Broken rifle shell extractor

Claim 1

FOR USE IN EXTRACTING A RIMLESS, DISCHARGED SHELL FRAGMENT FROM THE CHAMBER OF A RIFLE FITTED WITH A BOLT RECIPROCATABLE BETWEEN RETRACTED AND ADVANCED POSITIONS AND PROVIDED WITH A FORWARDLY EXTENDING LATCHING FINGER NORMALLY ENGAGEABLE IN THE ADVANCED POSITION OF THE BOLT WITH THE ANNULARLY FLANGED RIM OF AN UNBROKEN DISCHARGED SHELL FOR WITHDRAWING THE SAME FROM THE RIFLE CHAMBER, AN EXTRACTOR INSERTABLE INTO THE CHAMBER AND COMPRISING: (A) A STEPPED SPINDLE HAVING A REARWARD SEGMENT OF ENLARGED DIAMETER AND A FORWARD SEGMENT OF LESSER DIAMETER AND ON THE REARWARD SEGMENT A HEAD PROVIDED WITH AN ANNULARLY FLANGED RIM DIMENSIONED FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE LATCHING FINGER OF THE RIFLE BOLT, (B) A RADIALLY ARRANGED RESILIENT RING SEATED ON THE HEAD A SPACED DISTANCE FROM THE SPINDLE RIM, (C) THE RING BEING DIMENSIONED FOR FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BORE OF THE RIFLE CHAMBER, (D) AN EXPANDABLE SLEEVE MOUNTED FOR LONGITUDINAL SLIDING MOVEMENT ON THE FORWARD SEGMENT OF THE SPINDLE, (D) THE FORWARD END OF THE SLEEVE BEING PROVIDED WITH ENGAGING MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE FRAGMENT, (F) AND WEDGE MEANS POSITIONED ON THE FORWARD END OF THE FORWARD SPINDLE SEGMENT FORWARDLY OF THE SLEEVE FOR WEDGING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SLEEVE UPON RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE SPINDLE AND SLEEVE INDUCED BY SHIFTING THE BOLT TO ITS RETRACTED POSITION, THEREBY EXPANDING THE SLEEVE INTO GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SHELL FRAGMENT AND WITHDRAWING THE FRAGMENT FROM THE RIFLE CHAMBER UPON WITHDRAWAL OF THE EXTRACTOR THEREFROM.