. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. ertical apertures near the periphery of which the caps an- placed to receive their charge 472 PERCUSSION-CAP CHARGING MACHINE. The lower portion of the magazine is funnel-shaped, and opens into a rectangular tube in -which thecharge E is accurately fitted, and freely slides back and forth. A circular aperture is formed in the under side of the tube at the distance of an inch or two fromthe magazine, exactly corresponding in size with the aperture at the bottom of the magazine, anawith the aperture in the charge E. A
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. ertical apertures near the periphery of which the caps an- placed to receive their charge 472 PERCUSSION-CAP CHARGING MACHINE. The lower portion of the magazine is funnel-shaped, and opens into a rectangular tube in -which thecharge E is accurately fitted, and freely slides back and forth. A circular aperture is formed in the under side of the tube at the distance of an inch or two fromthe magazine, exactly corresponding in size with the aperture at the bottom of the magazine, anawith the aperture in the charge E. A reciprocating movement being imparted to the charger, the aperture in the same, in passing backand forth under the outlet of the magazine, will receive the charge of composition for a cap and will dis-charge the same as the charger is drawn back into a cap brought immediately under the aperture, bythe movement of the wheel A upon its axis, in the manner hereinafter set forth. N is the main-shaft, from which all parts of the machine receive motion. Motion is imparted to the. ratchet-wheel A and to the charger E by means of the vibrating lever C, suspended by and vibratingon the arm G projecting from the end of the machine, the cam B on the main-shaft, the cord t con-nected to the upper end of C and passing to the rear over a loose pulley on the axle S, and sus-pending the weight T at its extremity. A vertical arm F rises from the front end of the charger E,having a vertical slot near its upper end, through which passes an adjustable pin projecting from thelever C by which it is operated. A pivot at the lower extremity of the lever C takes into an aper-ture in the ratchet D, which communicates motion to the wheel A. The ratchet D works in theguiding-box t, and is kept in contact with the teeth on the peripherv of A by the spring s. The cam B is of such a form that it will force back the upper end of the lever C, and thereby willcarry forwards the ratchet D and the charger E, and
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