Loading device for loading a magazine of a gun

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR LOADING ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION INTO A MAGAZINE MOUNTED ON A GUN, SAID LOADING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CASE FOR A SUPPLY OF ROUNDS, A CRANE BOOM MOUNTED ON THE GUN ABOVE THE MAGAZINE THEREOF AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE GUN, A TROLLEY SUPPORTED BY SAID BOOM FOR TRAVEL ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF IN EITHER DIRECTION, A HOISTING MEANS SUSPENDED FROM SAID TROLLEY FOR MOVEMENT IN UNISON WITH THE SAME AND CONNECTIBLE TO SAID ROUND SUPPLY CASE FOR MOVING THE SAME BY MEANS OF SAID TROLLEY BETWEEN A FORWARD POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE MAGAZINE AND A REARWARD POSITION AT THE REAR END OF THE BOOM AND FOR LOWERING AND LIFTING THE CASE IN REFERENCE TO THE MAGAZINE, AND GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID SUPPLY CASE, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING A CATCH ARM, PIVOT MEANS MOUNTED FORWARD OF SAID MAGAZINE IN REFERENCE TO THE REAR END OF THE BOOM AND SUPPORTING ONE END OF SAID ARM FOR PIVOTING THE SAME IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR PLANE, AND RELEASABALE COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING A COUPLING MEMBER ON THE OTHER END OF SAID ARM AND A SECOND COUPLING MEMBER ON SAID SUPPLY CASE FOR MOVING SAID SUPPLY CASE INTO A DISCHARGE POSITION IN REFERENCE TO SAID MAGAZINE BY MOVING THE CASE INTO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID COUPLING MEMBERS ARE IN ENGAGEMENT AND PIVOTING SAID ARM IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR PLANE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR LOADING ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION INTO A MAGAZINE MOUNTED ON A GUN, SAID LOADING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CASE FOR A SUPPLY OF ROUNDS, A CRANE BOOM MOUNTED ON THE GUN ABOVE THE MAGAZINE THEREOF AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE GUN, A TROLLEY SUPPORTED BY SAID BOOM FOR TRAVEL ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF IN EITHER DIRECTION, A HOISTING MEANS SUSPENDED FROM SAID TROLLEY FOR MOVEMENT IN UNISON WITH THE SAME AND CONNECTIBLE TO SAID ROUND SUPPLY CASE FOR MOVING THE SAME BY MEANS OF SAID TROLLEY BETWEEN A FORWARD POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE MAGAZINE AND A REARWARD POSITION AT THE REAR END OF THE BOOM AND FOR LOWERING AND LIFTING THE CASE IN REFERENCE TO THE MAGAZINE, AND GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID SUPPLY CASE, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING A CATCH ARM, PIVOT MEANS MOUNTED FORWARD OF SAID MAGAZINE IN REFERENCE TO THE REAR END OF THE BOOM AND SUPPORTING ONE END OF SAID ARM FOR PIVOTING THE SAME IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR PLANE, AND RELEASABALE COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING A COUPLING MEMBER ON THE OTHER END OF SAID ARM AND A SECOND COUPLING MEMBER ON SAID SUPPLY CASE FOR MOVING SAID SUPPLY CASE INTO A DISCHARGE POSITION IN REFERENCE TO SAID MAGAZINE BY MOVING THE CASE INTO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID COUPLING MEMBERS ARE IN ENGAGEMENT AND PIVOTING SAID ARM IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR PLANE.