Patent ID: 9151583
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F16D,F42B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a digitally controlled actuator having a connector for coupling to a drive mechanism of an existing hand-driven cartridge reloader, to actuate a series of processing cycles of the reloader in which supplies of components are subjected to successive mechanical processing steps to produce reloaded cartridges ready for use, the drive mechanism of the cartridge reloader including an eccentrically rotating input shaft, the actuator including a circularly rotating output shaft and a connector configured to enable circular rotation of the output shaft to drive the eccentrically rotating input shaft of the reloader, sensors associated with the actuator and the reloader to (a) acquire digital information that is indicative of a state of progress of each of the processing cycles and of conditions of the reloader related to the production of the reloaded cartridges, and (b) deliver the digital information to a digital controller for controlling the processing cycles of the reloader, the digital controller connected to receive the digital information from the sensors and to control automatic operation of the reloader in successive processing cycles to produce reloaded cartridges without requiring human intervention.