Magazine for firearms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11828561-B2
Application number	US-202017755915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2020
Priority date	Nov 22, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A magazine for a firearm, including a magazine body having at least one slit in the side, a feeder comprising a slide receptacle, and a loading aid. The loading aid includes a first and second slide which are designed so as to be able to be coupled inside the slide receptacle by means of a latch, and the feeder includes at least one hole, for uncoupling the latch, in the direction of the slide receptacle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A magazine for a firearm, comprising:
a magazine body having two sides, including at least one slit in each of the two sides;
a feeder, the feeder defining a slide receptacle extending through the feeder; and
a loading aid;
wherein the loading aid includes a first and a second slide that are configured to be reversibly coupled to each other inside the slide receptacle by a latch, so that a first side face of the first slide and a second side face of the second slide are each disposed outside the magazine body; and
the feeder defines at least one hole in a direction of the slide receptacle to permit an uncoupling of the latch.

2. The magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second slide are configured such that they can be inserted into one another.

3. The magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the first slide includes a first slide bolt, and the second slide includes a second slide bolt defining a bolt recess that is substantially complementary in shape to the first slide bolt.

4. The magazine according claim 3 , wherein the second slide further defines an aperture that is connected to the bolt recess and faces the hole defined by the feeder when in an installed state.

5. The magazine according to claim 4 , wherein the first side face of the first slide includes a first grip, and the second side face of the second slide includes a second grip; and the loading aid further comprises a support surface and a stop face formed on the aperture of the second slide such that the stop face is closer to the second grip than to the support surface.

6. The magazine according to claim 5 , wherein the first side face of the first slide includes a first grip and the second side face of the second slide includes a second grip, further comprising:
an extension formed on the first slide;
an end face formed on the extension; and
a projection that protrudes from the extension in a radial direction to form the latch such that the latch is closer to the first grip than to the end face.

7. The magazine according to claim 6 , wherein the projection protrudes downwardly from the extension.

8. The magazine according to claim 6 , wherein the projection is complementary in shape to the aperture.

9. The magazine according to claim 6 , wherein the extension can be resiliently deflected relative to the first slide bolt such that the projection is free from the support surface.

10. The magazine according to claim 6 , wherein each of the two sides of the magazine body includes a groove along the at least one slit, where the groove includes a groove base and a groove side;
further comprising:
a first and/or a second lateral surface formed on the first and/or the second grip, respectively, where the first and/or the second lateral surfaces are complementary in shape to the groove side of the groove on a corresponding side of the magazine body; and
a first and/or second inner surface formed on the first and/or second grip, respectively, where the first and/or second inner surfaces are complementary in shape to the groove base of the groove on the corresponding side of the magazine body.

11. The magazine according to claim 5 , wherein the first grip includes a first grip surface, the second grip includes a second grip surface, and each of the first grip surface and the second grip surface define at least one anti-slip notch.

12. The magazine according to claim 3 , wherein a cross section of the slide receptacle is complementary in shape to a cross section of the second slide bolt.

13. The magazine according to claim 3 , wherein the second slide bolt has a circular cross section.

14. The magazine according to claim 3 , wherein a cross section of the second slide bolt includes two parallel longitudinal surfaces that define a slot.

15. The magazine according to claim 14 , wherein the cross section of the second slide bolt includes at least one end face that is oriented so as to be at least substantially normal to the two parallel longitudinal surfaces.

16. The magazine according to claim 3 , wherein a cross section of the second slide bolt includes at least one asymmetry element.

17. The magazine according to claim 1 , further comprising a first indicator arranged on the first slide and/or a second indicator arranged on the second slide, and a loading state display arranged on the magazine body.

18. The magazine according to claim 17 , wherein the loading state display is arranged on one side of the magazine body.

19. The magazine according to claim 17 , wherein one or more of the first indicator, the second indicator, and the loading state display are optically and/or haptically perceptible.

20. The magazine according to claim 19 , wherein one or more of the first indicator, the second indicator, and the loading state display are optically perceptible due to luminescence.

21. The magazine according to claim 1 , wherein the magazine body further comprises one or more sealing elements for intermittent closure of the at least one slit in each of the two sides, such that vertical movement of the loading aid remains possible.

Assignees

• Glock Tech Gmbh

Inventors

• Karlo Markus
• Gunsam Jürgen

Classifications

• F41A9/07 Primary

  Reciprocating conveyors, i.e. conveyors pushing a plurality of ammunition during the feeding stroke · CPC title

• F41A9/62

  having means for indicating the number of cartridges left in the magazine, e.g. last-round indicators (last-round safeties F41A17/40) · CPC title

• F41A9/67 Primary

  having means for depressing the cartridge follower, or for locking it in a depressed position · CPC title