Ammunition reloading apparatus

Claim 1

AN AMMUNITION RELOADING MACHINE COMPRISING: A BASE; MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY DELIVERING A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGE CASES TO ONE END OF SAID BASE; GUIDE MEANS ON SAID BASE FOR GUIDING SAID CARTRIDGE CASES ALONG A PATH ON SAID BASE; ADVANCEMENT MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ADVANCING SAID CASES ALONG SAID PATH TO A PLURALITY OF OPERATION STATIONS ON SAID BASE; A PLATEN LOCATED ABOVE SAID BASE; MEANS TO MOVE SAID PLATEN BETWEEN A LOWER OPERATING POSITION AND AN UPPER POSITION; MEANS ON SAID MACHINE AT DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID OPERATION STATIONS TO INSERT SEQUENTIALLY A NEW PRIMER, GUN POWDER AND A NEW BULLET IN EACH OF SAID CARTRIDGE CASES; SAID MEANS FOR INSERTING A NEW BULLET INCLUDIG; A BULLET METERING DISK HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES WITH A CIRCULAR SIDE WALL MOUNTED ON SAID PLATEN FOR ROTATION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID DISK HAVING FORMED THEREIN A PLURALITY OF BULLET DELIVERY HOLES OPENING THROUGH THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID DISK, SAID DISK SIDEWALL BEING REDUCED AT ITS CENTER PORTION TO EXPOSE SAID HOLES; MAGAZINE MEANS FOR HOLDING A LARGE NUMBER OF BULLETS; MEANS FOR FEEDING BULLETS FROM SAID MAGAZINE MEANS TO SAID DELIVERY HOLES AT ONE POSITION ON SAID PLATEN; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DISK INTERMITTENTLY TO SEQUENTIALLY LOCATE SAID DELIVERY HOLES EACH WITH A BULLET THEREIN AT A SECOND POSITION ON SAID PLATEN, SAID SECOND POSITION BEING AT ONE OF SAID OPERATION STATIONS; AND ANVIL LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID DISK AT SAID SECOND POSITION; AND MEANS ON SAID PLATEN FOR URGING A BULLET LOCATED IN EACH DELIVERY HOLE AGAINST THE WALL OF SAID DELIVERY HOLE WHEN SAID HOLE IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION.