Cleaning a projectile casing
AssigneeMannis Operations LLC
InventorJeffrey Citron
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, process, or combination thereof to clean and/or modify a projectile casing using compressed air. For example, compressed air can be used to remove carbon or otherwise modify a projectile casing. A user, programmer, or control can select, adjust, or otherwise determine a setting of compressed air, such as an amount of pressure based, at least in part, on a casing type and/or how dirty a projectile casing appears (e.g., in images or upon visual inspection). A method to select an air compression setting to use with a type of projectile casing.
Claims26
A method to clean a projectile casing, the method comprising:
- loading automatically, by a projectile casing cleaning system, a projectile casing into a holder to hold the projectile casing in place while it is being cleaned with compressed air;
- receiving, at the projectile casing cleaning system, a selection of an air compression setting, wherein the selection is at least partially based on an attribute of the projectile casing;
- applying automatically, by the projectile casing cleaning system, compressed air to the projectile casing to cause residue present on the projectile casing to be removed from the projectile in response to receiving the selection of the air compression setting;
- capturing particulates that were removed from the projectile casing;
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- unloading automatically, by the projectile casing cleaning system, the projectile casing into an area for clean projectile casings.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations to:
- load, automatically by a projectile casing cleaning system, a projectile casing into a holder to hold the projectile casing in place while it is being cleaned with compressed air;
- receive, at the projectile casing cleaning system, a selection of an air compression setting, wherein the selection is at least partially based on an attribute of the projectile casing;
- apply, by the projectile casing cleaning system, compressed air to the projectile casing to cause residue present on the projectile casing to be removed from the projectile;
- capture particulates that were removed from the projectile casing in a filter of the projectile casing cleaning system;
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- unload, automatically by the projectile casing cleaning system, the projectile casing into an area for clean projectile casings.
A system to clean a projectile casing, the system comprising:
- a primer extractor to remove a used primer from a projectile casing;
- a cleaning component to apply compressed air to the projectile casing;
- a projectile casing extractor to remove the projectile casing from the system after the used primer has been removed from the projectile casing;
- an air compressor to generate compressed air for the cleaning component;
- one or more air tubes to guide the compressed air, wherein the air tubes are coupled to the air compressor;
- one or more debris tubes to receive the compressed air that has passed through the projectile casing;
- one or more processors in electronic communication with primer extractor, projectile casing extractor, and the air compressor;
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- memory storing instructions to perform operations that, when performed by the one or more processors, cause the system to remove a primer from the projectile casing, select a compressed air setting to apply to the projectile casing, and apply the compressed air to the projectile casing with the primer removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.