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Cartridge re-sizing apparatus

US5515766A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateMay 14, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B33/10
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a machine for re-sizing spent ammunition cartridges, such as spent brass cartridges for hand guns. A pair of forming rails which move with respect to one another to roll the cartridge between the rails in order to restore the cartridge to the original cylindrical specifications. The forming surface of one of the forming rails includes an inclined step which lengthens the cartridge as the bulge is rolled out of the cartridge neck.

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