IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF REMOVABLE REPEATING CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES FOR BREECH- LOADING RIFLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Edward Vaughan of 67 Chancery Lane, in the
county of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF REMOVABLE REPEATING CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES FOR BREECH-
LOADING RIFLES."-A communication from abroad by Josef Werndl, Managing
Director of tho Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, of Steyr, in the
Empire of Austria.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Edward Vaughan
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1882.
GEORGE EDWARD VAUGHAN, of 67 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF REMOVABLE REPEATING
CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES FOR BREECH LOADING RIFLES," A communication from
abroad by Josef Werndl, Managing Director of the Oesterreichische, Waffenfabriks-
Gesellschaft, of Steyr, in the Empire of Austria,
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of the repeating
cartridge magazines described in a provisional specification lodged by me on the
14th day of February 1882. No 712 as a communication from the said Josef
Werndl and for which provisional protection was duly granted to me. The said
improved repeating cartridge magazines are applicable to be employed with breech
loading rißes, whereby the said rifles, when required, are transformed into repeating
rifles.
The said improvements consist. Firstly, in An arrangement whereby the
repeating magazine, even when in position on the rifle, can be refilled at any time
with cartridges. Secondly, In an arrangement which permits the magazine filled
with cartridges to be carried without the necessity of a covering for the mouth or
opening. Thirdly, In an improved magazine spring, formed of single spring bows
each pair of which are united at the centre by means of rivets and at their free
ends by rings or other similar contrivances.
I will now proceed to describe the first part of this Invention.
The possibility of refilling the cartridge magazine without having to detach it
from the gun, is effected by two methods.
The first method, consists in arranging the front of the cartridge magazine to
slide upwards whereby a large loading aperture is obtained.
The said movable side has a vertical slot down the centre in which moves the
guiding pin of the pressure plate.
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page_text: When the sliding front is drawn up, one end of the said slot, which is situated a
short distance from the lower end of the said side, draws the pressure plate upwards,
whereby the pressure spring is compressed in the cartridge magazine.
For the better guidance of the said pressure plate an angular lever is placed on
the before mentioned guiding pin, which lever reaches to the centre of the outer 5
side wall of the cartridge magazine; at this point the side wall is provided with a
vertical slot, through which protrudes a second guiding pin of the pressure plate,
the said pin resting upon an arm of the said lever, whereby the pressure plate is
supported when drawn up, in order to prevent it from tilting over.
When the sliding front and therewith the pressure plate, are drawn up, the 1
refilling of the cartridge magazine is readily effected, as it is only necessary to lay
the cartridges in the magazine from the rear. When tho magazine is filled, the
front side is slid down, with the open hand, and the front of the magazine is
thereby closed, and the pressure plate freed.
The second method, allows a refilling to be performed from the outer side of the 1
magazine..
The magazine has in this case, close to its base, an oval opening into which
protrudes a spring valve, which is fastened to the front of the magazine, and which
spring valve prevents the cartridges which have been filled in, from falling out.
In filling in the cartridges, the top of each cartridge is placed under the front 2
edge of the said opening, and the bottom is pressed against the spring valve, which
-gives-way_and_closes again over-the-bottom-edge-of_the_cartridge which has been
introduced.
The second part of this Invention is as follows.
Instead of a cover for the opening, the cartridge magazine is arranged to close 2
its opening by means of a spring. This spring is fastened to the front of the
magazine,-and-is provided at the lower end with a check having two horns. In
the said cheek are formed two oval holes, through which pass-two-pins attached to
the front side of the magazine.
Owing to the slot in the said front side, the opening at the rear of the magazine 3
(which is constructed-of-steel-plate)-is-made clastic, and both side walls have a
tendency to diverge from one another.
When the side walls of the feeder are brought nearer together through the
pressure of the fingers upon the lower part at the rear, the said spring catches with
its borns over the two side edges of the back wall of the magazine, and holds the 3
latter pressed together.
As the mouth of the magazine, when open, is just large enough to allow only
one cartridge to escape, so the said mouth, when in the compressed condition
occasioned by the spring, will allow no cartridge to escape. Moreover, the cartridge
in the compressed magazine is held back in its fore part by two nibs which are 4
arranged in the mouth or opening.
When the said spring, is pressed back, either by means of the hand, or, through
the introduction of the magazine on to the repeating mechanism, then the magazine
opens itself at once and allows free exit of the cartridge through its widened mouth
or opening.
Should the cartridge magazine be again taken off, its sides must be pressed
together with the hand, which is done by a pressure of the thumb and fore finger
of the right hand exerted upon the rear part of the mouth opening whereupon the
said spring again holds the magazine together by means of its projections and
prevents the further exit of the cartridges.
The new pressure spring of the magazine is formed of spring bows, of which
each two are bound to one another at the centre by a rivet. The free ends of each
pair of bows are united together by means of rings, to the free ends of the bows
on either side.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Edward Vaughan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th October 1882.
GEORGE EDWARD Vaughan of 67 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF REMOVEABLE REPEATING
CARTRIDGE MAGAZINES FOR BREECHI LOADING RIFLES." A communication from
abroad by Josef Werndl, Managing Director of the Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks-
Gesellschaft, of Steyr, in the Empire of Austria.
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of the repeating
cartridge magazines described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to
me and bearing date the 14th day of February 1882 No. 712., the invention, so
protected, being a communication to me from abroad by the said Josef Werndl.
The said improved repeating cartridge magazines are applicable to be employed
with breech loading rifles, whereby the said rifles, when required, are transformed
into repeating rifles.
The said improvements consists. Firstly, in an arrangement whereby the
repeating magazine, even when in position on the rifle, can be refilled at any time
with cartridges. Secondly. In an arrangement which permits the magazine filled
with cartridges to be carried without the necessity of a covering for the mouth or
opening. And thirdly, In an improved magazine spring, formed of single spring
bows, each pair of which are united at the centre by means of rivets and at their
free ends by rings or other similar contrivances.
I will now proceed to describe the first part of this Invention.
The possibility of refilling the cartridge magazine without having to detach it
from the gun, is effected by two methods.
The first method, which is represented in Figures 1. 3. and 4, of the accompanying
drawings, consists in arranging the front R of the cartridge magazine A to slide
upwards whereby a large loading aperture is obtained.
The said movable side or front R. has a vertical slot a. down the centre in which
moves the guiding pin Z. of the pressure plate.
When the sliding front R. is drawn up, one end a of the said slot 8 which is
situated a short distance from the lower end of the said side, draws the pressure
plate upwards, whereby the pressure spring F is compressed in the cartridge
magazine.
For the better guidance of the said pressure plate an angular lever h. is placed
on the before mentioned guiding pin Z which lever reaches to the centre of the
outer sido wall of the cartridge magazine; at this point the side wall is provided
with a vertical slot 8. through which protrudes a second guiding pin Z¹ of the
pressure plate the said pin resting upon an arm of the said lever, whereby the
pressure plate is supported, when drawn up, in order to prevented it from tilting
over.
When the sliding front R. and therewith the pressure plate, is drawn up, the
refilling of the cartridge magazine is readily effected, as it is only necessary to lay
the cartridges in the magatine. When the magazine is filled, the front side R is
slid down, with the open hand, and the front of the magazine is thereby closed,
and the pressure plate freed.
The second method, is shown by Figures 6, and 7, and allows a refilling to be
performed from the outer side of the magazine.
The magazine has in 'this caso, close to its base, an oval opening O into which
protrudes a spring valve, which is fastened to the front of the magazine, and which
spring valve prevents the cartridges, which have been filled in, from falling out.
In filling in the cartridges, the top of each cartridge is placed under the front
edge r. of the said opening O and the bottom is pressed against the spring valve,
which gives way and closes again over the bottom edge of the cartridge which has
been introduced.

page_text: The second part of this Invention is as follows:
Instead of a cover for the opening, the cartridge magazine is arranged to close
its opening by means of a spring f.
This spring is fastened to the front of the magazine, and is provided at the
lower end with a cheek having two horns. In the said cheek are formed two 5
oval holes v v¹ through which pass two pins t t¹ attached to the front side of the
inagazine.
Owing to the slot in the said front side, the opening at the rear of the magazine
(which is constructed of steel plate) is made elastic, and both walls have a
tendency to diverge from one another.
When the side walls of the feeder are brought nearer together through the
pressure of the fingers upon the lower part at the rear, the said spring f catches
with its horns l. 1. over the two side edges of the back wall of the magazine, and
holds the latter pressed together.
As the mouth of the magazine, when open, is just large enough to allow only one 1
cartridge to escape, so the said mouth, when in the compressed condition occasioned
by the spring as shown in Figure 8. will allow no cartridge to escapo Morcover tho
cartridge in the compressed magazine is held back in its fore part by two nibs u. u¹
which are arranged in the mouth or opening.
When the said spring is pressed back, either by means of the hand, or, as 2
represented in Figure 2 through the introduction of the magazine on to the
repeating mechanism, then the magazine opens itself at once-and-allows-free-exit-
of the cartridge through its widened-mouth-or-opening.-.
Should the cartridge magazine be again taken off, its sides must be pressed
together with the hand, which is done by a pressure of the thumb and fore finger 2
of the right hand exerted upon the rear part of the mouth opening whereupon the
said spring again holds the magazine together by means of its projections . . and
_prevents the further-exit-of-the-cartridges.
The new pressure spring F, of the magazine as shown in Figure 5, is formed of
spring bows of which each two are bound to one another at the centre by a rivet a. 3
The free ends of each pair of bows are united together by means of rings_b_to_the-
free ends of the bows on either side.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of tho said Invention I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original and therefore claim
as constituting the invention secured to mo by the said herein-before in part 3
recited Letters Patent, are:—
First. The improvements in the construction of the cartridge magazine whereby
the same can be filled at any time, even when fixed on the rifle, from the front or
from the side, substantially as herein before set forth and described.
Secondly. The arrangement of the self acting spring and the application thereof 4
to the mouth or opening of the magazine by means of which the latter is held
together so that the magazine full of cartridges, can be transported without any
cover for the mouth opening, substantially as herein before set forth and described.
And Thirdly. The construction and arrangement of the pressure spring F. in the
cartridge magazine, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and described, and shown 4
at Figure 5, of the accompanying drawings.
In witness whereof I the said George Edward Vaughan have hereunto
set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of October in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.