US007257919B1
(12) United States Patent
(10) Patent N0.:
(45) Date of Patent:
Farley
(54)
MAGAZINE LOADER
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Inventor:
(57)
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 11/348,780
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(51)
Filed:
Feb. 8, 2006
Int. Cl.
F41A 9/83
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(58)
(2006.01)
US. Cl. .................................... ..
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42/87; 42/90
Field of Classi?cation Search .................. ..
42/87,
42/88, 90, 99, 106; 89/45
See application ?le for complete search history.
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ABSTRACT
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
A
A
A *
A *
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42/90
Upchurch
2/1991
A *
7/1992 Kuykendall .................. .. 42/90
A
10/1993 Switzer
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10/1994 Origoni
B1
2/2001 Steitz
B1
9/2001 Hinton
B2* 11/2004 Newman
magazine being adapted to receive a plurality of vertically
users ?ngers engage the arms on the loader and urge the
Conkey ....................... .. 42/87
Boat
?at side edge, loader having a vertical channel for receiving
therein the rear ?at edge of the cartridge, the channel being
formed by a pair of ?at vertical side members spaced apart
in parallel relation and having a rear ?at edge where it
slidably engages the rear ?at edge of the magazine, the
magazine being made of ferrous metal and the loader being
made of non-ferrous material. A vertically extending tab is
mounted in the upper portion of the channel and is provided
with a downwardly vertically extending plunger mounted at
the lower end of the tab for engaging the edge of an
uppermost bullet mounted within the magazine. A pair of
outwardly and horizontally extending arms are mounted at
the lower ends of the ?at vertical sides of the loader, the
end of the magazine and against a retaining means which
holds the bullets within the magazine whereby, when the
8/1984 Musgrave
9/1987 Howard
5/1989
10/1989
A loader for a magazine having an upper open end, a lower
closed end, a forward vertical side edge and a rear vertical
stacked bullets therein, a spring mounted internally in the
magazine for urging the bullets upwardly towards the open
References Cited
4,464,855
4,689,909
4,827,651
4,872,279
4,993,180
5,129,173
5,249,386
5,355,606
6,189,254
6,286,243
6,817,134
Aug. 21, 2007
Allen D. Farley, 1241 S. 103rdl East
Ave., Tulsa, OK (US) 74128
Notice:
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loader downwardly against the action of the spring within
the magazine, the uppermost bullet is urged away from the
retaining means at the top of the magazine and whereby an
additional bullet can be inserted into the magazine above the
then uppermost bullet after which the loader can be slid
upwardly so that the plunger is completely above the last
added bullet to permit the last added bullet to be pushed in
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* cited by examiner
Primary Examineril. Woodrow Eldred
(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiWillam S. Dorman
42/87
by hand against the inner ?at edge of the magazine, the
loader being maintained in sliding contact within the maga
zine by virtue of a magnet mounted on the rear of the loader.
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A number of devices exist Which are adapted to assist the
MAGAZINE LOADER
marksman in accomplishing this reloading task. In particu
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
lar, US. Pat. No. 4,464,855 issued to Musgrave on Aug. 14,
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a bullet loader, more particularly,
to a device for reloading bullets into the magazine or clip of
described problem. It teaches a slidably attached apparatus
Which is provided With a pulling handle and a protrusion
Which is adapted to push a round of ammunition doWn into
the magaZine for insertion of the next round. After each
successive round of ammunition is loaded into the maga
Zine, the apparatus must be removed from the magaZine and
1984 teaches a device someWhat useful in solving the above
a ?rearm.
2. Prior Art
Many small arms, including both ri?es and hand guns are
provided With magaZines or clips in Which the bullets are
stored for immediate use. In these ?rearms, ammunition is
reinserted for the next round. While it does facilitate in
solving the problem of reloading, the requirement of
placed into an elongated, generally rectangular, container,
removal and reinsertion makes its use someWhat tedious.
US. Pat. No. 4,689,909 issued to HoWard on Sep. 1,
knoWn as a magaZine or clip, Which is then ?tted into a
portion of the ?rearm approximate to the ?ring chamber; in
1987, teaches a device Which can be ?tted over an ammu
the case of a pistol, this clip or magaZine can be inserted into
the handle of the gun. The magaZine or clip is closed on ?ve
(5) sides of the rectangular shape and open on one rectan
nition magaZine. It is adapted With a spring loaded plunger
Which, When the device is ?tted over the magaZine and
somehoW held in place, is used to push the uppermost round
doWn into the magaZine to facilitate sliding in the next
gular shaped end. Such magaZines or clips are spring loaded
and are further provided With retaining members over the
open end. Ammunition can be placed into the open end of
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the magaZine, piece by piece, and each piece slips past the
retaining members to be held until used. As the magaZine is
being loaded, each succeeding round of ammunition com
presses the spring further and each bullet becomes harder to
round. Then the plunger, Which is spring loaded, is
depressed and the cartridge is ?tted all the Way into the back
of the magaZine. HoWard is also someWhat helpful, but
dif?culties may be encountered in holding the device in
place against the magaZine.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
insert.
When a magaZine is fully loaded, it is ?tted into a position
adjacent to or against the ?ring chamber of the Weapon.
This invention involves a loader for a magaZine of the
Normally, a bolt it used to extract a round and force it into
type used in ?rearms such as pistols and ri?es. The magaZine
the ?ring chamber. As each round is ?red, the bolt is forced
back, picks up the next round and forces the next round into
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the ?ring chamber. The force of the spring pushes each
Will generally have an upper open end and a loWer closed
end, a forWard vertical side edge and a rear vertical ?at side
nience of holding a large number of bullets in position for
edge. The loader has a vertical channel for receiving therein
the rear ?at edge of the cartridge, the channel being formed
by a pair of ?at vertical side members spaced apart in
parallel relation and having a rear ?at edge Where it slidably
engages the rear ?at edge of the magaZine. The magaZine is
loading in successive order into the ?ring chamber, thereby
made of ferrous metal While the loader is made of non
alloWing for rapid ?re of some or all of the loaded bullets.
Once the loaded bullets are expended, hoWever, the empty
magaZine can be quickly removed and a neW fully loaded
magaZine can be quickly inserted into the ?rearm to resume
ferrous material. A vertical extending tab is mounted in the
upper portion of the channel and is provided With a doWn
round up into its position in the magaZine Where the bolt can
push it into the ?ring chamber.
The use of a magaZine in a ?rearm provides the conve
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end of the tab for engaging the edge of an uppermost bullet
mounted Within the magaZine. In order to hold the loader
against the magaZine, a magnet is mounted on the back of
?ring.
Thus, the use of magaZines is a convenient and effective
method of feeding bullets, in rapid succession, into a Weap
ons ?ring chamber. On the other hand, reloading bullets
into the spent magaZine is knoWn to be problematic. More
the loader. A pair of outWardly and horizontally extending
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arms are mounted at the loWer ends of the ?at vertical sides
of the loader for the purpose of exerting a doWnWard force
on the uppermost bullet When tWo ?ngers of a user pull
doWn on the arms. The magaZine is adapted to receive a
particularly, the structural design of the magaZine requires
each bullet to be individually loaded through the top ejection
end of the magaZine past the retainers and doWnWardly
against the force of the compression spring in order to
Wardly vertically extending plunger mounted at the loWer
receive the bullet Within the magaZine. As each bullet is
plurality of vertically stacked bullets therein, With a spring
being mounted internally in said magaZine for urging the
bullets upWardly toWards the open end of said magaZine and
loaded, in sequence, the compression spring in the magaZine
becomes progressively compressed until the magaZine is
against a retaining means Which holds the bullets Within the
magaZine. Thus, When the users ?ngers engage the arms on
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fully loaded With bullets. Naturally, the resistance of the
compression spring against the doWnWard force of loading
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the bullets into the magaZine becomes greater With each
successive bullet loaded into the magaZine.
For many years, bullets have been loaded into empty
magaZines of ?rearms by hand, using the ?ngers to force
each bullet doWnWardly against the force of the compression
spring and into captured arrangement Within the magaZine.
This process is time consuming, and quite often frustrating,
particularly When the resistance of the compression spring
at the top of the magaZine. At this time, an additional bullet
can be inserted into the magaZine above the then uppermost
bullet after Which the loader can be slid upWardly so that the
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speed of reloading may be of the essence.
plunger is completely above the last added bullet to permit
the last added bullet to be pushed in by hand against the
inner ?at edge of the magaZine.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
begins to increase. This is particularly true on cold days
When a persons ?ngers are numb, or are enclosed in a glove
or mitten, or in a situation such as (military combat) When
said loader and urge the loader doWnWardly against the
action of the spring Within the magaZine, the uppermost
bullet is urged doWnWardly aWay from the retaining means
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FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the magaZine loader of the
present invention;
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FIG. 2 is a right side elevation of the magazine loader
shown in FIG. 1;
a base 60 Which can conveniently engage the loWer end of
a pistol handle When the casing 52 is inserted into the handle
of a pistol.
In the position shoWn in FIG. 8, the loWer end (plunger)
FIG. 3 is a rear elevation of the magazine loader shoWn
in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a top plan vieW looking along vieWing line 4i4
of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a bottom vieW looking along vieWing line SiS
of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a perspective vieW of the magazine loader shoWn
in FIG. 1;
30 of the tab 24 is shoWn as engaging the rear end of the
uppermost bullet 58 in the chamber 52. It should also be
mentioned that the casing 52 of the magazine 50 is provided
With a rear ?at surface 62 Which is adapted to ?t into the
channel space betWeen the tWo sides 14 and 16 of the loader
FIG. 7 is a perspective vieW looking doWn on the maga
zine loader from the left rear thereof and mounted on a
magazine for loading purposes.
FIG. 8 is a perspective vieW taken from the front of FIG.
7, shoWing the magazine loader in its initial stage of adding
a bullet to the magazine.
FIG. 9 is a vieW similar to FIG. 8, but shoWing the moving
doWnWardly of the magazine loader from the position shoWn
in FIG. 8 by virtue of forces F exhibited on the arms of the
loader.
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10. It should also be mentioned that the magazine 50 is
generally made of ferrous metal so that the magnet 22 Will
hold the loader 10 conveniently against the back 62 of the
magazine 50. Nonetheless, the loader 10 can be moved
upWardly or doWnWardly along the rear of the magazine 50
because of the ?t betWeen the back 62 and the channel of the
loader 10 itself.
In any event, the vieW in FIG. 8 shoWs the loWer end of
the tab 30 of the plastic insert 24 engaging the rear end of
the upper bullet 58. Turning noW to FIG. 9, continued
doWnWard movement of the loader 10 in relation to FIG. 8
by applying force from the human ?ngers against the
metallic arms 18 and 20 of the loader 10 Will cause the bullet
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PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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Referring to the DraWings in detail, FIG. 1 shoWs a
backWardly until the rear of the bullet contacts the tab 30.
NoW the force is removed from the arms 18 and 20 and the
channel shaped member 10, purely for the sake of compari
son purposes, approximately three and one half inches high.
The channel 10 is preferably made of aluminum for reasons
Which Will be hereinafter more readily understood. The
channel 10 is formed by a ?at back portion 12 and a pair of
58 to move doWnWardly Where it is essentially out of sight
and past the retainers 56. At this point in time another bullet
can be inserted just above the bullet 58 shoWn and pushed
uppermost (new) bullet Will be held in position by the
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forwardly extending vertical plates 14 and 16 Which extend
for the full vertical height of the channel member 10. At the
retainers 56. Continued upper movement of the loader 10
Will permit the uppermost bullet to be pushed further in past
the loWer end of the tab 30 and against the back surface 12
of the loader 10. The loader 10 can then again be actuated
bottom of the legs 14 and 16 are arms 18 and 20 Which
to move the loWer end of the tab against the rear end of the
extend horizontally outWardly and Which are accessible to
the ?ngers of the shooters hand. Secured to the back 12 of
the channel member 10 is a magnetic plate 22 Which is
approximately tWo inches high by one inch Wide. The
magnetic plate 22 can be attached by any convenient adhe
sive or Welding material Which is capable of bonding the
magnetic plate 22 to the aluminum back 12.
At the upper end of the channel member 10 is a tab 24
Which is held in place by means of a suitable bolt 26 and nut
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neW bullet and doWnWardly to approximate conditions
shoWn in FIG. 9, assuming that there is room for another
bullet.
as the distance betWeen the tWo vertical sides 14 and 16 of
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Looking at FIGS. 8 and 9, the bullets, such as bullets 58
are loaded into the magazine 52 by placing the loader 10 on
the back of the magazine such that the ?at rear surface 62 of
the magazine is received in the channel of the loader 10, the
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the channel member 10. HoWever, starting about three
quarters of an inch doWn from the top, the tab 24 is provided
With a plunger 30 Which extends doWnWardly approximately
one inch and Which is conveniently rounded at the loWer
end.
Referring noW to FIG. 7, this vieW shoWs the loader 10
piggy-backed on a magazine 50 Which is designed for use in
connection With a 22 caliber pistol, for example, (not
shoWn). The magazine 50 is provided With a vertical sub
stantially rectangular body or casing 52 Which is enclosed on
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still slide Within the channel of the loader 10. The ?ngers of
the user can then engage the arms 18 and 20 of the loader
end and exert a force F (See FIG. 9) to urge the loader 10 in
a doWnWard direction so that the uppermost bullet 58 is noW
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all sides except for the top 54 Which is open and at Which
location are provided a pair of retaining members 56 Which
serve to hold bullets 58 in place When they are inserted into
beloW the retaining means 56. NoW, another bullet can be
inserted into the space above the bullet 58 and beloW the
retaining means 56 and pushed rearWardly into that space
until the rear end of this neW bullet engages the surface of
the plunger 30. At this point in time, the force on the arms
the interior of the casing 52. Although FIG. 8 shoWs only
tWo bullets 58 at or near the top of the casing 52, it should
be understood that there are additional bullets beloW those
visible perhaps to the extent of seven or eight bullets total.
BeloW the loWest bullet there is mounted a spring 62 Which
engages that bullet through a folloWer 64 and Which extends
to the bottom of the chamber 52 to continually urge the
channel being de?ned by the back 12 and vertical legs 14
and 16. At this point in time, the plunger 30 of the tab 26 Will
be bearing against the extreme right-hand end of the bullet
58 adjacent the rim (not shoWn) thereof. The magnet 22 Will
be holding the aluminum loader 10 against the ferro-metallic
magazine 52, although the ?at edge 62 of the magazine can
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18 and 20 is reversed so that the loader 10 can be moved
upWardly and the neWly added bullet can be pushed back so
that it goes against the ?at surface 12 beneath the plunger 30.
Whereas the present invention has been described in
bullets 58 in the casing 52 upWardly against the retaining
particular relation to the draWings attached hereto, other and
further modi?cations, apart from those shoWn as suggested
herein, may be made Within the spirit and scope of this
members 56. The bottom of the casing 52 is provided With
invention.
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What is claimed is:
1. A loader for a magazine having a plurality of vertically
edge and a rear vertical ?at side edge, said loader having a
vertical channel for receiving therein the rear ?at edge of the
stacked bullets therein, a spring mounted internally in said
magazine for urging said bullets upwardly towards an open
end of said magazine and against a retaining means Which
cartridge, the channel being formed by a pair of ?at vertical
side members spaced apart in parallel relation and having a
rear ?at edge Where it slidably engages the rear ?at edge of
holds the bullets Within the magazine, a loader having a
vertical channel receiving therein a rear ?at edge of the
the magazine, the magazine being made of ferrous metal and
the loader being made of non-ferrous material, a vertically
extending tab mounted in the upper portion of the channel
cartridge, the channel being formed by a pair of ?at vertical
side members spaced apart in parallel relation, the magazine
and having a doWnWardly vertically extending plunger
being made of ferrous metal and the loader being made of
non-ferrous material, a vertically extending tab mounted in
the upper portion of the channel and having a doWnWardly
vertically extending plunger mounted at the loWer end of the
tab for engaging the edge of an uppermost bullet mounted
Within the magazine, a pair of outWardly and horizontally
mounted at the loWer end of the tab for engaging the edge
of an uppermost bullet mounted Within the magazine, a pair
of outWardly and horizontally extending arms mounted at
the loWer ends of the ?at vertical sides of the loader, a
magnet mounted on the loader on a side thereof opposite the
extending arms mounted at the loWer ends of the ?at vertical
magazine being adapted to receive a plurality of vertically
sides of the loader, a magnet mounted on the loader on a side
thereof opposite from the rear ?at edge so as to hold the
stacked bullets therein, a spring mounted internally in said
magazine for urging said bullets upWardly toWards the open
loader in sliding engagement With the magazine Whereby,
When the users ?ngers engage the arms on said loader and
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users ?ngers engage the arms on said loader and urge the
urge the loader doWnWardly against the action of the spring
Within the magazine, the uppermost bullet is urged aWay
loader doWnWardly against the action of the spring Within
the magazine, the uppermost bullet is urged aWay from the
retaining means at the top of the magazine and Whereby an
from the retaining means at the top of the magazine and
Whereby an additional bullet can be inserted into the maga
zine above the then uppermost bullet after Which the loader
can be slid upWardly so that the plunger is completely above
the last added bullet to permit the last added bullet to be
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by hand against the inner ?at edge of the magazine.
zine.
open end and a loWer closed end, a forWard vertical side
additional bullet can be inserted into the magazine above the
then uppermost bullet after Which the loader can be slid
upWardly so that the plunger is completely above the last
added bullet to permit the last added bullet to be pushed in
pushed in by hand against the inner ?at edge of the maga
2. A loader for a magazine, said magazine having an upper
end of said magazine and against a retaining means Which
holds the bullets Within the magazine Whereby, When the
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