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Plastic cartridge case

US4614157A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1984
Grant dateSep 30, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B5/313
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An all-plastic cartridge case is disclosed. The case is all-plastic polyethylene and has a hard-plastic rim and a soft-plastic glass-filled high density polyethylene basewad. The basewad is of a plastic similar to but stronger and tougher than that of the shotshell tube while the rim is of a hard plastic which is chemically dissimilar to the tube. The rim is mechanically locked to the tough basewad and the basewad is chemically bonded to the tube. Also disclosed is a two-step method for molding such a shell with a triple plastic head. Either the rim or the basewad is molded first and the other of the two is molded through the first.

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