Year: 1865

page_text: Sealed the 24th October 1865, and dated the 27th April 1865.

page_text: uses.
supports a carriage free to slide to the right and left within a certain limit in
this carriago, and is capable of assuming both a vertical and a
horizontal
position. That end of the cylinder which when vertical is the lower end can
be compressed by a screw for the purpose hereafter mentioned. A horizontal
lever carrying a block at about its middle, and formed with a handle at its
outer end, is pivoted, so that it may be turned to bring the block against the
end of the cylinder when in a horizontal position; a corresponding handle is
fixed to the front of the apparatus. A cartridge closer is fitted to the apparatus
at the end opposite the lever; the face of the closer is formed to receive the
end of the cartridge, and a winch handle is fitted thereto by which it is caused
to rotate when required.
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The working is as follows:-Place an empty cartridge case in the cylinder,
move it into a vertical position, and bring the charger directly over the
cylinder; push down the charger into the cartridge case and pour in the
powdor by the cup so that it may run down inside the charger into the case:
then allow the charger to rise, place wadding or a wad into the case, and
again push down the charger to ram the wad home; next pour the shot
into the cup while the charger is down, then allow the charger to rise, place
wadding or a wad above the shot, and again push down the charger to ram
home the wad. The charging of the cartridge case is now complete. To close
the case move the cylinder containing it into a horizontal position, and cause it
to traverse with its carriage, so that the end of the case may enter the closer;
then push the case quite home and compress the end of the cylinder by the
screw before mentioned to hold the cartridge tight; next bring the lever
round so that its block may press against the end of the cartridge, hold the
lever handle and the fixed handle firmly, give a few turns to the closer by
means of the winch handle, and the closing is complete.
The apparatus may be furnished with a screw and screw plate to enable it
to be fixed to a table.

page_text: Ost Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
5 unto me, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I,
the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns,
or such others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
0 expressed, should and lawfully might make use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CHARGING AND
CLOSING CARTRIDGE CASES"
(communicated to me from abroad by Thomas
James Thackeray, of Paris, France), upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or administrators, by au
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto aunexed,
that is to say:-)
This Invention consists in constructing apparatus as follows:-Upon a bed
plate I mount a vertical rod on which a charger is pivoted; this charger
consists of a tube, flanged at bottom, and fitted inside another tube, so that
on pressure being applied to the charger or inner tube it is pushed down
within the outer tube. When the pressure is removed a spring returns the
charger to its normal position; the charger carries a cup at top. The
bed plate also supports a carriage free to slide to the right and left within a
certain limit in a groove; a cylinder for containing the cartridge case is
inged to one end of this carriage, and is capable of assuming both a vertical
and a horizontal position. A horizontal lever carrying a block at about its
niddle, and formed with a handle at its outer end, is pivoted so that it may
e turned to bring the block against the end of the cylinder when in a
orizontal position; a corresponding handle is fixed to the front of the
pparatus. A cartridge closer is fitted to the apparatus at the end opposit

page_text: the lever; the face of the closer is formed to receive the end of the cartridge,
and a winch handle is fitted thereto, by which it is caused to rotate when
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation, and Figure 2 a
plan, with the charger and outer tube removed, of an apparatus for charging 5
and closing cartridges constructed according to this Invention. These figures
required.
show the parts in position for charging the cartridge case.
Figure 3 is a
similar view to Figure 1, but with the parts moved into position for closing
the end of the cartridge case.
A is a bed plate, and B a vertical rod mounted thereon; C is a
charger 10
consisting of a tube flanged at the bottom D, and fitted inside another tube E,
so that on pressure being applied to the charger or inner tube C it can be
pushed down within the tube E; F is a spring for returning the charger C
to its normal position when the pressure is removed. The tube E is held by
bracket G pivoted to the rod B, and fixed at any required height by a screw H. 15
The charger C carries a cup I at top. The bed plate A also supports a
carriage J free to slide to the right and left within a prescribed limit in a
dovetail groove K. A cylinder L for containing the cartridge case is binged
at one end of the carriage J so as to be capable of assuming both a vertical
and a horizontal position. M is a horizontal lever carrying a block N and 20
formed with a handle O. This lever is pivoted at P, so that it may be
turned to bring the block N against the end of the cylinder L, as seen in
Figure 3. Q is a corresponding handle fixed to the front of the apparatus;
R is a cartridge closer free to turn in a bearing in an upright S; the face of
this closer is formed to receive the end of the cartridge; T is a winch handle
by which the closer is caused to rotate when required.
The working is as follows:-Place an empty cartridge case in the cylinder L.
move it into a vertical position, as in Figures 1 and 2, and bring the charger C
directly over the cylinder; push down the charger into the cartridge case, and
pour in the powder by the cup 1, so that it may run down inside the charger
into the case; then allow the charger to rise by the action of the spring F,
place wadding or a wad into the case, and again push down the charger to
am the wad home; next pour the shot into the cup while the charger is
down, then allow the charger to rise, place wadding or a wad above the shot,
and again push down the charger to ram home the wad.
The charging
complete. To close the case move the
ylinder L into a horizontal position, and cause it to traverse with its
arriage J into the position represented in Figure 3, so that the end of the
ase may enter the closer R; then push the case quite home; next bring
of the cartridge case is now complete.

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the lever M round so that its block N may press against the end of the cart-
ridge, hold the lever handle O and the fixed handle Q firmly, give a few
turns to the closer R by means of the winch handle T, and the closing is
complete.
The apparatus may be furnished with a screw U and screw plate V to
enable it to be fixed to a table. While the cartridge case is being filled its
base is supported on the part W of the apparatus. The block N is roughened
to prevent the cartridge turning round with the closer.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the apparatus for
charging and closing cartridges, the various parts of which are combined,
arranged, and act substantially as herein-before described and represented in
the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
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