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AssigneeNCS Pyrotechnie et Technologies
InventorsGratien Cimolino, Michel Pitavy, Roger Dolbet
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A process and apparatus for priming ammunition casings (1) of the type having a bottom (2) connected to a cylindrical lateral wall (3) by an annular flange (4) defining within the casing an annular throat (5) adapted to receive a pyrotechnic priming composition (6). The composition (6) is deposited on the bottom of the casing, and then is introduced into the throat (5) by subjecting the composition (6) deposited on the bottom (2) of the casing to a progressive compression in an oblique direction relative to the axis (X-X') of the casing (1) and directed toward the throat (5), by means of a surface (8) which is caused to turn about the axis (X-X'). This is done with a rotating core (7) that has at its lower end a truncated conical surface that is eccentric to the axis (X-X') of the core (7).
In a process for priming ammunition casings (1) comprising a bottom (2) connected to a cylindrical side wall (3) by an annular flange (4) defining within the casing an annular throat (5) adapted to receive a pyrotechnic priming composition (6), the process comprising depositing on the bottom of the casing said composition (6), then introducing said composition (6) into said throat (5);
In apparatus for priming ammunition casings (1) comprising a bottom (2) connected to a cylindrical side wall (3) by an annular flange (4) defining within the casing (1) an annular throat (5) adapted to receive a pyrotechnic priming composition (6), said apparatus comprising a core (7) having a diameter corresponding substantially to the internal diameter of the casing (1) which is to be primed, means to introduce this core (7) into the casing along the axis (X-X') of the latter and means to drive this core (7) in rotation about said axis;
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