Claims
- 1. A magazine for cartridges ignitable by adiabatic compression, which comprises a magazine belt made of a synthetic resin for connecting a plurality of cartridges with one another and forming bottom walls of the cartridges; said magazine belt having, in the region of each of the bottom walls of the cartridges, an intentional separation zone; one primer wafer being provided per cartridge, each primer wafer being arranged on the magazine belt in the region of the bottom wall of the cartridge; and each primer wafer, in an area near the region of the intentional separation zone, being thinner than in a remaining zone surrounding said area.
- 2. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the primer wafer in the thinned area amounts to 1/2 to 1/6 of the maximum thickness of the primer wafer.
- 3. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of cartridges are connected to the magazine belt and each cartridge comprises a cap-shaped case member retained at the magazine belt.
- 4. A magazine according to claim 3, wherein the case member exhibits least one further intentional separating zone on an end portion thereof.
- 5. A magazine according to claim 3, wherein the case members are integrally connected with the magazine belt.
- 6. A magazine according to claim 3, wherein the case members are connected with the magazine belt in a locking fashion.
- 7. A magazine according to claim 6, wherein the magazine belt comprises projecting collar rims arranged in side-by-side relationship in a continuous fashion, said collar rims being equipped with peripheral locking grooves on inner surfaces thereof and locking lugs formed at the case members engaging into said grooves.
- 8. A magazine according to claim 7, wherein the primer wafers are surrounded by the collar rims and are held in pressure contact with the magazine belt by annular surfaces on end faces of the case members in locking engagement with the collar rims.
- 9. A magazine according to claim 3, wherein the case members are made of a synthetic resin.
- 10. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein each cartridge is connected to the magazine belt and contains a propellant charge and each cartridge comprises a case member, said case member being provided with an annular bead which is in contact with the primer wafer in a thickened marginal zone, said bead acting to retain the primer wafer in contact with the magazine belt under pressure.
- 11. A magazine according to claim 10, wherein said magazine belt is provided on one side with continuous projecting rims connected integrally with the magazine belt, each of said cartridges comprising a case member which connects to the rims; said magazine belt having zones surrounded by the rims providing an annular recess into which a primer wafer is inserted.
- 12. A magazine according to claim 11, wherein the intentional separation zones in the bottom walls of the cartridges formed in the magazine belt comprise a plurality of blind holes formed therein in a region of the bottom walls of the cartridges, each blind hole having a smaller depth than the thickness of the magazine belt in the portion of the magazine belt forming the bottom wall of a cartridge and providing a cover closing off the blind hole and sealing the propellant charge within said cartridge.
- 13. A magazine according to claim 12, wherein said magazine belt further comprises a plurality of snap rings each formed around a blind hole and arranged coaxially to an associated blind hole, each snap ring being adapted to provide a sealing function for sealing a throttle via which a compressed heated air passes to the cartridge and respectively to a primer wafer.
- 14. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of cartridges are connected to the magazine belt and wherein each intentional separation zone comprises a blind hole formed in each bottom wall of a cartridge, each blind hole having a smaller depth than the thickness of the magazine belt in the portion of the magazine belt forming the bottom wall of the cartridge and providing a cover closing off the blind hole and sealing a propellant charge within said cartridge.
- 15. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein said magazine belt further comprises a plurality of snap rings each formed around an intentional separation zone and arranged coaxially to an associated intentional separation zone, each snap ring being adapted to provide a sealing function for sealing a throttle via which a compressed heated air passes to an intentional separation zone and, respectively, to a primer wafer.
- 16. A magazine according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of cartridges are connected to the magazine belt, each of said plurality of cartridges containing a propellant charge arranged in contact with a primer wafer.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division application of U.S. application Ser. No. 803,990, filed Dec. 9, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,216,200.
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Divisions (1)
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