Improvements in Cartridge Pouches.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
Improvements in Cartridge Pouches.
I, ARTHUR PULLMAN, of Godalming, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to cartridge pouches for military and other purposes, con-
sisting of a leather pouch having a flap above through which the cartridges are
introduced and are ordinarily withdrawn one by one as required, and it has for its
object a novel method of construction by which the cartridges are withdrawn as
required through an opening in the bottom of the pouch instead of from above.
For this purpose I make a pouch of the ordinary kind of any suitable material,
but preferably of leather, and having above a flap or cover by which the cartridges
are introduced, and which can be buttoned or otherwise fastened in the usual way,
and having also an attachment or attachments by which the pouch is carried. At
the bottom of the pouch 1 make an opening of such size and shape that the
horizontal cartridge can pass freely through it, and below this opening I arrange
a cylinder preferably of sheet metal of a size to receive freely a single cartridge
and having an opening at one of its sides through which a cartridge can fall
into it when the said opening coincides with the bottom of the pouch.
The ends of the cylinder turn in sockets or centres in corresponding frames
or guides attached to the bottom of the pouch and a helical or other spring is
preferably provided by which the cylinder is kept normally in the position in
which the opening through it coincides with that through the bottom of the
pouch. A handle or hook is also formed upon or attached to the cylinder by
which it can be turned half round upon its axis, returning into its original position
by the action of the spring when the handle is released.
In its normal
The improved cartridge pouch is used in the following manner.
position when the two openings described coincide, a cartridge drops through them
from the pouch into the cylinder, where it remains.
When it is required the cylinder is turned half round by the handle or hook
and drops into the hand of the soldier or other person using the pouch, and
the handle being then released the cylinder is returned by the spring into its
original position, and another cartridge drops into it to be withdrawn in the same
way when required.
Two or more of the openings and moveable cylinders may be used instead of
one at the bottom of the pouch, arranged either end to end, or side by side, or
both.
The interior of the pouch may be divided by partitions or guides so that the
several cartridges drop into the cylinder one by one without difficulty.
I do not confine myself to the precise method described by which the cartridges
are withdrawn singly as required from the bottom of the pouch, which may be
varied more or less.
By my improved arrangement, in which the cartridges fall from the bottom of
the pouch when required, instead of being withdrawn through a flap or opening
above, great convenience, facility, and certainty are attained in their withdrawal.
In case of necessity, the cartridges may be withdrawn through a flap or opening
in the upper part of the pouch in the usual way without making use of the opening
at the bottom. The cylinder described may be closed as well as opened by hand,
instead of by a spring.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cartridge Pouches.
I, ARTHUR PULLMAN, of Godalming, in the County of Surrey, 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, that is to say :-
My invention relates to cartridge pouches for military, sporting, and other
purposes, consisting of a leather pouch having a flap above, through which the
cartridges are introduced and are ordinarily withdrawn one by one as required,
and it has for its object a novel method of construction by which the cartridges
may be withdrawn as required through an opening in the bottom of the pouch
instead of from above.
For this purpose I make a pouch of the ordinary kind of any suitable material,
but preferably of leather, and having above a flap or cover by which the cartridges
are introduced and which can be buttoned or otherwise fastened in the usual way,
and having also an attachment or attachments by which the pouch is carried. At
the bottom of the pouch I make an opening of such size and shape that a hori-
zontal cartridge can pass freely through it, and below this opening I arrange a
cylinder, or part of a cylinder, preferably of sheet metal of a size to receive
freely a single cartridge and having an opening at one of its sides through which
a cartridge can fall into it when the said opening coincides with the bottom of the
pouch.
The ends of the cylinder turn in sockets or centres in corresponding frames
or guides attached to the bottom of the pouch and a helical or other spring is
preferably provided by which the cylinder is kept normally in the position in
which the opening through it coincides with that through the bottom of the pouch.
A handle or hook is also formed upon or attached to the cylinder by which it can
be turned half round upon its axis, returning into its original position by the action
of the spring when the handle is released.
The improved cartridge pouch is used in the following manner. In its normal
position when the two openings described coincide one of the cartridges with which
the pouch is filled, drops through them from the pouch into the cylinder where it
remains.
When it is required, the cylinder is turned half round by the handle or hook
and drops into the hand of the soldier or other person using the pouch, and the
handle being then released the cylinder is returned by the spring into its original
position, and another cartridge drops into it to be withdrawn in the same way when
required.
Two or more of the openings and moveable cylinders may be used instead of
one at the bottom of the pouch, arranged either end to end, or side by side, or
both, and each serving to distribute a separate set of cartridges.
The interior of the pouch may be divided by partitions or guides so that the
several cartridges drop into the cylinder one by one without difficulty.
I sometimes arrange a hinged or moveable flap of metal or other material
partly across the bottom of the pouch, and I form upon the moveable cylinder
one or more projections or cams, which when the cylinder is turned as described
comes in contact with the moveable flap and changes its position to some extent,
as well as that of the cartridges resting upon it the latter being therefore
agitated, the chance of jamming reduced, and the fall of the cartridges into the
cylinder facilitated.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention, and shows a
cartridge pouch divided by a transverse partition, each compartment containing
a separate set of cartridges.
Figure 1 is a plan of the pouch, Figure 2 a front view, Figures 3 and 4 end
views, and Figures 5 and 6 transverse sections.

page_text: a is the pouch itself divided by the partition b into two compartments.
c, c', are the cylinders in the two compartments, their ends turning in the
frames d, d, attached to the bottom of the pouch.
The cylinders have openings into which the cartridges can drop one by one
(as shewn in Figure 6) and can then be delivered below by turning the cylinder
round by the handle e, (as shewn in Figure 5). The cylinders are shewn turned
backward and forward by hand, but springs may be used to close them as
already described.
f is a moveable flap binged at g, and raised so as to agitate the cartridges
(which are indicated by dotted lines in Figures 5 and 6) when the cylinders
are opened by means of curved projections or cams h.
A flap or cover is shewn at i, Figure 3, through which the cartridges are
introduced into the pouch.
I do not confine myself to the precise method described by which the
cartridges are withdrawn singly as required from the bottom of the pouch, which
may be varied more or less.
By my improved arrangement, in which the cartridges fall from the bottom
of the pouch when required, instead of being withdrawn through a flap or
opening above, great convenience, facility, and certainty are attained in their
withdrawal.
In case of necessity, the cartridges may be withdrawn through a flap or opening
in the upper part of the pouch in the usual way without making use of the opening
at the bottom.
The cylinder described may be closed as well as opened by hand instead of by a
spring.
The shape, size, and proportions, of the several parts of the improved pouch
may be varied more or less according to the size and number of the cartridges
and the circumstances under which they are to be used.
By my improved pouch the cartridges are withdrawn singly as required
without difficulty, even if the fingers of the soldier or other person using it are
benumbed with cold. They can however be withdrawn in the usual way through
the top flap of the pouch, if desired, at any time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a cartridge pouch, the combination with the pouch of the bottom opening,
the revolving cylinder having an opening at its side, and the handle or hook for the
purpose of turning the cylinder, substantially as described.
2. In combination with the revolving cylinder having an opening at its side, and
the handle or hook, a spring for returning the cylinder to its position after it has
opened to deliver a cartridge, substantially as described.
3. In combination with the pouch having a bottom opening, and a revolving
cylinder having an opening at its side, the moveable flap and the projections or
cams upon the revolving cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 1st day of September 1891.
EDWARDS & CO.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.