REUSABLE BLANK CARTRIDGE AND RELOADING ASSEMBLIES

• US 3,818,834 A
• Filed: 02/04/1972
• Issued: 06/25/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kenneth A. Baumgartener
• Original Assignee: Kenneth A. Baumgartener
• Inventors: Baumgartener, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stahl, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US05/223,653
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 102/42R,42C,43R,43C,43P,41,44,38 86/37
• US Class Current: 102/464
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 33/04 Fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes or charges F42B33/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/04 Blank cartridges, i.e. primed cartridges without projectile but containing an explosive or combustible powder charge

Abstract

A reusable blank cartridge designed to provide safe firing of blanks by the use of loose powder and a hand insertable disc, and easy and quick reloading of fired blank cartridges by the use of reloading assemblies adapted to the particular blank cartridge used.

Claims

1. A reusable blank cartridge comprising:

a cylindrical body having a bore therethrough with an open head portion, said bore having its inner end terminating in a bevel tapered inwardly at an angle of from 55* to 60* from the vertical axis of said cartridge, said bevel terminating in a lower bore which in turn terminates in an opening having an inner diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said lower bore, said open head portion having an inside diameter larger than the inside diameter of said cylindrical body and having an annular recess with side walls parallel to the vertical axis of said cylindrical body, said annular recess having a diameter larger than the diameter of said open head portion;

a convexity formed in the inner wall of said open head portion and above said annular recess;

an annular base having an inner recess formed to receive a gun primer, said annular base having a flange with an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of said cylindrical body; and

an annular recess with side walls parallel to the vertical axis of said cylindrical body and formed in said cylindrical body in its outer diameter above said annular base.

2. A reusable blank cartridge comprising:

an annular base having an inner recess formed to receive a gun primer, said annular base having a flange with an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of said cylindrical body; and

a cylindrical body having a bore therethrough with an open head portion, said bore having its inner end terminating in a bevel tapered inwardly at an angle from 55* to 60* from the vertical axis of said cartridge, said open head portion having an annular recess with side walls parallel to the vertical axis of said cartridge and formed in its inner wall, said recess having a diameter larger than the inner diameter of said cylindrical body, and a convexity in its inner wall above said recess, said cylindrical body having an annular recess with side walls parallel to the vertical axis of said cylindrical body and formed in its outer diameter above said annular base.