US587584A - Thomas c - Google Patents

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T. 0. J0HNs0N. TEMPORARY CARTRIDGE HOLDING CLIP.

Patented Aug. 3,1897.

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THOMAS (J. JOHNSON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO- THE- WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, on SAME Pinon.

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srnomosriois forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,584, dated au ust 3,1897.

- A plication filed iteptsmher 28, 1896. Serial No. 6Q7,139'. (No mddel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. JOHNSON, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and'State of Connecticut, have invented a new'lmprovenient in Temporary Cartridge- Holding Clips; and i do hereby declare the following, when'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, ii1- K Figure 1, a View in side elevation of z'rclip constrncted-inaccordance with my invention and charged with five cartridges; Fig. 2, an end View of the clip; showing one cartridge;

I Fig. 3, an inside perspective view. of the clip;-

Fig. 4, a view thereof in central longitudinal section with the retaining-fingers shov'vnin their bent" positions by broken lines; Fig. 5, a View of the clip in front elevation, showing how it is applied to the magazine of a boxmagazine. firearm preparatory to the expulsion of its contained cartridges into the magazine; Fig. 6, an inside perspective view of one-of tlis snodified iormswhich my inventioni'say'issnme My invention relates-to an improvement in sists' in e trough-like longitnoin'ol .teinporarycartridge. holding clip open st 40 temporary cartridge-holding clips, the object being to produce at a very low cost of man ufecture a simple, light, efiective, and readily.-

manipnlated clip designed for the segregation, as it were, of a charge of cartridges, and for conveniently handiing the seine, and for introducing them into the magazine of abox magazine firearm with the. utmost taciiity.

both ends, which are adapted to engage a box-magazine firearm, so as to hoid theclip in right position while the cartridges are being manually forced out of it into the megazine thereof.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be. hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as shown in Figs. .1. to 5, inclusive, of-the drawings my improved trough-like clip is open it both ends,- longitudinally bowed, and comprises a fiat body portion A and two corresponding longitudinally-arranged flanges A'A,extending inwardly toward each other over the inher face of the ssid'body portion. The said body portion is extended at each end beyond the ends of the said flanges to form 'short locating-fingers A A adapted in width to n t closely within the rear end of the box-magazine B of a gun, as shown in Fig. 5, the said iingerspermitting either end of the clip to be applied to .the box-magazines indiiierently and preventing it from being laterally deiiected therein, the ends of the flanges A A adjacent to the locating-finger entered into the magazine supporting the clip thereupon, Each oi the flanges A is slit at e'achend to forma flexible retaining-finger a. Under this arrangement there is apeir of these fingers at each end oftlie clip, and theirsspeotive fingers of each pair are located opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the clip. After the clip has been charged by slipping the heads ofthe cartridges into it under the fiangosthe said fingers are pressed inward, so as to lay hold of," so to speak, the

outer portions of the onterpartridges,Whereby all the cartridges are retained within'the clip under ordinary conditions of usage, the hold upon the cartridges being sniiiciently tenacious to permit the clip to be freely handled and considerably thrown about without endongerii'ig the 'd'islodgmen't of the cartridges.

After the clips are charged they are packed in boxes for transportation, and ultimately tind their way into the belt of the user, and rare from therewi-thdrawn one by onefor use, is. applied its locating-finger isentered, as'shown in Fig. 5. The hand is'then 'applisd'to the no. perinost cartridge and the row of cartridges crowded down into the magazine. The retainiug fingers at the-lower end of the clip reedilyyield under-such pressure to permit the expulsion of the cartridges. The clip then falls away to the ground, and under ordinary conditions will not be preserved.

By locating the retaining-fingers on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the" 2 semen clip they are placed under such conditions of permit their expulsion. The clip is how ed on such a circle that not only the head ends of the cartridges will engage with each other,

hilt also their forward ends. Each cartridge,- therefore, has two points of contact with its neighbor, whereby the cartridges are preven t ed from being cramped and honnd-in-the clip when they are pushed downward, their two points of contact securin g them parallel down-- Ward movement. 0n the other hand, if the forward ends oi the cartridges were'not allowed to make a supporting-contact they might be pushed downward to such an extent as to cramp and bind their heads in the clip and prevent them from feeding.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings the longitudinally-bowed clip the ends of its body portion 0 formed ii'ith spring retaining-fingers C C, the ends of which are bent inward, so as to stand, in a sense, against the open ends of the clip, which is also formed. with inii 'ardly-tnrned retain ing flanges O 0?, extending practically throughout its length and bent over its inner face. The ends of the body portion are also formed with locatingfi'ngers C Cflcorresponding in function to the fingers 11 A of the clip previously described. The fingers C C, instead of being merely flexible, are elastic and-have to he sprung aside for the cll'ary'ing of the c1ip,but they recover, so as to hold cartridges therein until they are sprnngoack out of the Way for loading the cartridges into a oX-magazinc by downward pressure upon one of the end cartridges of the row in the clip.

It is obvious from the modifications suggested and from other-e which may he made thatl do not limit myself to the exact construction shown. and described, buthold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what i claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, lS

1. A. troughdike temporary cartridge-holding clip, longitudinally bowed, open at both ends and comprising a body portion and two flangee extending inwardly toward each other over the inner taoe-horoof,..the ends of the said body portion being extended beyond the ends of the said flanges for engagement with a box-magazine firearm soas to hold the clip in position while the cartridges are being manually forced out of it into the magazine thereof.

2. A trongh-like temporary cartridge-holding clip,lon gitndin ally bowed and open at both ends, comprising a body portion, two corresponding longitud lnally-arranged flanges eX- tending inwardly toward each other over the inner face of the said body portion, two projecting locating-fingers located at its respective ends, and extending beyond the ends of the said flanges, and one or more cartridgeretaining fingers located at each of its ends.

A trough-like temporary cartridge-holding clip, longitudinally bowed, furnished at its. ends with projecting locating-flngers, and also furnished at each end with a pair of can tridgeretainingfingers of which the members "of each pair are respectively located on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the clip. I

ln testimony-whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

' 'ill'OMAS C. JOHNSON.

' Witnesses:

DANIEL ll. VEADER, W. BALDWIN.

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