Bullet feeder device
OwnerChristopher Paul Merrymaninventor
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Abstract
An improved bullet feeder and seating die device for progressively inserting bullets into mouths of cartridge casings is disclosed. The bullet feeder device includes a seating die having a main die body having a threaded portion and a clearance cut and a passageway extending through the threaded portion to a bore of the main die body. A die lock having a threaded inner surface is provided to receive the threaded portion of the main die body. The die lock has a clearance slot alignable with the clearance cut in the main die body. A feed assembly is provided to sequentially supply bullets to the seating die and a activation assembly is provided to operate the feed assembly. A mounting assembly is provided to hold the seating die, feed assembly and a activation assembly together.
Claims20
A bullet feeder and seating device for seating a bullet in a mouth of a cartridge casing, the bullet feeder device comprising:
- a seating die including a main die body having a smooth outer surface and a threaded outer surface and defining an inner bore, said main die body defining a clearance cut extending through said smooth outer surface and said threaded outer surface to said inner bore, said main die body defining a passageway extending through said smooth outer surface and said threaded outer surface to said inner bore, and an inner die assembly having a pivotal bullet pusher;
- a die lock having a threaded inner surface engageable with said threaded outer surface of said main die body, said die lock defining a clearance slot alignable with said clearance cut in said main die body;
- an activation sleeve movably mounted within said main die body and defining an inner bore;
- a mounting assembly including a main body holder defining a channel, said seating die being removably attached to said main body holder;
- an actuator having a rectangular portion and a triangular portion extending from said rectangular portion and a drive shaft extending upward from said rectangular portion, said rectangular portion being slidably mounted within said channel of said main body holder;
- a first indexing block mounted on said main body holder and defining a drop hole and a shaft hole;
- a second indexing block pivotally mounted on said first indexing block and defining a feed hole and a cam surface on an underside of said second indexing block;
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- a feed tube mounted above said second indexing block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.