Empty shotgun cartridge separating system
OwnerStephen Loughnaneinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for separating empty or used ammunition cartridges, in particular spent plastic shotgun shells, in order to allow the plastic and metal component parts of the cartridge to be recycled, the system comprising a restraint which defines a guideway within which the metal head of the cartridge may be slidingly engaged, and a clamp in the form of a pair of chains arranged to define a clamping path between opposed portions of the chains and along which clamping path the case may be drawn, the guideway diverging from the clamping path so as to draw the case out of register with the head as the cart ridge is displace along the clamping path.
Claims16
An empty shotgun cartridge separating system for separating a case from a head of the cartridge, the system comprising:
- a restraint operable to engage the head;
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- a clamp operable to grip the case and draw the case out of register with the head, the restraint defining a guideway within which the head is capturable, the clamp being operable, while gripping the case, to displace the case relative to the restraint in order to displace the head along the guideway, the guideway diverging from the clamp in a direction in which the cartridge is conveyed by the clamp.
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