US402605A - Paul mauser - Google Patents

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P. MAUSBR.

` CARTRIDGE FEED PAGK FOR MAGAZINE GUNS; No. 402.605. 'Patented May 7, 1889.

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` P. MAUSER. CARTRIDGE FEED PACK FOR MAGAZINE GUNS. No. 402.605. A Patented Mgy 7.1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O'EEicE.

PAUL MAUSER, OF OBERNDORF-ON-THE-NEKAR, WRTEMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER, OF SAME PLACE.

4CARTRIDGE FEED-PACK FOR MAGAZINE-GUNS.

Y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL MASER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Oberndorf-on-the-Neckar, in the Kingdom of Wrtemberg, German Empire, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Packages for the Magazines of Breech- Loading Guns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for packages of cartridges to be supplied to or carried by the person using a breech-loading magazine-gun to expedite the refilling of the magazine thereof. A

The object of this invention is to facilitate the charging or filling of the magazine of breech-loading {ire-arms, in order to increase the rapidity with which the arm may be iired without materially1 augmenting the weight of the users equipment and to inspire the user with confidence Lin his weapon by providing means whereby a magazine fire-arm may always be easily kept in readiness for rapid firing.

To this end in carrying out my inventionV4 I form the cartridge-packages by connecting together a series of ,cartridges comprising a package through the medium of a frictional holderl embracing their bases.` This holder is made in the form of a frame embracing the bases of the successive cartridges of the package, and is so constructed that the cartridges may be slid or pushed into it at its end and will be so embraced by it as. to be heldfrictionally and with a yielding pressure. Cartrid ges can be expelled directly into the magazine of the gun lby a pressure sufficient to overcome the frictional retain ing-force which holds them in place. U

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a transverse section of a package of cartridges formed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection, on a larger scale, of the holder for retaining the cartridges shown in Fig. 1..

Figs. 3 and 4 are views answering to Figs. 1 and 2, but showing slightlyfmodiied construction of holder. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a package of cartridges, showing the holder. in longitudinal section. Fig. G is a fragmentaryvertical longitudinal section of a Mauser of the arrows. Fig. 8 is a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. il comprises a longitudinal section, a cross-section, and a front elevation of another construction of cartridgeholder. Fig. 10 comprises three views similar to those in Fig. 9, but showing still another form of holder.

Referring to the drawings, let A represent the cartridge-package and `B the gun. The cartridge-package A consists of the holder a and the cartridges c c embraced thereby. The holder a consists of a frame having longitudinal iianges a a. These flanges a are preferablyV made overhangin g, so that grooves a2 a2 are formed on their inner sides. The

side flanges, a', are arranged at such a disa2' a2, while that part of the body of the cartridge immediately above the bead will' enter between the anges of a.

To prevent lateral displacement orloose nessof the cartridges when in the holder, l provide means for frictionally grasping their bases. This may be accomplished in various ways, several of which are illustrated in the drawings, but I prefer to accomplish it by placing a leaf-spring, i), within. the frame a and between the flanges a a', as shown in Figs. l to 5. This spring b may beriveted to the frame d at one end and extend throughout the length of the frame, asshown in Figs. l and 2, wherein the' spring is shown as longitudinally swelled outwardly in its central portion until that portion projects nearly to the plane of the forward sides of the grooves a2 a2, and also as having a longitudinal slot, b', extending through itscenter for part of its length, which slot is intended to increase its elasticity. The spring b presses outwardly against the bottoms of the cartridges when.

their bases have been pushed into the grooves a2 ai, and by forcing the beaded base of the IOO cartridge against the flanges d a holds them iirmly in position in the frame a. I prefer to construct the frame a with one open end and one closed end, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, where one end of the frame is closed by a transverse stop or flange, a3, against which the iirst cartridge of a series rests when the holder is full but this is not essential, as the holder may be open at both ends, as shown in Figs. 9 to 1l.

In preparing cartridge-packages according to my invention the cartridges are pushed into the holder d at the open end thereof by compressing the spring b and inserting the beaded base of the cartridge into the grooves a2. The cartridge when thus entered will be pushed on into the holder far enough to admit the entrance of the succeeding ones, which will thenbe successively entered until the holder is full.

Cartridge-packages `of this characterV are carried by or supplied to the user ofy a hrearm, and when the magazine of the arm is.

exhausted of its supply of cartridges herefills the magazine from one of these cartridge-4 packages. To illustrate the method of reiilling the magazine from the cartridge-package, I have shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 a Mauser bolt-gun with the parts in the position for refilling the magazine. The bolt of the gun is withdrawn and the cartridge package is placed in the cartridge -rest of the' vopen breech -piece, directly over the magazine. The holder d is stopped by the cartridge-rest. By pressing with the thumb on the'top cartridge of the package, just in front of the holder d, all the cartridges in the package, or .as many as the capacity of the magazine will y permit, will be forced from the'package into the magazine of the gun, past the usual car# tridgedetent or spring-checks p. the cartridges from the package into the magazine, it is necessary to apply to the top cartridge of the package a downward force' sufficient to overcome the frictional embrace of the'holder c at the bases of the cartridges, the 'resistance offered to the passage/of the cartridges by the spring-checks p, and the expelling tension of the magazine spring. When the magazine is iilled, thel cartridges will be held therein by the spring-check, which counteracts the expelling tendency of the magazine-spring.

In the drawings I have shown a notch, d,

cut in the bridge of the breech of the gun for facilitating the insertion of the'cartridgepackage into the gun. This notch isnot necessary, however, and may be dispensed with in many cases without inconvenience.

After removing the holder a from the cartridges the holder maybe put aside for use again in forming other cartridge-packages, or it maybe thrown away. v l

The cartridge-holders are designed to hold enough cartridges to equal one charge of the magazine; but this is only a matter of con- To push one piece of metal.

venience, as they may be constructed to hold any desired number of cartridges. If the user in charging his gun-magazine neglects entirely to fill the magazine, or if the capacity of the magazine is less than the number of cartridges contained in the holder, the excess of cartridgesover those used will remain: in the holder, and can be subsequently expelled therefrom as desired.

As cartridges are generally constructed of a greater diameter at their bases than throughout the rest of their length, it follows that when a series of them is placed together side by side the lineV formed by their bases will be curved. Consequently I construct the holder a, of a curved form corresponding to that assumed by the bases of the cartridges with which it is to be used, in order that the holder shall keep the cartridges of the package in compact lateral contact. Y

The particular construction of the holder a may be varied considerably without departing from my invention. The form shown in Figs. l and 2, and which has been described, is the construction preferred by'me; but in the drawings I have shown some other constructions which may be used to accomplish -the saine purpose, and whichy I will now describe.

The construction shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 is identical with that shownV in Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception of some changes in the construction of the spring' b.y This spring in this instance is shown as a iiat spring, narrower in its central portion than at its ends, and depressed at its upper endto receive the rivet'holding it in the frame a, and depressed yagain near its lower end to increase its resistance to the cartridges, as best seen in Fig. 5.

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Fig. 9 illustrates a holder made entir'elyof- In this constructionY the spring b consists off two tongues stamped out of the body of the frame and-bearing' against the bases of the end cartridges when-the holder is full. The holder itself iS fo'llfuedy by bend- ,ing or turning the sides aof the plate inward fa'rv enough to form the grooves c2c?.

Fig. 10 shows a co'ns'tructionv of holder wherein the frame is constructed by bending in the sides of a plate, the same asj just described'with reference to Fig. 9, but in this case' the spring'b isa separate piece of spring metal provided with two ears, e e, stamped -out of the spring itself, which earsv take into holes punched in the body of the frame d, and thereby the spring b is retainedin` position.

I prefer to construct my cartridge-holders of metal;A but' other substances may be used, if desired. The frame c may be cast" of the desired shape, or sheet metal may be bent into the necessary form. Spring bras'sor steel are the best' materials for the spring b, and where the frameitself constitutes the spring one of these metals should be used.

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Inolaim as my invention thefollowing vde- -This speoioation signed by me this 21st 1o lined novel features, substantially as hereinday of August, 1888. before set forth:

A cartridge-holder consisting of a frame PAUL MAUSER. 5 formed with longitudinal side iianges and a top ange, said flanges adapted to confine be' Witnesses: tween them the base of a cartridge, and said CARL T. BURCHARDT, frame `constructed to engage the cartridge j CHAPMAN COLEMAN.

with a yielding pressure.

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