Improvements in Magazines for Martini and other Fire Arms.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazines for Martini and other Fire Arms.
JAMES YOUNG 15 Millward Street Small Heath Birmingham Gun Action Filer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved magazine is fixed on the side of the firearm; the cartridges being
forced upwards by an ordinary spring which is fixed at the foot inside the magazine
into an injector (or half-round cylinder) at the top of the magazine. The injector
(or half-round cylinder) is turned (on a backward and forward principal) by means
of a crank, one end of which is attached to the injector and the other end to the
extracting lever or bolt of the firearm. The process of extracting the old cartridge
case, by lowering the lever, is the means of setting all the aforesaid mechanism in
motion, and the crank and injector are so gauged as to pick up a cartridge and
throw it into the breech of the firearm at the same time as the old cartridge case is
thrown out.
The mode of filling the magazine is carried on by moving a sliding door down-
wards, which, (when closed) forms the whole front of the magazine. The sliding
door runs in two slots (or gutters), one at each end of the magazine. An indicator
runs up the centre of the sliding door. The indicator is attached to the platform
of the spring inside the magazine, and as the cartridges are expelled by the injector,
the indicator moves upwards, pointing to figures on the sliding door and denoting
When
how many cartridges are left in the magazine; thus preventing any misfire.
the magazine is empty the indicator is at the top. A thumbpiece is fixed to the
bottom of the sliding door so as to pull it down for reloading, which, when pulled
down, carrys the spring and indicator with it. They are held in this position by a
spring-catch until the sliding door is closed, a catch on the thumbpiece throws the
spring-catch out of gear and releases the spring and indicator ready for their
respective work.
JAMES YOUNG.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazines for Martini and other Fire Arms.
JAMES YOUNG 15 Millward Street Small Heath Birmingham Gun Action Filer
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:-
The improved magazine is inserted into the side of the firearm (see Fig. 1); the
cartridges being forced upwards by an ordinary spring (see Fig. 4), which is fixed
at the foot inside the magazine, into an injector (or half-round cylinder) at the top
of the magazine. The injector (or half-round cylinder see Fig. 2) is turned (on a
backward and forward principal) by means of a crank (see Fig. 5), one end of which
is attached to the injector and the other end to the extracting lever or bolt of the
firearm. The process of extracting the old cartridge case, by lowering the lever,
is the means of setting all the aforesaid mechanism in motion, and the crank and
injector are so gauged as to pick up a cartridge and throw it into the breech of the
firearm at the same time as the old cartridge case is thrown out.
The mode of filling the magazine is carried on by moving a sliding door down-
wards, which (when closed) forms the whole front of the magazine. The sliding
door runs in two slots (or gutters), one at each end of the magazine (see Fig. 1).

page_text: An indicator runs up the centre of the sliding door. The indicator is attached to
the platform of the spring (see Fig. 4) inside the magazine, and as the cartridges
are expelled by the injector, the indicator moves upwards, pointing to figures on the
sliding door (see Fig. 1), and denoting how many cartridges are left in the
magazine, thus preventing any misfire. When the magazine is empty the indicator
is at the top (see Fig. 1). A thumbpiece is fixed on the sliding door so as to pull
it down for reloading, which, when pulled down, carrys the spring and indicator with
it. They are held in this position by a spring-catch (see Fig. 3) until the sliding
door is closed. A catch on the foot of the sliding door throws the spring-catch out
of gear and releases the spring and indicator ready for their respective work.
The crank and injector are boxed in, thus shielding them from dirt and rough
usage. The magazine itself is held firm on the body by a spring-bolt.
Fig. 1 represents an empty magazine attached to the body of a Martini, with the
indicator A at the top. The projecting box B contains the crank arrangement, the
dotted lines showing the position of the crank.--C-C-and-C-C shows the slots for
the sliding door.
Fig. 2 represents the half-round cylinder ready to throw the cartridge into the
breech. A is one of the spindles on which the cylinder turns, the other one being
at the opposite end. B is the pin which is fitted into the loop-hole at the top of the
crank.
Fig. 3 represents the outside bottom of the magazine. A is the catch which is
forced into position by spring B. The slot C C shows where the ear of the
cartridge platform comes through which is held by catch A. The slot D is a
passage for the catch on the sliding door, which presses down catch A as it goes
over it, and so releases the platform, which its own spring forces up to the
cartridges.
Fig. 4 represents the spring and cartridge platform. A shows the hole for a
screw (the head of which forms the indicator) to go through, going, at the
same time, through a loop-hole at the top of the spring, thus connecting the two.
Fig. 5 represents the crank. A is the spring to keep it up to the lever, and the
slot B is for a pin, fixed on the extracting lever, to run in.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same. is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) "The revolving injector."
(2) "The indicator and corresponding figures."
(3) "The sliding door arrangement."
(4) "The crank arrangement."
(5) "The spring-catch arrangement."
Dated this 1st day of July 1893.