Cartridge magazine for power tools

Abstract

A cartridge magazine for power tools by virtue of which the loading of the tool with a cartridge is semi-automated and a great number of such cartridges are stored in this magazine in readiness for a rapid reloading of the tool. The cartridges are contained behind one another in a channel and the part constituting the channel is tiltable between two end positions, in one of which the channel communicates with a cartridge chamber in the inner end of the barrel of the tool.

What is claimed is: .[.1. A cartridge magazine for loading cartridges into a cartridge chamber disposed in an inner end of a barrel of a power tool, said magazine being adapted to be fixed on the outside of the tool in a holder means and being provided with at least one channel in which the cartridges are contained in series behind one another, wherein at least the part of the magazine which constitutes the channel is tiltable between two end positions, and that in one of said positions the channel communicates with the cartridge chamber of the tool to effect loading thereof..]. .[.2. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the holder means is provided with an elastic device which acts upon the tiltable part of the magazine in the direction of the cartridge chamber..]. .[.3. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the channel is formed by a tube, open at the end towards the cartridge chamber, and wherein a cap is provided to close the other end of the tube..]. .[.4. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 3, wherein the tube forms a weak S-bend..]. .[.5. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 1 including a multitude of channels lying next to one another in a rotatable drum inside a casing and provided with a connecting channel to the cartridge chamber..]. .[.6. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 5, wherein the connecting channel is formed by a weakly S-bent tube disposed between the casing and the cartridge chamber..]. .[.7. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 6, wherein the tube is pivoted to the casing and held in raised position by a spring..]. .[.8. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 5, wherein the drum is mounted between two sides of the casing which is mounted tiltable in said holder means and that the connecting channel is constituted of a hole in a side of said casing towards the cartridge chamber..]. .[.9. Cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 3, wherein the tube is fixed in a body provided with a catch device in the form of a springy stop which is normally pushed over the open end of the tube..]. .[.10. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 3, wherein a helical spring is provided in the tube which pushes the cartridge in the tube in a direction from the cap forwards..]. .[.11. Cartridge magazine in accordance with claim 5, wherein the drum is provided with recesses, one for every channel, and that a catch is provided in the casing to snap into such a recess, the catch, the recess and the inlet end of the connecting channel being positioned in relation to each other so that the catch snaps into a recess when the corresponding channel faces the inlet end of the connecting channel..]. .Iadd. 12. A cartridge magazine for loading cartridges into a cartridge chamber disposed in an inner end of a barrel of a power tool, said magazine being adapted to be fixed on the outside of the tool in a holder means and being provided with a rotatable drum having a multitude of channels lying next to one another in which cartridges are contained in series behind one another, wherein the drum is mounted inside a casing which is mounted in said holder means and tiltable between two end positions, and wherein one of the channels in one of said end positions of the casing communicates with the cartridge chamber of the tool to effect loading thereof. .Iaddend..Iadd. 13. A cartridge magazine according to claim 12, wherein the holder means is provided with an elastic device which acts upon the casing in the direction of the cartridge chamber. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 14. A cartridge magazine according to claim 12, wherein the drum is mounted between two sides of the casing and an opening is provided in a side of the casing towards the cartridge chamber. .Iaddend..Iadd. 15. A cartridge magazine for loading cartridges into a cartridge chamber disposed in an inner end of a barrel of a power tool, said magazine being adapted to be fixed of the outside of the tool in a holder means and being provided with a rotatable drum mounted inside a casing and having a multitude of channels lying next to one another in which cartridges are contained in series behind one another, said magazine also being provided with a connecting channel disposed between the drum and the cartridge chamber, wherein at least that part of the magazine constituting the connecting channel is tiltable between two end positions, so that in one of said positions the connecting channel communicates at one end with the cartridge chamber and at the other end with one of said channels containing cartridges to effect loading of the tool. .Iaddend..Iadd. 16. A cartridge magazine according to claim 15, wherein the holder means is provided with an elastic device which acts upon the tiltable part of the magazine in the direction of the cartridge chamber. .Iaddend..Iadd. 17. A cartridge magazine according to claim 15, wherein the connecting channel comprises a tube formed as a weak S-bend. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 18. A cartridge magazine according to claim 15, wherein the drum is provided with recesses, one for every channel, a catch being provided in the casing to snap into one of said recesses, and wherein the catch, the recess and the inlet end of the connecting channel are positioned in relation to each other so that the catch snaps into a recess when the corresponding channel faces the inlet end of the connecting channel. .Iaddend..Iadd. 19. A cartridge magazine for loading cartridges into a cartridge chamber disposed in the inner end of a barrel of a power tool, said magazine being adapted to be fixed on the outside of the tool in a holder means and being provided with a tube forming a weak S-bend which is open at the end towards the cartridge chamber and closed at the other end, and in which the cartridges are contained in series behind one another, wherein the tube is fixed in a body provided with a catch device in the form of a springy stop which is normally pushed over the open end of the tube, and said body is mounted in the holder means and tiltable between two end positions, in one of these positions the springy stop being pushed away from the open end of the tube which thereby communicates with the cartridge chamber of the tool to effect loading thereof. .Iaddend.