Ammunition and explosive-charge making – Ammunition loading – Capping and uncapping
Patent
1981-12-07
1984-02-07
Sebastian, Leland A.
Ammunition and explosive-charge making
Ammunition loading
Capping and uncapping
86 23, 86 26, 86 45, F42B 3312
Patent
active
044296100
ABSTRACT:
An automatic shell reloader of the type having a fixed platen and a die platen, the die platen having a plurality of dies for performing the reload function and being moveable toward and away from the fixed platen to reload a shell case, the improvements comprising a guard carried by a primer cap slide assembly mounted on the fixed platen to block the force of a detonated primer cap from reaching the die platen, and a primer cap storage assembly mounted on the die platen, the storage assembly including a storage tube having a number of spring biased fingers at the lower end for retaining primer caps in the tube and a cam mounted on the fixed platen in a position to engage the fingers to release one primer cap at a time from the tube.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4027781 (1977-06-01), Covert
patent: 4228724 (1980-10-01), Leich
patent: 4331063 (1982-05-01), Schaenzer
Barry Ronald E.
Sebastian Leland A.
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