A CARTOUCH воX
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London, Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
A CARTOUCH воX to be as follows:-
The cartouch box which forms the subject of this invention is composed of an
expanding and collapsing case provided with a closing or covering flap to which a
strap is sown; this strap is led through a loop at the front of the case and is
pulled downwards to bring and secure the flap in the closed position; when it is
required to open the cartouch box the strap is pulled upwards to allow the flap to
be raised sufficiently for the hand to be inserted. The cartridges are arranged in
rows of three (more or less); there are seven rows (more or less) and in the middle,
say between the 4th and 5th rows is a leather diaphragm or partition which is
lifted clear of the lower rows after the upper rows have been removed. The
cartouch box is attached to the waist belt by split or divided loops at the back,
the ends or split parts of these loops overlap and have a tendency to press against
each other owing to the elasticity of the metal-These ends receive and hold the
waist belt between them.

page_text: I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN* of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents 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:-
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The cartouch box which forms the subject of this invention is represented in the
annexed drawings, Figure 1 "being a front view thereof when closed and Figure 2
a cross section when open. It is composed of an expanding and collapsing case
provided with a closing or covering flap a to which a leather or other strap bis
attached; this strap is led through a metal or other loop e at the front of the case
and is pulled downwards to bring and secure the flap in the closed position. When
it is required to open the cartouch box the strap b is pulled upwards to allow the
flap a to be raised sufficiently for the hand to be inserted. The cartridges are
arranged in rows of three (more or less); there are seven rows (more or less) and
in the middle, say between the fourth and fifth rows is a leather diaphragm or
partition d which is lifted clear of the lower rows after the upper rows.have been
removed. The cartouch. box is attached to the waist belt (shown at h Figure 2) by
split or divided loops m m at the back; the ends or split parts and o of these
.loops overlap and have a tendency to press against each other owing to the
elasticity of the metal. These ends receive and hold the waist belt between them.
This cartouch box has been specially designed to be used with the improved
breech loading small arms described in my Specification No 2067 of 1885; these
arms are made to contain three cartridges, viz. one in the barrel and two in a
cartridge holder or distributing box, and it will readily be seen that the three
cartridges for the arm can be easily taken together out of the cartouch box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me, I declare that what I claim is
The cartouch box hereinbefore described with reference to the annexed drawings.