US 12,326,325 B2
System and method for dispensing powder for ammunition
Joe Dunning, Gridley, CA (US); and William Hemeyer, Lees Summit, MO (US)
Assigned to RCBS PRECISIONEERED RELOADING, LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by RCBS PRECISIONEERED RELOADING, LLC, Shawnee, KS (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,928, filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014061 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F42B 33/02 (2006.01); G01G 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 33/0292 (2013.01) [G01G 13/06 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dispensing powder, the method comprising:
controlling by a processor, at least one motor to rotate a barrel or tube at a first rotational speed for a first predetermined period of time to dispense powder from a hopper in fluid communication with the barrel or tube, through the barrel or tube, and to a receptacle on a scale;
receiving by the processor, from a sensor on the scale, measured weight data comprising a weight of the powder dispensed to the receptacle and receiving, by the processor, the first predetermined period of time; and
determining, by the processor, based on the measured weight and the first predetermined period of time, the type of powder dispensed.