Primer placement with shuttle
AssigneeMannis Operations LLC
InventorJeffrey Citron
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, process, or combination thereof to seat a primer in a projectile casing. For example, a primer may be seated according to a depth indexed from a bottom of a projectile casing. A user, programmer, or control can seat, place, adjust, or otherwise determine a depth to seat a primer from a projectile casing bottom. A method to index a depth to seat a primer from a base of a projectile casing.
Claims30
A method of seating a primer in a primer pocket of a projectile casing, the method comprising:
- providing a primer rod comprising a central portion extending in a longitudinal direction and an outer portion comprising a plurality of prongs surrounding the central portion, wherein the central portion extends farther in the longitudinal direction than the plurality of prongs;
- providing a projectile casing including a base and a primer pocket with a first depth;
- aligning a primer with the primer pocket of the projectile casing;
- inserting the primer into the primer pocket by moving the central portion of the primer rod in the longitudinal direction toward the base of the projectile casing;
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- stopping movement of the central portion in response to the plurality of prongs at least partially contacting the base of the projectile casing, thereby seating the primer in the primer pocket to a second depth indexed from the base of the projectile casing.
A system for seating a primer in a primer pocket of a projectile casing, the system comprising:
- a primer seating component to receive the projectile casing and to hold the projectile casing when a primer is inserted into a primer pocket of the projectile casing;
- a primer rod comprising a central portion extending along a longitudinal axis and an outer portion comprising at least one prong proximate to the central portion,
- wherein the central portion extends farther in a longitudinal direction than the at least one prong;
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- an actuator operatively coupled to the primer rod and to move the primer rod along the longitudinal axis to insert the primer into the primer pocket, and
- wherein the at least one prong is to contact a base of the projectile casing and prevent further advancement of the central portion, such that a depth at which the primer is seated in the primer pocket is indexed from the base of the projectile casing.
A primer rod for inserting a primer into a primer pocket of a projectile casing, the projectile casing having a base and the primer pocket having a first width, the primer rod comprising:
- a central rod portion extending along a longitudinal axis and configured to contact and press the primer into the primer pocket;
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- at least one prong positioned adjacent to the central rod portion and extending along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the central rod portion extends farther than the at least one prong in a longitudinal direction such that a distal tip of the central rod portion protrudes beyond a distal tip of the at least one prong, and
- wherein the at least one prong is laterally spaced from the central rod portion such that a width spanned by the at least one prong exceeds the first width of the primer pocket, such that contact between the at least one prong and the base of the projectile casing prevents further advancement of the central rod portion during primer insertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.