A NEW OR IMPROVED CARTRIDGE CASE COILER AND RECAPPER.”
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Lincoln Jeffries, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Gun Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
CARTRIDGE CASE COILER AND RECAPPER.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Lincoln Jeffries at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1876.
GEORGE LINCOLN JEFFRIES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED CARTRIDGE CASE COILER AND RECAPPER."
The object of my Invention is to combine in the same machine or instrument
mechanism for the purposes of coiling or turning over the open end of the paper
cartridge case and for recapping the cartridge case, that is, removing the spent cap
and replacing it by a fresh one. For these purposes I modify the ordinary cartridge
case coiler in the manner herein-after described, and use therewith a detached cap
lifter constructed as herein-after described.
In the middle of the inner face of the forked cross bar on the holding lever of
the cartridge case coiler, which grips the cartridge case head while its open end is
being coiled or turned over, I make a recess or depression, and on the arm of the
said lever, opposite the part carrying the forked cross bar I make a lump or pro-
tuberance.
Instead of jointing the holding lever of the coiling machine to the coiling
chamber in the ordinary way I joint it thereto by a swivel joint, that is, a joint
which, while permitting the lever to move horizontally as the ordinary lever does,
also permits it to rotate; by this rotation, which the lever is capable of, either side
of the lever, and consequently either the forked bar of the lever or the protuberance
opposite the said forked bar may at pleasure be presented to the open mouth of the
coiling chamber.
The swivel joint of the lever may be made by drilling a hole in the arm on tho
coiling chamber and fitting therein a small screw bolt or joint pin. Through a holo
in the projecting part of this screw bolt or joint pin the reduced end of the lever is
passed and secured by a screw. The screw bolt forms the joint pin on which the
ever may perform its horizontal motion, the lever when required being capable of
wivelling or rotating in the hole in the said screw bolt or joint pin.

page_text: In order to recap a cartridge case I use in the cartridge case a lifter, consisting of
a bar having at one end a point or needle, and being provided with cross pieces or
This lifter having
a cylindrical guide to secure it centrally in the cartridge case.
been placed in the cartridge case with its point or needle end against the head of
the cartridge case the combined case and lifter is placed in the coiling chainber
and the holding lever of the coiler is turned against the head of the cartridge case,
so as to present to the cap in the said case the depression or recess in the forked
cross bar of the lever. The head of the cartridge case being gripped by the said
lever the winch of the coiler at the opposite end of the coiling chamber is turned,
the coiler in the coiling chamber is thereby made to bear against the end of the
lifter in the case and advance it, and cause its needle to force out the cap from the
head of the cartridge case into the depression in the cross fork of the lever; the
lifter is next removed from the cartridge case and a new cap placed in the head, and
the case again introduced into the coiling chamber. The holding lever is now
rotated or swivelled on its joint so as to present to the head of the cartridge casc
the protuberance herein-before described, and by closing the said lever on the
cartridge case the said protuberance forces the cap into its chamber in the cartridge
case head; the cartridge case is thus recapped. The coiling or turning over of the
open end of the cartridge case is effected in the usual way.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by a
the said George Lincoln Jeffries in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
November 1876.
GEORGE LINCOLN JEFFRIES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED CARTRIDGE CASE COILER AND RECAPPER."
The object of my Invention is to combine in the same machine or instrument
mechanism for the purposes of coiling or turning over the open end of the paper
cartridge case and for recapping the cartridge case, that is, removing the spent
For these purposes I modify the
percussion cap and replacing it by a fresh one.
ordinary cartridge case coiler in the manner herein-after described, and use there-
with a detached cap lifter or support constructed as herein-after described.
Ju the middle of the inner face of the forked cross bar on the holding lever of
the cartridge case coiler, which grips the cartridge case head while its open end is
being coiled or turned over, I make a recess or depression, and on the arm of the
said lever opposite the part carrying the forked cross bar I make a lump or
protuberance.
Instead of jointing the holding lever of the coiling machine to the coiling
chamber in the ordinary way I joint it thereto by a swivel joint, that is, a joint which
while permitting the lever to move horizontally as the ordinary lever does also
permits it to rotate. By this rotation which the lever is capable of either side of
the lever, and consequently either the forked bar of the lever or the protuberance
opposite the said forked bar may at pleasure be presented to the open mouth of
the coiling chamber.
The swivel joint of the lever may be made by drilling a hole in the arm on the
coiling chamber and fitting therein a small screw bolt or joint pin. Through a
hole in the projecting part of this screw bolt or joint pin the reduced end of the
The screw bolt forms tho
lever is passed and secured by a screw or otherwise.
joint pin on which the lever may perform its horizontal motion, the lever when
required being capable of swivelling or rotating in the hole in the said screw bolt
or joint pin.
In order to recap a cartridge case I use in the cartridge case a cylindrical or
other shaped lifter or support, having at one end a point or needle and at the
opposite end or recess for the bottom of the cap chamber to fit in the figure of the

page_text: lifter or support securing it centrally in the cartridge case. This lifter or support
having been placed in the cartridge case with its point or needle end against the
head of the cartridge case the combined caso and lifter or support is placed in the
coiling chamber and the holding lever of the coiler is turncil against the head of
the cartridge case, so as to present to the cap in the said case the depression or recess
in the forked cross bar of the lever. The head of the cartridge case being gripped
by the said lever the latter is made to force the cartridge case into the coiling
chamber, and cause the needle of the lifter or support to force out the cap from the
head of the cartridge case into the depression in the cross fork of the lever. The
lifter or support is next inverted in the cartridge case and a new percussion cap
placed in the head, and the said case with the lifter or support within it is again
introduced into the coiling chamber. The holding lever is now rotated or swivelled
on its joint so as to present to the head of the cartridge case the protuberance
herein-before described, and by closing the said lever on the cartridge case the said
protuberance forces the cap into its chamber in the cartridge case head. The
cartridge case is thus recapped. The coiling or turning over of the open end of the
cartridge case is effected in the usual way.
I will now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figure 1 represents in sido clevation; Figure 2, partly in longitudinal vertical
section and partly in side elevation; and Figure 3, in plau, partly in horizontal
section my new or improved cartridge case coiler and recapper.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of a portion of the instrument; and Figure 5 is a
detached part of the same.
In Figures 1 and 2 the instrument is represented in the act of removing a spent
cap from the cartridge case, and in Figure 3 the instrument is represented in the act
of placing a fresh cap in the cup chamber of the cartridge case.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawing.
a is the coiling chamber, and a² is the coiler at the base of the said chamber, the
said chamber being carried by the clamping arm bas usual; c is the holding lever,
capable both of swivelling or rotating and moving horizontally on the arm a³ of the
coiling chamber; d is the forked cross bar of the holding lever c, and is the recess
or depression in the said cross bar d; e is the lump or protuberance on the holding
lever c opposite the part carrying the forked bar d.
The joint by which the holding lever c is made capable of moving horizontally
like the ordinary lever, and also of rotating or swivelling, is constructed in the
manner best seen in Figure 4, but I do not limit myself to that construction of
joint.
In the arm a³ on the coiling chamber a hole is made, in which hole the lower part
of the joint pin f works, the said pin being secured in its place by the screw g. In
the upper expanded head of the joint pin fa hole is made for receiving the reduced
end of the lever c, the said reduced end being capable of rotating or swivelling in
the said hole. The reduced end of the lever is secured in the joint pin by
expanding or forming a head on it, as represented. The pin f forms the joint on
which the lever c performs its horizontal motion. By the motion which the holding
lever c is capable of, either the forked bar d or the protuberance c opposite the said
bar may at pleasure be presented to the head of the cartridge case, the said lever,
whether in one or the other position, being capable of moving horizontally on the
joint pin f
The detachable lifter or support which I use in combination with the coiler is
represented in section in Figures 2 and 3. It consists of a cylindrical bar or block h,
having at one end a point or needle i (detachable at pleasure), and at the other end
a tubular recess k. The cylindrical figure of the lifter or support h secures it cen-
trally in the cartridge case l. The coiler a³ at the base of the coiling chamber a is
recessed to receive either the point or needle i or the tubular end k of the lifter or
support h.
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page_text: In recapping a cartridge case by the use of the instrument described and repre-
sented I proceed as follows:-For the purpose of removing a spent cap the parts are
arranged in the manner represented in Figures 1 and 2, that is to say, the lifter or
support is placed in the cartridge case with its point or needle i towards the
head of the cartridge case, and the said cartridge case with the lifter within it is
placed in the coiling chamber a, the tubular end k passing into the recess in the
coiler a². The holding lever c is swivelled so as to present the recess d² in the cross
bard to the cap m in the head of the cartridge case, the parts occupying the
positions represented in Figure 2. The head of the cartridge case being gripped by
the cross bar of the lever c, the said lever is moved horizontally on its joint, so as
to force the cartridge case into the coiling chamber. As the cartridge case is forced
into the chamber a, the fixed point or needle i of the lifter or support forces out
the spent cap m from the head of the cartridge case into the recess d² in the cross
bar d of the holding lever, as will be understood by an examination of Figure 2.
To introduce a fresh cap into the cap chamber of the cartridge case, the latter
together with the lifter or support h are removed from the coiling chamber a, and
the said lifter or support is inverted in the cartridge case so as to present its
tubular end to the head of the cartridge case, and in this position they are re-
introduced into the coiling chamber a. as represented in Figure 3, the needle i fitting
into the recess in the coiler a. A fresh cap being placed in the head of the
cartridge case the holding lever c is swivolled so as to present to the head of the
cartridge case the protuberance e, and by closing the lever c on the said head of
the cartridge case, the said protuberence e forces the fresh cap n into its chamber
in the head of the caso, as will be understood by an examination of Figure 3, and
the recapping of the cartridge case is complete.
The coiling or turning over of the open end of the paper cartridge case is effected
by turning the coiler a by the handle a', as usual.
When not in use for the purposes described the detachable lifter or support h
may form a connected part of the instrument by securing it to the handle a of the
coilor. For this purpose that end of it carrying the point or needle i is screwed
externally, and this end is screwed into the handle at at a³, and forms the winch of
the said handle as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1.
Previous to screwing the lifter or support in the handle a I remove the
needle or point i and place it in the hollow handle of the holding lever c, as
indicated in Figure 3.
Instead of making the holding lever capable of swivelling as well as moving
horizontally as described and illustrated, the said lever may only have a horizontal
motion similar to the holding lever of an ordinary coiler. This modification of my
Invention is illustrated in plan in Figure 6, side elevation in Figure 7, and cross
section in Figure 8. In this modification the holding lever c moves horizontally on
the joint pin cand in place of the protuberance e (Figures 3, 4, and 5), on the
holding lever I use a screw pin working across the said lever opposite the
middle of the forked bar d, d. By driving home the said screw pin its end may be
made to project into the recess 2, in the cross bar d, and in this position it serves to
force the fresh cap into the cap chamber in a like manner to the protuberance e
herein-before described. When the spent cap is to be removed from the cartridge
case, the screw pin p is turned so as to withdraw its end from the recess d³ in the
cross bar d; the instrument is then used as herein-before described.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to
the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the same may be varied with-
out departing from the nature of my Invention. But I claim as my Invention of a
new or improved cartridge case, coiler and recapper, the combination with or
adaptation to the ordinary cartridge case coiler of the parts constructed and used as
herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, of the accom-
panying Drawing for removing the spent percussion cap and replacing it by a fresh
one, that is to say, making a recess in the forked cross bar on the holding lever for

page_text: receiving the spent percussion cap forced out of the cartridge case and also making
a lump or protuberance on the said holding lever opposite the said cross bar for
forcing the fresh percussion cap into the chamber, the holding lever being capable
of a swivelling motion in addition to its ordinary horizontal motion, for the purpose
of presenting at pleasure either the forked cross bar or the protuberance to the
head of the cartridge case; the parts described being used in combination with a
lifter or support for lifting the spent percussion cap, and for supporting the head of
the cartridge case during the forcing in of the fresh percussion cap, substantially as
described and illustrated; also the inodification of the holding lever, having only a
horizontal motion herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 6, 7, and 8, of
the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Lincoln Jeffries, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
GEORGE LINCOLN JEFFRIES. (L.S.)