IMPROVE- MENTS IN CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS QUILLIAM of 49 Westfield Road, Hornsey in the county of Middlesex,
Accoutrement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES to be as follows:-
These Improvements relate to Magazines for holding cartridges, provided with
a mechanical device by means of which they may be abstracted.
My invention consists of a box or case, preferably of oblong shape, made of
tinplate or other material, having at the bottom a mechanical device for abstracting
the cartridges.
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The upper portion of box or case may be provided with partitions equidistant
from each other, arranged either in parallel or concentric lines, and having bands of
leather or other material down their sides forming "lifts or ledges of a thickness
equal to the difference between size of division and cartridge to prevent undue play
The cartridges are put in at the top either singly or in packets each
containing the same number of cartridges that the division holds.
of same.
The abstracting device consists of a segment of a cylinder or clip mounted at its
axis on a spindle, and provided with a lever and finger-piece by means of which
it is operated. In connection with the above is a detaining piece resting on the
clip.
On pressing the finger-piece the clip presents its hollow side to the cartridge
which falls into it, and by the same movement the detaining piece is raised to keep
back the one behind it and so prevent jamming. On letting go the finger-piece a
spring comes into play and pulls the clip back again into its normal position, the
detaining piece following it, and the cartridge drops out into the hand.
The apparatus may be made in various sizes to suit different cartridges, and its
construction is such that it may be carried at centre of the back out of the way,
there being no necessity to alter its position, in order to get a cartridge out.
Each box or case may be provided with one or more sets of abstracting apparatus
forming single or multiple magazines respectively.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1884.

page_text: covered throughout their entire depth and over the greater portion of their width
with leather or other material as at g. such cover forming a "lift" or ledge whose
thickness is equal to the difference between the size of the head and the body of
the cartridge so that a space is left as at h for the flanges of the cartridges to run
in, and any undue play of the bodies of such cartridges is prevented.
The cartridges may be inserted into the various compartments of the magazine
singly or such compartments may be filled by the employment of suitably
constructed paper sheaths or cases containing a sufficient number of cartridges to
fill one of such compartments such sheath with the cartridges therein being passed
between the divisions and then withdrawn leaving the cartridges in their proper
position.
I will now proceed to describe the abstracting device or in other words the
mechanism whereby the discharge of the cartridges from the magazine is controlled
or regulated. This mechanism is arranged in the lower portion of the magazine
and is arranged as follows that is to say:-I employ a piece i of the form of the
segment of a circle or cylinder mounted upon an axis or spindle j the radius of the
face of such segment being preferably equal to that of the body of the cartridge
the magazine is intended to carry. This piece i is provided with arms or levers i¹
which are adapted to pass through slots in the lower portion of the magazine
and are connected to a finger-piece or device / whereby the discharge of the
cartridges is effected. In order to provide for the proper descent of the cartridges
from the compartiments b c and d e in other words in order to prevent the discharge
of the cartridges from the compartment b and c until the compartments c and d are
empty I employ hinged or pivotted detaining pieces which when in their normal
position rest upon the upper portion of the piece i. These detaining pieces serve as
bridges for the cartridges to travel over from the compartments b and e so soon aз
the compartments c d are empty. m represents a spring for retaining the piece i in
its normal position that is to say in such a position as to prevent the discharge of a
cartridge from the magazine until the piece k is depressed. This spring if desired
may be arranged upon the spindle j instead of as shewn. The piece may be
arranged to extend beyond the face of the case a on the right hand side of the case
as shewn in Figure 2 so that it can be worked by the pad of the thumb of the
right hand of the wearer.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-When the finger piece k is in its
normal position as shewn at 1 for instance a cartridge rests upon the upper surface
of the piece i and cannot pass it but when the said piece is depressed the
cartridge falls into the hollow portion of such detaining piece i as shewn at 2 for
instance and on the finger piece k being released and returned by the spring to its
normal position such cartridge is allowed to fall into the hand of the person
manipulating the piece k. If two adjacent compartments such as bc or de contain
cartridges then the detaining piece when the piece is depressed will be raised so
as to force the cartridges in the part bor e back so that they will not interfere
with the proper descent of the cartridges from the compartments c or d but so soon
as these compartments become empty then the cartridges from the compartments b
and e will be free to travel down on to the upper portion of the part i and be
discharged from the magazine at the will of the operator.
It will be evident that without departing from the spirit of my invention I can
form my magazine with two compartments only, as at b c for instance in which
case only one finger piece k and accompanying mechanism will be required or I can
form such magazine with two compartments as at c d for instance without the
compartments be (for instance) in which case two finger pieces will be required
and their accompanying mechanism with the exception of the detaining pieces
which in this case can be dispensed with. Furthermore I do not confine myself
to the exact shape or configuration of the devices shown in the drawing as it
will be evident that their form may be somewhat varied without affecting their
functions.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
First. A cartridge-magazine a divided into compartments b c d e and provided
with devices as at i, k, l, m, all substantially as above set forth and for the purposes
specified.
Second. A cartridge-magazine a having two compartiments only as at bc and
provided with the devices ik land m all substantially as hercin set forth and for
the purposes specified.
Third. A cartridge-magazine a having two compartments only, as at c, d for
instance, and provided with devices as at ik and m all substantially as herein set
forth and for the purposes specified.
Fourth. A cartridge-magazine a having devices for controlling the discharge of
cartridges therefrom as herein described and provided with partitions of covered
with leather or other material as at g substantially as herein set forth and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 15th day of November 1884