IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR TURNING OR CLOSING CENTRAL-PIRE SPORTING CARTRIDGES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jeffries, of Orford Hill, Norwich, in the
*County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR TURNING OR CLOSING CENTRAL-PIRE SPORTING CARTRIDGES."
Sealed the 5th November '1867, and dated the 9th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Jeffries at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th May 1867.
I, GEORGE JEFFRIES, of Orford Hill, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR TURNING OR CLOSING CENTRAL-FIRE SPORTING CARTRIDGES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for turning or
closing central-fire sporting cartridges. For this purpose I employ a barrel
of the size of the cartridge, and into which the cartridge case is inserted, and
its end which is to be turned over against the wad which encloses the charge
within it then rests against a grooved disc or end of the barrel, which has a
tooth within it and is capable of being rotated by a crank handle as heretofore.
In order to press the cartridge up to the grooved rotating disc or end of
the barrel, I employ, according to my Invention, a hand lever. jointed to the

page_text: side of the barrel, and with a forked projection upon it which comes against
the head of the cartridge; the two prongs of the fork come one on each side
of the head of the cartridge, and they are taper and roughened at the side so
as to jam the head of the cartridge between them and hold it firmly, so
as to prevent it turning round, whilst at the same time the lever forces the
cartridge up against the turning or closing disc. When the turning or closing
of the cartridge is complete the lever being moved back takes the cartridge
with it a short distance and leaves it free, so that it can readily be taken out
of the barrel of the apparatus with the fingers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jeffries in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th November 1867.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
JEFFRIES, of Orford Hill, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors; give and grant unto me, the
said George Jeffries, Her special licence that I, the said George Jeffries, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Jeffries, 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 APPA-
RATUS FOR TURNING OR CLOSING CENTRAL-FIRE SPORTING CARTRIDGES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Jeffries, 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 Jeffries, do-hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed; to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-

page_text: This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for turning or
closing central-fire sporting cartridges. For this purpose I employ
a barrel
of the size of the cartridge, and into which the cartridge case is inserted, and
its end which is to be turned over against the wad which encloses the charge
within it then rests against a grooved disc or end of the barrel, which has
a tooth within it and is capable of being rotated by a crank handle as
heretofore.
In order to press the cartridge up to the grooved rotating disc or end of
the barrel I employ according to my Invention a hand lever jointed to the
side of the barrel and with a forked projection upon it which comes against
the head of the cartridge; the two prongs of the fork come one on each side
of the head of the cartridge, and they are taper and roughened at the side so
as to jam the head of the cartridge between them, and hold it firmly so as to
prevent it turning round, whilst at the same time the lever forces the cartridge
up against the turning or closing disc.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan view and Figure 2 a side view of an apparatus
constructed according to my Invention. a is the barrel or tube into which the
cartridge case to be closed is inserted; this barrel is formed in one casting
with a clamp a¹ by which the apparatus can be fixed to the edge of a table
or bench; the casting is also formed with an arm a through which a hole is
bored to receive a short axis b; this axis has screwed on to one of its ends
a grooved disc b¹ which closes one end of the barrel a, and this groove has
projecting into it as is usual a tooth b², shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. At
the opposite end of the short axis is a crank handle 6 by which the axis can
be rotated; so far the apparatus is constructed in the ordinary manner. c is the
lever handle for pressing up a cartridge case against the grooved disc b¹; the
lever handle is pinjointed to a projection a³ at one side of the barrel a, and
carries according to my Invention a fork c', the prongs of which are slightly
inclined outwards from one another; the inner faces of these prongs are
roughened as before stated, so that when they are forced against the head of
a cartridge case the head of the case is jammed between them and prevented
from turning during the time that the opposite end of the cartridge case is
being turned over by being pressed against the disc ', which at the same time
is caused to revolve by turning the crank handle 63. When the turning or
closing of the cartridge is complete the lever c being moved back takes the

page_text: cartridge with it a short distance and leaves it free, so that it can readily be
taken out of the barrel of the apparatus with the fingers.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jeffries, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.