Improvements in Cartridge Holders.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by MATTEO VITTORIO NARIO ALESSANDRO
CRESTA, of 32 Grosse Bleichen, Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant.]
Improvements in Cartridge Holders.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
--
This invention relates to an improved fastening or closing device more especially
designed for cartridge holders constructed of leather. The said fastening device
is chiefly contained inside a sheath placed below the flap cover of the holder.
Inside the said sheath a double armed closing hook lever is pivotally arranged, the
upper extremity of which is hook-shaped and projects through an opening provided
in the top of the sheath, and is adapted to engage with an eye or catch provided in
the interior of the cover, when the latter is closed. The cover is hinged to the
box or holder by a leather or other suitable flexible hinge. A spring is provided
which tends to keep the hooked lever in engagement with the aforesaid catch or
eye inside the cover or lid of the box or holder.
To the lower extremity of the lever a rod is connected which projects through
an opening provided in the bottom of the holder, and which is provided at its free
extremity with a knob or the like. A pulling motion exerted upon the said knob
causes the hook of the lever to be drawn out of engagement with the catch on the
inside of the cover toward the spring acting on the said lever and enables another
spring which is continually acting upon the cover, to open the latter. As soon as
the knob is again released, the first spring pushes back the hooked end of the
lever, into the path of the catch on the inside of the cover, which is thus again
caught and held by the hooked lever, when the cover is closed.
In a constructional form of the spring for throwing open the cover a bent leaf
spring may be used, which is pivotted between the cover hinge and the front wall
of the box. This spring is so arranged as to be in a stretched or unstable position
when the cover is closed. In a modification the spring may be normally bent or
curved. If then the spring be placed between the cover and front wall of the box
or holder, it is forced out of its curved position into an almost straight position
when the cover is closed.
The spring thus has a continual tendency to throw back the cover, as soon as
the hooked lever bas been drawn away out of engagement with the catch on the
cover, the spring thus follows the movements of the cover.
In another constructional form the cover spring is fixed with its one extremity
below the cover, while its other free extremity arranges itself upon the top
surface of the front wall of the holder, when the cover is being closed. The spring
is thereby stretched or straightened out and by its stored up energy it throws the
cover open as soon as the closing hook has been drawn away from the catch on the
inside of the lid.
The carrier of the cartridge box or holder who wears the same in the usual
manner around the waist, therefore only requires to pull the bottom knob in order

page_text: to open the closed cartridge holder, and has to depress the cover by his hand in
order to re-close the open holder.
Dated this 30th day of November 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 an improved fastening or closing device more especially
designed for cartridge holders constructed of leather, and the object of the same is
to facilitate the opening and closing of the cartridge holder in order to better
appropriate the latter for the fire-discipline at present required in the use of
magazine and repeating fire-arms.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which
Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of a cartridge holder provided with the
improved fastening and closing device showing the co-operating parts in the closed
position of the cartridge holder;
Figure 2 is a like section showing the parts in the open state of the cartridge
holder, and
Figure 3 demonstrates a modification of the mechanism.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The fastening device is chiefly contained inside a sheaths placed below the flap
cover c of the holder. Inside the said sheath s a double armed closing lock lever a
is arranged on a pivot a¹, the upper extremity of the lever is hook-shaped_and
projects through an opening provided in the top of the sheath and is adapted to
engage with an eye or catch f provided in the interior of the cover c, when the
latter is closed (Figure 1). The cover is hinged to the box or holder by a leather
or other suitable flexible hinge c'. A spring a² is provided which tends to keep
the hooked lever in engagement with the aforesaid catch or eye f inside the cover
or lid of the box or holder.
To the lower extremity of the lever a a rod g¹ is connected which projects
through an opening provided in the bottom of the holder, and which is provided
at its free extremity with a knob g or the like. A pulling motion exerted upon
the said knob causes the hook of the lever to be drawn out of engagement with the
catch on the inside of the cover c toward the spring as acting on the said lever
and enables another spring b which is continually acting upon the cover, to open
the latter. As scon as the knob is again released, the spring a pushes back the
hooked end of the lever a, into the path of the catch f, which is thus again caught
and held by the hooked lever, when the cover is closed.
In the constructional form of the spring for throwing open the cover a bent leaf
spring b may be used, which is pivoted between the cover hinge e and the front
wall of the box. This spring is so arranged as to be in a stretched or unstable
position when the cover is closed (Figures 1 and 2) and thus has a continual
tendency to throw back the cover, as soon as the hooked lever a has been drawn
away out of engagement with the catch on the cover, the spring tbus follows the
movements of the cover, as shown in Figure 2.

page_text: In the modification shown in Figure 3, the cover spring 6' is fixed with its one
extremity below the cover, while its other free extremity arranges itself upon the
top surface of the front wall of the holder, when the cover is being closed. The
spring is thereby stretched or straightened out and by its stored up energy it
throws the cover open as soon as the closing hook has been drawn away from the
catch on the inside of the lid.
The carrier of the cartridge box or holder who wears the same in the usual
manner around the waist, therefore only requires to pull the bottom knob in order
to open the closed cartridge holder, and has to depress the cover by his hand
in order to re-close the open holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-.
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
In combination with a cartridge holder a fasteuing or closing device consisting
of a spring actuated closing hook lever pivoted within the holder, a catch or
eye below the spring actuated holder cover and a rod connected to the closing hook
lever and extending through the bottom of the cartridge holder, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 31st day of A noust. 1896
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..