Shell loader with heater and crimper attachments

Claim 1

A SHOTGUN SHELL RELOADING DEVICE COMPRISING: A FIRST AND A SECOND PLATE; MEANS MOUNTING THE SAID PLATES SO THAT ONE IS MOVABLE TOWARD THE OTHER ALONG AN AXIS; A SIZER MOUNTED TO ONE OF SAID PLATES, SAID SIZER COMPRISING A BODY WITH AN AXIALLY-ALIGNED CENTRAL BORE HAVING A MOUTH OPEN TOWARD THE OTHER PLATE, A TAPERED EXPANDER INSIDE THE BORE AND NARROWING TOWARD THE MOUTH, SAID EXPANDER INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL CYLINDRICAL SECTION, AND A HEATER IN SAID EXPANDER TO HEAT THE SAME, THERE BEING AN ANNULAR OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE EXPANDER AND THE WILL OF THE BORE TO RECEIVE A SHELL; A CRIMPER HAVING AN AXIS, AND MOUNTED TO ONE OF SAID PLATES WITH ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THAT OF THE PLATE MOTION, SAID CRIMPER COMPRISING CRIMPER SLEEVE HAVING AN INTERNAL CYLINDRICAL WALL AND AN OPEN MOUTH FACING TOWARD SAID OTHER PLATE, AND HAVING AN END ADJACENT TO SAID MOUTH, A CRIMPING SHOULDER ON SAID INTERNAL WALL, SAID CRIMPING SHOULDER EXTENDING TOWARD THE AXIS AS IT EXTENDS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH, SAID CRIMPING SHOULDER BEING SPACED FROM SAID END BY A FIXED DISTANCE, A FIRST AND A SECOND STOP SLEEVE, BOTH STOP SLEEVES SURROUNDING SAID CRIMPER SLEEVE AND BEING ADAPTED TO ABUT EACH OTHER, THE SECOND STOP SLEEVE BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE FIRST SLEEVE, A TOOTH AND A PAIR OF ADJACENT RECESSES ON THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE STOP SLEEVES, THE TEETH BEING ADAPTED TO MAKE CONTACT IN ONE RELATIVE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF THE STOP SLEEVES, THEREBY ESTABLISHING A FIRST TOTAL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE TWO STOP SLEEVES, AND TO PERMIT THE TEETH TO MESH IN ANOTHER ROTATIONAL POSITION, THEREBY ESTABLISHING A SECOND TOTAL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE TWO STOP SLEEVES, THE FIRST STOP SLEEVE BEING MOUNTED TO ONE OF THE PLATES, AN EXTERNAL SHOULDER ON THE CRIMPER SLEEVE ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY THE SECOND SLEEVE TO FORCE THE CRIMPER SLEEVE TOWARD THE SECOND PLATE, A SURFACE ON SAID SECOND PLATE CONTACTIBLE BY ONE OF SAID CRIMPER OR SECOND STOP SLEEVES, THE CRIMPER SLEEVE BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE FIRST STOP SLEEVE, AND A SPRING URGING THE CRIMPER SLEEVE AWAY FROM SAID FIRST STOP SLEEVE; AND HANDLE MEANS FOR MOVING THE PLATES TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.