Speed loaders and assemblies for loading cartridges in revolver cylinders
AssigneeVulcan Ballistic Products, LLC
InventorThomas S. Head
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Abstract
Speed loaders and assemblies for loading cartridges in revolver cylinders are provided. A speed loader assembly for loading cartridges in a revolver cylinder includes a speed loader, the speed loader including a body which defines a plurality of passages, each of the plurality of passages configured to accommodate a cartridge therein. The speed loader assembly further includes a protective casing removably connectable to the speed loader, the casing including a sidewall defining an interior and having a closed polygonal cross-sectional profile. Portions of cartridges extending from the passages are encased by the protective casing.
Claims18
1-18. (canceled)
A speed loader for loading cartridges in a revolver cylinder, the speed loader comprising:
- a body which defines a plurality of passages, each of the plurality of passages configured to accommodate a cartridge therein, wherein the passages are aligned in a first linear array and a second linear array, wherein a first subset of the plurality of passages are further aligned in a first arc, wherein a second subset of the plurality of passages are further aligned in a second arc, and wherein a first line from a centerpoint of the first arc through a center of curvature of the first arc and a second line from a centerpoint of the second arc through a center of curvature of the second arc have a converging relationship.
A speed loader assembly for loading cartridges in a revolver cylinder, the speed loader assembly comprising:
- a speed loader, the speed loader comprising a body which defines a plurality of passages, the plurality of passages arranged in an annular array, each of the plurality of passages configured to accommodate a cartridge therein, each of the plurality of passages extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, wherein a first opening is defined at the first end and a second opening is defined at the second end for each of the plurality of passages;
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- a protective casing removably connectable to the speed loader, the casing comprising a sidewall defining an interior and having a closed polygonal cross-sectional profile,
- wherein portions of cartridges extending from the passages are encased by the protective casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.