IMPROVED MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING CHARGES FOR REFILLING CARTRIDGE CASES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Morris of Blackheath in the County of Kont
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for an Invention of IMPROVED MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING
CHARGES FOR REFILLING CARTRIDGE CASES
”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Morris at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th June 1883.
RICHARD MORRIS of Blackheath in the County of Kent
'IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING CHARGES FOR REFILLING CARTRIDGE CASES."
Cartridge cases are at present made of substantial material in order that they
may be used repeatedly after firing, for which purpose the empty cartridge cases
are returned to the workshops to be refilled. My present invention has for its
object to enable troops and sportsmen to refill their cartridge cases themselves, thus
avoiding the inconvenience, loss of time and expense in sending the empty cases to
a distance for the purpose. With this object I prepare a coiled paper casing, by
preference waterproofed, one end of which is closed by twisting, folding or other-
wise, and into the closed bottom I insert the bullet, on top of which I then place
the wad or wads, and upon these I introduce the charge of powder, the several
parts of the charge being thus contained in the casing in a reverse position to that
which they occupy in the cartridge. The upper end of the paper case being then
closed in, the complete charge thus formed is by preference enclosed in an outer
wrapper and is then ready to be supplied to the troops or sportsmen, who fill the
charge into their empty cartridge cases, by first opening the end of the envelope or
casing containing the powder, and then, after tearing open the envelope, introducing
the wad or wads and lastly the bullet.
In order that the cartridge cases may not require to be sent into store for the
purpose of resizing them, by preference make them of such strength that they
will not expand at the base on firing, they being made to fit the cartridge chamber
of the gun as accurately as possible.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Richard Morris in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd December 1883.
RICHARD MORRIS of Blackheath in the county of Kent. " IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING CHARGES FOR RE-FILLING CARTRIDGE CASES
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"
Cartridge cases are at present made of substantial material in order that they
may be used_repeatedly after firing, for which purpose the empty cartridge cases
are returned to the workshops to be refilled. My present invention has for its
object to enable troops and sportsmen to refill their cartridge cases themselves, thus
avoiding the inconvenience, loss of time and expense in sending the empty cases
to a distance for the purpose. With this object, I prepare a coiled paper casing,
by preference waterproofed, one end of which is closed by twisting, folding or
otherwise, and into the closed bottom, I insert the bullet or shot, on the top of
which I then place the wad or wads, and upon these I introduce the charge of
powder, the several parts of the charge being thus contained in the casing in a
reversed position to that which they occupy in the cartridge. The upper end of
the paper case being then closed in, which may be done by inserting a wad, the
complete charge thus formed is by preference enclosed in an outer wrapper, and is
then ready to be supplied to the troops or sportsmen, who fill the charge into their
empty cartridge cases by opening the end of the envelope or casing, pouring the
powder_into_the_cartridge case, and then introducing' the wad or wads, and lastly
the bullet or shot.
In order that the cartridge cases may not require to be sent into store for the
purpose of resizing them, I, by preference, make them of such strength that they
will not expand at the base on firing, they being made to fit the cartridge chamber
of the gun as accurately as possible.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, I claim :-
The method and appliance herein described for supplying portable measured
charges for retilling cartridge cases.
In Witness whereof I the said Richard Morris have hereunto Set my hand and
seal this Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred, and eighty-three.
RICHARD MORRIS (L.S.)