Improvements in Magazine Cases for Small-arms.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 21st June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine Cases for Small-arms.
I, RICHARD MORRIS, of Bennett Park, Blackheath, in the County of Kent,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
My invention relates to improvements in magazine cases for fire arms more
especially applicable for use with fire arms of the Lee type so as to render same
available for use with a number of cartridges contained in a clip or holder, as well
as with their ordinary magazines. For this purpose the magazine case is made of
rectangular section open at top and bottom so that the holder or clip containing a
number of cartridges can be inserted at the top and pressed down between guides
against the action of a spring arm pressing on the lowermost cartridge, until a
projection on its back edge is caught by a spring catch fixed to the back of the
magazine case which spring catch is also made with a suitable catch on its face so as
to retain the magazine case in position in the fire arm. The spring arm forms the
outer end of a helical spring coiled on an arbor mounted between the two sides of
the magazine case in an extended part of the lower front corner thereof.
The front portion is made somewhat narrower than the opening of the clip or
holder so as to press against the lowermost cartridge contained therein and thus press
the cartridges up to the top as they are discharged one by one. The lower part of
the front edge of the magazine case is cut away sufficiently to permit of the spring
arm attaining its highest position. When the clip or holder is emptied of cartridges,
there is nothing to hold it in the magazine case and it therefore falls through the open
bottom and the case is ready for the reception of another clip or holder charged with
cartridges.
The clip or holder containing the cartridges can either be fed into the magazine
case from above through the breech of the fire arm in which case the slot must be
made large enough to admit of its passage or the magazine case can be readily
detached or hinged back from the fire arm, the holder or clip inserted into it and
the magazine case returned to its position. Or the spring feed arm can be withdrawn
from the magazine case sufficiently far to admit of the insertion of the clip of
cartridges from below or part of the magazine case can be hinged to admit of the
insertion of the clip or holder from the side or from below.
Dated this 25th day of June 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine Cases for Small-arms.
I, RICHARD MORRIS, of Bennett Park, Blackheath, in the County of Kent,
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in magazine cases for fire arms more
especially applicable for use with fire arms of the Lee type so as to render the arm
available for use with a number of cartridges contained in a clip or holder as well
as with its ordinary magazine. For this purpose, the magazine case is made of
rectangular section open at top and bottom so that the holder or clip containing a
number of cartridges can be inserted at the top and pressed down between guides
against the action of a spring arm pressing on the lowermost cartridge, until a
projection on its back edge is caught by a spring catch fixed to the back of the

page_text: magazine case, which spring catch is also made with a suitable catch on its face so as to
retain the magazine case in position in the fire arm. The spring arm forms the
outer end of a volute spring coiled on an arbor mounted between the two sides of
the magazine case in an extended part of the lower front corner thereof.
The front portion is made somewhat narrower than the opening of the clip or
holder so as to press against the lowermost cartridge contained therein and thus press
the cartridges up to the top as they are discharged one by one. The lower part of
the front edge of the magazine case is cut away sufficiently to permit of the spring
arin attaining its highest position.
When the clip or holder is emptied of cartridges there is nothing to hold it in the
magazine case, and it therefore falls through the open bottom and the case is ready
for the reception of another clip or holder charged with cartridges.
The clip or holder containing the cartridges can either be fed into the magazine
case from above through the breech of the fire arm in which case the slot must be
made largo enough to admit of its passage or the magazine case can be readily
detached or hinged back from the fire arm, the holder or clip inserted into it and
the magazine case returned to its position. Or the spring feed arm can be withdrawn
from the magazine case sufficiently far to admit of the insertion of the clip of
cartridges from below; or part of the magazine case can be hinged to admit of the
insertion of the clip or holder from the side or from below.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a vertical longitudinal section of a magazine
case according to my invention, charged with a number of cartridges held in a clip,
of which Fig. 2 is a front elevation. The magazine case A is of rectangular section
open at the top and the bottom, so that the clip B can slide freely down it. This
clip being charged with a number of cartridges C is pushed in at the top of the
magazine in opposition to a spring arm D which presses against the lowest cartridge.
When the clip B is pushed down sufficiently far, a spring latch E attached to the
back of the magazine catches over the upper edge of the back of the clip and prevents
it from being pushed up by the spring D. This spring is a steel blade turned at its
end into volute form and secured to a spindle F which can be turned more or less
round by a suitable key applied to the end of the spindle outside the magazine so as
to give the spring more or less power. The spring arm D is itself narrower than the
interior of the clip B which remains in its place in the magazine until the last of the
cartridges has been pressed up by the spring and has by the bolt of the gun been
pushed out from under the upper lips G of the clip. There being then nothing to
hold the clip up within the magazine, it falls through the open bottom. The
magazine case A being complete in itself can readily be detached from the
fire arm.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of the magazine case A having a spring arm D and a back latch E
with a clip B, constructed and arranged substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of April 1890.
ABEL & JMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.