LADDNINGSSKENA FOR PATRONER

摘要

A cartridge clip comprises an elongated channel-shaped body for receiving the rim ends of a group of cartridges and having side walls provided with inwardly directed flanges for engaging a groove at the rim ends of the cartridges. The body is pressure molded as a single piece of resilient material such that the rim ends of the cartridges can be introduced onto the clip in a direction transverse to the body by a snap action. A rigidifying rib extends along an outer surface of a base of the body which has a central longitudinal depression on its inner surface. Lateral stops are provided on the side walls at the ends of the channel to prevent accidental escape of the cartridges and external abutments on the side walls limit the insertion of the clip into a magazine guide. A machine for filling such a cartridge clip comprises an intermittently rotatable annular drum provided with axial sets of radial bores. An inclined plate dispensing station dispenses cartridges into the bores so that their rim ends and nose ends project respectively outwardly and inwardly from the drum, and a dispensing supply chute deposits a clip on the cartridges in each set of bores. A notched pressure roller presses the clips transversely onto the rim ends of the cartridges by a snap action and the filled clips are discharged from the drum by engagement of their nose ends with a fixed cam inside the drum.