GB1432982A - Toy guns - Google Patents

Abstract

1432982 Toy guns METTOY CO Ltd 24 April 1974 [1 May 1973] 20660/73 Heading A6S A toy projectile firing gun comprises a diecast housing 10, simulating, for example, the turret of a tank and which is mountable for rotation about a vertical axis. A breech block section 16 pivots about a horizontal axis on trunnions 17 and has a barrel section 19 slidably mounted therein, the outer end of which has a portion 20 for receiving a misslie 30. The inner end of the barrel 19 is formed with a collar 21 which limits outward movement of the barrel, Fig. 1. A spring 22 bears at one end on the collar 21 and at the other end on a latch 23 which is pivotally mounted on a transverse bar 24 fast with the breech block section 16. The latch 23 is formed with a barb 25 for co-operation with the collar 21, Fig. 2. A trigger 27, slidably mounted in the housing 10 has a curved surface 29 for engagement with a protuberance 26 on the latch 23, the curve being in the form of a part-circular arc having its centre on the pivotal axis of the trunnions. In a second embodiment Figs. 6. 7 the trigger 27<1> is slidable vertically, offset from the axis of the barrel, Fig. 7, and its lower end extends downwardly and forwardly around the adjacent trunnion 17 and engages a lateral extension 23a of the latch 23, Fig. 7. In each of the described embodiments the parts of the firing mechanism are concealed or disguised, and the gun can be fired in any position of elevational adjustment.