Magazine loading device

摘要

A magazine loading device comprises an ammunition delivery interface, a shuttle or escapement, an orientation gate, a staging gate, a plunger, and a magazine receiver. The ammunition may be supplied to the ammunition delivery interface in a number of ways, including utilization of a hopper. The ammunition may be guided into an opening in the shuttle or escapement, which may then transfer the ammunition to an orientation gate. The geometry of the orientation gate is such that the ammunition will always drop through the orientation gate with the projectile down, which in this case is the desired orientation for loading into the magazine. A plunger may then push the ammunition into the magazine.

主权项

1. A device for loading rounds of ammunition into a magazine, each round of ammunition having a casing and projectile, the device comprising:
an ammunition delivery interface for receiving the ammunition, a first member proximate the ammunition delivery interface, the member defining at least in part a sorting gate for receiving a round of ammunition from the ammunition delivery interface, the sorting gate defining a passage having at least first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a dimension that is larger than the projectile but smaller than the casing, the second portion having a dimension that is larger than the casing, whereby passage of the projectile is permitted through the first portion but passage of the casing is permitted through the second portion only so as to orient the round of ammunition passing therethrough in a particular orientation regardless of the orientation of the round of ammunition received from the ammunition delivery interface, wherein the first member comprises:
a first plate, anda second plate juxtaposed the first plate, wherein the passage of the sorting gate is defined at least partially therebetween, the first member further defining an escapement passage in communication with the ammunition delivery interface and the sorting gate, the device further comprising an escapement operably displaceable to selectively restrict or permit passage of the ammunition through the escapement passage into the sorting gate, a second member movable in relation to the first member for urging the round of ammunition passing through the sorting gate into the magazine, and a magazine receiver for receiving the magazine, wherein the second member forms a plunger that is operable to extend into the magazine before the escapement is displaced to permit passage of additional ammunition through the escapement passage into the sorting gate.