| 摘要 |
A method and an apparatus for orienting and loading a plurality of unoriented rim-fire cartridges into a magazine (160) are provided. An orienter apparatus (10) employs gravity to orient rim-fire cartridges by hanging a plurality of cartridges from a number of parallel rails (24, 26, 28, 32). The orienter (10) is repositioned to a second or vertical configuration so that gravity can be used to feed the columns of oriented cartridges through a chute (80). In another embodiment, a collector apparatus (210) is used to pick up a plurality of cartridges and hold the cartridges in a holding portion. The orienter (10) or collector (210) operatively engages with a loader (12, 212) which employs a camming mechanism to move cartridges one at a time into a magazine (160, 268). The cartridges are placed in a first angular relationship with respect to the magazine opening and are moved through the opening while changing the angular relationship of the cartridge with the magazine opening. In another embodiment for use with, for example, 9 millimeter cartridges, a cartridge moving means is used to move cartridges, one at a time, as provided in single file by a collector or orienter. The moving means moves a cartridge in a first direction towards the open end of the magazine and then in a second direction into the open end of the magazine. |
