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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1976
Albert W Ervine, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Remington Arms Company, Inc., Bridgeport, CT (US);
Abstract
An ammunition loading machine in which a drive chassis intermittently indexes an annular dial to transport empty shell casings to a series of loading stations, and reciprocates ram means to actuate tooling and fixtures for performing successive loading operations on the shells. The dial, ram means, tooling and fixtures are mounted on a base plate assembly to form a die set which is detachable as a unit from the drive chassis, and is easily replaceable by a different die set when ammunition of changed specifications is to be loaded. The drive chassis includes ram drive rods and a dial indexing mechanism which are readily separable from the ram means and dial to facilitate replacement of the die set. The bearings for the dial comprise roller means which also serve to form a separable driving connection with the indexing mechanism to rotate the dial. A plurality of the ram drive rods, spaced apart and extending through the base plate assembly within a central opening in the dial, are provided to stabilize the ram means, and also to drive first and second ram means at different rates for operating various fixtures.