US 12,135,183 B2
Follower for a cartridge magazine
Andreas Schumacher, Krefeld (DE); Thomas Hoff, Krefeld (DE); and Tim Schnellen, Krefeld (DE)
Assigned to Schmeisser GmbH, Krefeld (DE)
Filed by Schmeisser GmbH, Krefeld (DE)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,545.
Application 17/869,545 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/000004, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 000 298.6 (DE), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357120 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F41A 9/70 (2006.01); F41A 17/36 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/70 (2013.01) [F41A 17/36 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feeder for a cartridge magazine for a portable firearm, the feeder extending along a first spatial direction, a second spatial direction, and a third spatial direction, thereby forming an upper region, a lower region, a rear region, and a front region, the feeder comprising:
a first cartridge supporting surface at the upper region;
a second cartridge supporting surface, the first cartridge supporting surface and the second cartridge supporting surface being arranged in the third spatial direction spaced at a distance from one another in such a way that a cartridge for the portable firearm is movable along the feeder in a direction of the front region;
a front guide part including a front support surface;
a rear guide part including a rear support surface, a rigid part, and a movable part, the rear support surface including a first support surface and a second support surface, the first support surface being on the rigid part, the second support surface being on the movable part; and
a plurality of lateral side regions which oppose one another, the first spatial direction extending between the front region and the rear region, the second spatial direction extending the plurality of lateral side regions, the third spatial direction extending between the top region and the bottom region, the movable part being configured for moving in the second spatial direction.