Improvements in Cartridge Clips for Ammunition Belts and similar Appliances.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Cartridge Clips for Ammunition Belts and
similar Appliances.
I PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGE CLIPS FOR AMMUNITION BELTS AND SIMILAR
APPLIANCES to be as follows:-
This invention consists in forming and making cartridge clips in such a manner
that they will be moveable on the strap and when moved in the required position
remain there with sufficient regidity for use.
Cartridge clips are usually rivetted on to the belt or strap.
I make my clips in the ordinary convenient shape to hold cartridges; I then
form on the convex back one or more loops, ears, or clips, through which to pass
the strap or belt. In some cases I form the loops, ears, or clips, in the following
manner, that is to say, when cutting the blank that eventually forms the cartridge
clips proper I should leave a strip that would be bent over to form the loops, in
other cases I should form the loop by taking a loose piece of narrow metal or other
suitable material, and then brazing soldering, riveting or otherwise securing the
ends of the strip to the convex back of cartridge clip.
Instead of making or forming the loop or loops ears or clips to embrace the full
width of the belt I can form them to bear on the top and bottom edge of belt and
leave the centre part open.
I can in some cases form the loop loops or ears or clips by piercing and raising
parts of the convex back of clip.
In some cases I make a continueous loop to extend over the full width of the belt
or strap I can in such cases make the centre part slightly arched so that the bearing
will be on the top and bottom edges of belt or strap, or I can make the loop to
grip the belt the whole of the lateral distance of the said loop or at any point
thereof, when the centre part of contineous loop is slightly arched that configuration
converts it into a flexible spring to grip the belt at the points of contact The
advantages of my invention are that instead of making up complete amunition
belts with the clips riveted on permenantly in which case it is necessary for the
manufacturer to stock a quantity of complete belts, some with 6 cartridge clips on;'

page_text: some with 12 on and others with more than 12, the manufacturer can by adopting
my invention stock his belts and clips seperately and send them out seperately
A sportsman could thus provide himself with one belt and a quantity of cartridge
clips, he could slip on six, twelve or twenty according to the requirements of
the case.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cartridge Clips for Ammunition Belts and
similar Appliances.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham iu the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGE CLIPS FOR AMMUNITION BELTS AND SIMILAR
APPLIANCES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in making a loose cartridge clip or holder, which is
capable of being attached to, or detached from, and also adjusted upon an ammu-
nition belt or strap, as a user may desire; that is, I form the clip or holder which
embraces a cartridge in such a manner, that it admits of being detached and
adjusted instead of being fixed, as is common with clips or holders of the ordinary
kind; and my said invention consists in providing the back of the clip or holder,
with spring or yielding tongue clips, or spring or yielding loops, which embrace
and grip the strap with which they are used. These holders or belt clips may be
raised from the metal of the holder itself, or they may be made independent of the
holder, and afterwards attached to the back by rivetting, or by soldering or
clenching, or any other way as may be desired.
The tongues or holders are so formed, that when in use, the belt is tightly fixed
or bound between the back of the holder, and the insides of the spring tongues,
which allows the holders or clips to be moved longitudinally upon the strap when.
force is applied.
To place a clip or holder upon a strap, it is only necessary to thread or pass.
one end of the strap through the embracing spring tongues, when on drawing the.
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page_text: holder or tongue loop along the strap it rests in any desired position to which it
may have been-placed.
In carrying out my invention I proceed as follows.
I take a suitably shaped blank and upon the middle part thereof, I pierce and
outwardly raise from the metal, two tongue like pieces, with their free ends
presented to each other, which form as it were, two hooks disposed in opposite
directions, and which said hooks, are elevated or removed from the back of the
blank by about the thickess of a strap, with which they are to be used. The
inside faces of the said tongue like hooks are convexed, so as to admit of the holder
being moved, when clipping a strap with which it is used. Thus, when in use,
the ammunition strap passes tightly between the hook like tongues, and the back
of the holder.
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The aforesaid blank is then raised into a detachable clip, or holder, with the
usual open top and front, and depending foot or stop, against which latter a
cartridge rests.
Or a movable clip or holder may be made, by securing to the back, separate
attachment tongues or belt embracing clips or loops. Or instead of the attach-
ment part of the holder being divided at its middle, it may be made in the form of
a continuous flat loop, running parallel to and in the direction of the back of the
holder, and of the inside breadth, of a band. This loop may either be fashioned
out of the metal of the holder, or secured thereto by rivetting, soldering or
otherwise.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure. 1 represents in back elevation a cartridge clip, or cartridge holder, made
according to my invention. Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, upon the
dotted lines A B. Figure 3 is a front elevation of the clip or holder figure 1.
Figure 4 shows a series of the said clips or holders in connection with an ammu-
nition belt. Figure is a transverse vertical section on the dotted lines C D
figure 4. Figure 6 is the blank, from which the said clip or holder is made.
In carrying out my invention, I cut a blank figure 6 from thin sheet metal, and
about the middle thereof, I pierce and outwardly raise from the metal spring
tongues; that is, I raise the blank, figure 6 into the clip or holder figure 1, by
raising and press tools, and when so raised or fashioned, the said holder consists
essentially of a metal shell a, with yielding sides a³, a³, open top a³, and open
depending bottom, with foot at; the latter constitutes a stop against which a
cartridge comes, when placed within its holder. b b are spring tongues, pierced
and outwardly raised from the metal, at the back of the tholder or clip. These
tongues consist essentially of narrow strips of metal free at the opposed ends, and
attached by the others to the back of the holder, thus forming a slender appendage,
between which and the back of the holder, the strap d of the ammunition belt
passes.
Figure 7 shows a modification, in which the spring tongue attachments, are
made from a separate piece, rivetted to the back of the holder, instead of the said
tongues being shaped from the metal of the blank of the holder; that is, I take
an ordinary cartridge clip or holder a, and I bend or fold over the ends of a
narrow strip of metal, into hook like holder attachments, and by means of
a rivet c, the said tongue or hook attachments are secured to the back of the
holder.
Instead of employing tongues or narrow strips proceeding from the upper and
lower portions of the back of the holder, and separated from each other about the
middle, I make them continuous, or all in one piece, so as to form a loop bowed
and pierced about its middle, as represented in section figure 9, so as to have that
binding and gripping action, when threaded upon the ammunition belt, that is
desirable in order to keep the holder in position.

page_text: • By constructing cartridge holders or clips as described, they admit of being
detached, or adjusted upon an ammunition belt; that is, they are separable and
adjustable.
· 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―
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First. A detachable and adjustable clip or cartridge holder for ammunition
belts; that is, a loose clip or holder, which admits of being attached to detached
from, and adjusted upon an ammunition belt, substantially as described and
illustrated.
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Secondly-Making the holding tongues b, of detachable and adjustable cartridge
clips or holders, from out of the metal of the said holder or clip, substantially as
described and illustrated, in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawing; also making continuous loop like attachments from out of the same
metal as the clip, as described and illustrated in figure 9.
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Thirdly. Making the connecting or attachment tongues b, of loose cartridge
clips or holders, from a separate strip, or strips of metal or other material attached
to the back of the said holder or clip by rivetting or soldering, substantially as
described and set forth in figures 7 to 8.