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US 5,127,178 AGranted
Cartridge magazine
OwnerWilliam P. Sinclairinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a magazine for holding cartridges such as shot gun cartridges, the magazine having, in a preferred embodiment, two channels (6,7) which are separated by a partition (8) and each of which can hold two staggered columns of cartridges (9). The partition (8) has a widened portion (10) that causes each staggered column of cartridges (9) to form a single column thereof, so that pairs of cartridges can be removed, to be immediately replaced, under the effect of gravity, by a further pair thereof.
Claims9
A cartridge magazine for holding a plurality of cartridges for ready access by a user of the cartridge magazine, the magazine comprising:
- a box-like structure defining an inner cavity for receiving a plurality of cartridges, the box-like structure having a top and a bottom and a front and a back, the cavity providing an unobstructed path for a plurality of cartridges to move from the top to the bottom of the cavity solely by force of gravity;
- first and second troughs defined at the bottom of the box-like structure and in communication with the inner cavity, each trough being configured to receive one cartridge and to prevent a cartridge from falling out of the cavity by force of gravity, the troughs being spaced from each other a predetermined distance that allows two cartridges received therein to be simultaneously grasped by a single hand of a user;
- means on the box-like structure for allowing simultaneous removal of two cartridges in the first and second troughs by a single hand of a user;
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- means for manipulating a pair of cartridges into a parallel spaced relationship proximate the bottom of the box-like structure comprising a partition having a widened portion and a narrowed portion proximate the bottom of the box-like structure, the widened portion being above and adjacent to the narrowed portion and the box-like structure having a tapered lower portion, the widened portion of the partition along with the narrowed portion of the partition in cooperation with the tapered lower portion of the box-like structure forming a pair of necks that each manipulate the cartridges into a single substantially non-staggered column of cartridges, the necks converging toward each other proximate the bottom of the box-like structure.
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A cartridge magazine for holding a plurality of cartridges for ready access by a user of the cartridge magazine, the magazine comprising:
- a box-like structure defining an inner cavity for receiving a plurality of cartridges, the box-like structure having a top and a bottom and a front and a back, the cavity providing an unobstructed path for a plurality of cartridges to move from the top to the bottom of the cavity solely by force of gravity;
- first and second troughs defined at the bottom of the box-like structure and in communication with the inner cavity, each trough being configured to receive one cartridge and to prevent a cartridge from falling out of the cavity by force of gravity, the troughs being spaced from each other a predetermined distance that allows two cartridges received therein to be simultaneously grasped by a single hand of a user;
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- a truncated portion of the bottom of the box-like structure and a truncated portion of the bottom of the front of the box-like structure for allowing simultaneous removal of two cartridges in the first and second troughs by a single hand of a user.
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A cartridge magazine for holding a plurality of cartridges for ready access by a user of the cartridge magazine, the magazine comprising:
- a box-like structure defining an inner cavity for receiving a plurality of cartridges, the box-like structure having a top and a bottom and a front and a back, the cavity providing an unobstructed path for a plurality of cartridges to move from the top to the bottom of the cavity solely by force of gravity;
- first and second troughs defined at the bottom of the box-like structure and in communication with the inner cavity, each trough being configured to receive one cartridge and to prevent a cartridge from falling out of the cavity by force of gravity, the troughs being spaced from each other a predetermined distance that allows two cartridges received therein to be simultaneously grasped by a single hand of a user;
- means on the box-like structure for allowing simultaneous removal of two cartridges in the first and second troughs by a single hand of a user;
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- an elongated slot in one of the front and the back of the box-like structure, the slot being vertically oriented along at least a portion of the cavity for allowing loading of cartridges into the cavity.
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A cartridge magazine for holding a plurality of cartridges for ready access by a user of the cartridge magazine, the cartridge magazine comprising:
- a box-like structure defining an inner cavity for receiving a plurality of cartridges, the box-like structure having a top and a bottom and a front and a back, the cavity providing an unobstructed path for a plurality of cartridges to move from the top to the bottom of the cavity solely by force of gravity;
- a partition extending at least part way between the top and the bottom of the box-like structure dividing the inner cavity into two elongate channels, each channel being of a width sufficient to hold at least one column of cartridges aligned horizontally and lengthwise from the front to the back of the box-like structure;
- the bottom of the box-like structure defining a trough at the bottom of each channel for receiving a single cartridge therein and for preventing a cartridge form falling from the cavity by force of gravity, the troughs being spaced from each other a predetermined distance that allows two cartridges received therein to be simultaneously be grasped by a single hand of a user;
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- means on the box-like structure for allowing the simultaneous removal of two cartridges in the first and second troughs by a single hand of a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.