Dispenser for firearm ammunition powder

US11566878B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AOB Products Company · US

Inventors

• Justin Burke · Columbia, US
• James Tayon · Moberly, US
• Timothy S. Kinney · Warrenton, US
• Michael Cottrell · Columbia, US
• Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. · Fayette, US
• Brian Steere · Columbia, US
• Mark Dalton · Columbia, US
• Kyle Martin · Avon, US
• Michael Lindsay · Columbia, US
• Anthony Vesich · Columbia, US
• Brett Eckelkamp · Fulton, US
• Seth Wheeler · Columbia, US
• Ryan Varnum · Columbia, US
• Matthew Kinamore · Columbia, US
• Curtis Smith · Columbia, US
• Jarrod Grove · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B33/0285
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing powder for firearm ammunition and associated methods. The dispenser can include a hopper, a conveyor, a scale sensor, a dispensing head, a dispenser controller, and a tangible storage medium storing instructions executable by the dispenser controller. The dispensing head is movable to a plurality of dispensing positions to dispense ammunition powder to a plurality of cases from the plurality of dispensing positions. In some embodiments, the dispensing head moves between a home position, where the dispensing head receives powder from the conveyor, and the plurality of dispensing positions, where the dispensing head delivers loads of powder from the conveyor to individual ammunition cases.