Pellet Orienting Device

Abstract

The pellet orienting device orients air gun pellets such that the pellets will point up in preparation for them to be loaded into air gun magazines or cartridges, comprising a tray with multiple holes that are the same diameter as a pellet and partially bored into the tray, a border wall at the perimeter edges of the tray that keeps the pellets from sliding off of the tray during its use, a corresponding lid with pins protruding from it that align with the holes in the tray so that during the loading process the pins will retain the positions of the pellets, furthermore the pins also set the depth that the pellets are seated at into the air gun magazines or cartridges such that the pellets are not protruding from, and may be recessed into the air gun magazines or cartridges.

1 . A pellet orienting device that manipulates and orients multiple pellets at the same time in such a way that the head of the pellets will point up in preparation for the pellets to be loaded into magazines or cartridges furthermore said pellet orienting device will set the depth that the pellets are seated at into the magazines or cartridges such that the pellets are not protruding from the magazines or cartridges and the pellets may be recessed into the magazines or cartridges. 
     
     
         2 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein there is a wide variety of common materials that said pellet orienting device can be made from and said pellet orienting device can be made in various different sizes and different shapes. 
     
     
         3 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device can be made to fit orient and load pellets that are made from a variety of different materials and pellets of various different shapes, sizes and calibers. 
     
     
         4 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device can be made to fit and load multi shot rotary magazines that hold multiple pellets and single shot replica cartridges that hold only a single pellet, and other magazines and cartridges that are compatible with said pellet orienting device. 
     
     
         5 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device can be multi sided and made to fit and load a single caliber and a single magazine or cartridge, or said pellet orienting device can be made to fit and load multiple different calibers and multiple different magazines or cartridges. 
     
     
         6 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device comprising a tray with multiple holes that are partially bored into at least one side of said pellet orienting device tray wherein said pellet orienting device tray multiple holes are arranged in a pattern that precisely matches the pattern of the holes in the magazine or cartridges to be loaded wherein said pellet orienting device tray multiple holes are just large enough in diameter for only the head of the pellets to fit into but not large enough in diameter for the skirt of the pellets to fit into. 
     
     
         7 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device further comprising a border wall at the perimeter edges of said pellet orienting device tray wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process said pellet orienting device border wall at the perimeter edges of said pellet orienting device tray keeps the pellets from sliding off of said pellet orienting device tray. 
     
     
         8 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device further comprising a corresponding lid with multiple pins protruding from at least one side of said pellet orienting device corresponding lid wherein said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins are arranged in a pattern that precisely matches the pattern of the holes in the magazine or cartridges to be loaded wherein said pellet orienting device lid pins are longer than the depth of the cavity in the skirt on the pellets to be loaded furthermore there may be a cavity in said pellet orienting device lid for magazine gear teeth. 
     
     
         9 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device tray and said pellet orienting device corresponding lid will fit together in such a way that said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins will align with said pellet orienting device tray holes. 
     
     
         10 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process as said pellet orienting device tray is gently shaken just enough to shuffle the pellets around on said tray said multiple holes partially bored into said pellet orienting device tray manipulate the pellets such that the heads of pellets will fall down into said pellet orienting device tray holes orienting the pellets to point down. 
     
     
         11 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process because of said pellet orienting device tray holes being so close in diameter to the diameter of the pellets said pellet orienting device is sensitive to deformed or damaged pellets which tend to not fit into said pellet orienting device tray holes properly and makes the defective pellets stand out making the defective pellets obvious and easy to recognize and remove. 
     
     
         12 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process said pellet orienting device tray and said pellet orienting device corresponding lid will fit together in such a way that said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins will align with and extend into the cavities within the skirts of the pellets. 
     
     
         13 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process, with the all of the pellets that are on said pellet orienting device tray in holes and pointing down said pellet orienting device tray and said pellet orienting device corresponding lid can be fit together and then both flipped over together such that said pellet orienting device corresponding lid is on the bottom and said pellet orienting device tray is on top of said pellet orienting device corresponding lid effectively orienting all of the pellets in said pellet orienting device to point up. 
     
     
         14 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet orienting part of the loading process after said pellet orienting device tray and said pellet orienting device corresponding lid have been flipped over together with all of the pellets in said pellet orienting device tray pointing up said tray can be lifted off of said lid leaving all of the pellets that were in said pellet orienting device tray behind and sitting on said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins in preparation for the process of loading the pellets into magazines or cartridges. 
     
     
         15 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet loading process as the magazine or cartridge is being pushed downward onto the pellets said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins will hold the pellets in their respective positions. 
     
     
         16 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein during the pellet loading process as the magazine or cartridge is being pushed downward onto the pellets said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins do not push on the skirts of the pellets instead said pellet orienting device corresponding lid pins will push on the inner part of the pellets from inside the cavity within the skirts of the pellets which reduces the chance of deforming the skirts on the pellets during the pellet loading process. 
     
     
         17 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device is a lot easier on the finger tips to use for loading and seating pellets into air gun magazines and cartridges as compared to loading and seating pellets into air gun magazines or cartridges one pellet at a time by finger tip. 
     
     
         18 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device can reduce or eliminate the need to directly touch or handle the pellets that are being loaded into air gun magazines and cartridges and the requirement to seat pellets by fingertip into air gun magazines and cartridges is virtually eliminated. 
     
     
         19 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device can reduce the amount of time and effort required for loading pellets into air gun magazines and cartridges. 
     
     
         20 . The pellet orienting device as described in  claim 1  wherein said pellet orienting device may improve the consistency at which pellets are loaded into air gun magazines and cartridges.