Ammunition and explosive-charge making – Cartridge packing
Patent
1990-01-18
1991-10-08
Steinberger, Brian S.
Ammunition and explosive-charge making
Cartridge packing
42 87, 198399, 221254, F42B 3900
Patent
active
050543636
ABSTRACT:
The current invention is a multi-channel apparatus for inspecting and packaging loose ammunition cartridges into containers such as boxes or trays. The operation of the apparatus is largely automatic so that a single operator can inspect for defects and load into containers up to 28,000 rounds of both rim or rimless cartridges as well as various sizes of ammunition per hour with little manual labor involved.
The apparatus includes a frame having an upstanding portion and a horizontal table portion. A reservoir for holding the bulk ammunition in loose form is mounted on the top of the upstanding portion of the frame. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for sorting and feeding the ammunition into feed tubes which feeds the ammunition down onto a conveyor table. The conveyor table moves the ammunition in an ordered fashion through an inspection area to an orienting device where the cartridges are oriented nose downward and directed into a loading mechanism. The loading mechanism loads the cartridges into the containers a row at a time until the container is filled.
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