An Improved Bandoleer or Holder for Cartridges.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bandoleer or Holder for Cartridges.
I, ROBERT FERGUSON WALKER, of 8 Shannon Street, Limerick. in the County of
Limerick, Ireland, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved bandoleer to be worn over the shoulder for
holding cartridges for sportsmen and others.
In bandoleers as hitherto made, the cartridges are placed under bands or in sockets,
made for their reception transversely to the length of the bandoleer. By this
arrangement, the cartridges are exposed to wet and rain and are very apt to be
dislodged when the wearer is passing through or over or by a bush or the like, and
moreover the cartridges can only be detached from the bandoleer one at a time.
Now the object of this invention is to produce a bandoleer in which the cartridges
cannot get wet or displaced by contact with bushes and the like, and which will also
allow of two cartridges being extracted at the same time.
According to this invention, I construct the handoleer tubular and place all the
cartridges therein end wise. I prefer to make the tube of waterproof canvas or of
leather, but any other waterproof material may be used. The ends are fitted with
metal tubes forming mouthpieces through which the cartridges may be withdrawn.
These mouthpieces are normally closed by a stop forming part of or attached to a
metal piece hinged or otherwise affixed transversely across the mouthpieces which
also keeps the bandoleer in its proper shape. A suitable metal, india-rubber or other
band is placed over the ends of the mouthpieces to keep them closed. To release the
cartridges, the upper ends of the mouthpieces are gripped between the finger and
thumb and pressed together, turning them on the hinged metal piece and thus
removing the open ends of the mouthpiece from the stop. The cartridges will by
their own weight now fall out into the hands of the operator, the stop preventing
more than one coming down each tube.
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CLL 1000
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54 Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bandoleer or Holder for Cartridges.
I, ROBERT FERGUSON WALKER of S Shannon Street Limerick in the County of
Limerick Ireland Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved bandoleer or holder for cartridges to be worn
over the shoulder by riflemen sportsmen and others. In bandoleers as heretofore
used, the cartridges were placed under bands or in sockets fixed transversely to the
length of the bandoleer. By this arrangement the cartridges were exposed to the
action of rain and damp, and were liable to be dislodged when the wearer thereof
was passing through, over, or by a bush or the like, while moreover the cartridges
could only be detached from the bandoleer one at a time. Now the object of my
invention is to provide a handoleer arranged so that the cartridges carried thereby
cannot become wet or be displaced by contact with bushes or other obstacles and
which will also allow of two cartridges being extracted at the same time. For this
purpose I construct the bandoleer or cartridge carrier of tubular form and place all
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page_text: the cartridges therein endwise. This carrier I make of canvas, leather or other
waterproof material, its free ends being fitted with metal tubes forming mouthpieces
through which the cartridges may be withdrawn. These mouthpieces are normally
closed by a stop forming part of or attached to a metal piece hinged or otherwise
affixed transversely across the said mouthpieces which stop also keeps the-bandoleer
in its proper shape. An india-rubber or other elastic band passes around the lower
ends of the mouthpieces, and keeps them closed. To release the cartridges the upper
ends of the mouthpieces are gripped between the finger and thumb, and pressed
together while turning them on the hinged metal piece and thus removing the open
ends of the mouthpieces from the stop. The cartridges will then fall by gravity into
the hands of the operator, the stop preventing,-as soon as the upper ends of-the
mouthpieces are subsequently released, more than one cartridge descending through
each tube. And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood, 1
will describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section of the tubes or mouthpieces from which the
cartridges are withdrawn, and which are fitted to the ends of the bandoleer. Fig. 2 is
a vertical section through line A B of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a general view to a
smaller scale of the improved bandoleer. Fig. 4 shows a modification in connection
with the tubes or mouthpieces. In these figures a represents the bandoleer or
tubular carrier for the cartridges, the free ends of which bandoleer, are connected to
two tubes or mouthpieces. These tubes are hinged at c to a metal plate or
distance piece d lying centrally between them and provided at its lower end with a
stop or enlarged part, e projecting into the interior of each tube which is cut away
for the purpose, so as to form a support or stop to the lowermost cartridge, when the
tubes are in their normal or locked position and prevent the cartridges falling out.
f is an india-rubber or other elastic band placed around the lower ends of the tubes
to keep them in their locked or closed position. When it is required to withdraw a
cartridge the upper ends of the tubes are gripped between the finger and thumb
of the person using the bandoleer and pressed together until they come into contact
with the projecting portions d' of the plate d, their lower portions or mouths being
thus free of the stop e and permitting the escape of the lowermost cartridge g from
each tube. Upon the upper ends of the tubes being released the spring f
automatically closes or brings the said tubes into their locked position. In the
modification shewn in Fig. 4 the tubes or mouthpieces are hinged at c to the
upright & the upper ends of the tubes being connected by springs h h¹ to two arms i i
pivotted to the top of the upright. As the upper ends of the tubes are brought
together they force inwards the arms and compress the springs h¹ which latter,
when the tubes are released, force the said tubes back again into their locked or
normal position.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from the
principle thereof I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions, or to the precise
form or placement of the several parts thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is,
(1) The improved bandoleer or holder for cartridges consisting of the tubular
receptacle a constructed of waterproof or other material for carrying the cartridges
end wise and of the two hinged tubular mouthpieces 6 6' in combination with the
stop and spring the whole arranged and operating substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
(2) The modification substantially as described with reference to Fig. 4 of the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.