Cartridge reservoir

Claim 1

In combination with a revolver-reloading device of the type that includes a cylindrical body having a plurality of circumferentially spaced parallel bores and slots defined therein, said bores being capable of removably supporting a plurality of cartridges in projecting positions and so aligned as to be ejectable into a cylinder of a revolver when a ring which supports a plurality of fingers that extend into said bores through said slots is slid longitudinally on said body from a first to a second position, a portable cartridge reservoir for refilling said revolver-reloading device, which cartridge reservoir comprises: a. first and second rectangular cups having first and second ends, which first and second cups adjacent said second ends have transverse partitions formed therein, and said first and second cups include free marginal edge portions that may be disposed in abutting contact; b. hinge means connected to said second ends of said first and second cups to permit said cups to be pivoted to first positions where said marginal edge portions are in abutting contact and said transverse partitions are aligned and cooperate with said first and second cups to define first and second confined spaces within the interior thereof, with said second confined space being of sufficient size as to permit one of said reloading devices filled with cartridges to be disposed therein, and with said hinge means permitting said cups to be pivoted to second positions where access may be had to the interior thereof; c. a rectangular tray of substantially the same depth as the interior of said first cup that is removably disposed therein between said first end of said first cup and said partition therein, with said tray having a plurality of groups of recesses therein, and with the recesses in each of said groups being spaced and capable of so removably supporting a plurality of cartridges in upwardly extending positions that said body of said reloading device may be slid downwardly thereover when said ring is in said first position to permit said cartridges in one of said groups to be disposed in said bores for subsequent transfer to said cylinder of said revolver; d. first means for removably locking said tray in said first cup; and e. first and second U-shaped handles that project from said first ends of said first and second cups and may be concurrently grasped by the hand of a user to carry said cartridge reservoir in a depending position therefrom.