IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGAZINE CARTRIDGE-BOXES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGAZINE CARTRIDGE-BOXES 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 a detachable magazine cartridge box which can be
applied to a breech-loading fire arm without requiring any alteration of the
breech-pieces or the luck. The said magazine cartridge box is especially adapted
for arms provided with a vertically swinging breech-block.
The said Invention has for its object to enable a number of cartridges to be
placed in close proximity to the breech of a rifle so that when rapidity of firing is
necessary the person operating the gun is enabled to introduce the cartridges into
the breech without loss of time.
"
In the accompanying Drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2, is a plan of the improved cartridge box which is shown attached to a
Martini-Henry" ifle.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are views hereinafter referred to.
an
The magazine cartridge box consists essentially of a casing A of sheet metal or
other suitable material containing a feed spring a.
aperture 6 through which the cartridges are successively inserted until the
At the top of the casing
magazine box is full. A slot c formed in the side of the box permits the number
of cartridges contained in the magazine to be ascertained at any given moment.
The aperture b is of such size, that the base of the second cartridge in the box
is always partly covered. The inwardly bent edge d formed on the end of the
casing A prevents the first cartridge from falling out spontaneously.
The cartridge box is attached to the rifle by means of the laterally projecting
wing B having a slot c formed therein, and a pin or bolt D secured to the rifle and
having a head e¹ of the same form as the slot e but arranged as shown in Figure 1.
When the slot e is passed over the said head and the cartridge box is turned down
towards the barrel until the projecting ledge flies upon the edge of the stock C,
the cartridge box will be secured. The bolt-head e¹ then stands crosswise of the
lote (see Figure 1).

page_text: Magazine cartridge boxes of the class described are especially adapted for rilles
having a vertically swinging breech-block, for, as shown in the Drawing with a
Martini-Henry rifle, it is only necessary to replace the usual spring-pivot D
(Figure 3) of the breech-block by a somewhat longer one having an oblong head e¹
as shown in Figure 4.
When using a rifle provided with the improved magazine cartridge-box the first
cartridge is taken out through the aperture b of casing A; this cartridge is then
introduced into the breech and after having been exploded and the empty shell
being ejected, the other cartridges of the magazine are successively loaded and
fired in the same manner. The coiled feed spring a always forces the whole
column of cartridges toward the aperture b.
The person using the cartridge-box may replenish the same from his pouch,
but preferably, the pouch should contain several cartridge boxes which are
interchangeable. In this case the said boxes serve as packing boxes for the
cartridges.
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 detachable magazine cartridge box for a breech loading fire arm, the
said magazine cartridge box consisting of a casing of sheet metal, or other suitable
material, containing a feed spring, and having on its rear upper part an aperture
somewhat longer than the diameter of one cartridge, through which aperture the
cartridges are inserted into, and removed from, the said magazine-cartridge-box,
substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
Second. In a detachable magazine cartridge-box of the class described, a wing
projecting from the rear side of the box and having a longitudinal slot formed
therein which is adapted to be passed over the similarly forme, but transversely
arranged, head of a bolt fastened to the breech, substantially as, and for the
purpose, set forth.
Third. In rifles having a ver.ically swinging breech-block, a pivot or bolt
provided with a head on one side for attaching a removable magazine cartridge
box and serving at the same time as the pivot for the swinging breech block,
substantially as shown and described.
Fourth. In a detachable magazine cartridge box of the class described, the
inwardly bent top-edge of the rear side of the box, the said edge projecting over
and partly covering, the aperture formed in the top of the box, substantially as
and for the purpose, set forth.
Fifth. In a detachable magazine cartridge-box of the class described a longitudinal
ledge projecting from the side of the casing and resting upon the edge of the stock
substantially as described.
Sixth. In a magazine cartridge box of the class described, a longitudinal slot
formed through the side of the magazine, substantially as, and for the purpose
set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.