Certain Improvements in Machines for Re-loading and Turning Over Cartridge-cases for Small-arms.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL, SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Machines for Re-loading and Turning Over
Cartridge-cases for Small-arms.
I, WILLIAM CAUSER, of back of 22 Court, New Summer Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Gun Implement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
The invention has reference to hand-machines for removing old caps from small
arm cartridge cases and for recapping re-loading and turning over the ends of the
said cartridge cases and this invention comprises firstly an improved arrangement
of the hand lever and blocks by which the old caps are removed from the cartridge
cases and the new caps inserted therein.
In carrying out this part of my invention I employ a reversible hand lever as at
present the outer end of which serves as a handle one side of this lever being
adapted for pressing the cartridge case on to the cap extracting block to extract
the old cap and the other side of the lever being shaped to press a new cap into its
place in the cartridge. According to this part of my invention the eye or fork to
which the inner end of this hand lever is jointed has a shank fitting in a bearing so
that the hand lever can not only be moved up and down as at present but it can be
turned round in a horizontal plane thus enabling the said two blocks to be arranged
much nearer together than heretofore which makes the machine more compact and
handy as the hand lever can be more quickly moved from one block to the other.
The bearing in which the said shank of the eye or fork fits may, and by
preference does, form part of the barrel in which the loaded cartridge case fits
whilst its end is being turned . ver. This barrel and the said two blocks are by
preference mounted vertically on a base plate side by side together with a stand
carrying the usual spring loading and ramming tool. The upper end of this barrel
is open as usual and furnished with a jointed arm carrying a spindle in a line with
the centre of the cylinder and the upper end of this spindle is furnished with a
thumb bit or handle for turning it by and the lower end is formed as a jaw for
gripping the metal end of the cartridge case and turning it round in the barrel to
turn over the front end of the cartridge case in the usual way.
Dated this 11th day of April 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Machines for Re-loading and Turning Over
Cartridge-cases for Small-arms.
1, WILLIAM CAUSER, of back of 22 Court, New Summer Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Gun Implement Maker, 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 :-
This invention has reference to hand machines for removing old caps from small
arm cartridge cases and for re-capping re-loading and turning over the ends of the
said cartridge cases.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying two sheets of
drawings in which Fig. 1 represents in part sectional side elevation, Fig. 2 in plan
and Fig. 3 in front elevation a machine constructed according to this invention for
de-capping, re-capping, re-filling and turning over cartridge cases for small arms
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page_text: an Fig. 4 represents in front elevation and Fig. 5 in plan a modified form of the
same without the filling appliance.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
In
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 this invention comprises
firstly an improved arrangement of the hand lever and blocks by which the old caps
are removed from the cartridge cases and the new caps inserted therein.
carrying out this part of my invention I employ a reversible handle lever A of the
usual form that is to say a lever in which the outer end a serves as a handle and
one side of the lever has a recess a³ for pressing the cartridge case on to the cap
extracting block B to extract the old cap and the other side of the lever has a
pommel a to press a new cap into its place in the cartridge when placed on the
block C. According to this part of my invention the eye or fork D, to which the
inner end as of this hand lever is jointed, has a shank d fitting in a bearing e
(preferably forming part of the turning over barrel E as shewn) so that the hand
lever A. can not only be moved up and down as in the usual arrangement but it can
also be turned in the bearing 2 thus enabling the two blocks B and C to be
arranged almost close together as shewn which makes the machine more compact
and handy as the hand lever A can be more quickly moved from one block to the
other. Instead of the bearing e² for the shank d² being formed in a piece with the
barrel E the shank d may have its bearing in a separate cross piece, bracket or
stand as will readily be understood.
The usual open ended barrel E in which the loaded cartridge case fits whilst its
end is being turned over, and the two blocks B and C are by preference mounted
vertically on a base plate F side by side as shewn together with the usual spring
loading and ramming tool G. The stand for this tool G is by preference formed of
two pillars K1 K2 in the upper ends of which is jointed the cross piece L carrying
the spring ramming tool G and in which the said tool can be moved up and down.
When the tool G is not in use it can, as shewn in Fig. 1 be turned down between
the pillars K K so as to occupy little space. Projections on the pillars K¹ K³
engage with corresponding notches in the cross piece L and retain the ramming
tool in either position.
Another part of this invention consists in the arrangement of the cartridge turn
over mechanism which is as follows:-The barrel E is furnished with an arm H
jointed to the bracket I which is formed on the barrel E. This arm carries the
spindle J in a line with the centre of the barrel E, the upper end of this spindle is
furnished with a handle or a thumb bit for turning it by, and the lower end j³ is
formed like the usual jaw or cramp for gripping the metal end of the cartridge and
turning it round in the barrel to turn over the front end of the cartridge case in the
usual way. This arrangement enables a cartridge to be very quickly placed in the
barrel E or removed therefrom, by turning the spindle J and its arm H over to
the position shewn by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
It will be evident that the above described improved cartridge turn over
mechanism can (for instance as shewn by Figs. 4 and 5) be used without the
loading and ramming tool G, and with the de-capping and re-capping lever A and
the blocks B and C arranged in the usual way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
I. In a cartridge de-capping and re-capping machine and in combination with the
blocks such as B and C on which the cartridge case is held, the employment of a
reversible hand lever such as A having its fulcrum end so jointed as to allow of the
said hand lever being moved in any direction for the purposes and substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. In a machine for turning over the ends of cartridge cases for small arms and
in combination with the barrel such as E in which the cartridge is supported, the

page_text: employment of the revolving spindle J formed with the cramp 3 and a handle or
thumb bit and carried by a jointed arm such as H substantially in the manner and
for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved machine
for reloading and turning over cartridge cases for small arms hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, whether the
loading tool G is used or not.
4. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved machine
for de-capping, re-capping and turning over cartridge cases for small arms herein-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of January 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.