US101382A - Charles robinson - Google Patents

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nited gefaltet CHARLES ROBINSON, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. i

Letters Patent No. 101,382, Adated March 29, 1870.

PROJEC'IILE FOR TOY PISTOL.

*HOM- The Schedule referred to in these LlettersI-atent and making partA of the same.

and clear description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my projectile in use upon a toy gun constructed forthe purpose.

The construction of this projectile is as follows:

A small solid ball, of wood or other hard and heavy material, is furnished with an elastic loop, A, attached to one side, and a non-elastic loop, B, which catches on the trigger, the elastic loop being caught upon a 'catch at or near the end, D, representing the muzzle of the toy-gun.

lVhen the ball E is pulled back 'far enough to catch the4` loop B over the trigger, the elastic loop A is ystretched suiiiciently to give all the required momen- 'tum to the ball when released.

I am aware of the fact that other projectiles have been formed so as to slip over the rounded 'barrel of the toy gun, being operated by' loops of .elastic material; but I do not 'so form my ball, which has its line of guidance 'from only two points, viz: the trigger and the catch where the elastic loop is caught at D. VIn the case where the ball slides off from the barrel itself, the ball having a center hole, which fits over the barrel, I find these great objections: rst, it is almost impossible to keep a slim rod of sucient length from warping, and, consequently, the toy does not project truly again, the ball has to be made so large, to admit of its slipping over the barrel, that it is too large a mass to project with any success;. again, the friction Vof the barrel prevents much of the projectile force from taking eiect; and the ball with 'a hole through it is apt to chip and break.

In my improvements I form the ball solid, and thereby can make it small and heavy, instead of large and light. It is not apt to break, as there is no-start-v ing point for cracks, and it can be made of heavier material. It does not'matter how much the barrel is warped, because, the point of sight being over the end catch, and the line of sight running directly from the center of the ball over this point, the projectile is always shot true to its aim.vv But the barrel may`l1e made much heavier, as it is not neeessaryto limit its size asin the other case referred to, so that it will not even warp.

Now, having described my. invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl h The combination of a solid ball, E, with elastic loop A and .non-elastic'loop B, as a to projectile,v to be used in the manner specified. v

. CEAS. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

vEDWARD H. HYDE,

J. B. GARDINER.

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