US3110214A - Sheel reloader - Google Patents

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Nov. l2, 1963 T. R. BENDA ETAL SHELL -RELOADER 4 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Feb. 16, 1961 Nov. 12, 1963 T. R. BENDA ETAL 3,110,214

SHELL ,RELOADER Filed Feb. 16, 1961v 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 12, 1963 T. R. BENDA ETAL SHELL RELOADER 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. 16, 1961 INVENTORS ri-0M e m04 Biff/W' 14. MSSS): w A/ ORNEYS Nov. 12, 1963 T. R. BENDA r-:TAL 3,110,214

SHELL 4RELOADER Filed Feb. 1e, 1961 4 sheets-sheet 4 weft/@4.94, y W ATTORNEYS United States Patent Oii ice Patented Nov. l2, 1963,

3,1%,214 SHELL lillJ/aDER Theodore l2. Benda, Mt. Prospect, and Kenneth A. Hess,

Srq, Chicago, lll., assignors to Exc-el, luc., Franltlin Parlez, lill,l a corporation et illinois Filed Een. te, wel, Ser. No. 89,764 3 Claims. (Cl. 86-36) This invention relates to improvements in shell reloaders for reloading previously ired shells.

A princpal object of the invention is to pro'vide an irnproved apparatus for reloading previously iired shells in a minimum number of 'operations and in a more simpliiied manner than formerly.

A still further object of the invention is to improve upon previous shell reloaders by providing a single station which will deprime, size the shell case, size the primer hole in the shell case and reprime the shell in a single station.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of primer catcher operable upon depriming of the shell for catching the spent primer and ldischarging the spent primer away trom the shell reloader.

A still further object of the invention is to improve lupon previous shell rcloaders by providing indicator means on the reloader indicating the desire-d seating pressure for seating the over powder wad in the shell.

A still further object or" the invention is to provide a simplied and improved form of shell reloader particularly adapted for loading shotgun shells, in which the shell is deprimed, sized, reprimed, filled with powder, over powder and iiller wads, and iii-led with shot and crimped, in three successive stations all by the operation of a single operating lever for the reloader.

Still another object of the invention is to improve upon the she-ll reloaders heretofore known by providing a simplihed dorm of metering device `for powder and shot so arranged as to prevent jamming of the metering device by shot during operation thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a simplified form of metering device for shell reloaders Afor metering powder and shot, in which the powder and shot are contained in clear receptacles and the metering device is hinged to the shell reloader to accommodate remo-val and replacement Iof the receptacles when in right side up positions.

A lstill furthe-r object `of the invention is to provide a shell reloader lfor shot shells or rifle and pistol shells so arranged as to accommodate the conversion of the reloader from one type of shell to the other in a minimum amount of time.

These and other objects of the invention will more clearly appear from time to time as the following specification proceeds and with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE l is a View in side elevation of a shell reloader constructed in accordance with the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view ot the shell reloader shown in FlGURE l with the cross bar, metering device and dies carried thereby removed and Iwith the supporting columns for the cross vbar shown in horizontal section;

`FGURE 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken through the `deprlnu'ng, sizing and repriming station of the shell reloader, showing the reloader in the operation oit depriming a shot gun shell and sizing the metal case and primer hole or" the shell;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken through the depriming, sizing and reprirning station illustrating the .operation of repriming a shot gun shell;

FlGURE 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the powder and shot iilling station of the shell reloader, showing the operation of seating an over powder wad over the powder in a shot l,gun shell;

FlGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view in side elevation, with certain parts broken away, illustrating the mounting of the powder and shot metering dev-ice on the cross bar of the shell reloader;

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken through the powder and shot metering device, showing the device in position to meter shot to a shot gun shell; and

FIGURE 8 is a partial fragmentary end view of the shell-l reloader, drawn to a reduced scale, and showing the reloader converted *for loading rifle and pistol shells.

`ln the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, we have shown generally a shell reloading apparatus in the general form of a hand press including a base lil having two columns id extending upwardly therefrom adjacent `opposite ends thereof and forming a support for a cross head yl2 mounted on said columns for slidahle movement therealong. The cross head 12 has shell holders 13, l5 and i7 mounted thereon and proiecting upwardly therefrom.

The columns dll have a cross bar l@ mounted on the upper ends thereof and` secured thereto as by nuts 20 threaded on the upper end portions of 'said columns and washers 2l intenposed between said nuts and the top side of said cross bar.

The cross bar t9 forms a support for a shell sizing die 22 having a primer removing and primer hole sizing die 23 at the center thereof, and in axial alignment with the center of the shell holder l. A primer cap holder is yieldably mounted on the base lil in axial alignment with the shell holder i3 and beneath said shell holder. rhe shell holder i3, dies 22 and 23` and the primer cap holder 2d etlect the removal of the spent primer cap from a shell, the sizing of the brass case of the shell, the sizing ofk the primer hole and the repriming of the shell all in an up and down operation of the cross head l2, by operation of a single hand lever 25, as will hereinafter more clearly appear as this speciiication proceeds.

The cross bar il@` also supports a depending hollow plunger 2e in axial alignment with the center of the shell holder 1.5 and in operative association with a powder and shot metering device 27. The plunger 2o serves to conduct powder and shot to a shot gun shell in the shell holder l5, and to seat the over powder and ller wads in the shell, in a manner which will hereinafter be more clearly described as this speciiicationproceeds.

The cross bar i9 also has a hollow pin 29 depending therefrom, the center of which is in axial alignment with the center of the shell holder ll?. The hollow pin 29 has a shell sizing sleeve 3i?, for sizing the paper casing of the shell, slidably mounted thereon and biased by a spring 32 into engagement with a head 3l. of a pin 34 depending from the cross bar 19 within the hollow pin 29. The shell sizing sleeve 30 and head 31 of the pin 3d serve to crimp the end of the paper shell case over the shot contained in the shell and to resize the paper shell case in a manner well known to the art so not herein shown or described further.

Downward movement of the cross head l2 along the columns il, ll is limited by compression springs 33, 33 encirchlng the columns ll and seated on the base lill. rThe cross bar 12. is vertically moved along the columns lll by the hand lever 25 mounted on and projecting upwardly from one end of a rock shaft 35. The roclrshaft 35 is suitably journalled in spaced bearing bosses 35 extending upwardly of the base itl and has spaced lever arms 37 projecting therefrom along the outer sides of the bearing bosses 36. Each lever arm 37 has a link 39 pivotally connected thereto hy a pivot pin 4d. The links 39 are pivotally connected to opposite ends of the cross head 12 as by pivot pins fil, shown in FIGURE 1 as being in the form of machine screws threaded in opposite ends of the cross bar 12.

Movement of the hand lever 25 in a counterclockwise direction toward the ground will eiect vertical movement of the cross head 12 from the position shown in FIGURE l to the elevated position shown in FiGURE 3.

The shell holder 13 is generally annular in form and has a central apertured portion 43 in axial alignment with fa sleeve portion 44, extending from said shell holder through the cross head 12 in axial alignment with the primer cap holder 24.

The shell holder 13 also has a semi-annular gib or lip 45 extending thereabout for a part of the circumference thereof, for engaging the rim of the base of a shotgun shell, and retaining said shell in position on said shell holder.

The primer cap holder 24 is slidably mounted in a boss 46 extending upwardly of the top face of the base 1t) and is biased in upwardly extended relation with respect to said base by a compression spring 47, extending about said primer cap holder and interposed between the boss 46 and a shoulder 48 formed by the underside of a head 49 for said primer cap holder. The top surface of the head 49 is adapted to have a primer cap placed thereon and to insert the primer cap Within the primer hole of the shotgun shell upon downward movement of the cross head 12 into the position shown in FIGURE 4.

The sizing die 22 is in the for-m of a shouldered collar -threaded on the lower end portion of a sleeve th secured to and depending from the cross bar 19. The die 22 is made from hardened steel and has a slightly tapered inner sizing surface S1, engaging the periphery of the brass casing of the shell and sizing the shell during movement of the sizing die 22 therealong.

The depriming and primer hole sizing die 23 is shown in FIGURE 3 as being on the lower end of a pin 53 secured to the cross bar 19 coaxial with the center of the apertured portion 43 of the shell holder 13.

When it is desired to remove a spent primer cap from the shell, the handle 2S and lever arms 37 are moved in a direction which is shown in FIGURE 3 as being a. counterclockwise direction. This will raise the cross head 12 and bring the shell to pass within the sizing die 22, and will also bring `the deprimer and the primer hole sizing die into engagement with the spent primer cap for ejecting the primer cap from the base of the shell, to fall along the sleeve 11.4 into a primer cap removing tray 55.

It should be understood that the primer cap is removed from the base of the shell with a very slight movement of the base of the shell relative to the depriming and sizing die 23, to release the primer cap from the shell, and that the periphery of the depriming and sizing die 23 is so formed as to size the primer hole upon continued movement of the shell along the primer cap holder in the base of the shell.

The deprimer die 23 may be of such a size and shape as to Size the primer hole for a selected size of prirner cap regardless of the size of primer cap that was previously used in the shell. Thus, with the shell reloader of the present invention, it is only necessary to stock one size of primer cap for various shells having primer holes for primer caps of different diameters.

A primer cap remover or ejector in the form of an angularly movable tray 55 is shown in FIGURE 3 as being mounted on the outer end of a lever arm 56, secured to and extending radially of the shaft 35. The lever arm 56 may be in the form of a rod extending within and secured to a drilled hole (not shown) in the shaft 35 and having an inturned end portion 54 having a attened portion 58 extending through and suitably secured to the primer cap remover 55 and holding said primer cap remover from moving about the axis of the inturned end portion 54.

The relationship of the lever arm 56 with respect t0 tion, for discharging the spent primer cap into a tray or other receptacle (not shown).

The shell holder 1.5, holding the shell for reloading is mounted on the upper end of a plunger 57, slidably mounted in the cross head 12, and encircled by a compression spring 59 interposed #between the top surface of the cross head 12 and the under portion of a base Gil for said shell holder. The shell holder 69 has a semicyiinidrical wall portion 61 extending upwardly of the base 65B and terminating at its upper end portion in a cylindrical wall portion 63 receiving the upper portion of the shell. The wall portion 61 has a recessed portion 64 therein adjacent the base 6@ for receiving the rim of the base of the shell. rhe lbase @tl has a central recessed portion 65 therein coaxial with and of larger diameter than the primer cap and providing relief between the primer cap and the base o@ and thereby preventing accidental tiring of the shell by foreign material such as a piece of shot on the base, as the over powder wad is seated within the shell.

The upper cylindrical portion 63 of the Shell holder 15 has a sleeve 66 suitably mounted therein having spring ngers 67 extending inwardly and downwardly therefrom for engagement within the upper portion of the paper case of the shell for holding the case in outwardly extended open position with respect to the shell and accommodatng the over powder and filler wads to be seated Within the paper case of the shell.

Referring now in particular to FIGURE 5 and the indicator means for indicating the desired pressure to be exerted on the over powder wad by the plunger 26, when seating said over powder wad in position within the shell, the plunger 57 has a reduced diameter portion 6d extending along the apertured guide of the cross head 12 for the plunger 57, and depending 'from said cross head. The reduced ldiameter portion 63 has a recessed portion 69 extending thereabout having a washer 70 mounted therein and abutting the bottom of the cross head 12 and limiting upward movement of the plunger 57 and the shell holder 15 with respect to said cross head. A pin 71 depends from the reduced diameter portion 63 of the plunger 57. The pin 71 is threaded and has a relatively light spring 72 extending thereabout and interposed between the bottom of the reduced diameter portion 68 and an adjustment knob '73, threaded on said pin. The spring 72 is provided to bear against the adjustment knob 73 and to retain said knob in a selected position of adjustment, for a purpose which will now be described. A bracket 75 is secured to the bottom of the cross head 12 and depends therefrom and has an inwardly extending portion 76 extending under the adjustment knob 73 and spaced downwardly therefrom. The inwardly extending portion 76 of the bracket 75 forms a support for a bracket 77 depending from said inwardly extending portion and carrying a socket 79' for a light bulb 80. The bracket 77 is insulated from the anm 76 of the bracket 75 by an insulating sleeve 81. A spring 33 is seated in said insulating sleeve and has electrical contact with the bracket 77 to complete an energizing circuit to the bulb Si? as the plunger 5'7 and knob 73 are moved downwardly against the spring 59, as the cross head 12 is moving toward the plunger 26, to seat an over powder Wad in the shell. A battery 84 carried by a clip 85, provides the electric power to light the bulb 50 upon sufficient yielding of the spring 59 to accommodate the knob 73 to make contact with the contact spring 83. As shown 5 in FIGURE 5, the other conductor to the socket 79 is shown as being a wirev 86 leading from a terminal 37 connected with the battery S4 and having connection with the socket 79.

The knurled knob 73 may be adjustably moved along the pin 71 to engage the Contact spring 213 at various desired pressures on the over powder wad, the light bulb S lighting as the knurled knob 73 engages the contact spring 3-3, and thereby indicating a selected pressure on the over powder wad. The knurled knob 73 may be adjusted to indicate pressures from 25 to 125 pounds. lf desired, an indicator, such as a pointer (not shown) on the knurled knob 73 may cooperate lwith indicia (not shown) on the bracket 75 `to indica-te the desired pressure at which the bulb will light.

Referring now to the powder and shot metering device 27 illustrated in F ( EURES 1, 6 and 7, said metering device comprises a metering lbar 5% sl-idably mounted in a casing E@ for movement with respect to said casing in the direction of the length of the cross bar 19, to position either a shot measuring chamber 90 or a powder measuring chamber $1 in alignment with an opening 93 in a bottom plate 94 of the `casi-ng S91 The opening 93 is in axial alignment with a tapered passageway 95 in a boss 96 projecting upwardly from the cross bar 19. lhe boss 96 is hollow and has a passageway 97 leading therethrough in communication with a tapered passageway 95 having a large `diameter end of the diameter of the opening 93 and converging to the passageway 97 and allordins a passageway to the hollow interior portion or" the hollow plunger 26, for alternately supplying powder and shot to a shell in the shell holder 1S.

The casing $9 has a rear wall 91 having spaced ears 166' extending Itherefrom along the inner sides of spaced brackets lill, 161 extending upwar ly from the top surface of the `cross bar 19. A pivot pin 1113 extends Ithrough the brackets 1111 and ears 1d@ and forms a pivotal support for the casing Sii, accommodating said casing to be moved about said pivot pin into the inverted position shown by broken lines in FiGUlli 6, to accommodate a powder bottle 164i. and a shot bottle 1615' to be threaded in threaded ttings `1116 and 167 respectively, extending from the top face of the casing S9, when the respective powder and shot bottles are in upright positions.

The pivot pin 193 has an inturned end portion lil? extending parallel to said pin and adapted to slidably lit within registering apertured portions 11d in the adjacent Ibracket portion 1611 and adjacent ear 11% to lock the bracket S9' in the horizontally exten-ded position shown in FIGURES l and 6.

As shown in FIGURE 7, the top plate of the casing 59 has apertured portions 111 and 112 extending centrally of the respective fittings 166 and 1%7 for the powder and shot bottles 164 and 105. The apertured portion 111 has a washer or gasket 115 therein, the inner margin of which is 0f the same diameter as the powder measuring chamber 91 iin the metering bar SS. The apertured portion 112` has a similar washer or gasket 116 therein, the inner margin or which is of the same diameter as the metering chamber 911. Washers 117 and 11S are seated within the inlet ttings lil-5 and 197 respectively, and are abutted by the ends of t le mouths of the bottles. The washers 117 and 11d cooperate with the gaskets 115 and 116 to seal the mouths of the respective powder and shot bottles 104 and 105 and prevent jamming of the metering bar 88 by shot or powder which may tend to lodge between the top plate of the casing 89 and the metering bar 8S, if it were not for said gaskets and washers.

In the operation of filling a shell with powder, wadding and shot in `the shell hol-der 15, the shell is first placed in the shell holder 15 with the lingers 67 extending within the paper case oi' the shell. The handle 25 lis then grasped to move the shaft 65, and lever arms 37 in a direction to -raise the cross head 12.y move the shell holder 15 and shell mounted thereon within the plunger Z6. The powder measuring chamber 91 of the metering bar `8S is then moved into alignment ywith the inner margin of the gasket and is thereby lled with a measured quantity oil powder. Movement of the metening bar 8d in a direction which in FEGURE 7 is toward the 4right registers the measuring chamber 91 with the tapered or funnel like passageway 95 in the boss 96, to discharge the powder through the hollow interior or the plunger' 26 into the shell.

The over powder wad may then be placed in the shell through the top of the shell holder 15 and the handle ZS may be operated to move the cross head 12, shell holder 15 toward the plunger 216, to engage the plunger 2.5 with the over powder wad and press the over powder wad intoengagement with the powder at a preselected pressure, etermined by lighting of the bulb 80;

The shell holder 15 and shell carried by the shell holder are then moved downwardly and the filler wad is placed within the shell and pressed downwardly by the plunger 2d, upon movement of the shell upwardly tov/ard said plunger.

The metering bar 38 may then be moved into the position shown in FlGURE 7, with the shot measuring chamber in alignment with the aperture 553 and passageway 97, to discharge a measured quantity of shot through lthe plunger Z6 into the shell casing. The shell may then be Withdrawn from the plunger 26 by movement of the cross head 12 and shell holder 1S towards tl e base 1t?. The filled shell may then be removed from the shell holder 15 and placed m the shell holder 17.

The shell holder 17 is like the shell holder 13 and is in axial `alignment with the sizing and crimping die 3d. The sizing and crimping die 3il is of a conventional form so need not herein be shown or described except to point out that the sizing and crimping die has a tapered inner wall portion 119sizing the paper casing orr the shell upon movement of the shell within said die. The tapered wall portion 119` converges to a tapered wall portion 121 extending at a sharper angle than the angle of the tapered wall portion 11g! The tapered wall portion 12,1 moves the slit end portion of the paper shell casing inwardly to be crimped over the powder by the head 31 on the end of the plunger 3d, as the cross head 12 is moved toward the cross bar 19, to move the shell casing within the die 36'. The shell is now reloaded.

lt should here be understood that while we have herein ydescribed the operation of loading a single shell, that three shells in various stages of reloading may be placed on. the shell holders 13, 1S and 17 and the three stages of operation just described may be performed simultaneously.

ln FEGURE 8, we have illustrated the manner in which the` shell reloader of our invention may be converted to reload spent fiile and revolver lor pistol shells. ln order to convert the shell reloader, it is merely necessary to remove the nuts 2.1i and washers 21 from the columns 11 and then remove the cross bar 19 together with the dies and powder and shot bottles from said columns. The pivot pins 41 may then be loosened from the ends of the cross head 12 and the cross head 12 may also be removed from the columns 11. An alternate cross head 12a having rifle or pistol shell holders thereon (not shown) may then be placed on the columns 11. The links 39 may then be pivotally connected to opposite ends of the cross head 12a by the machine screws lil.

Snap rings 12d may then be snapped into recesses 125 in the columns 11 and a lcross bar 1% like the cross bar 19. except having rifle or pistol shell loading dies depending therefrom `may be placed Von the columns 11 into engagement with the snap rings 124. Sleeves may then be placed on the columns 11 into engagement with the cross bar 19a. The cross bar 19a may :then be held in position on the columns 11 by the nuts Ztl threaded on said columns and abutting washers 2i engaging the tops of the sleeves i253. The machine is now in condition to reload spent rifle or `pistol shells in a manner similar to Which it reloads shot gun shells.

It may be seen from the foregoing that we have provided a simple and compact shell reloader particularly adapted to reload spent shot gun shells with a minimum of operating stations and loading operations, that a first station of the `shell reloader deprimes the spent shell, sizes the brass :casing of the shell, sizes the primer hole to a selected standard size and reprimes the shell with a simple down and up movement of the operating handle for the shell reloader and that the spent primer cap is caught as it is punched from the shell, and is discharged to one side of the shell reloader for collection.

It may further be seen that yat the second station of the shell reload-er, the exact pressure at which the wadding is placed into the shell into engagement with the powder may be readily determined by the indicator bulb Sti, and that the metering device for powder and shot is of a simplified form utilizing transparent bottles as containers for the powder and shot enabling the level of the shot and shell in the bottles to be ascertained at a glance, and that the `metering device is invertible to accommodate mounting of the shot and powder containers on the metering device when in right side up positions.

It may still further lbe seen that the conversion of the shell reloader for loading rie and pistol shells in place of shot gun shells has been simplitied and the shell reloader may readily be converted and utilized for loading ride and pistol shells in a minimum amount of time.

While We have herein shown and described one form of which our invention may be embodied, it may readily be understood that various variations and modifications in the invention may be attained Without departing from lthe spirit and scope of the novel concepts thereof, as defined by the claims appended hereto.

'We claim as our invention:

1. In a shell reloader, a base, a pair of columns extending upwardly from said base, a cross head guided on said `columns for vertical movement therealong, a cross bar Xedly mounted on said columns in ventical-ly spaced relation with respect to said cross head, a pivot shaft journalled on said base, a hand lever on the end of said shaft, link and lever means connected between said pivot shaft and cross head for moving said Icross head along said columns upon operation of said hand lever, a shell holder mounted on said cross head and facing said cross bar and having a central apertured portion leading therethrough, a generally cylindrical shell sizer die extending from said cross bar toward said cross head in axial alignment with said shell holder, a primer remover and primer hole sizer die mounted on said cross head within and concentric 4of said shell sizer die 'and having a tapered lower end portion movable into a primer cap upon movement of said cross head towards said ycross bar, means mounted on said shaft and movable into the spa-ce beneath said iapertured portion of said shell holder for catching and `ejecting a primer cap beyond said base upon movement of said primer remover and primer hole sizer to remove a primer cap from a shell carried by said shell holder, and a primer cap support yieldably mounted on said base beneath said cross head in axial alignment with said primer remover and primer hole sizer die and supporting a primer cap to be extended through said apertured portion of said shell holder to replace the primer cap in a shell mounted thereon upon movement of said cross head and shell holder away from said cross bar.

2 in a shell reloader, a base, at least one column mounted on and extending upwardly of said base, a cross head guided for movement along said column, a cross bar mounted on said column above said cross head, a roch shaft pivotally mounted on said base, a hand lever on said shaft, a lever and link connection between said rock shaft and said cross head for vertically -moving said cross head along said column, a shell holder mounted on said cross head and facing said cross bar. said shell holder and cross head having aligned central apertured portions accommodating the ejection of a spent primer cap therethrough, a deprimer die extending from said cross bar toward said cross head, a primer cap support on the opposite side of said cross head from said cross bar in axial alignment with said deprimer die, an arm mounted on and extending `from said rock shaft, a primer catcher mounted on the outer end of said arm and moved by said rock shaft upon operation of said hand lever into position beneath and into the space between said prilmer cap support and cross head in alignment with the apertured portions of said shell holder and cross head upon movement of said deprimer die to rernove a spent primer cap from la shell, for catching the primer cap and ejecting the primer cap for collection beyond said -base fupon reverse `movement of said hand lever and rock shaft to reprime `a shell on said shell holder.

3. ln a shell reloader, a base, at least one column on said oase and extending upwardy therefrom, a cross head guided for movement along said column, a cross bar ixedly mounted on said column above said cross head, a shell holder mounted on said cross head .and having a primer cap discharge opening in the center thereof for discharging primer caps through said cross head, a deprimer die extending downwardly from said cross bar toward said cross head, a rock shaft rockingly mounted `on said base, a hand lever for rockingly moving said shaft, a link and lever connection between said rock shaft and cross head for moving said cross head toward and from said cross bar upon operation of said hand lever, an arm mounted on and extending radially of said rock shaft, 4a primer catcher comprising a tray secured to the end of said arm and angularly mov-able into position beneath said primer cap discharge opening through said shell holder to catch a spent primer cap upon movement of said die -into position to deprime a spent shell, and -movable in a reverse direction for discharging the spent primer cap upon movement of said cross head in a direction to reprime the shell.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 547,058 Barlow Oct. 1, 1895 2,660,085 Swansick Nov. 24, 1953 2,748,648 Miller June 5, 1956 2,749,790 Miller June 12, 1956 2,819,644 Corcoran Ian. 14, 1958 2,916,960 Rozzelle Dec. 15, 1959 2,986,965 Martin `June 6, 1961

Claims (1)

1. IN A SHELL RELOADER, A BASE, A PAIR OF COLUMNS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE, A CROSS HEAD GUIDED ON SAID COLUMNS FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG, A CROSS BAR FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID COLUMNS IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID CROSS HEAD, A PIVOT SHAFT JOURNALLED ON SAID BASE, A HAND LEVER ON THE END OF SAID SHAFT, LINK AND LEVER MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PIVOT SHAFT AND CROSS HEAD FOR MOVING SAID CROSS HEAD ALONG SAID COLUMNS UPON OPERATION OF SAID HAND LEVER, A SHELL HOLDER MOUNTED ON SAID CROSS HEAD AND FACING SAID CROSS BAR AND HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURED PORTION LEADING THERETHROUGH, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHELL SIZER DIE EXTENDING FROM SAID CROSS BAR TOWARD SAID CROSS HEAD IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHELL HOLDER, A PRIMER REMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER DIE MOUNTED ON SAID CROSS HEAD WITHIN AND CONCENTRIC OF SAID SHELL SIZER DIE AND HAVING A TAPERED LOWER END PORTION MOVABLE INTO A PRIMER CAP UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS HEAD TOWARDS SAID CROSS BAR, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND MOVABLE INTO THE SPACE BENEATH SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID SHELL HOLDER FOR CATCHING AND EJECTING A PRIMER CAP BEYOND SAID BASE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID PRIMER REMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER TO REMOVE A PRIMER CAP FROM A SHELL CARRIED BY SAID SHELL HOLDER, AND A PRIMER CAP SUPPORT YIELDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE BENEATH SAID CROSS HEAD IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PRIMER REMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER DIE AND SUPPORTING A PRIMER CAP TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID SHELL HOLDER TO REPLACE THE PRIMER CAP IN A SHELL MOUNTED THEREON UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS HEAD AND SHELL HOLDER AWAY FROM SAID CROSS BAR.

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