(No Model.) J. M. & M, 8. BROWNING. CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT. No, 247,881. Patented Oot. 4, 1881.30 40 45 5° Unrrep Sratres PaTEnT OFFIce. JOHN M. BROWNING AND MATTHEW 8. BROWNING, OF OGDEY, UTAH ‘TERRITORY. CARTRIDGE-LOADING IMPLEMENT. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 247,881, dated October 4, 1881, o all wwhom it may concern: Be it known that we, JouN M. Browsing and MATTHEW 8. BROWNING, of Ogden, i the county of Weber and Territory of Utab, have invented @ new and useful Improvement in Oarividge-Loading Implements; and we do hereby declare thatthe following isa fall,clear, and exact deseription of the same. ‘Oar invention is a combined relo for gun-eartridges. ‘The object of the invention is to provide in a single tool all the appliances necessary for use in the loading or reloading of cartridges, and in the steps necessary for the preparation of the shell for reloading. Our invention consists, therefore, frst, of a combined tool which includes, by reason ofits pecttliar construction, mechanism for seating the ball, for deeapping any kind of shell using ‘cap, mechanism for eapping the shell, a ball: mold, and a wad-panch, To consists, further,in an improved e tion of ballséating devices and, finally, in oom Dining, with this improved form of batlet-seat: ing device, the varions other devices above specified. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a side elevation of our improved tool. Fig. 2 shows a central longitudinal section of ‘the same, taken in the plane of the handles. Fig. 3 represents the tool as open for seating the ballet. Fig. 4 shows detached view of spindle. In the drawings, A B represent the two main paris of the tool, ‘These have similar handles, ‘ aand they are connected together by a piv" otal bot, whieh passes through Ings bon the part A, dnd the disk e on the part B, which disk fits snugly between said higs. In connection with the parts already named, we will frst describe that, part of the devies which is adapted to seat the ballet and to re- move the cap when the shell has a single fie vent. ‘The cylindrical body of the part A is bored out or otherwise formed with au axial eireular chamber in length equal to the length of the cartridge to be foaded with tho ball inserted, and of a size of bore adapted to receive such cartridge. A’ shoulder, ¢, is formed on the ing-to0l disk sbaped bead of the part B, arranged to overhang and press upon the inserted ar fridge when the handles « a are open. ‘The Positionof this shoulderoroffsetis soarrangod that the ball may be dropped into the bottom of the chamber it A aud the shell placed upon it, or the ball may be slightly entered ia the sell and both together placed in the chamber, ‘when the handies are closed; and. then, the handles being opened, the shoulder d will free the shell down upon’ the ball, fray seating tive same, In order to retract the eartridge or shell, a second shoulder or offset, g 1s pro- Yided below the one fist named, aud adapted {o.come up uusder the rim or ange of the shell ‘when the handles ave closing, and to draw it partly out from the chamber.” This construc tion Is sufictent for seating the ball, and. by reasoo of the axial chamber the eanstruction is ia a very compact and safe form. This com straction, however, may also be tsed in. eon- neotion with another device for removing the caps from shells whiel have Deon fied, wen such shells are made with aeentral vent. For this purpose a spindle, f, (shown detached in 75 Fig. 4,)ismade of aleogth equal to, or slightly sreatér than, the length of the ehdmber, and is provided witha pin,g, adapted to enter the central perforation inthe headof the eartridge. ‘This spindle is dropped into the cbamber. Tbe empty shell is placed apon ieand pressed down by tile openidg of the handles, ia the satne manner as foreing the shell npon the ball. AS tho shell is forced down the pin g enters the vent and pushes off the cap. A stall reeess, 1, 18 made in the face of the suoulder or off s0t-d, to allow the eap to rise. For cartridges which have more than one fro-vent we have, provided another devies in the same tool. ‘is eonsists of an aij, hav- ing a threaded shank, which serows through ihe danged side of the part. B. Its point pro- Jeots opposite a rowuded seat Z, on the part "A, near the igner edge of said seat, as suown tnore clearly in Fig. 1. In order to remove a 95 cap by this device the hend of the shells taid {n'the seat, the fice thereof being presented in an inelingd position toward the point of the awl. ‘Thebandlesare then closed, whieh brings the vl into the hammer-dent iu te eap, and. x00 55 60 7° 80 85 9°15 35 39. 35 40 2 2a7s81 the parts being held in that position the cap is removed by raising the muzzle of the shel ‘Tho wad-cutting device is shown at 1m. is a perforation through the part B, in (pref erably) the center, and in the plane in which thehandlesopen. ' Its diameter is equal tothat of the wadsto be ent. Direetly opposite this, and placed so as to enter it when the handles are closed, is a stn, /, having a plain face and sharp edge, so that when pasteboard or other suitable material is placed upon theinuer plain face, o, of the part B, over the opening m, and the handles closed, the stud J forces the disk ‘out of the board into the perforation, thas per- forming the operation of eutting the wad. In the sane part B is another similat perforation, ‘p, mude larger to receive the eartridge whieh 18 to be eapped. A sinall stud, q, set in the part A'so as to come against the eap in the ‘center of the shell, when in plaee, is provided. forpressing on theeap. ‘These devices for cut- ting the wad and setting the eap wo are awa are not new in themselves, but are only new in their relation to the general construction of the tool, whereby they are combined to form fone tool of an improved aud more convenient: shape. “Another old fenture, but in the samo manner newly combined, is the ball-mold , formed in the two sides A and B, near the pivoted ends. ‘The cover consists of the piece s, pivoted on the part A,to which it is fitted and held in po- sition within suitable limits by means of a pin, 2, projecting into a curved slot, 3,in the piece 4 Thisslotallowssaficient movement,sothat when the piu is atone end the hole'4 is di- rectly over the all-mold, but when the piece 441s moved to the other side the cover ents off the nek of the ball and leaves it ready for in- sertion into the shell, ‘The pin 2 may be a prolongation of the pivotal pin which holds the two parts together. Tt will be seen, therefor sary parts are eombined in gepizalpertoration doos away with projections, brings the paris into the least possible space, and renders it possible to make the tool serve for the shortest or longest eartridges without any difference ia its outside shap ‘The main parts of the tool may all be cast, and are very easily fitted, so that the tool max be cheaply made, and combines in itself all that is necessary for the general purpose for ‘which itis intended. Having thos deseribed our inveution, what, wwe claim is— 1. A tool for seating balls, cousisting of the part A, having an axial chamber, in combina- tion with a part, B, pivoted to the part A by means of the head fitted between lags on said part A, the said head. being provided with a Shoulder, d, adapted to force the shell into the chamber by the opening of the two parts, sub- stantially as described, 2. ‘The combination of the part A, axially chambered, the part B, pivoted thereto, as shown, and provided with a shoulder, d, and a retracting-shoulder, ¢, substantially as de- seribed. 3. The combined tool consisting of the parts ‘A.and B, the former having an axial chamber and the fatter device shoufders, as deseribed, operated in connection therowith, and both formed with the deseribed Dal-mold, eapping, ‘vacheutting, aud eap-removing devices. ‘In testimony whereof we have signed our ‘ames to this specification in the presence of {vo subseribing witnesses. JOHN M. BROWNING. MATTHEW 8. BROWNING. Witnesses: ‘RonmRr Mippint0n, 0.8, Mimprezon, 50 60 65 15