Shell holder

Claim 1

A HOLDER FOR USED SHELLS OR CASINGS, APPLICABLE INTERCHANGEABLY TO SHELLS OR CASINGS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND SIZES, FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PRESS HAVING DIES FOR RECONDITIONING FOR REUSE THE SHELLS OR CASINGS OF SPENT CARTRIDGES EMPLOYED AS AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS SUCH AS RIFLES AND PISTOLS, AND HAVING A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE RAM FOR ADVANCING AND RETRACTING A SHELL OR CASING RELATIVE TO THE DIES, WHEREBY A SHELL OR CASING IS ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY CONNECTED TO THE RAM, THE SHELL OR CASING HAVING A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ANNULAR FLANGE, OR ALTERNATIVELY, A PERIPHERAL GROOVE, ADJACENT THE END THEREOF WHICH CARRIES THE CAP OR PRIMER, COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FITTING HAVING MEANS CONNECTING IT TO A RAM AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, THE FITTING HAVING AN ENLARGED, EXTERNALLY THREADED UPPER END PORTION AND HAVING A LOWER END PORTION OF LESSER DIAMETER, AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE SLOT EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, BEYOND ITS CENTER, AN INTERNALLY THREADED CAP RECEIVED ON THE THREADED UPPER END OF THE FITTING, THE CAP HAVING A TRANSVERSE SLOT EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, BEYOND ITS CENTER, AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY ALONG SAID ONE SIDE THEREOF, THE TRANSVERSE SLOTS OF THE FITTING AND THE CAP HAVING MUTUALLY ALIGNED BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS IN ONE ROTATIVE POSITION OF THE CAP RELATIVE TO THE FITTING, A FIRST PLANAR MEMBER, GENERALLY CIRCULAR IN PLAN, REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF THE FITTING, BETWEEN THE FITTING AND THE CAP, THE PLANAR MEMBER HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, BEYOND ITS CENTER, THE LAST MENTIONED SLOT BEING RELATIVELY NARROWER AND SHORTER THAN THE TRANSVERSE SLOTS OF THE FITTING AND THE CAP AND BEING ENGAGEABLE OVER THE ANNULAR FLANGE, OR ALTERNATIVELY, IN THE PERIPHERAL GROOVE OF A SHELL OR CASING HAVING ITS FLANGED OR GROOVED END RECEIVED IN SAID TRANSVERSE SLOTS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, AND A SECOND PLANAR MEMBER CONFORMABLE TO THE TRANSVERSE SLOT OF THE FITTING RECEIVED IN SAID TRANSVERSE SLOT AND ENGAGEABLE UNDER A SHELL OR CASING HAVING ITS FLANGED OR GROOVED END RECEIVED IN SAID TRANSVERSE SLOT, THE FIRST PLANAR MEMBER BEING INTERCHANGEABLE WITH OTHER LIKE PLANAR MEMBERS HAVING SLOTS OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS AND THE SECOND PLANAR MEMBER BEING INTERCHANGEABLE WITH OTHER LIKE PLANAR MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES.