Reloader
OwnerBruce A. Ryaninventor
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Abstract
A reloader for a shotgun primer housing, comprising anvil means mounted on a platform for supporting the primer housing in either an upright position for removing the primer from the housing or in an inverted position for inserting a new primer into the housing. A punch is provided having an elongated tip portion which is capable of entering an aperture in the primer housing when it is in the inverted position for removing the primer from the housing and a ram is provided having a flat pressing surface for forcing a new primer into the housing through the upwardly-facing open bottom of the primer housing when the housing is supported on the anvil means in the inverted position.
Claims10
Reloader for a shotgun primer housing having a cylindrical side wall, a top wall with a central aperture, a bottom opening and an outer annular flange extending about the bottom opening, the spent primer to be removed from the housing and the new primer to be inserted in the housing being of the type which is a complete primer assembly consisting of a striker portion mounted in a main body portion, said reloader comprising:
- (a) a supporting base including a horizontal platform;
- (b) a vertical supporting column extending upwardly from the platform;
- (c) a carriage slidably mounted on the column for vertical motion;
- (d) actuating means for reciprocating the carriage toward and away from the platform;
- (e) a primary anvil mounted on the platform and having:
- (1) an upper surface,
- (2) a cylindrical hole extending downwardly from the upper surface and having a larger diameter than the annular flange of the primer housing,
- (3) a horizontal annular ledge at the bottom of said hole and located above said discharge opening for supporting the annular flange of a primer housing in the upright position in which the aperture faces upwardly for removal of the spent primer, and
- (4) a discharge opening below said annular ledge for receiving a spent primer which is dislodged from the housing;
- (f) a secondary anvil having:
- (1) a bottom surface which rests on the upper surface of the primary anvil,
- (2) a locating pin extending downwardly from the bottom surface and being insertable into the hole of the primary anvil,
- (3) a top surface, and
- (4) a cylindrical cavity in the top surface for receiving a primer housing in the inverted position in which the bottom opening faces upwardly so that the annular flange remains above the top surface to enable a new primer to be inserted into the housing, said primary and secondary anvils constituting anvil means which are effective to maintain the aperture and bottom opening of the housing in vertical alignment with a vertical axis;
- (g) a punch having an elongated tip portion which is capable of entering the primer housing aperture, said punch being removably attachable to the carriage so that downward movement of the carriage causes the tip portion to move downwardly along said vertical axis into the aperture of a primer housing supported on the anvil in the upright position for dislodging the spent primer from said housing into the bottom opening;
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- (h) a ram having a flat ramming surface and being removably attachable to the carriage so that downward movement of the carriage causes the flat ramming surface to move downwardly along said vertical axis for engaging a new primer placed in the bottom opening of a primer housing which is supported on the anvil means in the inverted position and for ramming the new primer into the housing.
Adaptor for a shotgun shell reloader for adapting the reloader to reload a primer housing having a cylindrical side wall, a top wall with a central aperture, a bottom opening and an outer annular flange extending about the bottom opening, the spent primer to be removed from the housing and the new primer to be inserted in the housing being of the type which is a complete primer assembly consisting of a striker portion mounted in a main body portion, the shotgun shell reloader having a supporting base including a horizontal platform, a vertical supporting column extending upwardly from the platform, a carriage slidably mounted on the platform for vertical movement, and actuating means for reciprocating the carriage toward and away from the platform, said adaptor comprising:
- (a) a primary anvil mounted on the platform and having:
- (1) an upper surface,
- (2) a cylindrical hole extending downwardly from the upper surface and having a larger diameter than the annular flange of the primer housing,
- (3) a horizontal annular ledge at the bottom of said hole and located above said discharge opening for supporting the annular flange of a primer housing in the upright position in which the aperture faces upwardly for removal of the spent primer, and
- (4) a discharge opening below said annular ledge for receiving a spent primer which is dislodged from the housing.
- (b) a secondary anvil having:
- (1) a bottom surface which rests on the upper surface of the primary anvil,
- (2) a locating pin extending downwardly from the bottom surface and being insertable into the hole of the primary anvil,
- (3) a top surface, and
- (4) a cylindrical cavity in the top surface for receiving a primer housing in the inverted position in which the bottom opening faces upwardly so that the annular flange remains above the top surface to enable a new primer to be inserted into the housing, said primary and secondary anvils constituting anvil means which are effective to maintain the aperture and bottom of the housing in vertical alignment with a vertical axis,
- (c) a punch having an elongated tip portion which is capable of entering the primer housing aperture, said punch being removably attachable to the carriage so that downward movement of the carriage causes the tip portion to move downwardly along said vertical axis into the aperture of a primer housing supported on the anvil in the upright position for dislodging the primer from said housing into the bottom opening;
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- (d) a ram having a flat ramming surface and being removably attachable to the carriage so that downward movement of the carriage causes the flat ramming surface to move downwardly along said vertical axis for engaging a primer placed in the bottom opening of a primer housing which is supported on the anvil means in the inverted position and for ramming the primer into the housing.
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