Patent ID: 9702647
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F41A,F41C

Claim:
1. A speed loader for loading cartridges in a revolver cylinder, the speed loader comprising: a main body extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the main body defining a plurality of passages, each of the plurality of passages extending along the longitudinal axis between a first opening defined in the first end and a second opening defined in the second end, each of the plurality of passages configured to accommodate a cartridge therein; and a plunger, the plunger comprising a plurality of plunger arms, each of the plurality of plunger arms comprising a contact surface and extendable into one of the plurality of passages, the plunger movable along the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position each of the plurality of contact surfaces is proximate the first end relative to in the second position and in the second position each of the plurality of contact surfaces is distal from the first end relative to in the first position, wherein movement of the plunger from the first position to the second position causes ejection of cartridges accommodated within the plurality of passages from the plurality of passages, and wherein each of the plurality of passages comprises a first section extending from the first end, a second section extending from the first section, and a third section extending from the second section, the second section having a width greater than a width of the first section and a width of the third section.