Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cartridge-holders and to Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by OLUF SIGURD ANDERSEN, of Valby, in the Kingdom
of Denmark, Manufacturer.]
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cartridge-holders and
to Apparatus 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 to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing metallic cartridge holders and
to apparatus for carrying the same into practice.
The cartridge holders made according to the said invention are designed for the
reception of a number of cartridges for use in any breech-loading fire-arms, and
enable the cartridges to be kept in a convenient position for loading.
My improved method of manufacturing cartridge-holders consists in folding the two
edges of a band of thin sheet metal for the purpose of increasing their strength, then
providing the said band by means of a press first with a channel along its centre-
fine and next on either side of this channel with depressions of the form corre-
sponding to one half of the cartridges for which the holders are to be used. Tho
longitudinal axis of these depressions is at a right angle to the centre line of the
metal band. A length of the band corresponding to the number of cartridges
which the holder shall be able to receive is severed by a cut at a right angle to
the centre line or in zig-zag form. The edge at the end of one half of each
length, which is on one side of the centre-line, extends 1 or 2 millimetres beyond
the edge at the end of the other half.
The lengths of the metal band thus pressed and cut are then so bent at their
centre-line that the two halves will be placed opposite each other, wheroupon the
protruding edge of one half is bent around the edge of the other half, and the two
halves are soldered together at their open end. It only remains to impart to each
of the cylindrical or conical compartments, which are provided between the afore-
said two halves and closed at their bottom by a rounded part, such a form that
it will exactly correspond to the cartridge and that the latter can be held therein
merely by friction. This operation is effected by means of a stamping press, each
of the cartridge holders after its halves have been soldered together being placed
in a tight fitting matrice and a stamp which has a number of mandrels of definite
form being pressed down into the cartridge holder.
The metal band from which the cartridge-holders are to be made is wound upon an
axis supported in standards or brackets and is conducted from the same to the edge
folding device.
This device comprises two supports having bearings for two pairs of rollers, one
pair being in front and the other pair at the rear. Between the above-mentioned
supports is moreover arranged a table which carries two edge-folders.
Each of the front rollers consists of two parts which can be secured upon their axis
by means of counter sunk screws, the distance between their outer edges being adapted
to the breadth of the metal band. Both parts of the lower roller have at their outer
end a projecting collar against which bear firmly, the ends of the upper roller. By
this means the part of the metal band which in the passage between the rollers would
otherwise extend to the ends of the rollers, are bent in such a manner that the edges
will stand upright.
The edges thus bent then pass to the folders which are so fixed upon the aforesaid
table that they can determine the proper width. These folders are provided with a
helical incision. As the upwardly bent edges pass through these helical incisions they

page_text: are bent more inwardly and in the passage of the band between the two
rollers at the rear the latter will finally press them flat against the body of the metal
band.
From these rollers the metal band passes to the rolling-press. This press has two
standards provided with bearings for the axes of two rollers. One of these rollers, the
so-called matrice-roller, is provided at its cylindrical surface with a number of
depressions extending from both its ends to the middle, which depressions are semi-
circular in section and are rounded at their bottom, and with a deep channel of
triangular section in its middle portion. In the surface are formed grooves extending
from one end to the other in such a manner that between two of these grooves there
will be as many depressions in the roller as the cartridge-holder is to have cases. Into
these grooves can be inserted a shearing-bar the cutting edge of which may be of
Z form in the middle portion of the roller, so that the cutting edge on one half of the
roller will extend to the side of the opposito cutting-edge a distance equal to the
breadth of the lap to be obtained. The other roller, the so called die roller, is provided
with suitable shearing-bars and with projections corresponding to the depressions in the
above-mentioned. matrice roller. The shearing-bars can be so actuated in the rotation
of the rollers that the cutting will be effected as they come together, above the surface
of the roller.
Provision can also be made for cutting the metal band by means of a separate device
which is not in connection with the rollers.
The width of the rollers is exactly double the height of the finished cartridge-holder.
Having regard to the various thicknesses of the material passing the bearing for the
axis of the upper roller is made to yield. The rolling press may be set in action by a
hand wheel or preferably by an engine-through-the-medium-of-suitable transmitting
gear. As the metal band is pulled by the rolling press through the folding apparatus,
and passes between the rollers of the said rolling press it is provided with a channel
along its centre-line and with semicylindrical depressions arranged at a right angle to
this centre-line and is at the same time cut into lengths, a suitable space being left
between them.
After this operation the aforesaid lengths pass directly to the device for folding and
bending them. This device folds these pressed pieces of metal along their contro line
and bends the edges at their end 3.
This folding and bending device comprises a matrice of wood, metal or other
suitable material, which is divided into halves and provided with depressions
corresponding to those formed in the aforesaid matrice rollers, the halves being
connected by hinges so that they can be turned around the adjoining edges.
When folded their length will correspond exactly to the form of the cartridge-
holder, but the cylindrical spaces are less deep, so that the upper edge of a
folded piece of metal put in the same will protrude such a distance in front of
the matrice as is subsequently necessary for effecting the soldering. The matrice
divided into halves is so placed upon a table that one half will bear upon one of
the slats firmly secured upon the table. Behind this slat is provided an upright
ridge having projections which extend into the depressions formed in the matrice.
In order that the matrice shall admit of being readily placed in the proper
position relatively to the said slat a recess widening towards the interior is formed
on the under surface of the matrice, and upon the table is secured a block of
suitable shape, so that the matrice will invariably occupy the proper position when
it is conducted interiorly against the above-mentioned slat. In this arrangement
the front edge of a piece of metal formed in the rolling press is placed interiorly
below the said projections against the ridge above referred to so that the bend of
the metal piece will correspond to the depressions in the matrice. The workman
firmly holds the piece of metal upon this plate with the two forefingers, putting
the thumb below the other half of the matrice, and turning this upon the hinges
he effects the folding of the piece whereupon the bending is to take place.
In order to perform the bending the lower half of the matrice is made as much
shorter at the two ends as the greatest length of the metal piece shall overlap ;

page_text: and the other half of the matrice is again as much shorter as the shortest length
of the metal piece.
Accordingly at the lower half of the matrice there will protrude an edge which, if
it were not covered by the other half of the matrice, would be prevented from
being turned down. This bending is effected by two blocks arranged on a how-shaped
piece a block being provided at each end of the matrice. The said blocks consist of
metal and are provided with a depression presenting a helical surface; they are
followed by a smoothing device.
As a bow-shaped piece on the bending block is drawn forwards together with the
latter the edge of the piece of metal, which is situated outside in front of one half of
the matrico passes into the said depression and is compelled by the helical surface of
the same to turn over, whereupon a smoothing device finally presses it against the
support at its lower part the said bow-shaped piece is provided with two rearwardly
extending arms adapted to move upon bars arranged below the table. On pulling the
how-shaped piece forward by hand the bends are again pressed against the edges of
the matrices, whilst when the said piece is drawn backwards they will readily pass
over the same.
The cartridge holder is then ready for soldering, which the workman effects by
passing his hand around the closed matrice containing the cartridge holder, and
dipping its protruding end first into the soldering liquid and next into the solder, after
which the finished cartridge-holder is taken from the matrice. As however deformations
of the cartridge holder may occur or too much solder may settle before the orifices, it
is necessary to pass the cartridge holders to a stamping press by means of which the
cavities or compartments for the reception of cartridges are all made exactly of
uniform size.
This stamping press comprises two standards placed upon a bed plate, a movable
mandrel-carrier, two matrices and a transmitting gear.
The inner sides of the two standards which are connected by bolts with the bed
plate underneath constitute guides for the mandrel carrier. These standards are
provided with bearings for the axes and for two crank discs.
At its centre the bed plate is provided with an opening for the passage of a
tongue formed on the mandrel carrier.
This carrier can move up and down, being guided by the said standards with
which its ends engage.
From each side of the mandrel carrier projects a console. Upon the under side of
each of these consoles can be arranged a plate provided with accurately turned
mandrels for the cavities or compartments of the cartridge-holder. The said carrier
terminates below in a tongue which is planed on both lateral surfaces and provided on
each side with a recess. At its upper part the chair carries on each side a cam having
a curved groove for a pin on the above-mentioned crank disc. The upper half of this
groove forms part of a circle of the same radius as the path described by the pin on
the crank disc. whilst the other half passes through the centre of the semicircle.
In the rotation of the crank disc the pin on the same will therefore cause a rapid
up and down movement of the mandrel carrier when it traverses the lower half of its
path, but there will be a stoppage during the remainder of the movement. The
fatter period is utilized for placing the cartridge holders in the press and for
removing them.
Of the matrices which are formed after the manner of shears and whose cavities
correspond exactly to the form of the cartridge holder, one half is slid upon a block
fixed in the bed plate whereas the other half is slid upon a block pivoted upon a steel
bolt secured in the fixed block. The movable block terminates below in a tail-piece
which bears against the said tongue of the mandrel carrier.
When the crank pin passes through the upper portion of its path the mandrel
carrier will be stationary in its upper position, and the tail piece will enter a recess in
the tongue of the carrier so that the said movable block together with one half of the
matrice which is fixed thereon will be removed from the fixed half, and the cartridge
holder whose cavities or compartments are to be made of exactly the same size can be

page_text: placed by the workman in the open matrice. When the crank pin commences its
movement along the right-hand horizontal part of the curve, the carrier will be forced
downwards and the upper inclined surface of the said recess will so press against the
tail-piece that the matrice will be quite closed interiorly towards the ends of the
mandrels which then pass into the cartridge holder which is clamped between the two
halves of the matrice. In this position the tail-piece is held by the vertical surface of
the tongue above the aforesaid recess while the mandrels are pressed down to the
bottom of the cartridge holder, whereupon they are again drawn back from the
matrices, which then open again; a stoppage takes place during which the cartridge
holder whose cavities or compartments have thus been made uniform is removed and
a fresh holder is introduced.
I can dispense with the said tail-piece and for holding the parts of the matrice
together use can be made of a bow-shaped piece adapted to be acted upon, either by
the machine or by hand.
.
The transmitting gear for the stamping press comprises a toothed wheel keyed upon
the axis for the crank disc; this wheel gears with another wheel upon an axis which
is provided with a belt-pulley connected by suitable means with the engine shaft.
The transmitting gear can of course be of any desired construction. In like manner,
the stamping press can be arranged so as to be operated either by hand; and the two
cams together with the crank disc and toothel wheel appertaining thereto can be
replaced by a cam which acts upon the centre line of the stamp or mandrel carrier.
On leaving the stamping press the cartridge holder is finished.
Dated this 13th day of March 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cartridge-holders and
to Apparatus 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 :-
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing metallic cartridge holders and
to apparatus for carrying the same into practice. The cartridge-holders made
according to the said invention are designed for the reception of a number of
cartridges for use in any breech-loading fire-arms, and enable the cartridges to be
kept in a convenient position for loading.
My improved method of manufacturing cartridge holders consists in folding the two
edges of a band of thin sheet metal for the purpose of increasing their strength then
providing the said band with the aid of a press, first with a channel along its centre-
line and next on either side of this channel with depressions of the form corresponding
to one half of the cartridges for which the holders are to be used. The longitudinal
axis of these depressions is at a right angle to the centre line of the metal band.
A length of the band corresponding to the number of cartridges which the holder
shall be able to receive is severed by a cut at a right angle to the centre line or
in zig-zag form. The edge at the end of one half of each length which is on one side
of the centre-line, extends one or two millimetres beyond the edge at the end of the
other half.
The lengths of the metal band thus pressed and cut are then so bent at their
centre-line that the two halves will be placed opposite each other, whereupon the
protruding edge of one half is bent around the edge of the other half, and the
two halves are soldered together at their open end. It only remains to impart to
each of the cylindrical or conical compartments which are provided between the
aforesaid two halves and closed at their bottom by a rounded part, such a form that it

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will exactly correspond to the cartridge and that the latter can be neru merem merely
by friction. This operation is effected by means of a stamping press cach of the
cartridge-holders after its halves have been soldered together being placed in a tight-
fitting matrice and a stamp which has a number of mandrels of definite form being
pressed down into the cartridge holder. The invention is illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings in which
Figure 1 shows three views of the pressed metal plate from which the cartridge
holder is formed by folding the same along its contre-line ;
Figure 2 shows three views of the said finished cartridge-holder.
Figure 3 represents an upper view and
Figure 4a longitudinal section of the edge folding device and the rolling press;
Figure 5 shows an upper view of the folding and bending device, and
Figure 6 shows a section of the same on the lines I, II, III, IV, of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a front elevation of the stamping press, and
f
Figure 8 is an end view of the latter showing some of the parts in vertical
section.
The metal band from which the cartridge-holders are to be made is wound upon an
axis supported in standards or brackets A A and is conducted from the same to the
edge of folding device. This device comprises two supports B having bearings for
two pairs of rollers, one pair c being in front and the other pair d at the rear.
Between the above-mentioned supports is moreover arranged a table e which
carries two edge-folders f.
Each of the front rollers c consists of two parts which can be secured upon their
axis by means of countersunk screws, the distance between their outer edges being
adapted to the breadth of the metal band. Both parts of the lower roller have at
their outer end a projecting collar against which firmly bear the ends of the upper
roller. By this means the parts of the metal band which in the passage between the
rollers would otherwise extend to the ends of the rollers, are bent in such a manner
that the edges will stand upright.
The edges thus bent then pass to the folders. f which are so fixed upon the afore-
said table e that they can determine the proper width. These folders are provided
with a helical incision. As the upwardly bent edges pass through these helical
incisions they are bent more inwardly and in the passage of the band between the
two rollers at the rear the latter will finally press them flat against the body of
the metal band;
From these rollers the metal band passes to the rolling-press. This press has
two standards C provided with bearings for the axes of two rollers. One of these
rollers the so-called matrice-roller, is provided at its cylindrical surface with a
number of depressions extending from both its ends to the middle, which depressions
are semicircular in section and are rounded at their bottom, and with a deep
channel of triangular section in its middle portion. In the surface are formed grooves
extending from one end to the other in such a manner that between two of these
grooves there will be as many depressions in the roller as the cartridge-holder is to
have cases.
Into these grooves can be inserted a shearing bar the cutting edge of
which may be of Z form in the middle portion of the roller, so that the cutting edge
on one half of the roller will extend to the side of the opposite cutting-edge a
distance equal to the breadth of the lap to be obtained. The other roller i the so-called
die-roller is provided with suitable shearing-bars and with projections corresponding
to the depressions in the above-mentioned matrice roller. The shearing-bars can be
so actuated in the rotation of the rollers that the cutting will be effected as they come
together above the surface of the roller.
Provision can also be made for cutting the metal band by means of a separate
device which is not in connection with the rollers.
The width of the roller is exactly double the height of the finished cartridge-
holder. Having regard to the various thicknesses of the material passing, the
bearing for the axis of the upper, roller is made to yield. The rolling press may
be set in action by a hand wheel, or preferably by an engine through the medium

page_text: of suitable transmitting-gear. As the metal band is pulled by the rolling press
through the folding apparatus and passes between the rollers of the said rolling press
it is provided with a channel along its centre-line and with semi-cylindrical depres-
sions arranged at a right angle to this centre-line and is at the same time cut into
lengths of the form shown in Figure 1 a suitable space being left between them.
After this operation the aforesaid lengths pass directly to the device for folding and
bending them. This device folds these pressed pieces of metal along their centre
and bends the edges at their ends. This folding and bending device comprises a
matrice of wood, metal or other suitable material which is divided into halves and
provided with depressions corresponding to those formed in the aforesaid matrice
rollers, the halves k and b being connected by hinges so that they can be turned
around the adjoining. edges. When folded their length will correspond exactly to
the form of the cartridge-holder, but the cylindrical spaces are not so deep, so that
the upper edge of a folded piece of metal put in the same will protrude such a
distance in front of the matrice as is subsequently necessary for effecting the soldering.
The matrice divided into halves is so placed upon a table D that one half k will bear
upon one of the slats m firmly secured upon the table. Behind this slat is provided
an upright ridge n having projections n which extend into the depressions formed in
the matrice. In order that the matrice k shall admit of being readily placed in the
proper position relatively to the said slat m à recess widening towards the interior is
formed upon the under surface of the matrice and upon the table is secured a block a
of suitable shape, so that the matrice will invariably occupy the proper position when
it is conducted interiorly against the above mentioned slat m. In this arrangement
the front edge of a picco. of metal formed in the rolling press is placed interiorly
below the said projection-n¹ against the ridge above referred to so that the bend of the
metal piece will correspond to the depressions in the matrice. The workman firmly
holds the piece of metal upon this plate with the two fore fingers, putting the thumb
below-the-other-half-of-the-matrice-and-turning-this-upon-the-hinges-he-effects-the-
folding of the piece whereupon the bending is to take place.
In order to perform the bending the lower half of the matrices is made as much
shorter at the two ends as the greatest length of the metal piece shall overlap; and
the other half of the matrice is again as much shorter as the shortest length of the
metal piece.
Accordingly at the lower half of the matrice there will protrude an edge which,
is not prevented by the other half of the matrice, from being turned down. This
bending is effected by two blocks p arranged on a bow-shaped piece o a block being
provided at each end of the matrice. The said blocks p consist of metal and are
provided with a depression presenting a helical surface.
As a bow-shaped piece o on the bending blocks p is drawn forwards together
with the latter the edge of the piece of metal which is situated outside in front
of one half k of the matrice passes into the said depression and is compelled by the
helical surface of the same to turn over, and the bending is effected. At its lower
part the said bow-shaped piece o is provided with two rearwardly extending arms 9
by which it is guided in recesses in the table D.
The cartridge holder is then ready for soldering, which the workman effects by
passing his hand around the closed matrice containing the cartridge-holder and dipping
its protruding end first into the soldering liquid and next into the solder, after which
the finished cartridge-holder is taken from the matrice. As however deformations of
the cartridge-holder may occur or too much solder may settle before the orifices; it
is necessary to pass the cartridge holders to a stamping press by means of which the
cavities or compartments for the reception of cartridges are all made exactly of
uniform size.
This stamping press (Figures 7 and 8) comprises two standards 1 placed upon a
bed plate 2, a movable mandrel-carrier 3 two matrices 4 and a transmitting gear.
The inner sides of the two standards which are connected by bolts with the bed
plate underneath constitute guides from the mandrel carrier. These standards
are provided with bearings 5 for the axes 6 and for two crank discs 7.

page_text: At its centre the bed plate 2 is provided with an opening 8 for the passage of a
tongue 9 formed on the mandrel carrier 3.
This carrier can move up and down, being guided by the said standards with which
its ends engage.
From each side of the mandrel carrier projects a console 10.
Upon the under side of each of these consoles can be arranged a plate provided with
accurately turned mandrels 11 for the cavities or compartments of the cartridge-
holder. The said carrier terminates below in a tongue 9, which is placed on both
lateral surfaces and provided on each side with a recess 12. At its upper part the
carrier is provided on each side with a cam 13 having a curved groove for a pin 14 on
the above-mentioned crank disc 7. The upper half of this groove forms part of a
circle of the same radius as the path described by the pin on the crank disc, whilst the
other half passes through the centre of the semicircle.
In the rotation of the crank disc the pin on the same will therefore cause a rapid
up and down movement of the mandrel carrier when it traverses the lower half of
its path, but there will be a stoppage during the remainder of the movement. The
latter period is utilized for placing the cartridge holders in the press and for removing
them therefrom.
Of the matrices 4 which are formed after the manner of shears and whose
cavities correspond exactly to the forin of the cartridge holder, one half is slid upon
a block 15 fixed in the bed plate 2, whereas the other half is slid upon a block 16
pivoted upon a steel bolt secured in the fixed block 15. The movable block 16
terminates below in a tail-piece 17 which bears against the said tongue 9 of the
mandrel carrier.
When the crank pin 14 passes through the upper portion of its path the mandrel
carrier will be stationary in its upper position, and the tail-piece 17 will enter a
recess 12 in the tongue 9 of the carrier so that the said movable block 16 together
with one half of the matrice which is fixed thereon will be removed from the fixed
half, and the cartridge holder whose cavities or compartments are to be made of
exactly the same size can be placed by the workman in the open
When the
matrice.
crank pin commences its movement along the right-hand horizontal part of the curve,
the carrier 3 will be forced downwards and the upper inclined surface of the said
recess 12 will so press against the tail-piece 17 that the matrice will be quite closed
interiorly towards the ends of the mandrels 11, which then pass into the cartridge
holder which is clamped between the two halves of the matrice. In this position the
tail-piece is held by the vertical surface of the tongue 9 above the aforesaid recess 12,
while the mandrels are pressed down to the bottom of the cartridge holder where-
upon they are again drawn back from the matrices, which then open again; a
stoppage takes place, during which the cartridge holder whose cavities or com-
partments have thus been made uniform is removed and a fresh holder is introduced.
I can dispense with the said tail-piece 17 and for holding ths parts of the matrice
together use can be made of a bow-shaped piece adapted to be acted upon either by
the machine or by hand.
The transmitting gear for the stamping press comprises a toothed wheel 18 keyed
upon the axis 6 for the crank disc; this wheel gears with another wheel 19 upon an
axis 20 which is provided with a belt-pulley 21 connected by suitable means with
the engine shaft. The transmitting gear can of course be of any desired construction.
In like manner, the stamping press can be arranged so as to be operated by hand;
and the two cams together with the crank disc and toothed wheel appertaining
thereto can be replaced by a. cam which acts upon the centre line of the stamp or
mandrel carrier.
On leaving the stamping press, the cartridge holders is finished.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven
tion 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:-
First. A metallic cartridge-holder substantially as hereinbefore described and
represented in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Second. The method of manufacturing metallic cartridge-holders, according to
which the longitudinal edges of a metal band are first folded, a channel and
depressions are then pressed into this band, these depressions being arranged at a
right angle to the said channel and made of the forin of one half of the cartridge,
the band bring then cut into suitable lengths which are folded together along the
centre line, whereupon the edges at the end of the said lengths are folded. the
holes of the cartridge holder soldered together and finally the cavities in the holder
made of the uniform size by stamping.
Third. The above described edge-folding device shown in Figures 3 and 4 for
the manufacture of metallic cartridge holders, comprising a pair of rollers which
are divided in the middle, in order that they can be adjusted to different widths
of the metal band and the lower roller of which is provided at the outer ends
with collars, and two folders adapted to turn the edges of the metal band that
have been bent upwards by the aforesaid rollers, these edges being finally folded
inwardly upon the metal band as the latter passes between a pair of rollers at the
rear.
and 4 for the
Fourth. The above-described rolling-press shown in Figures
manufacture of cartridge-holders comprising two rollers so arranged that they can
yield, one of these, the matrice roller, having in its cylindrical surface depressions
of the same form as one half of the cartridge holder, whilst the other constitutes
a die roller, which rollers can be provided with fixed or movable shearing bars
for cutting the metal band.
Fifth. The above described folding device shown in Figures 5 and 6 for the
manufacture of metallic cartridge holders, comprising a matrice of less length than
the cartridge-holder and divided into halves connected by hinges and a slat firmly
_secured on the work-table, which_slat_is_provided with depressions for receiving
one half of the matricē, and with projections corresponding to the said depressions
and arranged upon an upright ridge on the slat
and for the
Sixth. The above described bending device shown in Figures
manufacture of metallic cartridge holders, comprising a bow-shaped piece having
two arms extending rearwards and acting as guides in recesses in the table upon
the inner side of this bow shaped part being two bending devices which are provided
with a helical incision whereby the edge protruding exteriorly at the ends of the
folding matrice is folded.
Seventh. The above described stamping press shown in Figures 7 and 8 for the
manufacture of metallic cartridge-holders, comprising a mandrel carrier guided
between the standards, this carrier being moved up and down by suitable means
and provided with consoles wherein the mandrels are fixed which fit into the
depressions formed in the matrices acting similarly to shears, which matrices are
fixed upon the bed of the press, and are designed to receive the cartridge holders
whose cavities are to be made of uniform size, the aforesaid matrices being adapted
to be closed or opened either automatically by the machine or by hand.
Dated this 10th day of Amil 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.