Revolver cartridge loader
OwnerRobert D. Switzer, deceased, by Deborah L. Switzer, executrixinventors
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Abstract
A cartridge loader for a revolver, the loader having a casing with a series of cartridge bores located on a bore circle locus of points having a larger diameter then the chamber circle locus of points for the revolver. The casing's bores preferably each have two flatted side wall portions that aid in defining the tubular wall of the bore, one of the flatted wall portions of each cartridge bore being adjacent one of the flatted side wall portions of an adjacent cartridge bore.
Claims26
A cartridge loader for a revolver, said cartridge loader comprising
- a casing with a series of cartridge bores, each of said bores having a tubular wall,
- at least one flatted side wall portion partially defining said tubular wall of at least one cartridge bore, and
- a generally star-shaped latch rotatably carried within said casing, said cartridge bores being circumferentially positioned around said latch, said latch being adapted to cooperate with said cartridge bores for alternately capturing cartridges in and releasing cartridges from said cartridge bores upon rotation of said latch.
A cartridge loader for a revolver, said revolver having a cylinder with a series of cartridge chambers, each of said chambers defining a center point which when viewed in end view is located on a cartridge chamber circle locus of points having a first diameter, said cartridge loader comprising
- a casing with a series of cartridge bores, each of said cartridge bores defining a center point which when viewed in top view is located on a cartridge bore circle locus of points having a second diameter, said second diameter of said cartridge bore circle being greater than said first diameter of said cartridge chamber circle, and
- a generally star-shaped latch rotatably carried within said casing, said cartridge bores being circumferentially positioned around said latch, said latch being adapted to cooperate with said cartridge bores for alternately capturing cartridges in and releasing cartridges from said cartridge bores upon rotation of said latch.
A cartridge loader comprising
- a casing with a series of cartridge bores, and
- a generally star-shaped latch rotatably carried within said casing, said latch having a series of star points that cooperate with said cartridge bores for alternately capturing cartridges in and releasing cartridges from said cartridge bores upon rotation of said latch, and
- a cam surface on the leading edge of at least one of said star points, said cam surface acting directly against a cartridge's flange to bias that cartridge into a capture position with a cartridge bore as said latch rotates from said release position to said capture position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.