I" also serve the purpose of preventing angular movement of the cartridges within the clip which angular movement may occur with cartridges which have not yet arrived at feeding position, or with cartridges which have arrived at such positiondue to the sudden blow of the bolt on the head thereof in which case. the

verse direction.

It will be noted that the curved end! ofe'ach ,sidewall'terminatesshortotthecurvedend Ila plates, and projections on the stde plates adjacentto the ends extending into the rectilinear paths of travel of the cartridges as they are elevated construction which renders it impossible to" load the clip exceptin a mannersvhloh assures proper feeding of the ammunition from the clip.

I claim: V v 1. An ammunition clip for holding two rows of cartridges in staggered relation and'adapt'ed to e be inserted inta the magazine of a firearm embodying a back plate, side plates. extending from the back plate, inwardly curved ends on the side throughtheclip. 7

2. An ammunition clip for holding two rows of cartridges-in staggered relation and adapted to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm embody-' ing' a back plate, side plates extending from the back"plate, inwardly curved ends on the side plates, and 1 inwardly extending projections at forward edges of the side tures of the forward edges of the the back plate, inwardly curved ends on the side K radius less than the radius of the cartridge case, and inwardly extending projections at the junc- 4 side plates and curved ends.

4. An ammunition clip 1 r holding two rows of cartridges in staggered rela ion embodying a back plate, side plates'extending from the back plate; and ribs, formed at the junction of the side plates with the back plate, extending outwardly beyond the planes of the side plates to position and guide the clip when inserting the same into a firearm plates the curvature ,of the ends struck on a and permit stacking of rim pr'rimless cartridges 2 into the clip.

\ JOHN C. GARAND.