Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Dec., 1888
I, FERDINAND MANNLICHER of 47 Wieden Hamptstrasse Vienna IV Austria,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to magazine or repeating fire-arms and has for its object to
arrange a drum-shaped magazine upon the said fire arm in such a manner that it can
be loaded with the breech open by simply pressing downward the cartridges contained
in a cartridge box.
The drum shaped magazine is filled with a cartridge drum or wheel upon which are
arranged webs or ribs to keep the cartridges from each other and to prevent the
cartridges from being placed obliquely whereby jamming in the magazine might be
produced. These ribs however are not absolutely necessary as a single rib arranged
in a suitable position is sufficient for the turning movement.
The cartridge drum is provided with a helical spring arranged upon the axis thereof
or any other suitable spring may be employed. The said drum is prevented from
moving through a complete revolution by a suitable stop.
The magazine casing is formed integrally with the breech casing with which it
communicates through an obliquely rising orifice.
Guide surfaces are formed by a projection on the casing along which the cartridges
can move in an upward direction but which also allows. of the insertion of the
cartridges into the magazine, the drum being turned back against the action of the
helical spring.
Now in order to prevent the springing out of a cartridge or cartridges forced in to the
magazine from the cartridge box any suitable catch or snapping device which extends
above the uppermost cartridge and holds it back can be employed.
In one form of catch or snapping device a triangular shaped lever is pressed upward
by a spring but is arranged to yield when the cartridge is pressed down upon it. The
said lever then snaps up again and by narrowing the orifice prevents the cartridge
from passing out.
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Now suppose a single cartridge or a number of cartridges superposed in the
cartridge box inserted into the casing from above and then pressed downward by

page_text: means of the thumb, they gradually enter the magazine without being able to leave it
again after the pressure has ceased or the said box has been removed.
The said cartridge box instead of being applied perpendicularly may, if desired be
applied in an inclined direction.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine or Repeating Fire-arms.
I, FERDINAND MANNLICHER of 47 Wiedner Hauptstrasse Vienna, in the Empire of
Austria, 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 :-
This invention relates to magazine or repeating fire arms and has for its object to
arrange a drum-shaped magazine upon the said fire arm in such a manner that it can
be loaded with the breech open by simply pressing downward the cartridge or cartridges
contained in a cartridge box.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figures 1 and 2 represent a longitudinal and transverse section through the casing
and magazine drum of a repeating fire arm embodying my invention G is the
chamber, H the magazine drum casing, T the drum turning in the latter. As shown in
Figure 2 the drum is supposed to be turned, by a helical spring s wound upon the
axis a in one direction through an angle of a little less than 360 degrees, a stop having
to be provided for preventing the drum from turning further than is necessary. In
lieu of the said helical spring any other suitable kind of spring may be used.
The drum shaped magazine is filled with a cartridge drum or wheel T upon which
are arranged webs or ribs t to keep the cartridges (which for the sake of simplicity are
shown quite cylindrical that is to say, without a projecting edge) from each other, and
to prevent the cartridges from being placed obliquely, that is to say, not in the direction
of the generatrix of the drum, whereby jamming in the magazine might be produced.
These ribs however are not absolutely necessary, as a single rib arranged in a suitable
position is sufficient for the turning movement. The magazine casing is formed
integrally with the breech casing with which it communicates through an obliquely
rising orifice m figure 1. Guide surfaces f. f are formed by a projection e on the

page_text: casing, along which the cartridges can move in the direction of the arrow but which
also allows of the insertion of the cartridges into the magazine the drum being turned
back against the action of the helical spring in a direction opposite to that of the
arrow.
Now in order to prevent the springing out of a cartridge or cartridges forced into
the magazine from the cartridge box, any suitable catch or snapping device which
extends above the uppermost cartridge and holds it back can be employed.
In one form of catch or snapping device shown on the drawing a triangular shaped
lever is pressed upward by a spring g but is arranged to yield when the cartridge is
pressed down upon it. The said lever then snaps up again and, by narrowing the
orifice m prevents the cartridge from passing out.
Now suppose a single cartridge or a number of cartridges superposed in the cartridge
box inserted into the casing from above, and then pressed downward by means of the
thumb, they gradually enter the magazine without being able to leave it again after
the pressure has ceased or the said box has been removed. The said cartridge box
instead of being applied perpendicularly as in the drawing may if desired be applied
in an inclined direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
The above described construction of a drum-shaped magazine with an obliquely
rising orifice m and guide surfaces ff, in combination with a snapping device r,
whereby the cartridges may be pressed into this drum-shaped magazine from above
singly or from a cartridge box and the magazine in this manner be charged through
the open breech.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.