Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
RESERVE COI
[Communicated from abroad by CHRISTIAN C. HILL, of 18, South Canal Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for loading cartridges, and more
particularly cartridges for shot guns.
The object of my invention is to produce an efficient and durable power-driven
machine which will operate rapidly to feed the cartridge shells to the machine,
load them with powder, shot and wads, crimp them and mark them as they are
discharged.
In my invention the shells are placed erect with their open end upward upon a
slowly revolving horizontal disk, having a stationary rim or guard and provided with
an eccentrically mounted, oppositely revolving interior roller, the peripheral surface
of which constitutes, in connection with the stationary rim, a convergent path along
which the shells are continuously advanced by the revolving disk. The narrowest
part of this path is but wide enough for only a single shell to pass at a time, so that
the shells will be passed or fed along in single file in a continuous line. By reason of
the interior roller revolving in the opposite direction from the feed wheels, all tendency
of two or more shells wedging together in the wider part of the convergent path, is
prevented. A feed gate or lever, having a pocket to receive a single shell at a time
vibrates intermittently across the open end or mouth of the feed path and serves to
slide or move the shells, one at a time, over a vertically reciprocating feed plunger
and under one of the holes or shell receptacles in an intermittently revolving hori-
zontal shell carrier disk or frame. The shell carrier is furnished with as many
different holes or receptacles for shells as there are different operations to be performed

page_text: in the loading of the shell; so that all the different operations may be performed at
the same time, one shell receiving one operation while another shell receives another
operation. Just beneath the circular row of shell holes in the shell carrier is a
stationary circular track, upon which the bottom or closed end of the shell rests and
slides as the shell is carried around in and by the carrier. This circular track is
provided with a central groove or channel therein for the primer, and the track is
continuous excepting at the point where the vertically reciprocating feed plunger
pushes the shell upward into one of the holes or receptacles of the shell carrier. As
the shell is pushed into the shell carrier and while it is still supported by the shell
feed plunger, a flaring plunger is forced slightly into the mouth of the shell to
slightly spread the same and cause it to better and more readily receive the powder
and wads. As I ordinarily build my machine, the shell carrier is provided with
eight shell receptacles, and it is turned one eighth of a revolution at each
movement.
While one shell is being thus fed into the machine and its mouth spread, the next
preceding shell is receiving its charge of powder. The powder holding vessel or
hopper is mounted on the frame of the machine, and is furnished at its lower end or
mouth with a horizontally sliding or oscillating valve having a charge measuring
pocket or receptacle, and which operates to intermittently deliver to the shell its
charge of powder. The size or capacity of the pocket in the valve is made adjustable,
so that any desired charge of powder may be delivered to the shell.
At the same time the third preceding shell receives two wads, one felt wad and one
paper wad. The wad holders for these two separate wads are mounted on the frame
of the machine on opposite sides of the rammer which forces them into the cartridge.
Each wad holder consists of a vertical tube and is furnished with a horizontally
sliding or oscillating feed valve, cach of which is provided with a semi-circular
pocket, which operates in conjunction with a pivoted clamp arm having a similar
semi-circular pocket to clamp a single wad and carry it over the mouth of
the shell. Those wad feed valves or levers are arranged to cross each other
or shut together, one over the other and thus impose one of the wads directly above
the other, so that one and the same rammer will force them both simultaneously into
the shell.
The next or fourth preceding shell at the same time receives a third wad upon the
powder, if it is desired, and the wads are rammed home with the requisite degree of
pressure by a weighted rammer, which is intermittently raised by appropriate
imechanism and allowed to descend by its own weight upon the wads in the shell.
By this means each shell will be rammed with a uniform and the desired force or
pressure. The preceeding rammer, before referred to, is simply designed to force the
first two wads into the shell without exerting any compressing force upon the charge
of powder. It may however, if desired, be also a weighted rammer which is raised
and allowed to descend by its own gravity. I prefer however to give this first rammier
. a positive motion.
The next or fifth preceding shell at the same time receives the charge of shot. The
shot holding vessel or hopper is mounted on the frame of the machine and furnished
with a feed valve similar to the powder valve.
The next or sixth preceding shell at the same time receives a wad on top of the
charge of shot which is forced into the shell by a vertically moving rammer. This
rammer or plunger may be a weighted rammer, which is raised and allowed to
descend by its own gravity upon the wad. As it is only desired however to merely
push this short wad home, without exerting any pressure or compression upon
the charge of shot, good results may be had by employing a rigid and positively
driven rammer.
The next or seventh preceding shell is, at the same time, being crimped or its upper
edge rolled inwardly down to hold the shot wad or final wad snugly in place. The
crimping is done by a continuously revolving crimper mounted on a sliding shaft in
.connection with an oppositely moving slide holder, which engages the rim or
extractor portion of the shell, and projects up through a suitable slot or opening

page_text: formed in the circular track upon which the shells ride. The crimper shaft and the
holding plunger are forced towards each other positively by a lever to which they
are both connected, and which is operated by a cam. Springs serve to withdraw the
holding plunger and to raise the crimper shaft and crimper out of the way of the
succeeding shell when the crimping has been done. By this means the shells will be
positively and uniformly crimped, so that the final wad will be held snugly and
uniformly in place against the shot.
The next or eighth preceding shell is, at the same time, forced out of its receptacle
in the carrier by a reciprocating plunger or extractor. The loaded shell as it leaves
the carrier is received into a supplemental revolving turret or carrier by which the
shell is conveyed beneath a marker by which the top wad of the shell is stamped or
marked with any desired data, as for example the size of the shot and the weight of
the charge of powder and shot.
Dated this 121 Ja
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cartridges for
Fire-arms and to Machines therefor.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :--
My invention relates to improvements in machines for loading cartridges, and
more particularly cartridges for shot guns.
The object of my invention is to produce an efficient and durable power-driven
machine which will operate rapidly to feed the cartridge shells to the machine,
load them with powder, shot and wads, crimp them and mark them as they are
discharged.
In my invention the shells are placed erect with their open end upward upon a
slowly revolving horizontal disk, having a stationary rim or guard and provided
with an eccentrically mounted, oppositely revolving interior roller, the peripheral
surface of which constitutes, in connection with the stationary rim, a convergent
path along which the shells are continuously advanced by the revolving disk. The
narrowest part of this path is but wide enough for only a single shell to pass at a time,
so that the shells will be passed or fed along in single file in a continuous line. By
reason of the interior roller revolving in the opposite direction from the feed wheel,
all tendency of two or more shells wedging together in the wider part of the con-
vergent path, is prevented. A feed gate or lever, having a pocket to receive a
single shell at a time vibrates intermittently across the open end or mouth of the
feed path and serves to slide or move the shells, one at a time, over a vertically
reciprocating feed plunger and under one of the holes or shell receptacles in an
intermittently revolving horizontal shell carrier disk or frame. The shell carrier is
furnished with as many different holes or receptacles for shells as there are different
operations to be performed in the loading of the shells; so that all the different
operations may be performed at the same time, one shell receiving one operation
while another shell receives another operation. Just beneath the circular row of
shell holes in the shell carrier is a stationary circular track, upon which the bottom
or closed end of the shell rests and slides as the shell is carried around in and by
the carrier. This circular track is provided with a central groove or channel
therein for the primer, and the track is continuous excepting at the point where
the vertically reciprocating feed plunger pushes the shell upward into one of the holes
or receptacles of the shell carrier. As the shell is pushed into the shell carrier and
while it is still supported by the shell feed plunger, a flaring plunger is forced
slightly into the mouth of the shell to slightly spread the same and cause it to better
and more readily receive the powder and wads. As I ordinarily build my machine,
the shell carrier is provided with eight shell receptacles, and it is turned one eighth
of a revolution at each movement.
While one shell is being thus fed into the machine and its mouth spread, the next

page_text: preceeding shell is receiving its charge of powder. The powder holding, vessel or
hopper is mounted on the frame of the machine, and is furnished at its lower end
or mouth with a horizontally sliding or oscillating valve having a charge measuring
pocket or receptacle; and which operates to intermittently deliver to the shell its
charge of powder. The size or capacity of the pocket in the valve is made adjust-
able, so that any desired charge of powder may be delivered to the shell.
Each wad holder
At the same time the third preceeding shell receives a wad.
consists of a vertical tube and is furnished with a horizontally sliding or oscillating
feed valve, each of which is provided with a semi-circular pocket, which operates
in conjunction with a clamp arm having a similar semi-circular pocket to clamp a
single wad and carry it over the mouth of the shell.
The next or fourth preceeding shell at the same time receives two wads upon
the powder, if it is desired, and the wads are rammed home with the requisito
degree of pressure by a weighted rammer, which is intermittently raised by appro-
priate mechanism and allowed to descend by its own weight upon the wads in the
shell. By this means each shell will be rammed with a uniform and the desired force
or pressure. The wad holders for these two separate wads are mounted on the frame
of the machine on opposite sides of the rammer which forces them into the cartridge.
These wad feed valves or levers are arranged to cross each other or shut together, one
over the other and thus impose one of the wads directly above the other, so that one
and the same rammer will force them both simultaneously into the shell. The pre-
ceeding rammer, before referred to, is simply designed to force the first wad into
the shell without exerting any compressing force upon the charge of powder. It
may, however, if desired, be also a weighted rammor which is raised and allowed to
descend by its own gravity. I prefer, however, to give this first rammer a positive
motion.
The next or fifth preceeding shell at the same time receives the charge of shot.
The shot holding vessel or hopper is mounted on the frame of the machine and
furnished with a feed valve similar to the powder valve.
The next or sixth preceeding shell at the same time receives a wad on top of
the charge of shot which is forced into the shell by a vertically moving rammer.
This rammer or plunger may be a weighted rammer, which is raised and allowed
to descend by its own gravity upon the wad. As it is only desired however to
merely push this shot wad home, without exerting any pressure or compression upon
the charge of shot, good results may be had by employing a rigid and positively
driven rammer..
The next or seventh preceeding shell is, at the same time, being crimped or its
upper edge rolled inwardly down to hold the shot wad or final wad snugly in place.
The crimping is done by a continuously revolving crimper mounted on a sliding shaft
in connection with an oppositely moving sliding holder, which engages the rim or
extractor portion of the shell, and projects up through a suitable slot or opening
formed in the circular track upon which the shells ride. The crimper shaft and
the holding plunger are forced towards each other positively by a lever to which
they are both connected, and which is operated by a cam. Springs serve to with-
draw the holding plunger and to raise the crimper shaft and crimper out of the
way of the succeeding shell when the crimping has been done. By this means
the shells will be positively and uniformly crimped, so that the final wad will be
held snugly and uniformly in place against the shot.
The next or eighth preceeding shell is, at the same time, forced out of its receptacle
in the carrier by a reciprocating plunger or extractor. The loaded shell as it leaves
the carrier is received into a supplemental revolving turret or carrier by which the
shell is conveyed beneath a marker by which the top wad of the shell is stamped or
marked with any desired data, as for example the size of the shot and the weight of
the charge of powder and shot.
In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which
similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figs. 1 and 2 are side elevations of a
machine embodying my invention, looking from opposite sides. Fig. 3 is a plan

page_text: view; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged
horizontal section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, one of the wad feed slides being shown
in section. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical section of the plunger for spreading the mouth
of the shell. Fig. 7 is a detail section of the powder feed slide. Fig. 8 is a detail
sectional view showing the crimper mechanism. Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view
of the crimper. Fig. 10 is a detail plan view showing the shell feed gate. Fig. 11 is
a detail view of the cam for operating the feed gate lever. Fig. 12 is a detail view
of the wad feed slide operating lever and cam. Fig. 13 is a detail view showing the
mechanism for revolving the shell carrier. Fig. 14 is a detail vertical section of the
shell feed plunger, showing the mechanism for stopping the machine in case no shell
is presented to be fed into the shell carrier, and Fig. 15 is a detail view of the shell
marking mechanism.
In said drawing A represents the frame of the machine, which may be of any
suitable construction, A¹ the powder holder and A2 the shot holder. B is the inter-
mittently revolving shell carrier, having preferably eight holes or receptacles 6 to
receive the shells. This shell carrier, B, is journaled on a hollow stud on the frame
of the machine. The shell carrier is intermittently revolved and locked or held
stationary between the intervals of its movements by means of a cam 62, lever b³,
pawl, having spring 7. and a locking pawl 6 pivoted at to the frame aud
furnished with spring 68.
As the cartridges are moved around by the carrier B they rest upon a circular
track B, which is supported on the frame of the machine. It is provided with a
groove on its upper face to protect the primer or central portion of the shell from
contact with said track. The track B' is also provided with openings for the shell
to pass through at the shell feed and discharge points. This track B' is provided with
a raised or cam portion B² to project the top edge of the cartridge shell above the top
face of the carrier B.
C is a continuously revolving shell feed disk journaled on the frame bracket a,
Can oppositely revolving feed roller above the disk C, C² a stationary rim or guard
secured to said bracket above the feed disk C, and C³ an inside guide rim which, in
connection with the rim C and the inside roller C, constitutes a shell feed passage C+
through which the shells are advanced in single file by the revolving disk C to the
shell feed gate D. The disc C is furnished on its under side with a toothed shoulder
or gear c, which meshes with a gear c¹ secured to the shaft through which
motion is imparted to said feed disk C. The shaft c has a bevel gear c³ and receives
motion from the counter shaft E, through the bevel gear e¹ thereon. The shaft c
of the disk is furnished with a gear which drives the gear c on the shaft c' of
the roller C¹.
The feed gate D is provided with a pocket d to receive the shell and a projecting
end to close the shell feed passage, C, and it vibrates horizontally on its vertical
shaft or pivot d³, and thus operates to move the shells one by one off of the feed
disk C and deliver them above the shell feed plunger F. The guard or guide
rim which forms a part of the shell feed passage, is provided with a pocket cs,
between which and the pocket d of the feed gate lever the shell is clamped, guided
or held as the shell is forced up into the shell receptacle 6 of the carrier B by the
feed plunger F. The feed gate D is operated by a spring d³, so as to give a quick
as well as a yielding motion to the feed gate lever when the same is delivering the
shell to the shell feed plunger F from the shell passage C. The feed gate lever Dis
opened or moved in the opposite direction by means of a cam on the shaft E which
impinges against the arm a secured to the shaft d of the feed gate lever.
The feed plunger F is made hollow and provided with a sliding pin f. This sliding
pin, f, is furnished with a longitudinal cam groove f¹ that operates a pawl pivoted
to the plunger F, so that said pawl will engage, or not engage, the clutch
operating pin according as a shell is absent or present above the feed plunger
to be fed or forced up into the shell carrier. The clutch operating slide fis pre-
ferably furnished with a pivoted catch f, though the pawl may, if desired, engage
directly instead of indirectly the slide. The pawl is held in place by a spring 6.

page_text: The clutch on the main driving shaft G is operated from the sliding pin through
the medium of a lever f° (which is engaged by a cam on the slide 3) and the
clutch rod and connecting link and clutch operating spring 10. The spring f
does the work of moving the clutch, the slide 3 simply operating to move the bent
arm of the lever f and the connecting link past the central line through the
pivots, so that the spring 10 can act.
The feed plunger F is reciprocated up and down by a rack f" thereon which
engages a gear on the stud or shaft 13. The clutch operating pin in the
plunger F is pushed up, as shown in Fig. 14, at each descending movement of the
feed plunger F by striking against the lever h, which acts as a stop for the pin f'
to impinge against.
carry
The gear is operated by a rack on the vertically reciprocating bar H, which
operates to lift the rammers. This bar H slides in the hollow stud as a guide.
The sliding bar H is furnished at its upper end with four radial arms ² which
respectively the wad rammers or plungers K K K² and the discharge plunger K³.
The plungers K, K2, K³, may be secured rigidly to the arms 2 of the bar H. But
the main powder rammer K, slides freely in its guide arm h², said arm operating
simply to raise the plunger. This rammer K is provided with a weight which is
preferably attached to the end of a lever pivoted to the plunger K and to the
sliding bar H. This weight determines the force or pressure exerted by the rammer K
upon the final powder wad.
L, L, L, L are the wad holders. These are each removably secured in place
above the wad feed slides by spring clamps L L, so that the wad holders or tubes
may be conveniently removed for the purpose of refilling them with wads.
The powder feed slide M reciprocates beneath the powder holder A' and above the
frame plate a in suitable guides. This powder feed slide consists simply of a block with a
hole through it adapted to receive the graduated powder charge thimbles m. The
powder charge thimbles m nest one within another. By means of these nesting
thimbles any desired charge of powder may be measured with great accuracy.
The shot feed slide N is mounted in a similar manner under the slot holder A2 and
above the frame plate a, between which it reciprocates. The charge of shot is
regulated by a sliding plate or wall n which is adjusted by a screw n¹.
The mechanism, as shown in the drawing, is adapted to feed four wads into each
shell, three on top of the powder and one on top of the shot. The four wad feed
slides P P P P³ are all constructed alike, and each is mounted to reciprocate between
its wad holder and the frame plate a¹ below in suitable guides. The wad feed
slides P, P, are mounted to reciprocate in guides parallel to the powder feed slide M,
so that these two wad feed slides and the powder feed slide may be all simultaneously
operated from the same rock shaft O. And the wad feed slides P2 P3 reciprocate
parallel to the shot feed slide N, so that these three slides may be simultaneously
operated from the same rock shaft 01, which is connected to and given the same and
simultaneous movement with rock shaft O by means of the bevel gears o o. These
gears o, o, are but short segments, as only a slight movement is required to be given
to the rock shafts. Each of the wad feed slides consists of a slotted or forked block
carrying a plate p having a semicircular end corresponding to the circumference of
the wad and is provided with a semi-circular wad clamp p', having sliding arms p² p³
fitting in suitable holes in the wad feed slide. The longer arm p² is provided with a
light spiral spring p' which operates to close the clamp arm p' against the wad. The
wad clamp p is opened, when the wad slide is retracted beneath the wad holder in
position to receive the wad, by the arm p² impinging against a fixed stop p on the
frame. When the wad feed slide advances to feed the wad over the mouth of the
shell, the wad clamp p¹ clamps the wad so as to hold it flat over the mouth of the shell
until the wad rammer or plunger descends and forces it into the shell. This prevents
any danger of the wads entering the shell edgewise or askew. It will be observed
that the wad feed slides P' P' are arranged at right angles to each other and operate
to feed two wads over the same opening in the plate at, so that the two will be forced

page_text: simultaneously into the shell by the same plunger or rammer. The wad foed slide P
reciprocates beneath the wad feed slide P
Motion is communicated to the six slides M, N, P, P1, P2 P³, by arms or levers o³,
on the rock shafts 0 0, and connecting links o³.
Motion is communicated to the rock shaft O by a cam of on the shaft E, and arm or
lever o on the rock shaft O.
The shells are crimped by a continuously revolving crimper Q between which and
the shell holding plunger R the shell is clamped during the crimping operation. The
crimper is journaled on a sliding bar 9 and is revolved by a gear on the crimper
shaft which meshes with a gear 72 on the shaft 3. The shaft 3 is furnished with a
spline at the lower end and is provided with a bevel gear 6 which meshes with a
bevel gear on the counter shaft q which is driven from the main driving shaft
through the gears q¹º q¹¹. The shell holding plunger R is provided with shell
holding jaws adapted to grasp the rim of the shell and hold it from revolving
during the crimping operation. The crimper bar and plunger R are forced
together so as to clamp the shell endwise between the crimper and plunger R
by means of a lever ¹ which is pivoted at to the plunger R and at its end
to the sliding bar q through the medium of the sliding pin and spring 73. The
spring impinges against a shoulder or projection q¹ on the sliding bar 9 through
which said pin slides. The lever R¹ is operated by a cam R² on the shaft E. The
plunger R is also furnished with a spring R³ and a stop pin R which impinges against
the frame and limits the upward movement of the plunger R. The plunger is pro-
jected upward through a suitable opening in the track B.
As the shell is forced up between the guide jaws d and 8 of the gate lever D and
guide rim C by the feed plunger F into the shell receptacle 6 of the carrier B, the
mouth of the shell is spread or made slightly flaring by a stationary plunger S which
is adjustably secured to an arm S¹ by a set screw s, which arm S₁ is bolted to the
frame of the machine. The plunger S is made hollow and is provided with a sliding
pins operated by a spring 2, and provided with a cross arm s³, which works in a
suitable slot in the spreading plunger S. The function of this pin s¹ and its cross
arm and spring is to force the shell off of the spreading plunger. By this means
the feed plunger is made not only to feed the shells into the carrier but also to force
them against the spreading plunger. The spring extractor ¹ pushes the shell down
off of the spreading plunger S, so that the shell may move forward in the carrier
when the carrier next advances or turns.
After the shell has been crimped it is forced out of the shell carrier B through a
suitable opening in the circular track B by the discharge plunger K³, and at the same
time delivered into an intermittently revolving turret T, which is journaled on the
frame of the machine beneath the carrier B. This turret T has shell receptacles t to
receive the shells and it operates to convey the shells beneath the marker V, and then
deliver them into the discharge chute W.
The turret T is intermittently revolved and held
reciprocating pawl and a spring locking pawl t.
reciprocating bar T', which is operated by an arm T
connecting link T³, and lever T.
in position by means of a
The pawl t¹ is pivoted to the
on the rock shaft through
The marker V is mounted pivotally on its operating lever so that after each
impression its type v₁ may impinge against the inking pad V₁ which is secured to a
standard V. The marker may be turned or reversed as it moves up and down by
any ordinary reversing mechanism commonly used in ordinary hand stamps; that
which I prefer to employ is shown in the drawing and consists, essentially, of a three-
toothed cam gear on the type or marker V, which engages two stationary teeth or
pins on the standard V. The marker lever is elevated or retracted by a wire
rodo, having a collar and an arm secured to the discharge plunger K³. The
marker lever v descends by its own weight to strike the blow and make the impression
upon the top wad of the cartridge. A spring may, however, be employed to assist
the gravity of the marker arm.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign Correspondent I declare that what I claim is :
1st. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with an intermittently
revolving horizontal shell carrier, having a series of vertical holes or cells for
receiving the shells, of a circular supporting track beneath said carrier having an
opening or openings through which the shells are fed and discharged, a horizontal
continuously revolving shell feed disk adjacent to said carrier having a stationary outer
rim, an inner rim and an oppositely revolving eccentrically journaled small inside
roller, a horizontally vibrating feed gate lever having a pocket to receive a single
shell from the feed gate and operating to deliver the shell to the feed plunger, a ver-
tically moving feed plunger to force the shells into the carrier, a powder hopper, a
powder measuring valve, wad holders and wad feed slides, a weighted rammer and
mechanism for elevating it and permitting it to descend and compress the charge
by its own weight, a shot hopper, a shot measuring valve, a lever for oscillating
said shot and powder valves and delivering their charges into the shells, a shot
wad, rammer, a continuously revolving crimper, a vertically moving shell holding
plunger to raise or push the shell against the crimper, an extractor or discharge
plunger, a shell receiving supplemental turret located beneath the discharge plunger,
and a marker, said parts being connected respectively with each other and with a
single operating mechanism, all combined and operating substantially as specified.
2. The combination with a horizontal shell carrier having vertical holes or cells for
receiving the shells, of a vertically moving feed plunger under said carrier and
operating to force the shells into the cells thereof, a horizontal revolving shell feed
disk adjacent to said carrier, a stationary guard or guide rim surrounding said feed
disk, a small inside revolving roller journaled eccentrically or to one side of the axis
of said disk, and a stationary guide or rim leading from the periphery of said inside
roller to the mouth of the feed passage, and a feed gate adapted to close the shell feed
passage and having a pocket to receive a single shell at a time and transfer it to said
plunger, substantially as specified.
3. The combination with a horizontal shell carrier having vertical holes for receiving
the shells, of a vertically moving feed plunger beneath said carrier, a horizontally
vibrating gate adapted to close a shell feed passage and having a pocket to receive a
single shell therefrom at a time and transfer it to the feed plunger, and a corresponding
stationary guide pocket on the frame of the machine beneath said carrier between
which and said gate the shell is held and guided as it is forced upward by the feed
plunger into the cell of the carrier, substantially as specified.
4. The combination in a cartridge loading machine, having a clutch connecting the
power device with the loading mechanism, of a shell carrier provided with cells, a
feed plunger opposite said carrier for inserting the shells therein and provided with a
movable stop device situated in the path of the shell to be depressed by the shell if
any is present, and to operate the clutch to stop the machine if no shell is present, said
stop device when not depressed being in position to be connected with and disengage
said clutch, substantially as specified.
5. In a cartridge loading machine the combination with a horizontal shell carrier
having vertical holes or cells to receive the shells, of a vertically moving feed plunger,
provided with a sliding pin or rod projecting above the surface of said plunger and
adapted to be depressed by the shell fed to the machine, the clutch of the machine, a
pawl or device for operating said clutch, said sliding pin on the feed plunger operating
to release said pawl or device only when pressed down by the shell, substantially as
specified.
6. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with a shell carrier, having
cells, of a wad holder and wad feed slide, a weighted wad rammer, and mechanism
connected and operating in conjunction with the said wad holder and feed slide for
raising the hammer and allowing it to descend by its own weight so as to strike blows
of measured force, substantially as specified.

page_text: 7. In a cartridge loading machine the combination, with a shell carrier, having
cells, of a wad holder, and wad feed slide, a wad rammer having a transverse weighted
lever mounted upon a fulcrum which is connected and moves with the rammer
actuating device, said rammer being adapted to descend into the shell with the
measured force of gravity, and a guide or bearing to guide the rammer as it descends
into the shell, substantially as specified.
8. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with a weighted rammer of a
vertically reciprocating bar or rod, having an overhanging arm secured thereto, with
a hole or bearing therein for the rammer to slide in so that the rammer may descend
into the shell with the measured force of its own gravity, said rammer being furnished
with a shoulder, whereby the weighted rammer is elevated and also guided into the
shell on its descending movement, substantially as specified.
9. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier, of a revolving
crimper, and a vertically movable shell holding plunger engaging the rim of the shell
to force the shell against the revolving crimper and hold it from revolving, substantially
as specified.
10. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier, of a revolving
crimper, a vertically movable shell holding plunger engaging the rim of the shell to
force the shell against the revolving crimper, and a lever and cam for operating said
shell holding plunger, substantially as specified.
11. The combination with a revolving reciprocating crimper, of a reciprocating
shell holding plunger for engaging the rim of the shell, and pivoted lever connecting
the two, whereby the crimper and holding plunger are forced together to clamp the
shell between, substantially as specified.
12. The combination with a revolving reciprocating crimper, of a reciprocating shell
holding plunger to engage the rim of the shell, and pivoted lever connecting the two,
whereby the crimper and holding plunger are forced together to clamp the shell
between, and a cam for operating said lever, substantially as specified.
13. The combination with a revolving crimper of a shell holder, consisting of a pair
of rigid slightly inclined or wedging jaws adapted to embrace the rim of the shell and
furnished with corrugations extending lengthwise with the jaws, substantially as
specified.
14. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier, of a circular
track to support the shells, a revolving crimper, and a vertically movable shell holding
plunger, said track having an opening through which said holding plunger projects to
lift the shell into contact with the crimper, substantially as specified.
15. The combination with an intermittently revolving carrier, provided with pro-
jections on its under face arranged equidistant apart in a circle about the axis of said
carrier, of a cam-62, lever 3 having pivoted pawl and locking pawl be, said pawls
engaging said projections on opposite sides, substantially as specified.
16. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier, provided with
projections on its under face, arranged equidistant apart in a circle about the axis of
said carrier, of a cam 62, lever 3 having pivoted pawl & and spring 65, locking pawl 68
and spring 68, said pawls engaging said projections on opposite sides, substantially as
specified.
17. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier of a wad feed
plate having an opening through which wads may be pushed into the shell, a pair of
wad holders and a pair of wad feed slides moving the one over the other to feed two
wads simultaneously to said opening, one wad above the other, each of said wad feed
slides having a wad clamping arm to hold and support the wads over said opening,
substantially as specified.
18. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier of a wad feed
plate having an opening through which wads may be pushed into the shell, a pair of
wad holders and a pair of wad feed slides to fed two wads simultaneously to said
opening, one wad above the other, each of said wad feed slides having a wad clamping
arm to hold and support the wads over said opening, said clamping arms being
provided with springs, and arms adapted to strike against stop projections to open the

page_text: holders and said shell carrier and operating to simultaneously convey their respective
charges of shot, powder and wads from said holders to the shells in said carrier,
substantially as specified.
29. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with an intermittently revolving
shell carrier, having cells to receive the shells, of a powder holder and two wad
holders mounted on the frame of the machine above and around said carrier, a
reciprocating powder feed slide and two reciprocating wad feed slides P and P
parallel to said powder feed slide, a shot holder and two additional wad holders mounted
on the frame of the machine above and around said carrier, a reciprocating shot feed
slide and two reciprocating wad feed slides P2 and P3 parallel to said shot feed slide,
said wad feed slides P and P2 crossing each other at an angle one above the other
and operating to deliver their wads simultaneously into the same shell, a rock shaft O
furnished with operating arms and connecting links for simultaneously operating said
powder feed slide and said wad feed slides P and P, and a rock shaft O' geared to
said rock shaft and furnished with operating arms and connecting links for simul-
taneously operating said shot feed slide and said wad feed slides P2 and P3, all six of
said feed slides being mounted on the frame of the machine and reciprocating between
said holders and said carrier and operating to simultaneously convey their
respective charges of powder, shot and wads from said holders to the shells,
substantially as specified.
30. The combination with shell carrier B of a wad holder above said shell carrier,
reciprocating wad feed slide P between said wad holder and shell carrier, having
plate p and semicircular wad clamp furnished with sliding arms p² p³ mounted to
reciprocate on said slide P, and spring p', substantially as specified.
81. The combination with shell carrier B of a wad holder mounted on the frame
of the machine above said shell carrier, reciprocating wad feed slide P having plate p
and semicircular wad clamp 2 furnished with sliding arms p p mounted to reciprocate
on said feed slide P and spring 2, and a stop p, on the frame of the machine for
opening said spring wad clamp p³, substantially as specified.
32. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with an intermittently
revolving shell carrier having cells to receive the shells, of a powder holder and two
wad holders mounted on the frame of the machine above and around said carrier, a
reciprocating powder feed slide, two reciprocating wad feed slides parallel to said
powder feed slide, all three of said slides being mounted on the frame of the
inachine above said carrier and reciprocating between their respective powder and
wad holders and the shell cells in said carrier, and rock shaft O furnished with
operating arms 2 and connecting links o³ for simultaneously operating all of
said feed slides, substantially as specified.
33. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier of two wad
holders above said shell carrier, and two reciprocating wad feed slides between said
wad holders and said shell carrier and arranged at an angle to each other, and one
above the other whereby two wads may be simultaneously fed beneath the same
rammer from said wad holders, substantially as specified.
34. The combination in a cartridge loading machine of a shell carrier, a powder
holder above the shell carrier and a powder feed slide between said powder holder and
shell carrier furnished with a series of nesting powder charge measuring thimbles,
substantially as specified.
35. The combination with shell carrier B having shell holders a discharge plunger
for delivering the loaded shells therefrom, and a secondary shell carrying turret T
having shell holders below the carrier B and into which the shells are delivered as
they are discharged from the carrier B, substantially as specified.
36. The combination with shell carrier B of turret T having shell holders below
said carrier B, discharge plunger K³ above the shell carrier B to force the shells out
of the same into the turret, and marker V, said turret T operating to move the shells
into position under the marker, substantially as specified.
37. In a cartridge loading machine the combination with a shell carrier B and a
supplemental shell carrying turret T, arranged below the carrier to receive the shell

page_text: same when the wad feed slides move back under the wad holders, substantially as
specified.
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19. The combination with two or more wad holders, of two or more wad feed slidės,
a common operating shaft or mechanism and pivoted links connecting all of said slides
to said common operating mechanism whereby they are all operated simultaneously,
substantially as specified.
20. The combination in a cartridge loading machine of a wad holder, with a wad
feed plate having openings through which the wad may be pushed into the cartridge, a
wad feed slide furnished with a clamp arm, a spring for holding said clamp arm closed,
and a stop or projection for opening the same, substantially as specified.
21. The combination with the crimper of the crimper shaft, journaled on an arm
secured to sliding bar I shaft 3, intermeshing gears q¹² for revolving said crimper
shaft, sliding shell holding plunger R, having jaws or lugs 7, lever R', pivoted to said
plunger R and sliding bar q, and cam R² for operating said lever, the shell being
clamped between said crimper and said shell holding plunger, all combined and
operating substantially as specified.
22. The combination with the crimper Q, of crimper shaft journaled on an arm
secured to said bar g, shaft q³, intermeshing gears 2 for revolving said crimper
shaft, sliding holding plunger R lever R pivoted to said plunger R and bar g, cam R²
for operating said lever, and a spring to raise the crimper from the shell, all combined
and operating substantially as specified.
23. The combination with a shell carrier having vertical cells or holes to receive
the shells, of a vertically reciprocating feed plunger under said carrier, sliding bar H,
rack hon said bar H, intermediate gear and rack fl on said feed plunger engaging
said gear, substantially as specified.
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24. The combination with shell carrier B having cells of hollow feed punch F,
sliding pin mounted in said hollow punch, having cam fl, pawl pivoted to said
hollow punch, and clutch operating arm projecting in the patli of said pawl when the
same is held out by the cam on said sliding pin f, substantially as specified.
25. The combination with shell carrier B, having cells b, of hollow feed punch F,
sliding pin mounted in said hollow punch, having cam f", pawl 2 pivoted to said
hollow punch and clutch operating arm projecting in the path of said pawl when the
same is held out by the cam on said sliding pin f, a clutch lever, spring and pivoted
link, all combined and operating substantially as specified.
26. The combination in a cartridge loading machine, of its main power clutch,
with a shell carrier having cells b, a hollow feed punch F below, the carrier, having a
sliding pin therein to operate the clutch, and a spreading tool above the carrier
and directly opposite said feed punch to offer resistance to the feel punch and thus
operate its sliding pin, substantially as specified.
27. In a cartridge loading machine the combination, with an intermittently revolving
shell carrier, having cells to receive the shells, of a powder holder, a shot holder and
two or more wad holders mounted on the frame of the machine above said shell carrier,
of a powder feed slide, a shot feed slide, a wad feed slide reciprocating parallel to
said powder feed slide and a wad feed slide reciprocating parallel to said shot feed
slide, all said feed slides reciprocating on the frame of the machine above said shell
carrier and between the same and said powder, shot and wad holders respectively,
substantially as specified.
28. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with an intermittently revolving
shell carrier, having a series of cells to receive the shells, a powder holder and a wad
holder of a reciprocating powder feed slide and a reciprocating wad feed slide
parallel to said powder feed slide, a rock shaft furnished with operating arms and
connecting links for simultaneously operating both said feed slides, a shot holder and
a second wad holder, a reciprocating shot feed slide and a second reciprocating wad
feed slide parallel to said shot feed slide, a second rock shaft furnished with operating
arms and connecting links for simultaneously operating both said last mentioned feed
slides, said second rock shaft being geared to said first mentioned rock shaft, and all
four of șaid feed slides reciprocating on the frame of the machine and between said

page_text: ejected therefrom, of a reversible marker V mounted above said turret, and inker
pad V secured above said marker, substantially as specified.
38. The combination with shell carrier B and a supplemental turret T of reversible
marker V mounted on the frame of the machine above said turret, inker pad Vi
secured to the frame of the machine above said marker, operating lever e upon which
said marker is journaled, and mechanism for raising or retracting said lever,
substantially as specified.
39. The combination with shell carrying turret T of reversible marker V above said
turret having cam teeth, ², standard V, inking pad V₁ secured to said standard above
said marker, teeth or pins V on said standard, operating lever upon which said
marker is journaled, lifting rod V having collar, and reciprocating plunger K³
furnished with arm through which said lifting rod passes, substantially as
specified.
40. The combination in a cartridge loading machine with cam shaft E, having
cam R, of crimper operating lever R, holding plunger R pivoted to said lever R,
reciprocating bar 7 also pivoted to said operating lever, crimper and shaft
journaled on said bar 7, and connecting gears for revolving the crimper from
said shaft 3, sliding pin, spring, connecting said lever R and the bar
combined and operating substantially as specified.
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41. The combination in a cartridge loading machine with cam shaft E, having
cam R, of lever R¹ operated by said cam, holding plunger R pivoted to said lever,
reciprocating crimper carrying bar 7 connected to said lever, crimper journaled on
said bar 7 gears qq, shaft q journaled on said bar q, said gears and q² connecting
said shaft and the crimper, sliding pin and spring connecting barq and
operating lever, spring R3 and stop pin mounted on the holding plunger R, all
combined and operating substantially as specified.
42. The combination with intermittently revolving shell carrier B furnished with
circular ratchet B³ attached thereto, of pawl lever 3, pawl 4 pivoted to said lever ³
and engaging said ratchet, and a spring locking pawl 6 pivoted to the frame of the
machine and engaging said ratchet, substantially as specified.
43. The combination with intermittently revolving shell carrier B, having cells b
of reciprocating shell feed plunger F below said shell carrier, and a stationary conica!
tool S secured to the frame of the machine above said shell carrier and opposite said
feed plunger F for spreading the mouth of the shell, substantially as specified.
44. The combination with an intermittently revolving shell carrier of a wad feed
plate having an opening through which the wads may be pushed into the shell, a pair
of wad holders and a pair of wad feed slides moving one over the other to feed two
wads simultaneously to said opening, one wad above the other, substantially as
specified.
لبعد
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1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.