B, E, NEAL. ‘OARTRIDGE HOLDER. APPLIOATION PILED APR, 6, 1008, BESEWED 721 928,068, May 26,1909. ‘2 OuERTE-SEEET 1. Witnesses: . a get Che teTheaQ, € Hes Attorney,E, E. NEAL, ‘OARTRIDGE HOLDER. |APFLIOATION TILED APE, 9, 1908, RENEWED PEE, 20, 1000, 923,068, Patented May 25, 1909. 2 ANBETE-SHEE 2. 4 Heep - te x HMeTressesi ct et. Sars me; Teak. Cheat Thea R_ a Hes @lborney.ED STATES PATE ELMER _ NEAL (OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HARCOURT BULL, OF OFFICE. ~- SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. he, 99,008; To all tidiom it may concern: Be it known eee Hous &, citizen of the United’ States, residing’ at - Sp ‘Massachnéetts, have invented 5 Solan ert -andtonfol provements Gartridge Holders, of which the following fs g clea, full, and exact description, fy ipvention relates to cartridge holders siereur commas hells for the purpoce of being simul- taneously inserted in and chemo of fre arm of r. In the Brent sabodient T bare shown iy de | to vice _particnlad for use wit 1s proordl catttige ahebs mich as Seared | and. shown in revious patent. No, 881,497, dated March 10, 1908, but my inven- tion is’not confined to’ such use and may rendily be adapted for use with the ordinery nnmed shell aie ie Baal, 1ny device out of piece of ving = mam. parte ae toed se portions of which on a C 2s re so constructed as te receive and retain a cartridge shell in said recess without the necessity of further securing means. As the sotion of each recess portion is ind: ‘of the others in retaining a sbel 30 F evident that one or two empy sels may be removed and new ones inserted without dGstarbanc fo the echors. “Aso 3f one of | then ‘prongs or side portions of n recess be- comes broken Tough use, the de- 8 vie ia sill sericea for ‘suppotting te Iny dove tre also made satbently thn compared grills the Width of the ish, e cartridge parpita 3, 40 whereby any distortion of th not prevent. an. ‘sertion cf the dll Into the eplinder chambers as described in Pe vention will Be: ded gy, invention wil "be defined in the In the embodiment shown in the draw- ings, Figure 1 is an end clevation of my 1p trid 20 45 claims. carttidge holder showing « few cartr Sp he NS Pra 50 cat being removed ; Fig. 2 is a longi- ‘tudinal section of a revolver cylinder show- ing the position of a holder thereon; Fig. 3 is'e cylinder section showing the action of CaRTAIDGE-HOLDER, SpectBoation of Letters Patent, Apstication Aled Ayiil 8, 1904, esta! Mo, 436,980, Nua, | the extractor upon the holder in removing 55 the same with the empty shells; Fig. 4 is a ‘Patented May 26, 1900. ‘Renewed February #6, 1900, Serial No: 480,180, similar section to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of cartridge in combination with my holder; Figs. 5 and 6 are different forms of my holder; and Fig. 7 8 ade ‘tached view of a modified form of cartridge oo sown in Fg. oe o cartri holder consists of a Hat ring metal eee ‘ber 1 having a central perforation 2 adaj to fit around the usual turning ratchet 8 of gs a revolver eplinder 4 ‘The ennular portion ig member rests on that por- i of the exteclor eal 10 sehen Co he i of the Ginny ear tg “ee” ced preferably, out- 70 lly from the. annglay: portion 5 of the holding member are pairs of curved 6 forming substantially ‘semi cesses 7. The prongs nay be made ali ‘the body poteons herent ami prongs to. more reidily yield at int when forced apart. Pos ‘The outer ends of ench pair of prongs or side portions 6 of the recess form al en- 90 trance or mouth 9 slightly narrower than the seat portion of said recess, and this mouth is also smaller than the diameter of the bottom of the groove 11 in the cartridge shell, The seat portion of the recess is of 35 mcg size to retain the shell securely but with» slight amount of play. It iy therefore lin thet the rent side portion 6 springs slightly apart, when: the Rindge sia i enteting th Feenea ego ‘turns to normal position ‘when the shell has ” been inserted, thereby retaining it therein. Although I ave shown in the present, em: bodiment both of the prongs or side por- tions 6 of the recess as resilient, it is! ob- 95 vious that my object will be obtained with- out departing from the spirit of my inven- tion, by mal ing only one aids | portion of enclt recess in, this pianner, as shown in my modification Fig. 6 in which 2 designates 10 the central aperture, fi the annular portion, and 7 the recess seat. In this form only one of the side portions of the recess, such as 17, is made resilient. Fig. 5 shows one of the preferred forms of holder in 10 which the side portions 16* of Tecess are made bronder for the purpose of affording ‘a more substantial support when resting against the face of the cylinder. In using my device the londed shells pre- 1110 16 20 33 40 48 2 viously snapped into the recesses of the holder are supported so as to simultaneously. ie inserted into the chambers of a fire arm cylinder. Tn the form shown in Figs. 2 and 4H the annular portion of the holder is then Hioned between the cylinder and the re- coll plate of the mm and engaging the head of the extractor operates on the holder to cject all of the shells simultaneously from tie evlinder chambers Tn Fig. 4 Thave shown a cartridge with string shoulder 16 ndlacent is grove MT, Which, in this instatiee, the head 1f'of the’extiactor at 15.” When toed with this form of cartridge my holder may en- ige the extractor head indirectly through ig projecting shoulder of the cartridge, or a shoulder may be provided on the extractor head as in Figs 2 and 3, to engage the holder. The holder in this case supports the cartridges in the same inanner as in. the other forms, while the projecting shoulder of the cartridge enables the same also to be used. i tly of the holder. Titke, combination with cartridge |, The combination with a holder, of cartridge shell, one of said mem- bers having two supporting. portions located in different planes coacting with a portion Gf the other, member held therebetween to in mutual suy ‘means, said car- fridge holder copssting of a ackstentially fiat plate provided with s numberof re. esses around the central portion thereof, adapted to receive said shells, said recesses having side portions which form a uarrow mouth and a slightly larger seat por- ton, therefor. whereby’ said cartridges are 2, The combination with a cartridge holder, of a cartridge shell, one of said mem- bers having two supporting portions located in different planes coacting with a portion the other member held therebetween to form mutual supporting means, seid car- tridge holder consisting of a substantiall far Bite provided. with‘ number of 0, ‘cesses around the central portion thereof 929,068 adapted to receive said cartridge shells, said recesses having side portions which form « 5 narrow mouth and a slightly larger seat portion therefor, one at least of the said por- tions being resilient whereby the eartri are retained therein, 3. A cartridge holder which consists of a 5 substantially flat snnular plate adapted to engage an extractor head of a fire arm cylin- der between said cylinder and the recoil plate of said arm, said plate provided with recesses around its annular portion adapted ¢ to receive eartridge shells, said recesses ing fide pees form a narrow mouth anda seat, portion therefor whereby cad caviridges are re- tained therein, ‘ 4. A cartridge holder which consists of a sulstantialy fat annular pl engage an extractor head of a fre arm cyl der between said cylinder and the recoil plate of said arm, said plate provided with + recesses around its annular portion adapted to receive cartridge shells, enid recesses hav- Ing side portions, which form a ‘narrow mouth and a ly seat portion therefore at Leet of the side, portions being resilient whereby the cartridges are retained therein. 5, The combination with a cartridge telderconitag of «mabstantly fat inte holder. @ substan a provided with a number of recestes around the central portion thereof adapted to re- ceive cartridge shells, stid recess havi side portions which form a narrow mont and slightly larger seat portion thorefor, ‘one at Jeast of the side portions being resili- gut whereby the, cartridges ‘are. retainod therein, said cartridge shell being provided with a projecting ‘shoulder adjacent. its Signed at Springfield Mass this-28th d of Merch 1008 “see ey ELMER E. NEAL. ‘Witnesses : Gzo. H. Cuasmenuay, ‘Jasces W. Cuanx.