Patent ID: 6260463
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A hand-held tool for inserting primers into a cartridge case having a primer socket by transferring a primer from an elongate primer holding strip having a plurality of longitudinally aligned primer receptacles, the tool comprising:an elongate hand-held body;a priming station adjacent one end of said body having a holder that holds a cartridge case with the primer socket in a target position for receiving the primer from a target receptacle of the primer holding strip;a plunger mounted for shifting longitudinally of said body into said priming station to push one of the primers out of the target receptacle into the target position;an elongate operator handle connected to said body for movement relative to the body between a first position spaced a selected distance from the body and a second position closer to the body when the body and handle are held by the user's hand;plunger operating mechanism connecting the handle to said plunger for shifting said plunger between a non-operating position outside said priming station when said handle is in its first position to an operating position extending into said priming station when the handle is moved to its second position;an advancer that incrementally advances the primer holding strip longitudinally through the priming station to sequentially align a series of target receptacles of the primer holding strip with the target position and advancer operating mechanism which interacts with the advancer and the handle to incrementally advance the primer holding strip as the handle is moved between its first and second positions.