US3180046A - Magazine for automatic firearms - Google Patents

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US3180046A
US3180046A US268809A US26880963A US3180046A US 3180046 A US3180046 A US 3180046A US 268809 A US268809 A US 268809A US 26880963 A US26880963 A US 26880963A US 3180046 A US3180046 A US 3180046A
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Menneking Hartmut
Henning Hermann
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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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  • Magazines of this kind are generally furnished with a spring-loaded, feed device by means of which the cartridges are fed to the loading device, i.e. the breech block or bolt of the firearm.
  • the magazine has a mouthpiece which is insereted in a corresponding opening in the firearm.
  • the magazine was fitted with an accelerating arrangement adapted to be tensioned by the magazine spring in opposition to the pressure of a return spring.
  • the side walls of the magazine were equipped with elastically resilient portions above the mouthpiece.
  • the present invention relates to a magazine for automatic firearms having an accelerating arrangement for the cartridges in which the accelerating arrangement consists of one or more members projecting through the side walls of the magazine into the interior of the latter.
  • the accelerating member or members consist of an angular lever or levers pivotable about an axis or axes located parallel to the axes of the cartridges, the or each lever having a bent end projecting into the interior of the magazine.
  • FIGURE 1 is a side elevation partly in section is an end elevation on a larger scale and also partly in section,
  • FIGURE 2 is an end elevation on a large scale also partly in section.
  • FIGURE 3 is a cross sectional view of one end of the magazine showing modified springs
  • FIGURE 4 is a cross sectional view showing further modified springs.
  • the magazine 1 has at its lower end a mouthpiece 2 which is inserted in a corresponding opening in the firearm (not shown).
  • the cartridges 3 Arranged in the magazine in a row one above the other are the cartridges 3, the lowest one of which, to be introduced first into the firearm, rests on lips or abutments 4 formed at the lower end of the mouthpiece. From the position shown, the lowermost cartridge is introduced into the barrel by the breech block or bolt of the firearm in known manner.
  • the cartridges are fed to the mouth piece and thereby to the firearm by a magazine spring 5 arranged in the upper part of the magazine. This spring is arranged in a box-like frame 6 forming part of the magazine platform and guided so as to be longitudinally slidable in the magazine.
  • the lever 8 consists of a U-shaped sheet-metal pressing whose limbs 8' extend outwardly from the magazine and is pivotally mounted on a pin 10 held parallel to the side wall of the magazine in a bearing bracket 11 mounted on the side wall.
  • a coil spring 12 mounted on the pin 10 the lever 8 is held under tension in the position illustrated in FIGURE 2, in which position the arm 9 projects into the interior of the magazine, the depth of penetration a being limited by a stop 15.
  • the lever 8 serves as an accelerating element when the cartridges are fed to the firearm.
  • the bottom cartridge resting on the lips 4 is pushed out of the magazine by the breech block or bolt of the firearm and is introduced into the barrel of the former, the rest of the cartridges contained in the magazine are driven forward towards the mouthpiece by the magazine spring 5.
  • the lever 8 is urged outwardly by the cartridge immediately above the arm 9 under the pressure of the magazine spring and in opposition to the restoring force of the spring 12.
  • the lever 8 springs back, imparting to the cartridge a slight additional accelerating impulse, whereby the cartridge is moved more rapidly towards the mouthpiece.
  • the accelerating impulse is not so strong that deformation of the lips 4 occurs.
  • the magnitude of the supplementary energy delivered can be varied by altering the depth of penetration a of the arm 9 into the magazine. Furthermore, by suitably shaping the arm 9 or varying the force of the spring 12, it is possible to adapt the accelerating impulse to given conditions, for example the mass of the cartridge or the desired fire rate.
  • a self-checking action is obtained in that rebound movements of the accelerated cartridges are intercepted by the lever.
  • a certain minimum depth of penetration a of the accelerating lever is required, which is advantageously about one quarter of the diameter of the cartridge.
  • the accelerating elements may be designed in different Ways, for example as leaf springs 16, FIG. 3, riveted to the side walls of the magazine and having a bent limb or arm 17.
  • the accelerating elements may also consist of a leaf spring wound spirally round the pin 10 and whose end is shaped in a manner similar to that of the arm 9.
  • the pin 10 is in the form of a torsion bar spring on which the accelerating lever 8 is mounted.
  • the coil spring 12 can be dispensed with.
  • the accelerating elements can be provided to very great advantage with rolling bodies, for example rollers 18 or the like, FIG. 4, at the end 13 thereof projecting into the interior of the magazine.
  • An attachable magazine for automatic firearms comprising a casing with a mouthpiece for the magazine, the cartridges being stored in said casing in a row with their longitudinal axes lying side by side, said row including a foremost cartridge nearest to said mouthpiece and a hindmost cartridge and each cartridge having a longitudinal foreside looking in the direction to said mouthpiece and a longitudinal backside turned away from said mouthpiece, a slidably guided cartridge platform in said casing arranged behind the hindmost cartridge, a spring urging said platform towards said mouthpiece, said mouthpiece having abutments for the foremost cartridge along the longitudinal axis thereof and openings in the extension of said longitudinal axis of the foremost cartridge to allow said foremost cartridge to be urged to said abutments by said spring and is pushed out of said magazine in longitudinal direction sliding along said abutments, a cartridge-feed accelerating device for the cartridge motion in said magazine towards said mouthpiece, said accelerating device having at least one lever pivotably mounted on said casing about an axis substantially parallel to the axes of the cartridge
  • An attachable magazine for automatic firearms comprising a casing with a mouthpiece for the magazine, the cartridges being stored in said casing in a row with their longitudinal axes lying side by side, said row including a foremost cartridge nearest to said mouthpiece and a hindmost cartridge and each cartridge having a longitudinal foreside looking in the direction to said mouthpiece and a longitudinal backside turned off said mouthpiece, a slidably guided cartridge platform in said casing being arranged behind the hindmost cartridge, a spring urging said platform towards said mouthpiece, said mouthpiece having abutments for the foremost cartridge along the longitudinal axis thereof and openings in the extension of said longitudinal axis of the foremost cartridge to allow said foremost cartridge urged to said abutments by said spring to be pushed out of said magazine in longitudinal direction sliding along said abutments, a cartridge-feed accelerating device for the cartridge motion in said magazine towards said mouthpiece, said accelerating device having at least one leaf spring mounted on a wall of said casing, said wall having an aperture therein through which one end of said

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US3890729A (en) * 1973-10-09 1975-06-24 David M Frisoli Projectile or cartridge injector for automatic weapons employing magazines
US20140366417A1 (en) * 2012-12-30 2014-12-18 Jing Zheng Magazine Shell Of A Universal Magazine Of Multiple Caliber Compatibility For Firearms
CN112475196A (zh) * 2020-11-30 2021-03-12 四川华庆机械有限责任公司 一种组合式机匣的装配方法

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US579097A (en) * 1897-03-16 Magazine for firearms
GB191406362A (en) * 1914-03-13 1915-01-07 Westley Richards & Company Ltd Improvements in Magazine Small Arms.
US1375322A (en) * 1920-06-25 1921-04-19 Waldo E Rosebush Magazine for hand-firearms
GB615471A (en) * 1946-05-09 1949-01-06 George William Patchett Improvements in platforms for cartridge magazines for automatic firearms

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US2122003A (en) * 1936-09-24 1938-06-28 Leonard W Cooper Cartridge holding device
DE858944C (de) * 1945-09-29 1952-12-11 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Patronenmagazin fuer automatische Feuerwaffen
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US579097A (en) * 1897-03-16 Magazine for firearms
GB191406362A (en) * 1914-03-13 1915-01-07 Westley Richards & Company Ltd Improvements in Magazine Small Arms.
US1375322A (en) * 1920-06-25 1921-04-19 Waldo E Rosebush Magazine for hand-firearms
GB615471A (en) * 1946-05-09 1949-01-06 George William Patchett Improvements in platforms for cartridge magazines for automatic firearms

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3890729A (en) * 1973-10-09 1975-06-24 David M Frisoli Projectile or cartridge injector for automatic weapons employing magazines
US20140366417A1 (en) * 2012-12-30 2014-12-18 Jing Zheng Magazine Shell Of A Universal Magazine Of Multiple Caliber Compatibility For Firearms
US9372040B2 (en) * 2012-12-30 2016-06-21 Jing Zheng Magazine shell of a universal magazine of multiple caliber compatibility for firearms
CN112475196A (zh) * 2020-11-30 2021-03-12 四川华庆机械有限责任公司 一种组合式机匣的装配方法
CN112475196B (zh) * 2020-11-30 2022-12-06 重庆建设工业(集团)有限责任公司 一种组合式机匣的装配方法

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