Systems and methods for extracting ammunition from a carrier for loading onto a magazine speed loading tool

Abstract

Systems and methods for extracting cartridges from a carrier for loading onto a magazine speed loading tool are disclosed herein. Apparatuses described herein includes a cartridge carrier that is configured to host ammunition cartridges, a loading medium tool that is configured to transition the transfer of cartridges from a cartridge carrier onto a magazine speed loading tool and a comb shaped tool configured to eject cartridges from a carrier into a magazine speed loading tool. In an apparatus that configured to transition the transfer of cartridges from a carrier onto a magazine speed loading tool is a routing channel that is defined by three sides of the apparatus. The routing channel is configured to receive and route cartridges extracted from a carrier. Two parallel sides of the routing channel are configured to suspend a cartridge carrier a specified length from the routing channel and transfer halts to forward momentum to the carrier to eject cartridges from the carrier. The apparatus also includes extractor ledges, defined by obstructions on a plane parallel to the plane of the routing channel which run the same length as the routing channel. The extractor ledges are configured to strip ammunition from cartridge carriers. A funnel in the routing channel coupled with a proximal end of the routing channel is configured to consolidate ammunition extracted and placed onto the routing channel into a single row and pass it through the proximal end of the routing channel for dispensing into a magazine speed loading tool.

1 . A method for transferring ammunition from a carrier onto a magazine speed loading tool, comprising:
 urging cartridges out of a carrier onto a loading medium tool by overcoming the friction hold applied onto the cartridges by the carrier;   routing cartridges urged onto the loading medium tool through a set of funnels to consolidate them into a single row, then dispensing them onto a magazine speed loading tool.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein cartridges are urged out of the carrier via propelling them out of the carrier by applying high forward acceleration onto the carrier and cartridges and applying an abrupt termination in momentum only to the carrier. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the high forward acceleration and abrupt termination of momentum is applied onto the carrier by hitting it against a foreign surface. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein cartridges are urged out of the carrier by urging the ends of the cartridges placed into the carrier toward the openings through which they were inserted into the carrier, accessing these cartridge ends through a separate opening in the carrier. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein cartridges are urged out of the carrier by coupling the cartridges onto the loading medium tool and pulling the carrier away from the cartridges. 
     
     
         6 . A loading medium tool, the loading medium tool comprising;
 one or more ammunition cartridges, the ammunition cartridge further comprising:
 a projectile bullet at a proximal end of the cartridge; 
 propellant configured to propel the projectile bullet in a firearm; 
 a primer located at a distal end of the cartridge configured to detonate the propellant; 
 a casing to house the primer, propellant and projectile bullet; 
 a rim located at a distal end of the cartridge; and 
 an indentation on the casing located between the rim and the projectile bullet configured to assist a firearm in extracting a cartridge from the firearm barrel; 
   an ammunition carrier, the ammunition carrier further comprising;
 a tray, configured to contain one or more ammunition cartridges in a single or multiple row configuration; 
 cartridge holding compartments imbedded in the tray and exposed on a side of the tray, configured to host and maintain cartridges in the tray by exerting friction onto the cartridge projectile bullet, casing, indentation or rim; and 
 perforations, located on the sides of the tray on which the cartridge holding compartments are not located, configured to expose the ends of the cartridges which are inserted into the tray; 
   a proximal opening, located at a proximal end of the loading medium tool, configured as an inlet for the indentations of cartridges on a carrier to be placed onto the extractor ledges;   extractor ledges, located on the loading medium tool on a plane between the routing channel and the side opening that is parallel to the plane of the routing channel, configured to fasten into cartridge indentations and obstruct the perpendicular movement of cartridge rims to the plane of the routing channel;   a side opening, located between the proximal and distal ends, configured as an inlet for cartridges extracted from the carrier to pass into the routing channel or as an inlet for cartridge indentations to be placed onto the extractor ledges;   suspension walls, running perpendicular to the routing channel, configured to support and suspend the carrier a specific length from the routing channel when transferring cartridges from the carrier into the medium loading tool;   a routing channel, defined by a wall of the loading medium tool which runs between the proximal and distal openings, configured to receive cartridges extracted from the carrier and direct them through the consolidating funnel to the distal opening;   a consolidating funnel, located on the routing channel between the proximal and distal openings, configured to consolidate ammunition in the routing channel into a single row configuration;   a distal opening, located at a distal end of the loading medium tool, configured to receive cartridges consolidated into a single row through the consolidating funnel and dispense them into the loading opening of a magazine speed loading tool; and   a magazine speed loading tool, coupled to the distal opening, configured to receive cartridges from the routing channel through a loading opening on the magazine speed loading tool.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein cartridges are transferred from a carrier onto the routing channel by fastening the indentations of the cartridges onto the extractor ledges and pulling the carrier away from the cartridges. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the extractor ledges contain arced cutouts that allow the extractor ledges to wrap partially around the curvature of the cartridge indentations to enable the extractor ledges to form greater surface area contact with the cartridge indentations and rims. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the locations of the arc shaped cutouts on the extractor ledges correspond with the indentations of the cartridges in the carrier. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the extractor ledges flex to create a wider gap between one another to accommodate the passage of cartridge rims between the extractor ledges but retract back to their original positions upon the passage of the rims to fasten into the indentations of the cartridges. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein slopes on the extractor ledges facilitate the flexing of the extractor ledges. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein cartridges are transferred from a carrier onto the routing channel by coupling the carrier with cartridges onto the suspending walls and applying rapid acceleration and abrupt deceleration to the loading medium tool and carrier with cartridges to allow the continued momentum in the cartridges to dislodge the cartridges from the carrier. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein acceleration and deceleration are created by hitting the loading medium tool hosting a carrier with cartridges against a foreign surface in such a configuration that the cartridges lie between the carrier and routing channel and the routing channel lies between the cartridges and the foreign surface. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the partition of space between the routing channel and a hosted carrier with cartridges created by the suspending walls allows sufficient room for a cartridge to partially eject from the carrier, but not to such an extent that the weight of the cartridge is no longer supported by the carrier through a cartridge end. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein cartridges in a carrier are placed into the loading medium tool with the primers and distal ends of the cartridges facing into the routing channel. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the consolidating funnel is two non-parallel, non-tangent planar slopes which narrow toward a common focal point, whose narrow opening is coupled to the distal opening of the loading medium tool and whose broad opening widens to the width of the proximal opening in the loading medium tool. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the suspending walls are angled to the routing channel to slant a hosted carrier and cartridges so that cartridges come into contact with the routing channel at an angle. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein cartridges placed onto the routing channel are urged through the consolidating funnel to be consolidated into a single row and is further urged through the distal opening to be dispensed into a magazine speed loading tool. 
     
     
         19 . A method for transferring ammunition from a carrier onto a magazine speed loading tool, comprising:
 urging a cartridge out of a carrier onto a magazine speed loading tool by urging the end of the cartridge that is inserted into the carrier out the opening through which it is inserted into the carrier, accessing the inserted end of the cartridge through an unobstructed opening in the carrier.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein multiple inserted ends of cartridges are urged out of the carrier simultaneously by an apparatus with multiple ends, which correspond to the ends of the cartridges, inserted through an unobstructed opening in the carrier to access the inserted cartridge ends.