US1718107A - Cartridge-reloading tool - Google Patents

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June 18, 1929. 'w BOND 1,718,107

CARTRIDGE RELOADING TOOL Filed April 1. 1927 .4 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 18, 1929;.

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R. W. BQND CARTRIDGE RELOADING TOOL Filed April 1 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I June 18, 1929. w, BOND 1.718.107

CARTRIDGE RELOADING TOOL Filed April 1, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 "lam/140mm June 18, 1929. R. w. BOND 1.718.107

CARTRIDGE RELOADING -TOOL Fil p il 1'92? 4 Sheets-Shed 4 I gwuentoz 17. Itflond Patented June 18, '1929.

UNITED STATES RICHARD W. BOND, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

- CARTRIDGE-RELOADTNG TOOL.

Application filed April 1,'

This invention relates to improvements in what is known as reloading tools or devices,

the present device being adapted for use in decapping fired cartridges; sizing cartridges by contracting and expanding them; recapping said cartridges; and, inserting the bullet in the cartridge. The present tool is also adapted for use in sizing the bullet itself where the bullet is of over-size.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a tool of this character which is of simple construction or design so 'as to make it economical.

Another object is to provide such a tool wherein the actual strokes for accomplishing the several steps in the reloading of the shells are of reduced length. 7

A further object is to provide a device wherein the'various tools for performing the several operations on the shells may be adjustabl secured in place.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will hereinafter be more fully described and the novel features thereof particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying the present improvements.

Fig.2 is a side elevation of the device equipped withto01s for decappingfired car-' tridges. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device equipped for contracting cartridges. I n Fig. 4: shows the tool equipped; for expanding cartridges. v i

Fig. 5 shows the tool for capping cartridges.

Fig. 6 illustrates the tool for insertingthe' V bullets in the cartridges.

Fig. 7 isa side elevation showing the device arranged for reducing oversized bullet-s. Stated generally, the tool consists ofa frame having a slidably mounted. plunger therein carrying an anvil which, in actual use, is adapted to be alined with a suitable tool held in said frame for performing the necessary operations on the cartridge. For this purpose the frame 1 has a socket 2 in which the tools are adapted to be held, and alined with said socket 2 there is a second socket 3 in which is sl'idably held a plunger 4. Plunger 4 hasa slot 6 therein through which extends an operating lever 'Z pivoted 1927. Serial m5. 180,194..

in the frame on a pin 8, said lever engaging lugs 9 and 10 formed-in the slotted portion of the plunger whereby when said lever 7 is rocked on its pivot the plunger will be moved toward or from the socket depending upon the direction of'movement of said le-;

ver. The device, which is portable, has lugs 11 formed integral with-the frame so asto take an extended bearing on. any suitable support 12. The frame may befixed to said support either by screws passing through orifices 13 in the lugs 11 or by a clamp 14; en-' gaging over'said lugs and extending beneath the supporting member.,12 whose under surface is engaged by the ordinary screw of the usual clamp. There the clamp is used the frame is adapted to have rigidityimparted thereto by reason of a vertically extended rib 15 formedthereon seating between two slotted as at 17 forming two arms 18 between which an anvil is adapted to be pivotally after appear. The anvil thus supported on corresponding ribs 16 formed onthe clamp The end of plunger {nearest socket 2 so supported by a pivot pin 19 as. will hereinthe plunger 4 is limited in its rocking movement n one direction by-astop. 30 formed .on the frame and in the opposite direction by reason of the anvil itself engaging the bottom of the slot 17.

When the device is used for decapp ing or ejecting used primers from shells ananvil 20 is pivoted at one end on the cross pin 19. At its opposite end there is screwed on the anvil a nut 21 which carries a decapping pin 22. Preferably, the anvil 201s formed in two sections, one section being pivoted on the'pin l9 and adapted to have the other section, Whichcarries the decapping pin 22, I

screwed therein whereby the latter. section ;is detachablefso that sections of different sizes may be interchangeable to 811113 various" sizes of cartridges. Screwed into the internally threaded socket 2 isithe clecapp ng and priming button 23, said button having a cavity 23? therein providing spacefor the primersbeing ejected. ,A portion of the exterior surface of the decapping button may be knurled so as to facilitate screwlng it into the socket when it is being adjusted therein. The cartridge 2 1 to be decapped is placed over the anvil 2O wlth the decapping pin 22 entering the flash hole as shown in Fig. 2 and with the decapping button 2 adjusted in socket 2 just'enough toal- "vil 20 is turned on its pivot 19 toward stop 30; After the assembly and adjustment of the parts described and after the anvil 20 has been moved on' its pivot into engagement with the stop 30,-the cap of the cartridgeis in registry with recess 23 of the decapping button and by raising operating lever- 7 the cartridge base-will be seated against the decapping button. Then by'applying additional force to the lever sufficientto continue the-elevationthereof the used primer will be ejected from'jthe cartridge into the recess 23"* of button 23. The lever 7 is then returned to its former position and the anvil 20 movedon its pivot away'from stop 30 to the position shown in full lines in Fig.

.2, whereupon the decapped shellmay be readily removed. It will be noted that in this last movement of the anvil, away from stop 80,'the lower end thereofengages the bottom of slot 17, as indicated at 25, to limit the tilting movement of said anvil.

It is well known that cartridges expand when they are fired making it necessaryto resize the necks thereof before they are reloaded and as the metal used in cartridges varies in thickness, the diameter of the neck,

which is the portion the bullet enters when being seated, should be first -reduced and then expanded or resized with a standard v New cartridges can also be reexpander. sized as hereinafter described, should 1t be deemed advisable. The devlce prepared for thus reducing the diameter of the necks of cartridges is shown 1n Fig. 3 whereln abushing 26, suitably'threaded so, as to be screwed into socket 2, is; inserted in said socket, theflange26. on said bushing being notched so that it can be tightened against the lower end of the socket. Said bushing is concentrically boredp'rovidi'nga neat sliding lit for the cartridges. Screwed into the opposite end of socket 2 is a die 27 said die being formed with a knurled portion to facilitate its rotation when being adjusted in the socket. A nut 28 on the die 27 is adapted to be tightened against the end of socket 2 after thefdie has been properlyadjustecl axially ofvsaid socket thereby locking the die in position. Die 27 has a central bore corresponding to'the caliber of the shell used,the end of' said bore nearest the bushing 26 serving toresiie the cartridge as it is cessed to form a hook portion 31 which over- 7 lies the rim portion'of rimmed cartridges or which may enter-the groove in rimless car tridges. The end face of the anvil may also be provided with a recess 31, providing space for primers which may project somewhat from the base of the cartridge. After the parts have thus been assembled it is necessary to properly adjust the die 27, this being accomplished by first having the lock nut 28-loose and then insert ing the cartridge throughbushing 26 until 1t 18 seated against the flared mouth'port1on of the die. Lever 7 is then elevated,

moving anvil 29 to the required height necessary for allowing the anvil to be swung against the stop 30 while at the same time the base of the cartridge issupported on the end of the anvil with the openend of the cartridge-held against the flared open end of the die 27 During this adjustment, lever 7 should be held with sufiicient force to keep the shell slightly pressed against die 27 while saidodie is being adjusted and when finally adjusted the space between the anvil head and. the bushing 26 will be equal to the depth required for the shell to enter the die,.this distance corresponding to the depth the bullet must enter.

the cartridge. Lock nut 28 is then tightened against the end of socket 2, thereby locking the die 27 in place and the sizing operation may then be carried on by lifting the operating lever 7 until the anvil head rests against bushing 26 thus providing the step for giving uniform resized length to any number of shells. While it is necessary to I use a light force to pull a shell from the die this is taken care of by the hook shaped portion 31 formed'on the anvil. After the cartridge has been sized by being projectedinto the die lever l is returned to its lower position at which timethe cartridge willbe removed from the die 27, while still held by bushing 26. Theanvil is then swung on its pivot away from the stop 30 until its end en'- gages the plunger at 25 whereupon the cartridge may be removed from the socket and the operation performed on as many successive cartridges as is desired.

The apparatus for expandingthe necks of the cartridges is shown in Fig. 4. In this 7 v arrangement the bushing 26 and the anvil 29 are used as in the arrangement in "Fig. 3.

However, inthe upper end of socket 2 there in the same manner as has been described for locking the die 27 in said socket in Fig. 3. Tubular chamber member 32 has an inside finish suitably shaped to receive interchange-- able parts, the upper end of said chamber 32 being of an enlarged bore to receive an adjusting screw 33 which serves as a stop .for holding an expander 34 in the reduced end portion of the bore in said member32. The

nut 35 with its periphery knurled is adapted to be screwed on the adjusting screw 33 and be tightened against the upper end of member 32 to lock said screw 33 in place. When expander 34 is placed in member .32. it is adapted to .seat against a shoulder 36 formed by the differences in the diameter of the bore in member 32 where it is held rigidly in place by the adjusting screw 33. Said expander 34 has a pointed or conical end 37 which serves as a means for guiding cartridges on to the expander.

With the parts assembled as shown in Fig. 4, final adjustment is made by having nut 28 loose and then inserting the cartridge through the bushing 26 until it is seated against end 37 of the expander. The anvil 29 is then swung into place against stop 30. The parts areheld in this position under a slight pressure while the double adjustable chamber 32 is screwed into or out of socket 2 until the space between the anvil head and bushing 26 is equal to the depth the bullet-is .to be inserted in the cartridge. Locknut 28 is then tightened so as to rigidly hold the expander 34in this adjusted position. After this has'been done the anvil 29 is raised until itengages against bushing 26, thereby causing theopen endof the cartridge to be properlyexpanded. The lever is then returned to its original position thus relieving the cartridge and the anvil'is then swung away from stop 30 so as to permit removal of the cartridge from socket 2 and bushing The next step usually performed on the cartridges after they have been thus expanded or sized is to prime them or recap them. The device properly rigged for this operation is shown in Fig. 5 wherein the decapping button 23 is inserted in socket 2 the same as in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 for decapping the cartridge. .The decapping or priming button 23. is adjusted in socket ,2 with its priming end 23 arranged toward the anvil 20 which, in this case, is the same as used in decapping the cartridges. The protruding end of the buttonis spaced from the-anvil a-sufiicient dis? tance to permit free passage. of acartridge being swung ,to .position on. the anvil 20, In the present case, however, the decapping pin 22, used in the arrangement shown in .Fig. 2, is dispensed with, nut21 onlybeing screwed on the free end of anvil 20. Formed in the end of they priming end 23 of button 23 is a .semispherical cavity which prevents flattening of the. primers by having the points of contact between the button and primer located atpoints around the-edge of the latter. In capping .the cartridgesgthe primer may be pressed into the-cavity. in

the cartridge base with the finger sufliciently far to makeit-stick either before orafter the cartridge is placed on; the-anvil 20.

With the parts assembled and the cartridge positioned on anvil '20 as-shownin Fig. 5 and the primer insertedin the.car-

tridge base the anvil 20 is moved to; the position shown in dotted lines and the lever 7 is elevated until the primer is seated slightly against the priming end 23 of the button 23. The lever is then moved. with suflicientforce to press the primerinto the cartridge after which thelever isreturned to its original position and anvil 20 moved ,to

-. its position shown" in full lines of Fig. '5,

to permitremoval of the. primed cartridge.

In Fig- 6 there is shown the device arranged for inserting the bullet in the car-,

tridge. In this operation the parts used are the same as those used forexpanding the cartridge, as shown in Fig. 4, with the ex:

j withand a bullet seater substituted therefor.

ception of the expander 34 beingdispensed When used. for this operation the-bullet seater 38 is placed in the bore of the chamber member 32and the parts adjusted with. respect tothe anvil 29 as in the casecfthe expanding operation. Saidbullet seater has a cavity 39.in;one end suitably shaped to receive the ends of the bullet without caus ingthem to be marred and, in'addition, this recess further provides a means foralinin the bullets. ,The entranceend 40 of the chamber member32 acts as a. guide forj -the cartridge as it is movedthrough said member .32. toward the recess end 39 of the bullet- Y the inner wallof member 32 isi formed with a shoulder 41 which provides foricrimping seater and at a point adjacent said recess 39 the cartridges; as -the bullets come to the full depth of their insertion in the cartridge. I In assembling. the parts for this opera.-

tion the bullet seater 38is placed in chamber member 32' and adjusting screw then turned;

down in said chamber, after which said chamber. member is screwed down .in socket 2. The positioning ofthese several parts can be .bestlaccomplished with the use of a loaded-.cartridge. ,Such a cartridgeran be 'insertedin socket 2 through bushing26' j and the anvil turned on its pivot to engage and support said cartridge, after which the.

7 in the die.

seateican be'adjusted by turning the adjusting screw 33 until a slight pressure is transmitted: to said anvilJ i f If it-is desired to crimp the shell, these adjustments should be made whereby the chamber member is'so positioned in socket 2 that the anvil will be about one thirtysecond of an inch from bushing 26 when it into contact with said crimping shoulder 41.

After these several adjustments have'been made, a shell to'be loaded-isplaced-with its open end overreamer-42 whichis formed on the exposed end of screw '33 and't-wi'sted with sufiicient force to make aslight counterbore therein thus providinga freeentrance for'the bullet. After the'shell has thus been madeready, a bullet isplaced-inthe-cartridge, base first, and the two inserted as a unit through the bushing 26. [The anvil 29' is then brought against stop 30 while the anvilagainst-bus'hing 26 with the result that the bullet is pressed the proper depth in the shell. Lever-'7' can then be lo'wered'and the anvil 29 moved away from stop 30,-to free the base of the-cartridge; V

Where the device is to "be used for resizing bullets it is fastened to a suitable support in an inverted position as-shown in Fig; 7. In'this instance the *anvil 29, which'is' some-, what shorter than that used for decapping, is'pivotally secured to theplunger 4 but in the socket 2- thereis inserted a bullet die 42- having a central bore of two diameters providing for an oversized bullet being inserted through the guide portion 42f' of-said die until it is seated against the-smaller diameter of the bore. Said smalldiameter has a cutting edge 42 formed with a suitable'recess 42 adjacent thereto which serves as a spacefor chips "while bullets are-being forced through-the die. Thesmaller diameter of willbe noticed that-there -will bea natural tendency of the 'operatinglever. 71: to *drop makingit necessary" to hold said lever up whileplacing the bullets andbullet seater For this reason the operation of the device when used for the" purpose of sizing the bullets is as follows: Operating lever 7 is held in'a perpendicular position and the anvil, or what might be termed the thrustbar is moved to' the position shown in dotted lines-in Fig. 7. While the parts are held 'in these positions 'die42 I is screwed into "socket 2 to a trial position," a bullet is seater38'is'then inserted in the die with its recessed end resting on the pointed end of the bullet. The anvil or thrust bar is then turned to perpendicular position against stop- 30 and lowered "somewhat after which die 42'is adjusted in socket 2'to aposition where there is only sufficient space between thrust bar and the'enlar'ged end of'the bul let seater to permit said bar being swung.

' forward or backward. After the partshav'e.

been thus-adjusted depression of the operat:

ing lever will force the bullet through the" die 42 so that asit passes through the reduced';bore of the die and out of socket 2 o it will be reduced to. the proper size.

{For accurately centering the cartridge during the decapplng and priming opera tions, there is a stop 30, preferably in the form ofa 'screw'threa'ded into the frame. Said stop 30 can be adjusted to engage the anvil 2-9,- accurately center the cap with the priming button,- and, when such accuracy isnot needed;'as in the other operations, said operating lever is slightly lifted so that the 'free end of the anvil will properly receive the base of the cartridge. Lever-7 is then elevated-with sufficient force to move the stop can be screwed further into the frame so 'as not to engage s'aidanvil.

What-I claim is 1. In aldevice of the character described," thev comblnatlon ofa support for the car.-

tridge, a support'for interchangeably receivthe tool support, said cartridge sup-port be-.

ingpivotedxto'permit a cartridge carried with 'a i tool in said tool support.

the combination of aisu'pport' for the ear tridge, asupportfor interchangeably receiving-toolsfor'performing the desired opera-' tlons on the cartridge, and means for'movmg said cartridge support toward andfrom the tool support, said cartridge support being: pivoted to permit acartridge, carried thereby to'b'e moved intoandout of registly flVltll a tool in said toolsup'port, and "stops for "limiting.rocking'movement of said? cartridge support.

the 'combinati'ori of aframe having a sup- 3; In a device ofthe character described;

changeably received and adjustab-ly Sup ported, an anvil on which a'cartridge is sup ported, said anvil being pivotally supported on said frame, a stop for limiting rocking'y' movement of said 'anvil to center the car tridge' with respect" to said tool; and means for effecting a relative movement 'of car- "tridge and tool-supports.-

- 4.111 a device. of the character described, the combination of a frame havinga support in which tools for performing the desired operation on a cartridge may be interchangeabl-y received-and adjustably sup thereby to bemoved into and out of registry ported, an anvil on which a cartridge is supported, said anvil being p-ivotally supported on said frame, a stop for limiting rocking movement of said anvil to center the cartridge' with respect tosaid tool, a stop for limitingpivotal movement of the anvil in the opposite direction, and means for moving the cartridge support toward and from the tool support.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame having spaced alined sockets formed therein, a plunger slidable in one socket, an anvildetachably supported on said plunger, means for mov ing said plunger and anvil toward and from the other socket, and means for interchangeably receiving and supporting a desired tool in said other socket. v

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame, a plunger slidably mounted in said frame, an anvil carried by said plunger for supporting the cartridge, a decapping pin adjustably fixed on said anvil and adapted to engage the cap of the cartridge on said anvil, means on a fixed portion of said frame for supporting a decapping button, and-means for moving said plunger together with the anvil toward and from the decapping button,

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame, a plunger slidable in said frame, a cartridge supporting anvil pivotally mountedon said plunger,a i I decapping pin adjustably carried on said anvil and engaging the cap ofa cartridge supported on the anvil, a recessed decapping' button adjustably' secured in a fixed portion of'said frame, means for limiting the pivotal movement of the anvil for centering the cartridge with respect to the button and alining the cap of said cartridge with the recess in said button, and means for moving said plunger and anvil toward and from said button.

RICHARD W. BOND

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