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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6772668 | Ammunition reloading apparatus with feed mechanism Ammunition reloading apparatus includes a shell case support for holding a shell case, a container spaced above the support for holding shell loading material to be placed in a shell case during reloading, and an elongate charge bar underlying the container having a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6481916 | Reloader with snap-in tools and quick release shell or shotshell holders To permit operators to change dies quickly and easily and to remove shot shells from any station, inspect them and replace them, bayonet snap in dies may be easily inserted into a tooling section of a reloader and shot shells can be removed from shell pla... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6142054 | Apparatus for filling shell bodies with sub-projectiles Device for filling a shell body with a plurality of sub-projectiles including a U-shaped assembly centering device coupled with a cover. A reservoir, formed between the assembly centering device and the cover, includes a slit-like shaped rectangle in cros... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5932828 | Reloader with snap-in tools and quick release shell or shot shell holders To permit operators to change dies quickly and easily and to remove shot shells from any station, inspect them and replace them, bayonet snap in dies may be easily inserted into a tooling section of a reloader and shot shells can be removed from shell pla... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5313869 | Shell reloader A shell plate for being indexed in angular steps is on a carrier which is, in turn, mounted to the upper end of the reloader ram. Indexer rod engageable elements such as cylindrical equiangularly spaced apart pins project downwardly from the bottom of the... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5177315 | Replacement primer feeder for shell reloading machines Apparatus is provided for use with a conventional shell reloading machine of the type represented by the well-known "Hornady 366 Auto Reloader" commercial machine, such apparatus comprising a carrier holding a plurality of storage tubes filled with respec... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5054362 | Controlled shotshell advancing mechanism for shotshell reloader The invention is a shotshell advancing mechanism on a shotshell reloader with rotating turret held on a work table, a relatively movable tool carriage, and means to move the tool carriage so that the tools are in contact with the shot shells. The shotshel... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5040449 | Shotgun shell reloader In a shotgun shell reloader, a manually operated lever drives a carriage reciprocally on a central post for shotgun shells mounted to the carriage to engage with reloading tools arranged on a support which mounts to the upper end of the post. A circular s... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5024135 | Multi-station cartridge reloading press with controlled powder dispensing A multi-station cartridge reloading press that includes a drive mechanism for a powder measure for reloading spent cartridge cases. A case detecting arm engages a drive rod to operate the powder measure only when a case is present in the powder loading st... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4852451 | Powder level sensing device Disclosed is a device for sensing the powder level within a cartridge shell during the reloading process comprising a housing having a ramp in its interior, a sleeve slidably inserted within the housing having a radial hole initially positioned below the ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4841831 | Indexing reloader of cartridges A reloader for reloading cartridges. A reciprocating plunger carries a turret that rotates around the axis of the plunger. The turret carries a plurality of cartridges for reloading, the cartridges being symmetrically spaced around the turret axis and ada... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4817491 | Apparatus for a firearm ammunition hand loader An apparatus for a firearm ammunition hand loader. The apparatus provides for the installation of gas checks onto the base of a cast bullet, and sizing and lubricating of the bullet with the gas check on. This is achieved by use of an index table that pro... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4766798 | Shell loader To permit automatic ejection of shells in a progressive shell loader, a cam is mounted near the turret holding the shells. As the carriage is raised and lowered, two pawls and an index wheel turn it so that the shells advance toward a final station. Immed... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4620472 | Shell reloading machine with safety features An improved shell reloading machine incorporating in addition to the essential features of utility convenience and low cost, an effective means for the prevention of primer cap detonation which might otherwise occur due to improper alignment of the primer... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4615255 | Shotgun shell reloader apparatus In order to increase the efficiency and reliablility of shotgun shell reloader apparatus of the type in which an empty shell is entered and removed at a single entrance/exit station and the shell is transferred in a circular path from station to station a... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4563935 | Machine for the double treatment of workpieces while they are continually moving and recycled upon a operating drum, particularly the successive varnishing of bodies of revolution An apparatus for the forming and/or treatment of cartridge cases while continuously travelling through a train of cartridge case treating instrumentalities, in particular a machine for varnishing or gumming the collar and the percussion cap thereof, said ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4526084 | Shell loader To enable a shell to be automatically primed during operation of a loader, the primers are mounted within a chute to fall by gravity to an opening where a lever is pivoted by a cam as the shell carriage of the loader moves in a vertical direction within t... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4522102 | Semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine A semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine of the type including a lower travelling platen with a rotatable support for sequentially positioning a plurality of cartridges in each of a series of operating stations and including an upper stationary platen... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4515063 | Turret press for reloading rifle and pistol cartridges Cartridge reloading presses wherein either a turret carrying multiple dies or a turret carrying multiple cartridges is caused to index rotationally relative to the axis of a vertically reciprocable ram. The indexing mechanism includes a ratchet element ha... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4343222 | Shell reloading machine An improved shell reloading machine employing a movable four-position shell plate carried by a single shaft and actuated by a swinging toggle linkage.... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4328735 | Progressive shotshell reloading This invention relates to some unique mechanical devices, which, when attached in natural sequence to a shotshell reloading press, allows faster, smoother and more compatable performance of said press. Specific devices which are included are, (1) a device desi... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4217809 | Bullet sizing and lubricating system In a system which sizes and lubricates lead bullets, an indexing plate, being chain driven, and having an indexing post, is mounted horizontally and in such a manner that the indexing post engages indexing detents in a transfer plate, having a plurality o... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4078472 | Shotgun shell reloading tool A tool for reconditioning and reloading spent shotgun shells is disclosed. The tool has a movable table upon which is mounted a rotating die cage. The cage contains a series of floating dies for sizing the spent shells. A fixed tool head at the top of the... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4031804 | Rotary shot shell reloader A shot shell reloader of the type including a rotatable support for sequentially positioning a plurality of shot shells in each of a series of operating stations is provided with a mechanism for automatically rotating the support to reposition the shot sh... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3967526 | Apparatus for lubricating and sizing slugs An automated machine for lubricating and sizing cast lead slugs and including a body having a slug passage comprising vertical and horizontal legs extending therethrough, the horizontal portion of said passage including a sizing die which insures a unifor... | 07/06/1976 |
