Continuous pile discharging machine

A device for discharging cartridges from tubes under fluid pressure where such tubes have a charging end and a discharging end for accommodating the cartridges, and where such charging and discharging ends are closed with removable plugs, comprising a fluid-tight housing having an aperture adapted to fit the discharging end of the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a rotatable piston in the cylinder, and a wrench on the forward end of the piston.

A device for discharging cartridges from tubes under fluid pressure where such tubes have a charging end and a discharging end for accommodating the cartridges, and where such charging and discharging ends are closed with removable plugs, comprising a fluid-tight housing having an aperture adapted to fit the discharging end of the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a piston in the cylinder, a rotatable hydraulic ram in the cylinder adapted to reciprocate the piston by expanding and contracting telescopically, and a wrench on the forward end of the piston.

A device discharging cartridges from tubes under fluid pressure where such tubes having a charging end and a discharging end for accommodating the cartridges, and where such charging and discharging ends are closed with removable plugs, comprising a fluid-tight housing having an aperture adapted to fit the discharging end of the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a rotatable hydraulic telescopic ram in the end of the cylinder remote from the aperture, a piston in the cylinder coupled to the ram, a wrench on the forward end of the piston adapted to engage and manipulate a plug sealing the discharge end of the tube, the housing also including a chute adapted to receive the cartridges discharged from the tube, and a valve disposed at the lower end of said chute.

A device for discharging cartridges from tubes under fluid pressure where such tubes have a charging end and a discharging end for accommodating the cartridges, and where such charging and discharging ends are closed with removable plugs, comprising a fluid-tight housing having an aperture adapted to fit the discharging end of the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a rotatable hydraulic ram in the end of the cylinder remote from the aperture, a piston in the cylinder coupled to the ram, a wrench on the forward end of the piston, a magnet on the wrench adapted to manipulate and retain a plug sealing the discharge end of the tube the housing also including a chute near the aperture, and a valve disposed at the lower end of the chute.

An assembly comprising a closed housing except for an aperture at one end, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a rotatable ram mounted at the end of the cylinder remote from the aperture, a piston in the cylinder attached to the ram, and a wrench on the forward end of the piston, the wrench having a hexagonal bore, the walls of the wrench at the bore being lined with a magnet.

An assembly comprising a closed housing except for an aperture at one end, the housing including a cylinder aligned with the aperture, a rotatable ram mounted at the end of the cylinder remote from the aperture, a piston in the cylinder attached to the ram, a wrench having a hexagonal bore, the walls of the wrench at the bore being lined with a magnet, a chute within the housing extending beneath it at an acute angle to the axis thereof and from a point adjacent the aperture, and a valve disposed in the chute.