Drum Magazine Patents (Class 89/33.02)
  • Patent number: 11940241
    Abstract: A toy launcher with a drum magazine assembly that has a rotatable drum portion mounted for rotation, with a rear plate and a central support with an opening for a support axle. A ring of projectile holders is connected to the rear plate, with each projectile holder holding at least two projectiles arranged in a generally radially stacked configuration. Generally radially extending walls are located between adjacent projectile holders. Each of the projectile holders includes a slot on a radially inner side into which a projectile biasing arm extends at a projectile launch position. A pusher is located in the housing adjacent to the projectile launch position. Drive wheels are positioned in front of the drum magazine assembly at the projectile launch position. The drive wheels are motorized so that they rotate to propel a projectile pushed from the drum between the drive wheels for launching the projectile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Buzz Bee Toys, Inc.
    Inventors: Chor-Ming (Ken) Ma, Brownie Johnson
  • Patent number: 11828562
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel cartridge feeding system for a gun, relating to the technical field of guns. The system comprises a gun barrel, a chamber, a grip, and a trigger set. A feeding rail is arranged between the grip and the chamber, the trigger set is located at the bottom of the feeding rail, and one end, away from the grip, of the trigger set is provided with a magazine. The upper side of the magazine is connected to the inner bottom of the feeding rail, a rotatable feeding ramp is hinged to the bottom of one end, close to the feeding rail, of the chamber, a bolt is movably arranged in an upper half part of the feeding rail, and a movable cartridge extraction/pushing hook is hinged to the bottom of one end, close to the chamber, of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Xuyang Guo
  • Patent number: 11732984
    Abstract: A belt-fed weapon includes an upper part defining a feed tray cavity, and a feed tray in the feed tray cavity, wherein the feed tray and feed-tray cavity are co-configured for lateral sliding insertion and removal of the feed tray to and from an installed position in the feed tray cavity. The arrangement enables insertion and removal of the feed tray without interference with an installed scope or similar optic, enabling maintenance or field stripping without requiring removal or re-sighting of the scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Ayotte, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Leonard Terrence Katilas
  • Patent number: 11698236
    Abstract: An example grip safety interlock can include a lower receiver with a trigger assembly, a safety selector having a detent channel, a grip having an internal recess, an extended detent pin having a detent point and an interference abutment surface, a grip safety lever having an interference ledge, and a lever bias spring positioned within the grip, extending between the grip and the grip safety lever. The grip safety lever can be positioned to pivot within the internal recess of the grip, and the extended detent pin can extend within the grip such that the detent point contacts the detent channel of the safety selector. The lever bias spring can push the grip safety lever to a first pivot position such that the interference ledge of the grip safety lever abuts the interference abutment surface of the extended detent pin to prevent movement and rotation of the safety selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Safe Operator Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Zung, John Mark Cobb
  • Patent number: 11680763
    Abstract: A magazine assembly for a firearm and a related method are disclosed. The assembly has a magazine housing defining a track, and a follower assembly. The magazine housing is configured to constrain a cartridge as the cartridge is moved within the magazine assembly such that majority of a proximal surface area of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing, and a distal tip of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry, Brian L. Nakayama, Richard M. Fitzpatrick, Eric Nakayama, William Bradley Bennett
  • Patent number: 11585632
    Abstract: A pistol arm brace is provided with a slide portion and a stabilizing structure extending from the slide portion. The slide portion is configured to connect with a receiver extension of a pistol. The stabilizing structure includes a spring-loaded clamping portion configured to secure the stabilizing structure to a user's forearm based on urging of one or more springs in the spring-loaded clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tippmann Arms Company, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis J. Tippmann, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10718584
    Abstract: A bolt hold open assembly for a rotary magazine may include a bolt hold open lever movable to a locked position to inhibit forward motion of the bolt after firing the last round of ammunition. The bolt hold open lever may be moved to the locked position by a bolt hold open riser that is activated by a paddle movable with the rotor assembly of the rotary magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: RA Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Duhon
  • Patent number: 10495406
    Abstract: The invention relates to magazine for a toy gun comprising: a housing having a first and a second housing portions which together define a passageway for receiving projectiles; the first housing portion being configured for accommodating projectiles in a linear passageway, and the second housing portion being configured for accommodating the projectiles in a circular passageway; a torsion spring arranged at the second housing portion for applying a force to move the projectiles from the circular passageway to the linear passageway; a pushing member movably arranged in the passageway for urging the projectiles towards a discharge opening at the first housing portion; the pushing member connected with a movable member resiliently extendable between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration; the movable member is extendable into the first housing portion when in the extended configuration, and is compressable to traverse into the second housing portion when in the compressed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BUZZ BEE TOYS (HK) Co., Limited
    Inventor: Chor-Ming Ma
  • Patent number: 10495405
    Abstract: The invention relates to magazine for a toy gun, comprising: a housing having an elongated first housing portion and a cylindrical second housing portion which together define a passageway for receiving a plurality of projectiles; the first housing portion being configured for accommodating received projectiles in a substantially linear part of said passageway, and the second housing portion being configured for accommodating the received projectiles in a substantially circular part of said passageway extending about a central axis of the second housing portion; a discharge opening for discharging said received projectiles; and a resilient member arranged centrally of the second housing portion, wherein said resilient member is adapted to apply a torsional force to move said received projectiles from the circular part to the linear part of the passageway. The invention also relates to a toy gun having the magazine as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BUZZ BEE TOYS (HK) Co., Limited
    Inventor: Chor Ming Ma
  • Patent number: 10378841
    Abstract: The invention is an improvement to a typical firearm drum magazine cartridge feeding system. The improvement provides firearm drum magazine feeding systems with features that work together in tandem to actuate a typical firearm bolt catch. The firearm bolt catch is a common feature in many firearms with the purpose of halting the forward momentum of a firearm bolt. By actuating the firearm bolt catch, a firearm operator is aware that a drum magazine is empty of firearm cartridges. The advantage of this improvement is twofold. First, a firearm enthusiast or soldier utilizing a drum magazine with this improvement will enjoy the benefit of not taking an additional step to pull back a firearm bolt before reloading, and any person will enjoy the added safety benefit of knowing when a firearm is unloaded and safe to handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Jeffrey Vickers, Nathan Robert Crary
  • Patent number: 9470476
    Abstract: A retention system protects the round stored inside a rotating continuous belt-type magazine, and holds the round securely while allowing it to be readily and easily released prior to firing. The retention system permits all the retaining devices to be easily retracted so that a ramming mechanism of the weapon can push the round into the chamber without interference. The gun tube of the automated weapon houses the round and provides interfaces for all other components to attach. The tube length minimizes the axial movement of the round. The round is held within the tube by a front door assembly and a rear door assembly. The door assembly is made of a crescent-shaped door attached to a pivot shaft, in order to minimize the amount of rotational travel required to open the door for loading or firing the round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Noah Gordon, Thomas Tighe, William Bartell, Matthew Tomik
  • Publication number: 20150040748
    Abstract: A projectile launcher includes a receiver and a dual cylindrical-shaped magazine (“DCM”) wherein the receiver contains a propelling mechanism and an ammunition receiving port. The propelling mechanism is used for launching a projectile. The ammunition receiving port, which may be situated at bottom of the receiver, is able to receive projectiles. It should be noted that the projectile launcher can also be a gun or firearm. The DCM includes two canisters and an ammunition supply port which is situated between the two canisters. The DCM carries multiple projectiles in such a way that a first portion of projectiles moves toward the receiver against gravity for supplying projectiles from the ammunition supply port to the ammunition receiving port while a second portion of projectiles move in a direction parallel to the receiver for replenishing projectiles from the second portion of projectiles to the first portion of projectiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Real Action Paintball, Inc.
    Inventor: Omar Alonso Macy
  • Patent number: 8919022
    Abstract: A device for modifying an existing high capacity magazine to reduce the friction between the bolt and the cartridges and assure more reliable feeding, by biasing the cartridge into the feed position in a manner independent of the magazine's primary spring pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventors: Scott Ryan Chewning, Jeff Scott Milton, Eric Keith Krabbenhoft
  • Patent number: 8839706
    Abstract: A projectile launcher includes a receiver and a dual cylindrical-shaped magazine (“DCM”) wherein the receiver contains a propelling mechanism and an ammunition receiving port. The propelling mechanism is used for launching a projectile. The ammunition receiving port, which may be situated at bottom of the receiver, is able to receive projectiles. It should be noted that the projectile launcher can also be a gun or firearm. The DCM includes two canisters and an ammunition supply port which is situated between the two canisters. The DCM carries multiple projectiles in such a way that a first portion of projectiles moves toward the receiver against gravity for supplying projectiles from the ammunition supply port to the ammunition receiving port while a second portion of projectiles move in a direction parallel to the receiver for replenishing projectiles from the second portion of projectiles to the first portion of projectiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Real Action Paintball (RAPY)
    Inventor: Omar Alonso Macy
  • Publication number: 20140251119
    Abstract: A projectile launcher includes a receiver and a dual cylindrical-shaped magazine (“DCM”) wherein the receiver contains a propelling mechanism and an ammunition receiving port. The propelling mechanism is used for launching a projectile. The ammunition receiving port, which may be situated at bottom of the receiver, is able to receive projectiles. It should be noted that the projectile launcher can also be a gun or firearm. The DCM includes two canisters and an ammunition supply port which is situated between the two canisters. The DCM carries multiple projectiles in such a way that a first portion of projectiles moves toward the receiver against gravity for supplying projectiles from the ammunition supply port to the ammunition receiving port while a second portion of projectiles move in a direction parallel to the receiver for replenishing projectiles from the second portion of projectiles to the first portion of projectiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Real Action Paintball, Inc.
    Inventor: Real Action Paintball, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8813630
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine and gun/magazine system in which the magazine comprises an outer housing having a substantially cylindrical inner wall surface. An inner support member is mounted within the housing and has a substantially cylindrical outer wall surface which is concentric and opposing said inner wall surface of said housing. The outer wall surface and the inner wall surface form a gap between them. A helical ramp is disposed within the gap and has a concentric axis to the inner wall surface and said outer wall surface. The helical ramp forms a helical gap within the gap, which is configured to receive a plurality of cartridges such that a longitudinal axis of each cartridge is oriented radially of the inner wall surface within the helical gap. The magazine also includes a drive mechanism for advancing the cartridges along the helical ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Paul J Rael
  • Publication number: 20140190341
    Abstract: An a munition magazine and gun/magazine system in which the magazine comprises an outer housing having a substantially cylindrical inner wall surface. An inner support member is mounted within the housing and has a substantially cylindrical outer wall surface which is concentric and opposing said inner wall surface of said housing. The outer wall surface and the inner wall surface form a gap between them. A helical ramp is disposed within the gap and has a concentric axis to the inner wall surface and said outer wall surface. The helical ramp forms a helical gap within the gap, which is configured to receive a plurality of cartridges such that longitudinal axis of each cartridge is oriented radially of the inner wall surface within the helical gap. The magazine also includes a drive mechanism for advancing the cartridges along the helical ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Paul J Rael
  • Patent number: 8733224
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea J. Lasichak, Thomas E. Quetschke, Kenneth D. Woodard
  • Publication number: 20140096671
    Abstract: Drum magazines have a body defining an interior and having a rear wall, a rotor rotatably mounted within the interior of the body, the rotor having a periphery defining a plurality of cartridge-receiving spaces, the rotor positioned to define a rim path proximate the rear wall, such that rims of cartridges received by the rotor periphery are proximate the rear wall, and a first rim-engagement element within the interior of the body and proximate the rim path, such that the rims of cartridges passing by the first element are contacted to axially shift each cartridge with respect to a subsequent cartridge. The first rim-engagement element may be a raised protrusion on the body. The rims of cartridges passing by the first rim-engagement element may be contacted to actually shift each cartridge rearward with respect to a subsequent cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Kenny Yueqing Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140076137
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea J. Lasichak, Thomas E. Quetschke, Kenneth D. Woodward
  • Patent number: 8549978
    Abstract: A firearm includes a breech or firing chamber 101 where the cartridge is made to explode, and a mouth portion 102 adapted to cause the cartridge to pass from the magazine to the breech. The magazine is engaged to the breech and includes a plurality of chambers 21 sequentially mobile with respect to breech 101 so as to present one after another in the loading position in which a charging mechanism 7 inserts the cartridge into breech 101. Each single chamber 21 can slide independently on at least one track 22 placed on the magazine longitudinally with respect to the axis X of breech 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: OTO Melara S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Chiappini, Michele Schettini
  • Patent number: 8485083
    Abstract: A single-feed magazine adapter used with automatic or semi-automatic firearms and a twin-drum magazine, which converts the dual-feed arrangement of rounds created thereby into a single-feed arrangement that permits dual-feed twin-drum magazine use with automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pistols of differing caliber requiring a single-feed system. The easily-installed adapter can be separately manufactured for attachment to an existing dual-feed twin-drum magazine, or attached to a new dual-feed twin-drum magazine during manufacture. In an empty adapter prior to magazine reload, three specialty rounds are located adjacent to the feed opening, with numerous standard filler/dummy rounds behind them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: Mahlon Duane Care
  • Patent number: 8448558
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea J. Lasichak, Thomas E. Quetschke, Kenneth D. Woodard
  • Patent number: 8402958
    Abstract: The wheel also includes an opening in the third portion leading to a chamber in a hollow support of the wheel. A spring-biased knob is mounted on a shaft that also mounts the wheel. Both the knob and the wheel have axially align protrusions that may engage each other to allow the wheel to be rotationally adjusted to correct any jam or misalignment of the darts stored on the wheel. A flexible arm and a pusher structure are also included with the magazine apparatus and are connected to a constant force spring, where the flexible arm and a portion of the constant force spring are lodged in the chamber of the hollow support during a dart loading process of the wheel, and the constant force spring uncoils when the wheel is rotated during the loading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Victor, Raymond Aaron Mead, Robert L. Brown, Fred D. Eddins, Meredith Brooks, Douglas C. Weiler
  • Patent number: 8347774
    Abstract: A drum style magazine for a firearm is disclosed. The magazine has a tower and a magazine body. The magazine body contains a cartridge gear for holding and carrying cartridges of ammunition. The cartridge gear has two rows of teeth, separated by a channel. Cartridges can be held between the teeth of the rows. The gear has a unique shape that makes it relatively easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Kevin Wayne Rich
  • Patent number: 8291806
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine and gun/magazine system in which the magazine comprises an outer housing having a substantially cylindrical inner wall surface. An inner support member is mounted within the housing and has a substantially cylindrical outer wall surface which is concentric and opposing said inner wall surface of said housing. The outer wall surface and the inner wall surface form a gap between them. A helical ramp is disposed within the gap and has a concentric axis to the inner wall surface and said outer wall surface. The helical ramp forms a helical gap within the gap, which is configured to receive a plurality of cartridges such that a longitudinal axis of each cartridge is oriented radially of the inner wall surface within the helical gap. The magazine also includes a drive mechanism for advancing the cartridges along the helical ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Paul J Rael
  • Patent number: 8220377
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Quetschke, Andrea J. Lasichak
  • Publication number: 20120160083
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine and gun/magazine system in which the magazine comprises an outer housing having a substantially cylindrical inner wall surface. An inner support member is mounted within the housing and has a substantially cylindrical outer wall surface which is concentric and opposing said inner wall surface of said housing. The outer wall surface and the inner wall surface form a gap between them. A helical ramp is disposed within the gap and has a concentric axis to the inner wall surface and said outer wall surface. The helical ramp forms a helical gap within the gap, which is configured to receive a plurality of cartridges such that a longitudinal axis of each cartridge is oriented radially of the inner wall surface within the helical gap. The magazine also includes a drive mechanism for advancing the cartridges along the helical ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Paul J. Rael
  • Patent number: 8117956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magazine for a hand firearm, which is detachably mountable to the weapon, incorporating a drum-like, approximately cylindrical housing (10) which accommodates a greater number of cartridges in an orientation parallel to the axis of the housing, further incorporating an approximately spiral-shaped divider device (9), which is located inside the housing and accommodates the cartridges, a driver plate (14), which is adapted for indexed rotation about its axis and is driven by the force of a spring, said driver plate causing the cartridges to advance to the next position on a spiral path after each shot, and a follower (18) disposed in said magazine, which causes the cartridges to advance on their spiral path, to exit said divider device and to enter into a magazine head (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: German Sport Guns GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Emde
  • Patent number: 8037800
    Abstract: A detachable magazine for storing and delivering ammunition to a firearm having a magazine well. The magazine has a body with a column adapted for insertion into the magazine well. The column has a passage for transmitting ammunition to the firearm. The body includes a drum housing defining a substantially cylindrical chamber communicating with the column passage. A first sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber and has a serrated periphery, with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A second sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber, and is concentric with the first sprocket element, having a serrated periphery with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A spring element is connected to at least one of the sprocket elements, and operates to rotatably bias the sprocket elements to transmit cartridges from the drum chamber to the column passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Armatac Industries Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael Raymond Snow
  • Publication number: 20110203448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magazine for a hand firearm, which is detachably mountable to the weapon, incorporating a drum-like, approximately cylindrical housing (10) which accommodates a greater number of cartridges in an orientation parallel to the axis of the housing, further incorporating an approximately spiral-shaped divider device (9), which is located inside the housing and accommodates the cartridges, a driver plate (14), which is adapted for indexed rotation about its axis and is driven by the force of a spring, said driver plate causing the cartridges to advance to the next position on a spiral path after each shot, and a follower (18) disposed in said magazine, which causes the cartridges to advance on their spiral path, to exit said divider device and to enter into a magazine head (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: GERMAN SPORT GUNS GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Emde
  • Patent number: 7942091
    Abstract: A magazine for shotgun shells for use with a shotgun including an open frame housing having a generally flat front and a generally flat rear portion connected and separated by spacers. The flat front and flat rear portions each include an annular groove, the annular groove forming an annular path along which the shells travel. A rotatably mounted cog wheel for carrying the shells along the annular path and a coil spring for rotating the cog wheel such that shells can be manually loaded into the magazine against a force generated against the spring and automatically dispensed by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Michael L. Winge
  • Publication number: 20110107902
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Quetschke, Andrea J. Lasichak
  • Publication number: 20110107901
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm cartridge feeding system to automatically feed firearm cartridges in a successive order one diameter of a firearm cartridge at a time, to the chamber of a bolt action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic firearm until all firearm cartridges in the system are expended. The firearm cartridges are stored in a tight spiral channel side by side to maximize the use of the peripheral space surrounding the area of a magazine well or feed point of a firearm. The housing or body of the firearm feeding system consists of a multiple segment body or housing. The housing contains a spiral channel, clutch mechanism pocket and a spring drive compartment which supports the storage of firearm cartridges and the arrangement of a drive system for feeding the firearm cartridges to the feed lips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Meninas Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea J. Lasichak, Thomas E. Quetschke, Kenneth D. Woodard
  • Publication number: 20110079132
    Abstract: A drum style magazine for a firearm is disclosed. The magazine has a tower and a magazine body. The magazine body contains a cartridge gear for holding and carrying cartridges of ammunition. The cartridge gear has two rows of teeth, separated by a channel. Cartridges can be held between the teeth of the rows. The gear has a unique shape that makes it relatively easy to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin Wayne Rich
  • Patent number: 7806036
    Abstract: A magazine for introducing a plurality of ammunition cartridges into a firearm is disclosed. Particularly, a magazine may include a first rotor configured for rotating about a first center of rotation and a second rotor configured for rotating about a second center of rotation, wherein a position of the first rotor and a position of the second rotor are fixed with respect to one another. Further, operation of the first and second rotor may cause at least one ammunition cartridge of a plurality of ammunition cartridges that are movable by the first and second rotor to move along a serpentine path. Firearm systems including such a magazine are also disclosed. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of introducing an ammunition cartridge into a firearm. More specifically, an ammunition cartridge may be moved along a selected serpentine path prior to introducing the ammunition cartridge into a firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Browning
    Inventors: Ryan D. Cook, Dwight M. Potter
  • Patent number: 7762174
    Abstract: A linkless ammunition feed system for a firearm. The ammunition feed system has an ammunition container with a path for holding a plurality ammunition rounds in a single file manner and an exit for passing the ammunition rounds out of the container. A pusher is positioned in and adapted to freely slide through the ammunition path, the plurality of ammunition rounds being positioned between the exit and the pusher, the pusher adapted to push the ammunition toward the exit. The pusher is pulled through the ammunition path by a feed line connected to the pusher and extending through the ammunition path. A rotatable feed line spool collects the feed line at the container exit, and a feed sprocket rotates to move an ammunition round from the container exit to a firearm associated with the ammunition feed system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products
    Inventors: David L. Steimke, Parke R. Warner
  • Patent number: 7694620
    Abstract: A magazine support reinforcement for a machine gun having a receiver. A magazine support is attached to the underside of the receiver. The magazine support reinforcement is connected to the magazine support. The reinforcement includes a front support, a rear support and a fastener for fastening the front support to the rear support. The front and rear supports include bracing members having a generally concave side and a lug portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Michael J. Narus
  • Publication number: 20100083818
    Abstract: A firearm adapter for AM180 .22 caliber cartridge drums includes: a tower adapted to engage with a cartridge-receiving mechanism of the firearm; a plate having a first surface to releasably engage with and retain the cartridge drum in a plane generally parallel to the plate, and a second surface to engage with and retain the tower in an orientation at a substantial angle to the plane of the plate; and an aperture in the plate that aligns with a feeding aperture in the drum and the tower so as to transport the cartridge from the drum to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: David Joe Harris, Arnold R. Presley
  • Patent number: 7533598
    Abstract: A shell stripper assembly includes a shell stripper, a stripper guide, a stripper guide plate, and a magazine insert. The shell stripper strips the top round from the firearm magazine so that it can be picked up by the firearm breech bolt. The shell stripper slides between guide rails of the stripper guide, and its motion is controlled by the stripper guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: RA Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Randall S. Murphy
  • Patent number: 7441491
    Abstract: A detachable magazine for storing and delivering ammunition to a firearm having a magazine well. The magazine has a body with a column adapted for insertion into the magazine well. The column has a passage for transmitting ammunition to the firearm. The body includes a drum housing defining a substantially cylindrical chamber communicating with the column passage. A first sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber and has a serrated periphery, with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A second sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber, and is concentric with the first sprocket element, having a serrated periphery with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A spring element is connected to at least one of the sprocket elements, and operates to rotatably bias the sprocket elements to transmit cartridges from the drum chamber to the column passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Annatac Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael Raymond Snow
  • Patent number: 7159584
    Abstract: The airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has a rotary magazine 1 with a plurality of bores 11 made from a material through which magnetic force can pass, and a magnet 10 is provided in the center of the magazine 1. Also, the airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has inner diameters of respective bores 11 of the rotary magazine 1 having a plurality of bores 11 formed to inner diameters capable of having pellets 91 inserted into them, with the magazine 1 being formed from a material that can pass magnetic force, and with a magnet 10 being provided in the center of the magazine 1. In this way, it is possible to repeatedly fire two different types of bullets, namely BB bullets 90 and pellets 91, using one magazine 1 of one airgun G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 6836991
    Abstract: A catcher for receiving expended shell casings from a firearm having an ejection port as the firearm is discharged, the catcher includes a hollow housing and a lining. The hollow housing having a plurality of rigid walls, wherein one of the walls has an opening in communication with the ejection port when the catcher is mounted to the firearm for receiving the shell casings. The lining is fixed inside the rigid walls, wherein the lining includes an acoustic foam having a plurality of wedges and the wedges are configured to deflect the shell casings into the catcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas W. Saur
  • Patent number: 6705196
    Abstract: An ammunition drum (110) and firearm with an ammunition drum (110). The ammunition drum designed for being mounted on a firearm has at least two projectile channels (118), which are arranged around a longitudinal drum axis (112). The ammunition drum (110) has at least two drum segments (114.1, 144.2, 114.3), which are connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Oerlikon Contraves AG
    Inventors: Kurt Mueller, René Alfred Hagmann
  • Patent number: 6681678
    Abstract: A revolving ammunition magazine for shells, which has an number of elongate, first ammunition holder elements (14) which are distributed uniformly in relation to one another around a center axis (12) and designed and positioned so as to be capable of holding at least two shells (G1, G2) lying essentially parallel to and at a different radial distance from the center axis (12), and second ammunition holder elements (14a, 14b, 16b, 18b) designed and arranged so as to be capable of holding at least one shell (G3) essentially parallel to the centre axis (12) and between the first ammunition holder elements (14) at the same radial distance from the center axis (12) as the radially outer shells (G1) in the first holder elements (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Alvis Hagglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Bengt Eriksson
  • Patent number: 6601496
    Abstract: A magazine for a firearm having a cylindrical housing with rear and front covers and with a smooth inner surface is provided. A hollow cylinder rigidly secured to the rear cover is arranged inside the housing. A helix is formed on the outer surface of the cylinder. A separator adapted for rotation is positioned inside the housing between the housing inner surface and the helix. Longitudinal grooves are formed on the separator. A cartridge remover is secured on the rear end of the cylinder. A spring is arranged inside the cylinder. One end of the spring is rigidly connected to the rear cover, the other to the front cover. A filler is secured in the upper rear part of the housing, and a feeder is arranged in the longitudinal grooves of the separator. A casing with a protrusion for securing the magazine on the firearm is secured to the front part of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Otkry{acute over (t)}oe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo “Izltmash”, Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo “Ruspa-M”
    Inventors: Viktor M. Kalashnikov, Alexei E. Dragunov, Nikolai A. Bezborodov, Vladislav N. Baranov
  • Publication number: 20030136252
    Abstract: An ammunition drum (110) and firearm with an ammunition drum (110). The ammunition drum designed for being mounted on a firearm has at least two projectile channels (118), which are arranged around a longitudinal drum axis (112). The ammunition drum (110) has at least two drum segments (114.1, 144.2, 114.3), which are connected with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Oerlikon Contraves AG
    Inventors: Kurt Mueller, Rene Alfred Hagmann
  • Publication number: 20030075038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a revolving ammunition magazine for shells, which has an number of elongate, first ammunition holder elements (14) which are distributed uniformly in relation to one another around a centre axis (12) and designed and positioned so as to be capable of holding at least two shells (G1, G2) lying essentially parallel to and at a different radial distance from the centre axis (12), and second ammunition holder elements (14a, 14b, 16b, 18b) designed and arranged so as to be capable of holding at least one shell (G3) essentially parallel to the centre axis (12) and between the first ammunition holder elements (14) at the same radial distance from the centre axis (12) as the radially outer shells (G1) in the first holder elements (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Bengt Eriksson
  • Patent number: 6354183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for use in gun magazines first and foremost in automatic-loading artillery guns (26) for arranging and stowing modular charges, and for delivering the desired number and type of modular charge (50, 51, 53-55) for each loading occasion that may involve different charge strengths such as different lengths and diameters but which may be combined in the desired manner for each individual occasion to impart the correct performance to projectiles fired from the artillery gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Bofors AB
    Inventor: Sten Hallqvist
  • Patent number: 6327953
    Abstract: A device for storing projectile balls and for feeding them to the projectile chamber of a hand weapon (1), with a ball container (3), with a conveying tube (2) which is connected at one end to the latter and the other end of which leads to the weapon (1), and with a conveyor for conveying a continuous row of balls out of the ball container (3) into the conveying tube, wherein the conveying tube (2) is designed as a flexible long conveying hose and the ball container (3) is provided with a carrying fixture (12) independent of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Armatec GmbH & CIE. KG
    Inventor: Heddies Andresen