Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable case preparation tool
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Application No.: US16114016Application Date: 2018-08-27
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Publication No.: US10265774B1Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Eric P. Eldredge
- Applicant: Eric P. Eldredge
- Main IPC: B21D51/54
- IPC: B21D51/54 ; B23B5/16 ; F42B33/10

Abstract:
The adjustable case preparation tool polymer body has a tungsten carbide blade or blades, an adjustment screw, and a lock nut to secure the adjustment. The adjustment screw bears on a pin, which slides in a tube, which is held by friction fit in the molded or 3D printed body. The screw attaches the tool to a handle, prep center, or rotor. Colors identify calibers, and a tool fits every cartridge in that caliber by interchanging lengths of pins and tubes. The tool can be used with interchangeable spindle sleeves in increments of diameter for a precise fit. The flash hole deburring tool will not enlarge or chamfer a flash hole, and the neck turner will not mar a case mouth. The embodiments work on a case held in a case holder, and cutting stops when the pin through the flash hole touches the solid face of the case holder.
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