IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLOSING CHARGED CARTRIDGE CASES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Hawksley, of Sheffield, in the County of
York, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR CLOSING CHARGED CARTRIDGE CASES."
Sealed the 26th June 1866, and dated the 80th December 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Hawksley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th December 1865.
I, GEORGE HAWKSLEY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS POR CLOSING CHARGED CARTRIDGE CASES," to be as follows:-
My Invention applies chiefly to apparatus for closing central-fire cartridge.
cases, and consists in fitting a spring at the mouth of the cylinder in which
the charged. cartridge case is contained, and in fitting a clip or plate and a
pin on the inner face of the lid which closes the mouth of the cylinder.
When the lid is brought round in the ordinary manner to close the mouth of
the cylinder the pin presses against the spring above mentioned and causes it
to embrace and hold the cartridge case tight and fast in the cylinder, while
the clip or plate at the same time presses against the base of the cartridge
case and assists in holding it. In some cases the clip may be dispensed
with.
My Invention further consists in fitting a movable cup in the cylinder,
free to slide therein, and prevented revolving by a screw or pin-on the cup

page_text: working in a longitudinal slot or groove in the fixed part of the cylinder.
When the cartridge is caused to revolve with the movable part of the
cylinder this cup turns over and closes the end of the loaded cartridge.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Hawksley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
:80th June 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HAWKSLEY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Hawksley, Her special licence that I, the said George Hawksley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
George Hawksley, 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 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 " IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR CLOSING CHARGED CARTRIDGE CASES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Hawksley, my executors or administrators, by
an 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 George Hawksley, do herby declare the
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say-
My Invention applies chiefly to apparatus for closing central-fire cartridgo
cases, and consists in fitting a spring at the mouth of the cylinder which
receives the charged cartridge case, and in fitting a clip or plate and a pin
on the inner face of the lid which closes the mouth of the cylinder. When
the lid is brought round in the ordinary manner to close the mouth of the

page_text: cylinder the pin. presses against the spring above mentioned and causes
it to embrace and hold the cartridge case tight and fast in the cylinder, while
the clip or plate at the same time presses against the base of the cartridge
case, and assists in holding it. In some cases the clip may be dispensed
with.
·
My Invention further consists in fitting a movable cup in the cylinder,
free to slide therein, and prevented revolving by a screw or pin on the cup
working in a longitudinal slot or groove in the fixed part of the cylinder.
When the cartridge is caused to revolve with the movable part of the
cylinder this cup turns over the end of the loaded cartridge and closes. it.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings, is a side elevation, and Figure 2
an elevation of; the front end of an apparatus constructed according to my
improvements.
a is the frame or support of the apparatus, which may be firmly secured to
a, bench or table by a screw b; c is the fixed and d the movable portion of
the cylinder in which the charged cartridge case is placed when required to
close it; e is the lid which closes the mouth of the portion d of the cylinder ;
this lid is hinged in the ordinary manner at f, and carries a handle g; h is a
lever binged at i and fitted with a handle j; this.lever carries an arm, which
when the lever is brought round into the position represented in the Drawings
enters the back end of the fixed portion c of the cylinder. At the mouth of
the movable portion d of the cylinder I fit a spring k, shown detached in
Figure 3, and upon the inner face of the lid e I fit a clip or plate l, shown.
detached in Figure 4, and a pin m which passes through the plate l. In the
fixed portion c of the cylinder I fit a movable cup n, shown detached in
Figure 5, free to slide in the cylinder, and prevented revolving by a screw or
pin o on the cup working in a longitudinal slot p in the upper part c of the
cylinder.
The action is as follows:-As the lid c is brought round in the ordinary
manner to close the mouth of the cylinder the pin m presses against the
part 2 of the spring k, compresses the spring, and causes it to embrace and hold
the cartridge case tight and fast in the movable part d of the cylinder, the
plate at the same time presses against the base of the cartridge case and
assists in holding it. As the movable part of the cylinder is caused to
revolve with the cartridge case, by turning the handle g the lever h is brought
round, and its arm is caused to enter the fixed portion c of the cylinder, so as
to force the cup n gradually inwards. The groover of the cup receives the
end of the cartridge, and as the cartridge is caused to revolve, as before
explained, the cup turns over its end and closes it. As before mentioned the

page_text: clip or plate / may be dispensed with, the pin in being in such case screwed or
fixed directly to the inner face of the lid e.
Although my Invention is intended specially for closing central-fire cartridge
cases, yet I do not limit myself thereto, as it also applies to closing pin
cartridge cases.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my "Im-
provements in Apparatus for Closing Charged Cartridge Cases,”-
First, fitting a spring at the mouth of the cylinder which receives the
charged cartridge case, and fitting a pin, or a pin and a clip or plate, on the
inner face of the lid which closes the mouth of the cylinder, substantially as
and for the purpose herein-before described and represented in the accom-
panying Drawings.
Second, fitting a movable cup in the cylinder, free to slide therein, and
prevented revolving, substantially as and for the purpose herein-before
described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In-witness whereof, I, the said George Hawksley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.