Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Single-feed magazine adapter for firearms
- Patent Title (中): 用于枪支的单进料匣适配器
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Application No.: US13566980Application Date: 2012-08-03
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Publication No.: US08485083B1Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Mahlon Duane Care
- Applicant: Mahlon Duane Care
- Agent Dorothy S. Morse
- Main IPC: F41A9/61
- IPC: F41A9/61

Abstract:
A single-feed magazine adapter used with automatic or semi-automatic firearms and a twin-drum magazine, which converts the dual-feed arrangement of rounds created thereby into a single-feed arrangement that permits dual-feed twin-drum magazine use with automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pistols of differing caliber requiring a single-feed system. The easily-installed adapter can be separately manufactured for attachment to an existing dual-feed twin-drum magazine, or attached to a new dual-feed twin-drum magazine during manufacture. In an empty adapter prior to magazine reload, three specialty rounds are located adjacent to the feed opening, with numerous standard filler/dummy rounds behind them. A flexible linked-connection between two of the three specialty rounds creates a pendulum motion in rounds within the adapter's top inwardly-tapered portion that enables successful conversion of rounds close to the feed opening from a dual-feed arrangement into a single-feed arrangement during their forward advancement toward the firing position.
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