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US3227085A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Shot shell

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-09-05
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Granted: 1966-01-04
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Expires: 1983-09-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James L Ramer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 10:12
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42B; F42B7/00; F42B7/02; F42B7/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
A SHOT GUN CONSISTING OF A SHELL TUBE HAVING A FORWARD AND A REARWARD END; A BASE MEMBER RECEIVED ABOUT SAID REARWARD END OF SAID TUBE TO CLOSE SAID REARWARD END, SAID BASE MEMBER INCLUDING A PRIMER CAP; A PROPELLANT CHARGE LOCATE IN THE REARWARD END PORTION OF SAID TUBE; AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF GUN WADDING IN SAID TUBE, ADJACENT SAID PROPELLANT CHARGE; A SHOT CHARGE IN THE OPEN FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID TUBE, ADJACENT SAID GUN WADDING; A WRAPPER COMPRISING AN INITIALLY ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FLAT RIBBON OF PLYABLE AND FOLDABLE MATERIAL, SIAD RIBBON PROVIDED ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION WITH AN AREA OF PREINDENTED FOLD LINES, SAID RIBBON ROLLED LONGITUDINALLY INTO A CYLINDER AND TELESCOPED COAXIALLY WITHIN SAID OPEN FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID SHELL TUBE, COMPLETELY SURROUNDING SAID SHOT CHARGE, AND WITH A SECOND EDGE OF SAID RECTANGULAR RIBBON, OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST EDGE, ABUTTING SAID WADDING, SAID PREINDENTED AREA BEING FOLDED RADIALLY INWARDLY ALONG SAID FOLD LINES TO FORM A STAR SHAPED CLOSURE FOR SAID CYLINDER FORMED OF SAID WRAPPER, SAID CLOSURE ADJACENT SAID FORWARED END OF SIAD TUBE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
A SHOT GUN CONSISTING OF A SHELL TUBE HAVING A FORWARD AND A REARWARD END; A BASE MEMBER RECEIVED ABOUT SAID REARWARD END OF SAID TUBE TO CLOSE SAID REARWARD END, SAID BASE MEMBER INCLUDING A PRIMER CAP; A PROPELLANT CHARGE LOCATE IN THE REARWARD END PORTION OF SAID TUBE; AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF GUN WADDING IN SAID TUBE, ADJACENT SAID PROPELLANT CHARGE; A SHOT CHARGE IN THE OPEN FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID TUBE, ADJACENT SAID GUN WADDING; A WRAPPER COMPRISING AN INITIALLY ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FLAT RIBBON OF PLYABLE AND FOLDABLE MATERIAL, SIAD RIBBON PROVIDED ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION WITH AN AREA OF PREINDENTED FOLD LINES, SAID RIBBON ROLLED LONGITUDINALLY INTO A CYLINDER AND TELESCOPED COAXIALLY WITHIN SAID OPEN FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID SHELL TUBE, COMPLETELY SURROUNDING SAID SHOT CHARGE, AND WITH A SECOND EDGE OF SAID RECTANGULAR RIBBON, OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST EDGE, ABUTTING SAID WADDING, SAID PREINDENTED AREA BEING FOLDED RADIALLY INWARDLY ALONG SAID FOLD LINES TO FORM A STAR SHAPED CLOSURE FOR SAID CYLINDER FORMED OF SAID WRAPPER, SAID CLOSURE ADJACENT SAID FORWARED END OF SIAD TUBE.

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