Ammunition and explosive-charge making – Ammunition loading – Loading and shell closing
Patent
1983-06-27
1985-06-11
Padgett, Ben R.
Ammunition and explosive-charge making
Ammunition loading
Loading and shell closing
86 23, 86 24, 86 25, 86 28, 86 31, 86 36, 86 37, 86 38, 86 43, 86 45, 86 46, F42B 3302
Patent
active
045221022
ABSTRACT:
A semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine of the type including a lower travelling platen with a rotatable support for sequentially positioning a plurality of cartridges in each of a series of operating stations and including an upper stationary platen with a plurality of tools or dies depending or extending downwardly and spaced circumferentially about the upper stationary platen and centered over the rotatable support defining a plurality of operating stations is provided with mechanisms for automatically rotating the support to reposition the cartridges in subsequent operating stations at the completion of each reloading step or operation, automatically centering cartridges and removing spent primers from cartridges, automatically belling and admitting powder into cartridges, automatically introducing and inserting new primers into cartridges, automatically introducing and inserting bullets into cartridges, and automatically crimping and seating bullets into cartridges simultaneously and in conjunction with the raising and lowering of the lower travelling platen. All mechanism are synchronized so that cartridges may be operated on and reloaded from start to finish without the necessity of manual intervention.
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Locker Howard J.
Naragon Frederic E.
Padgett Ben R.
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