Improved Cartridge Holder.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improved Cartridge Holder.
I, PAUL MAUSER, of Oberndorf on the Neckar, in the Kingdom of Württem-
berg and Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, 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, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings and to the figures and letters marked thereon :-
The invention relates to cartridge holders or frames of the character shown and
described in the Specification of Letters Patent, No. 12689, dated September 3, 1888,
and consists of improvements in these holders.
The object of the invention is to facilitate and to cheapen the production of such
holders, and to strengthen them by the manner in which they are constructed.
It must be understood that the new holder serves the same object, works
in the same way, and answers the same purposes, as that of the Patent above
referred to.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my present invention,
Figures 1 and 2 are cross sections of a holder for cartridges having an annular
groove around their rear part.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.
Figures 4 and 5 are cross sections of a holder for cartridges, the bottom or rim
of which stands out above the body of the cartridges.
Figure 6 is a side view representing both forms of carrier or holder shown at
Figures and 4.
The new cartridge holder consists of a frame of sheet metal having a back a and
longitudinal flanges bb, but instead of the free edges of the flanges & being bent
inwards to an angle of 90 degrees to enter the annular grooves, or to stand in
front of the heads or rims, of the cartridges for the purpose of guiding and
retaining the latter, the flanges are bent inwards at an angle of 180 degrees,
or folded or doubled as represented in Figures 4 and 5. For cartridges with
projecting heads or rims, the edges d of the inner portion or fold c of the flanges b
stand in front of the projecting heads or rims, thus retaining the cartridges and
forming, together with the back a, the grooves along which the heads or rims
slide. Between the heads or rims of the cartridges and the back a, is arranged
the usual spring constructed in any suitable and convenient manner, so that
the cartridges may slide with a yielding pressure along the edges d. The width
of the doubled or folded flanges may be made narrower as in Figures 4 and 6, or
wider as in Figure 5, according as it is desired more or less to avoid side motion of
the cartridges collected in a package by the holder.
For cartridges with an annular groove round the rear part, as represented at
Figures 1 and 2, the edges of the inner portion c of the flanges b are again bent
inwards preferably to an angle of about 90 degrees, thereby forming low ridges d³,
which enter the annular grooves of the cartridges, so that the latter are guided
and retained by these ridges d'. Also, in this case a suitable spring f is arranged
between the back a and the heads of the cartridges, and the width of the doubled
or folded flanges may be varied according to circumstances, two examples of which
are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
By constructing the cartridge holders in the manner just described with doubled
or folded flanges, the material of the holders can be very thin and light and their
strength and stiffness is notwithstanding greater than that of such class of holders
made in the way hitherto adopted. The manufacture is also easy and cheap. The
arrangement or use of the spring f forms no part of the present invention.

page_text: 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 I
claim is :-
A cartridge holder consisting of a metallic frame having a back a with the usual
spring and longitudinal flanges of convenient width, which are doubled or
folded inwards, so that, for cartridges with projecting heads or rims, the edges d
of the inner portion c of the flanges guide the projecting heads or rims and retain
the cartridges, and, for cartridges having an annular groove around their rear part,
the edges of the inner portion c of the flanges are bent inwards to form low
ridges adapted to enter the said annular grooves to guide and retain said
cartridges within the holder or frame, substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
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1000
PAUL MAUSER,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.