In line bullet feeder
AssigneeMantel Machine Products, Inc.
InventorRobert W. Mantel
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Abstract
A bullet feed assembly for a shell casing reloader, the assembly including a housing having a passage, a gravity feed bullet reservoir connected to the upper end of the passage, a first pair of catch members pivotally mounted in the housing for movement into the passage, to catch the bullets, the catch members including cam surfaces engageable by movement of a shell casing into the passage to release the bullet, and a pair of latch members mounted for pivotal movement into and out of the passage to prevent upward movement of the bullet in the passage.
Claims14
An inline bullet feed assembly for seating a bullet in the open end of a shell, said assembly comprising
- a housing,
- a passage through said housing,
- a gravity feed bullet reservior connected to one end of said passage,
- catch means in said passage for preventing bullets from dropping through the passage, said catch means being responsive to the presence of a shell in said passage to release said bullet and allow the bullet to enter the open end of said shell, and
- latch means in said passage spaced upwardly from said catch means for preventing upward movement of the bullet supported in the passage by said catch means whereby the bullet will be forced into the open end of the shell.
An inline bullet feed assembly for automatically setting a bullet into the open end of a shell in a progressive type shell reloader, said feed assembly comprising,
- a base member having an axially extending bore,
- means for feeding bullets into said bore,
- a pair of catch members mounted in said base member for movement to a position to catch bullets in said bore,
- means for biasing said catch members to the catch position, said catch members including
- cam means responsive to the presence of a shell in said bore to release the bullet from said catch member, and
- latch means mounted in said base member to latch the bullet in said bore whereby the movement of the shell into said bore will seat the bullet in the open end of the shell.
The combination with a shell reloader of the type wherein a shell is moved progressively from station to station,
- means for automatically replacing a bullet in the neck of the shell, said means comprising
- a housing having a bore,
- means attached to said housing for storing a number of bullets for gravity feed into said bore,
- catch means within said housing to catch the bullets in said bore, said catch means being movable in response to the movement of a shell into the bottom of said bore to release the bullet from said catch means whereby the bullet can enter the open end of the shell, and
- latch means mounted in said housing above said catch means for preventing the bullet supported in the bore from moving upward when said bullet is forced into the open end of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.