Cartridge case extracting tool
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorRobert S. Green
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Abstract
A tool designed to fit into the breech end of an artillery piece to engage he rim of a ruptured cartridge case and to cause extraction of the cartridge case, comprising, a tubular housing having mounted on one end expandable jaws which act as a clutch head, a rod coaxially disposed within the tubular housing and having a cone on one end for camming said jaws outwardly to engage the cartridge rim and a strong back coupled to the tubular housing and through which the extraction force is applied.
Claims7
A tool for extraction of ruptured cartridge cases from large caliber guns comprising:
- an elongated tubular housing;
- a plurality of jaws slidably mounted on one end of said housing for radial movement with respect to said housing, the periphery of each jaw being arcuate in configuration and having a radius of curvature equal to the radius of curvature of the gun barrel;
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- means on said housing for camming said jaws outwardly into engagement with the gun barrel whereby said jaws will engage the inner rim of the cartridge case and dislodge the cartridge case upon extraction of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.