US806461A - Cartridge-shell-gaging machine. - Google Patents

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No. 806,461. PATENTED 1150.5, 1905.

P. BUTLER. v CARTRIDGE SHELL GAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILl -D APR. 26. 1897.

No.806,461 PATENTED DBG.5,1905. I

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CARTRIDGE SHELL GAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1897.

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UNITED,- s TEs FATENT OFFICE. l PAUL BUTLER, on LOWE L, MASSACHUSETTS. '7FCARTRIDGYE-SHELL-GAGING MACHINE. I

No. 8oe,461,-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 5, 1905] A pli tion fil d April 26,1897. Serial No. 633.901.

To aZZ whom, it may cancer-m Be it known that I, PAUL BUTLER, of Lowell,

county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cartridge- Shell-Gaging Machines, of which the following description, in connection-with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

standard, which may be otherwise classed or subjected to further operation or discarded.

gun should be of standard size or'have only a very small deviation from the given stand-' ard. In the manufacture of shells, therefore, I

it has been common to gage the same by presenting them one at a time by hand to a gage having a passage of just the right'size to per. mit a shell of proper dimension of the part to be gagedto pass through. The gaging operation thus performed involves considerable labor and dependsto some extent upon the judgment of the operator; and the object of the present "invention is to produce an automatic machine by which the shells are taken from a mass and presented one by one to-gaging devices and assorted, so that those of standard size are collected together and separated from those not standard, and preferably those of less than standard and'those of flange provided at the base ofv the shell for engagement with the extractor of the gun, said gaging devices, however, not necessarily depending for their operation upon a wholly automatic feed mechanism for the shells.

The invention is shown as embodied in a machine having a traveling carrier provided with the gages composed of pairs of gagepassages to which the flanged end of the shell is presented and a yielding presser to press the shell toward the'gage-passages in the traveling movement of the carrier, said passages having gaging-surfaces opposite each other the distance between which is not uniform throughout. The non-uniformity of, distance between said gaging-surfaces is such that a part of the passage will admit a shell having a flange of standard thickness, but will exclude a shell having athicker flange, while another 6 part will exclude a standard shell, but will. permit one with a flange thinner than the standard to pass through u'nderthe action of the yielding presser. Thus standard shells are carried intothe gage-passages to a predetermined point and thicker ones are stopped before entering the said gage-passages or at another point with reference to the length of the gage-passages, and the machine also com prises clearers, one arranged to engage and eject shells thicker than standard at a given point in the travel of thecarrierand the other It is necessary that that portion of a car-- tridge-shell which enters the chamber of the to engage shells of standard thickness and eject them at another point, in the travel of the carrier. Thus the three sizesstandard, larger, and smaller-are delivered at, three different points and may be collected by themselves. u

If it is necessary or desirable to separate out only the shells of excessive thickness, the gage-passage may be made to permit all others to pass through it at once under the action I v t of the yielding presser, the thicker ones only being, stopped. in and subsequently cleared from the gage-passage.

or analogous articles are to be operated upon and. must be uniformly arranged in order to be properly presented to the instrumentalities I which are to perform the operations.

Figures 1 and 2am side elevations of the machine, taken, respectively, on planes at right angles to each other. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a machine embodying the present invention with the feed-hopper and a portion of the feed mechanism removed; Fig. 4:, ase'ctional view below the gage-carr er, showing the yielding presser and clearing devices 1n plan; Fig. 5, a vertical section of the gage-carrier; Fig. 6, an underneath plan view of the gagecarrier; Fig. 7, an enlarged sectional view of one of the gages, showing the formaio of t g g -pa age; F g-Sta. det l; inehereinafter used with reference to such arrangement of the carrier. The said gage-carrier is provided near its periphery with a nu mber of gage-passages to cooperate with the shells which are deposited in the spaces Z) at the entrance of the gage-passages with the closed or flanged end uppermost,the said pairs of gage-passages being formed one at each side of an open passage-way for the body of the shell. The shells are delivered one at a time by a suitable feeding apparatus, that will be hereinafter described,- to said spaces 6, from which the gage-passages extend, the lower gaging-surfaces b of which extend beyond the entrance to the gage-passage proper toward the periphery of the carrier to form a track or supporting-guide for the shell, which is dropped with its open end downward between the said gaging-surfaces 6 so that it is supported by its flange resting upon the upper edges of said surfaces 6 in position to be slid along the same into the gage-passages proper, said surfaces Z2 constituting the lower gage-surfaces, between which and the upper gage-surfaces the flange is gaged. The shells thus drop one at a time in front of the entrance to the gage-passages as the latter arrive at the feeding-point in the rotary movement of the gage-carrier and are then carried forward by the gage-carrier, so as to be acted upon by a yielding presser, shown as composed of a number of yielding fingers c c c 0, which press against the body of the shell in the direction to crowd the same laterally toward the gage-passages between which it is supported by its flange. The shell thus has its flanged end either carried wholly through the gage-passages by the pressure of said yielding presser 01' arrested at one or another point in said gage-passage according to the thicknnss of the flange, and

in the further movement of the gage-carrier the shells which remain in the gage-passages are subjected to the action of clearing devices d and 6, one arranged to cooperate with shells that have been stopped at one point and the other with shells that have been stopped at another point in said gage-passages, the said clearing devices forcing the shells respectively engaged thereby back out from the gage-passages and ejecting the same at different points around'the periphery of the gagecarrier.

In the machine herein shown the shells that are to be gaged are received with the flanged end uppermost and with the body hanging below the gage-plate, so that the presser and clearers are below the plane of the gage-plate and act upon the bodies of the shells as they are carried past by the gage-plate in its rotary movement and deliver or eject the shells at different points, according to the thickness of their flanges.

As herein shown, the gage passages are formed in gage portions adapted to be secured to the under surface of the carrier-disk, said gage portions each consisting of a plate in which are formed the upper surfaces 7), 7), and b of the gage-passages, and a pair of bars attached thereto, in which the lower gage surfaces or tracks are formed. The bars in which the lower gage -surfaces are formed may be secured to the plates which are shaped to constitute the upper gage-surfaces, while the gage portions complete are shown as secured to the carrier-disk, the fastening devices being shown as screws. The distance between the upper and lower gage-surfaces is not uniform throughout their length, but is of such width near the entrance as to exclude shells thicker than normal, as indicated in Fig. 7 at 6 and then preferably extends of uniform and somewhat greater width, as shown at I), for a'distance about equal to the diameter of the shell and is then sufliciently contracted, as'shown at b, to prevent the passage of a standard shell, the distances between the upper and lower surfaces in the different parts being such that a standard shell will pass through the first contracted portion 5 near the entrance into the portion 1) of uniform width, which will be called the main portion, and will be arrested or stopped by the second contracted portion 6'', while shells slightly thinner will pass through said second contracted portion and out from the inner end of the gage passages, and shells slightly thicker than standard will be arrested in the first but less contracted portion 1) before entering the main portion. The said main portion 6 is shown as somewhat wider than the contracted portions Z2 and b, so as to permit a shell which has passed the first passage to travel freely toward the second.

After the yielding presser has acted upon a shell as it moves past it so as to force it if thinner than standard through the gage-passage and deliver it or to force one of standard thickness or one thicker than standard to the points at which they are respectively stopped by the gaging-surfaces the said gagepassage next moves past the clearing device d, the end of which is so located as to be at the rear of or nearer the axis of the disk than is a thick shell when stopped in the entrance to the gage-passage, but in front of or nearer the'periphery of the disk than is a shell of 7 standard thickness which has passed through :ness, however, pass by inside of the endof the clearer d and are thus carried beyond the chute Band in ,thefurther movement of the gage-carrier encounter'the clearer e, the end -.of which is nearer the axis of the gage-plate than the end of the clearer d and is .thus at .the inside of such shells of'standard thickness'as are brought to. said clearer e, and said clearer e is also inclined outward from its-end and acts as a own to crowd 'back shells of standard-thickness and eject them into the The 'assortin'g operation will bebe stiunderthe gage-carrier. They are then carried by .the'gage-carrier. p'ast' the presser, which will T force Tshells thinner than the standard wholly through and out of the inner end of the gage- .passage', dropping them into the chute C. A shell thicker than the standard, on theother hand, will be arrested near'the entrance of thegageapassage inithe po'sitionshown'at S and will then p'ushaside the yieldingpress'erfingers and. be carried on until it engages withthe outer'surface of theclearerd, which i crowds itbackthrough thelentrance of.-the v gage-passage and drops' it into'the chute D.

, :A shell of standard thickness willpass through the first contracted portion into the main por- .tion of thegage-passage, but will be'arrested by the second contracted portion in the positionshown at S, Fig. 7, when it will passby the fingers of the presser and will also pass "byat'the inside of the clearer d, but will be finally engaged by the clearer e, which will crowd it back through the gage-passage and j vdeliverit into the chute E, said shells being thus assorted in the receptacles placed'to re- -ceive them from the chutes C,"D, and'E, the

flatter receiving shells of standard thickness,

intermediate one shells thicker than standard.

In order to render the machine completely automatic, it embodies in its organization] the former shells thinner than standard,andthe feed mechanism for taking the shells from a promiscuous mass and presenting them prope'rly'tothe gaging appliances above described,

the invention,'how'ever, so far asfit relates'to .thelfeed mechanism, not being limited to: the

specific construction of the gagingmechan ism. Asherein. shown, the feed mechanism comprisesachute )5, leading from a hopper f, supported on an upright A of the frame A, which is adaptedto contain a mass of shells to be gaged and terminates at a point above the carrier and near the periphery thereof, so that the inlets b to the gage-passages will during the rotation of the carrier successively come under the mouth of said chute, so that a shell passing down'through the same will 'drop until arrested by its flange upon the' tracksybfl, leading to the gage-passages.

The chute f is cylindrical in shape, its inher diameter being substantially equal to that of the outer diameter of a shell, so that shells passing'do'wn through saidchutewill travel endwise therein, the columnof shells thus being supported upon the upper surface of the carrier, the main portion'of which is, as shown in Fig. 1, extended out beyond the'mouth of the gage-passages, there being, however, an opening provided in front of each gage pas.- sage and overthe extended bars 6 forming the inlet '6, before mentioned, to the gage-passage; As each of said openings passes the chute'the lowermost shell in the column will drop-into it and onto the tracks 5 The shell thus dropped into said opening will be en.- gaged by the si'de'sthereof and carried forward, the next shell of the column being supperted by the surface of. thegage-carrier at until the next opening arrives at a position to :receive it." It isessential, however, that the shell should rest upon the shoulders b with itsflang'edend uppermost in order that it may be operated upon by'the gaging devices in the proper way, as before described, during the forward movement of the carrier. Since the shell in passing down the chute may travel with either end up, it is necessary to provide means for inverting a shell which is presented to the carrier with its flanged end down. A shell thus presented will be, supported by its flange on the tracks 6 with the body projectingab'ove the'carrier-plate, and said body is engaged during the onward movement of the carrier by a tipping-camfl, which may be secured to the upright- A the inclination ofv which cam is toward the periphery of the carrier, so that a shell thusengaged will betippedoutward, as indicated in'Fig. 1, it being prevented, however, from falling completely away fromthe carrier by means of a guide f, which engages the outer side of the. body of the shell,'th e upper surface thereof inclining downward, as shown in Fig. 1, so thatthe'body of the shell rides downthe same and near the end thereof ise'ngaged on .it's then upperside by a supplemental guide, shown as 'a wire f, to. insure its complete inversion and also to preventit from falling out from the end of itsv recess in the gage-carrier as itdrops off from the end of the guard A guard f extends near to the periphery of the carrier, so that any shell that may happen to project out beyond theperiphery of, the car'- rier will be engaged thereby at its flange and carried inward into proper position to be acted upon by the presser. Said guard is supported on the upright A and is at suflicient distance from the carrier, as shown in plan, Figs. 3 and 4, not to prevent the shells from being turned over by the devices above described. As the carrier moves onward, therefore, the shell will be tipped outward until finally the outer end or mouth of the body portion will fall from the guard the shell thus becoming inverted and resting with its flange upon the tracks 5 at the entrance to the gage-passage with its body extending downward into a position to be engaged by the yielding presser. If, on the other hand, a shell is presented in the proper position-that is, with the muzzle downit' becomes necessary to prevent it from at once falling between the tracks 6 into its linal position, since it is necessary for the said shell to support the column of shells above it until the opening into which it has fallen has passed beyond the mouth of the chute, so that the said column of shells will be supported upon the said gage-carrier until the next opening is presented. For this purpose the machine is provided with a shelf or support f", also supported from the standard A and extending under the gage-carrier directly below the mouth of the'chute, so that the shell, if presented muzzle down, will be supported upon this shelf until carried beyond the same by the movement of the gagecarrier, after which it will drop to the proper position for further operation.

The support f is narrow in the direction .of travel of the carrier, so that ashell originally presented flanged end up drops into place before the tipping-cam f is reached.

The openings in the gage-carrier are enlarged, as shown, at the mouth and provided with inclined walls at the side which is forward with relation to the direction of movement of the carrier, this formation being desirable in order to insure the entrance of the shell to the opening. The rear wall is preferably made substantially perpendicular in order that the shell which drops into the opening may not tip in that direction and clog. The machine is preferably provided with means for agitating the shells in the hopper, the upper portion of the chute f being shown as having a supplemental tube f telescoped thereon and longitudinally movable with relation thereto, the said supplemental tube extending into the hopper and having a reciprocating motion imparted thereto by a rod f connected to the driven pulley B, through which the machine is operated, as will be hereinafter described, a projection f also being extended upward into the hopper, so that the shells therein are engaged and agitated by the said supplemental chute and the said projection and are continually thrown toward the.

mouth of the said chute and fed downward therethrough.

It is obvious that the invention so far as it relates to the instrumentalities which produce the gaging operation is not dependent on the specific means employed to feed the shells, since the said shells may be presented to the gage-passages during the rotation of the carrier otherwise than by means of the automatic devices above described. For example, as shown in Fig. 9, the shells may be fed toward the periphery of the carrierthrough a chute or guideway f terminating at a point adjacent to said periphery, the said guideway being adapted to support the shells flanged end upward and being inclined toward the carrier so that the lowermost shell will slide by gravity toward the passage when the said passage comes in line with the end of the chute. The shells may be supplied to the chute f by hand with great rapidity.

The yielding presser may obviously be of any suitable construction to engage the shells during the forward movement of the gagecarrier and might, for example, consist of a single spring-arm extending from a point near the periphery of the gage-carrier toward the mouth of the gage-passage, so as to come in contact with the outer sides of shells which have been fed to the carrier and press them inward toward said gage-passage or yield if they will not readily enter therein, in order to accomplish the desired result as above set forth. The said yielding presser as shown herein, however, consists of a series of springs 0, 0 c and 0*, which are successively engaged by the shells as they are carried around, this construction being desirable when the gagecarrier is provided with a number of gagepassages, since it is obvious that if a single spring were used with such a construction a shell excluded by the thickness of its flange from the said gage-passage would cause the said spring to yield, thus holding it away from the shells following in adjacent recesses, so that they would not be properly operated upon by the said yielding presser; In connection with said yielding presser a guide a for the shell operated upon by theyiclding presser is shown, said guide being adapted to operate as a support for that side of said shell which is opposite to the side engaged by the said yielding presser, so that the said shell is maintained in vertical position and prevented from being tipped or canted by the action of the presser, which would tend to cause binding in the gage-passage, and hence preclude the proper operation of the machine.

The traveling gage-carrier may be mounted and caused to travel or rotate in any suitable way and, as shown herein, is secured to the end of the shaft A mounted in bearings in the frame A, the said shaft being driven by a bevel-gear A, Fig. 1, meshing with a similar gear B at the end of a shaft B having a Suitable bearing and being provided,

with the pulleyB, which may be driven in any suitable way, as by a belt.

As shown herein, the carrier. is readily removable from the end of the shaft A being provided with a nutA threaded on the end of said shaft, by which the said carrier is secured in position thereon. In this manner a gage-carrier having gage-passages adapted for shells of different sizes can be readily substituted, so that the same machinecan be easily used when shells of diflerent gages are to be operated upon. The carrier is preferably frictionally engaged by the shaft, so that if obstructed in any way it will stop turning, and thus'prevent damage. For this purpose the washer A is provided, between which and the nut A the carrier is secured, theshaft being thus capable of turning while the "carrieris stationary without damage.

- The chutes G, D, and E- may be secured to the frame of the machine in any suitable way, as by screws, it being essential only that they be secured in such relation to the yielding press er and clearing devices as to receive the shells assorted thereby and guide them to the receptaclesfinto which theyare to be finally discharged. 7 A As herein shown, the springs 0, 0 c and ofl'which form the yielding presser, are secured to, an arm 0 by means. ofstuds 07, the said arm being secured to the frame A, as 'by cap-screws 0 in the proper position to cause the said springs to bear against the body of.

the shells as they extend down below the gagecarrier, so as to push the same, toward the gage-passage as is desired. The cl earing-cams d and e are mounted, respectively, on brack:

ets d and ea s'ecured upon the outside of the frame A, in which: the shaft A bears, the said brackets also being underneath the gage-car:

rier, so that the clearingdevices mounted thereonwill also engage the body of the shell asjit extends downward. These and other details of construction, however, are obviously.

thicker ones being discharged into the chute D, as above described. In such case the clearer e and chute E are not required.

The operation ofthe device as thus far described may be briefly summarized as follows: During the movement of the gage-carrier a shell falls from the mouth of the chute intoone of the. openings 6 as it passes under sition determined by the thickness of its flange. The yielding'presser terminates directly over i the chute C, so that all shells having a flange of less than the standard thickness will be pressed completely through the gage passages and discharged therefrom at the inner end over the chute C, and thus collected apart from the'others. The shells which are of standard thickness will be pressed inward by the yielding presser until they reach the position in dicated at S in Fig. 7, after which the presser will yield and each standard shell will be ear ried onward, passing by the inner end of the clearer d, and finally being engaged by the clearere and carried thereby toward'the pe-' riphery' of' the carrier until it drops over the chute C E, which thus collects all standard shells. The shells whichjhave a flange of more than the standard thickness will be stopped; in the gage-passage in the position shown at 8 in Fig. 7 and will remain in such position, the presser yielding to permit them to" pass, and during the onward movement of the carrier they will be engaged by the outer surface of the clearer d and discharged into the chute'D, which thus collects all shells of more than standard thickness of flange.

Thus each shell is presented to a gage-passage and operated upon during the movement of thecarrier and dischargedat apredetermined position according to the thickness of its flange. k p v I'claim g 1. A gaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles, consisting of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles,

and provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfaces of which is not uniform throughout; and a yielding presser adaptedto press said articles in a direction to enter said passages and therebyjcontribute in the gaging operation, substantially as described. i

2. A gaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles, consisting of -a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles, and provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfaces of which isnot uniform-throughout, combined with a yield;- ing presser adapted to press said articles to: ward said passages and thereby contribute in the gaging operation, and a clearer adapted to engage and eject shells remaining in said passages during the onward movement of said gage-carrier, substantially as described.

' ,3. A 'gaging machineforcartridge-shellsor analogousjarticles, conslstlng of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles, and provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfaces of which is not uniform throughout, combined with a yielding presser adapted to press said articles in a direction to enter said passages and thereby contribute in the gaging operation, and means for automatically feeding said articles to said carrier, substantially as described. 1

4. A gaging-machinefor cartridge-shells or analogous articles, consisting of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles, and provided with gage-passages-the distance between the gaging-surfaces of which is not uniform throughout, combined with a yielding presser adapted to press said articles in a direction to enter said passages, and a guide for the side of said article opposite said presser, substantially as described.

5. A gaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles, consisting of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles, and a number of passages thereon the distance between the gaging-surfaces of said pas-- sages being non-uniform throughout, combined with a yielding presser consisting of a series of springs adapted to be successively engaged by the articles in the carrier during the movement thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a gaging-machine for cartridge-shells, the combination with a traveling gage-carrier provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfaces of which is not uniform throughout, and a support for the shell at the mouth of each passage, of a feed-chute adjacent to said supports and adapted to deliver shells thereto, and a yielding presser in the path of said shells adapted to engage the same during the onward movement of the carrier and contribute in the gaging operation, substantially as described.

7. In a gaging-machine, the combination with a gage-carrier, of gage-passages carried thereby, each having a portion in which the distance between the gaging-surfaces is substantially equal to the standard thickness of the article to be gaged, and a portion in which said distanceis less than said thickness, a yielding presser adapted to press the article to be gaged toward said passages, and clearing devices which eject such of said articles as are not pressed through the gage-passages, substantially as described.

'8. The combination with the rotating gagecarrier, provided with gage-passages each having a portion adapted to receive a shell with a flange of standard thickness but to exclude a shell with a flange of greater than standard thickness, and a more contracted portion at the rear end of each passage to prevent further movement of such standard shell when it has reached a predetermined position, a yielding presser adapted to press shells toward said passage, a clearer com prising a cam extending from a point in front of said pre determined position of the shells in the gagepassage to eject the non-standard shells which are excluded from said portion of the gagepassages, and a second clearer comprising a similar cam extending from a point at the rear of a shell in said predetermined position to eject standard shells, substantially as described.

9. In a machine for operating upon eartridge-shells, the combination with a traveling carrier provided with recesses along the edge thereof, said recesses being open laterally; of shoulders at opposite sides of said recesses, the distance between said shoulders being greater than the diameter of the cartridge shell body and less than the diameter of the cartridge-shell flange; a feed-chute located above said carrier and adapted to deliver shells endwise into said recesses; and a tipping-cam located above the carrier and adapted to engage the inner side of a shell standing flange end down and projecting above the carrier, whereby the said shell is tipped over and inverted, the body passing through the laterally-open mouth of the recess, while the flange remains supported upon the said shoulders, as set forth.

10. In a gaging machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with a gage-carrier consisting of a rotating disk, of a number of pairs of gage-passages extending inward from the periphery thereof, an opening in said carrier adjacent to each pair of passages, supporting-tracks below the said opening for the flanges of the shells, a feed -chute for the shells extending to the said carrier and terminating over the path of said openings in the rotation of the carrier, and a yielding presser adapted to engage the body of a shell during the forward rotation of the carrier, substantially as described.

11. In a gaging-machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with a gage-carrier consisting of a rotating disk, of a number of pairs of gage-passages extending inward from the periphery thereof, an opening in said carrier adjacent to each pair of passages, supporting-tracks below the said openings for the flanges of the shells, a feed-chute for the shells extending to the said carrier and terminating over the path of said openings in the rotation of the carrier, a yielding presser adapted to engage the body of the shell during the forward rotation of the carrier, and a guiding-spring for the side of the body opposite the said presser,substantially as described.

12. In a gaging-machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with a traveling gagecarrier having gage-passages on the under side thereof, of an inlet-track for each gage-passage, a feed-chute extending to the said carrier and terminating in line with the said iiilettraeks, said feed-chute being adapted to carry a column of shells endwise, a tipping- IIC cam at one side of the plane of said carrier adapted to engage the body of the shell during the movement of the carrier, and tip the same from its vertical position; and a yielding presser on the opposite side of the plane of said carrier adapted to engage the body of, the shell to press the same toward the said gagepassage, substantially as described.

' 13. In a. machine for operating on cartridgeshells, the combination with atraveling carrier provided with openings along the periphery thereof, and also provided with supports for the flanges of the shells below said openings, of a feed-chute adapted to carry a columnof shells endwise and extending to and terminating over said openlngs, and a tipplng-cam above the carrier to act on those of the shells which are standing on their flange ends and project above said carrier, as they are moved past said cam by the carrier, substantially as described.

14:. In a machine for operating on cartridge:

support for the opposite side thereof, substa'ntially as described; 7

15. In a machine for operating on cartridgeshells, the combination with a traveling carrier provided With openings along the periphery thereof and supports for the flanges of the shells below the said openings; of the feed-chute f terminating over the said carrier in line with the path of travel of said openings, the tipping-cam the guide-support f and the supplemental guide-support f substantially as and for the purpose described.

16. In a machine for operating on cartridge-- shells, thecombination with a traveling carrier provided with openings along the perlphery thereof and supports for the flanges of the shells below the said openings; ofthef feed-chute f terminating over the said carrier in line with the path of travel of.the said openings, the tipping-cam f means for guiding the shells thus tipped, and the guard f9, substantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. r PAUL BUTLER. Witnesses:

H. J. LIvn MoRE, NANCY P. FORD.

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