US3158947A - Magazine for firearms - Google Patents

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US3158947A
US3158947A US268808A US26880863A US3158947A US 3158947 A US3158947 A US 3158947A US 268808 A US268808 A US 268808A US 26880863 A US26880863 A US 26880863A US 3158947 A US3158947 A US 3158947A
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Menneking Hartmut
Henning Hermann
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Rheinmetall Industrie AG
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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
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/64—Magazines for unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/65—Box magazines having a cartridge follower
    • F41A9/70—Arrangements thereon for discharging, e.g. cartridge followers or discharge throats

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  • This invention relates to a magazine for rapid-firing automatic and semi-automatic firearms.
  • Such magazines generally have a feed platform subject to the pressure of a platform spring and which feeds the cartridges to the breech block or b-olt of the firearm.
  • the magazine is also provided with a mouthpiece which is inserted in a corresponding opening in the firearm.
  • loading faults may occur through tilting of the platform plate or the platform frame, which must in fact take up and compensate these tilting movements.
  • the problem set by the invention is to avoid the drawbacks described and provide a magazine which is equal to the requirements for a feed ofthe cartridges which is rapid and obviates interferences.
  • the solution of this problem according to the invention consists in the vcombination of the following features:
  • the magazine Aplatform spring arranged on the platform has a width substantially smaller than that of the magazine and has (b) Two or more guide arms projecting beyond the width of the spring and which support the spring on the Wall of the magazine and on the wall of the platform.
  • the platform it has been found to be extremely advantageous for the platform to be provided with a guide slot in its end face for receiving the guide arms. In this way, there is obtained practically speaking a mutual guiding of the spring and 'the platform frame.
  • a magazine for cartridges is already known in whic the spring has a width substantially smaller than that of the magazine, but this spring is not arranged in a platform frame, nor has it any guide, so that there is a possibility of buckling.
  • the magazine platform spring It is likewise extremely advantageous foi the magazine platform spring to consist of individual leaf springs riveted to one another at their ends, the positions of the rivets being staggered.
  • the spring has only a small overall height in the Tice plied by the advantageous feature that the platform frame is provided with rollers on its bearing surface for the cartridges, preferably in the middle region and the rear region, i.e. that region which faces the base of the cartridge.
  • the magazine or casing 1 has at its lower end a mouthpiece 2 which, for the feed of the cartridges, is inserted in a corresponding opening in the firearm (not shown).
  • the magazine cartridges 3 are arranged in a row one above the other, the lowest one of the cartridges, the first to be introduced into the firearm, rests on lips 4 provided at the lower (as seen in the drawing) end of the mouthpiece, from where it is introduced into the barrel by the breech block or bolt of the rearm (also not shown).
  • the cartridges are fed through the mouthpiece and thereby to the rearm through the pressure vof a magazine spring 5 arranged in the upper part of the magazine.
  • This spring is arranged in a box-like platform frame 6 which is guided so as to be longitudinally slidable in the magazine.
  • the magazine spring consists of individual leaf springs 5 of differing lengths which are riveted to one another atV their ends, the rivets 7 being olf-set with respect to one another owing to the different lengths of the leaf springs. In this Way, a relatively powerful spring is obtained which hasL only a small overall dimension in the compressed state.
  • the width of the magazine spring is substantially smaller than that of the magazine and the spring is so arranged in the platform frame that the line of action of the spring is located approximately in the region of the position of the centre of gravity of the cartridges.
  • the spring is provided with laterally projecting guide arms 8 and 9 consisting of leaf springs extended beyond the points where the rivets are located. While the guide arm 8 extends through a slot 10 arranged in one end wall of the platform frame and is supported against the wall of the magazine, the end of the supporting arm 9 is bent and can support itself against the other end Wall of the platform frame.
  • the end Walls of the platform frame slope towards the inside of the magazine approximately from halfway up the height of the frame.
  • Rollers 12 are provided in the middle and rear regions of the base 11 of the platform frame, i.e. that part which rests on the cartridges, whereby frictional losses during the longitudinal movements of the cartridge with respect to the platform frame are almost completely avoided, as
  • a magazine for automatic firearms comprising a casing adapted to receive cartridges, a box-like platform frame slidably mounted in the casing and having a base at one end and open at the other end, and a spring in the form of interconnected leaf spring members bearing at one end in the base of the frame and at the other end against the casing and when the magazine is lled the spring is taken up in the platform frame, the platform frame having a guide slot in one end Wall thereof and in which at least two guide arms are provided secured to said leaf spring members with one of said guide arms extending through said guide slot to support said spring on a wall of said magazine and another of said guide arms supporting said spring on one of said end walls of said platform frame.
  • a magazine for automatic rearms comprising a casing adapted to receive cartridges, a box-like platform frame slidably mounted in the casing and having a base at one end and open at the other end, and a spring in the form of interconnected leaf spring members bearing at one end in the base of the frame and at the other end against the casing and when the magazine is filled the spring is taken up in the platform frame, the platform frame having side ends which converge toward each other as viewed in side elevation.
  • a magazine for automatic rearms comprising a casing adapted to receive cartridges, a box-like platform frame slida'oly mounted in the casing and having a base at one end and open at the other end, a spring in the form References Cited bythe Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,081,235 5/ 37 Hillyard 42-50 FOREIGN PATENTS 451,155 9/48 Canada. 712,084 lO/ 41 Germany. 508,134 6/39 Great Britain. 615,471 1/ 4l Great Britain.

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DER32400A DE1172155B (de) 1962-03-31 1962-03-31 Magazin fuer Feuerwaffen

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CH (1) CH401753A (fr)
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US5495687A (en) * 1995-02-16 1996-03-05 Waiser; Shimon Firearm magazine
US6952894B1 (en) * 2003-09-17 2005-10-11 Thomas Vieweg Cartridge magazine system
US20100327006A1 (en) * 2007-08-01 2010-12-30 Michael Andrew Campo Magazine dispensing and housing apparatus for firearms

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US5127178A (en) * 1989-05-15 1992-07-07 Sinclair William P Cartridge magazine
GB8911067D0 (en) * 1989-05-15 1989-06-28 Sinclair William P Cartridge magazine

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US2081235A (en) * 1934-10-08 1937-05-25 Newton S Hillyard Firearm
GB508134A (en) * 1938-04-16 1939-06-27 Fritz Walther Improvements in box-magazines with narrowly spaced lips for long cartridges
DE712084C (de) * 1938-06-22 1941-10-11 Rheinmetall Borsig Akt Ges Federanordnung an Kastenmagazxinen fuer Feuerwaffen
CA451155A (fr) * 1948-09-14 Melvin Maynard Johnson, Jr. Arme a feu
GB615471A (en) * 1946-05-09 1949-01-06 George William Patchett Improvements in platforms for cartridge magazines for automatic firearms

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DE48108C (de) * K. R. MlLOVANOVITCH-KOKA, Königl. Serbischer Oberst-Lieutenant und Militär - Attache in Wien I., Operngasse 6 Selbsttätiges Kastenmagazin für Hinterladegewehre
AT110984B (de) * 1926-08-04 1928-10-25 Mauser Werke Ag Einsteckbares Mittelschaftsmagazin für Patronen mit vorstehendem Bodenrand.
DE708178C (de) * 1933-04-11 1941-07-14 Edelstahlwerke Akt Ges Deutsch Herstellung von Wellen, insbesondere Flugzeugkurbelwellen, die im Betriebe hohen Schwingungsbeanspruchungen ausgesetzt sind
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US2712705A (en) * 1952-05-22 1955-07-12 Olin Mathieson Firearm cartridge protector
DE1803852A1 (de) * 1968-08-21 1970-04-16 Elektronische Rechenmasch Ind Pneumatisches Element zur Formung von Impulsen und zur Erzeugung von Impulsfolgen

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CA451155A (fr) * 1948-09-14 Melvin Maynard Johnson, Jr. Arme a feu
US2081235A (en) * 1934-10-08 1937-05-25 Newton S Hillyard Firearm
GB508134A (en) * 1938-04-16 1939-06-27 Fritz Walther Improvements in box-magazines with narrowly spaced lips for long cartridges
DE712084C (de) * 1938-06-22 1941-10-11 Rheinmetall Borsig Akt Ges Federanordnung an Kastenmagazxinen fuer Feuerwaffen
GB615471A (en) * 1946-05-09 1949-01-06 George William Patchett Improvements in platforms for cartridge magazines for automatic firearms

Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5495687A (en) * 1995-02-16 1996-03-05 Waiser; Shimon Firearm magazine
US6952894B1 (en) * 2003-09-17 2005-10-11 Thomas Vieweg Cartridge magazine system
US20100327006A1 (en) * 2007-08-01 2010-12-30 Michael Andrew Campo Magazine dispensing and housing apparatus for firearms

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