US1068667A - Toy cannon. - Google Patents

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J. I). KILGORE. TOY CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1912.

1,0 ,6 7, Patented July 29, 1913 JOSEPH D. KILGORE, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH l). Kinoonn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Cannons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy\ cannon containing mechanism for exploding what are known as paper caps; and has for its object to provide a simple, harmless and attractive toy of this type containing suitable mechanism for successively movinginto firing position and exploding by the same operation small charges of fulminate mounted at regi'llar intervals on a long strip of paper, the whole foijining a repeating cannon which may be actuated equally well by hand or foot.

lVith this and other objects in View, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinatter describer and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy cannon complete. Fig. 2 is a top' plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation with one of the sides removed. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the firing mechanism in a different position. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken on. the line 5 of Fig. 3, looking downward. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of actuating dogs .or*pawls forming a part of the invention. Figs. 8 and 9 are views of blanks from Whieh'the respective pawls or dogs are made.

The casing of the toy comprises a hollow shell made in imitation of the shape of a gun a and its mount 6, said shell being formed of two similar halves A, B, joined together in the vertical longitudinal center of the toy' by means of a transverse pin 10' riveted or otherwise secured on the outside of the mount. If desired, a second pin indicated at 10 by dotted lines may be used to further connect the two parts of the easing.

casing are preferably made ofcastmetal, the meeting edges of which are notched to Specification of Letters Patent.

The halves or sections A, B, of the Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed November 13, 1912. Serial No. 731,230.

form slots 11 and 12 when the sections are joined together for the entrance and eXit of a continuous fulminate strip G into and" from a chamber 13-) formed by the hollow mount Z). Atthe rear of the bore. 14.- of the cannon is a partition 15 forming aifiring abutment, said partition beingcontinuous with the front 16 of the mount Z) which serves in the present instance as a feeding wall for the fulminate strip. The slot 11 is formed through this wall 16, as shown in Fig. 3. The partition or firing abutment 15 may be cast partly on each section or half, A, B, of thecasing, or if desired wholly on one section but made sufliciently large to project into the other section when the two are joined together to form the 021s ing. In the latter case the firing face of the abutment will be unbroken and perfectly smooth.

Within the chamber 13 isa hammer 17 made: preferably of cast metal with pintles 1S integral therewith that are mounted pivotally in holes 19 formed in the sections A, The hammer 17 'has a head 20 on its upper end arranged to strike against the abutment and explode the fulminate, while on the opposite side of the axis of the pintles 18 are two spaced lips 21 and 22 between which is an angular projection 28, the use of which parts will be described later.

Below the hammer 17 is an actuating lever 24 pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the pin 10, one end of which lever projects outwardly through a slot 25 in the rear of the wall of the mount 7) and is provided with an enlargement 26 on which the hand or foot is placed when it is desired to fire the cannon. The inner end of the lever has a stud 27 projecting from one side, and a similar stud 28 projecting from the opposite side to form pivots for twopawls bear against the lip 22 on the hammer for actuating said hammer.

The pawls or dogs 29 and 30 are each made, preferably and for the sake of economy, of sheet metal blanks similar to Figs.

' 9, from the metal sften sent into shape. The dog 29 is made from blank similar to (Z, 9 having;

' ent at one end perl' tecl at '1. over the stud 27 on the 'ver nrpe' e ci the dog 29 is provided c at a ri 'ht angle ell and l6, the fulT-"inate strip C is upwardly "ti-the hammer 35 is formed by bending projecting latterly from the right angle to said blank The lso a retaining 36 below formed by bending the lug f, a, half circle.

i tllelever A plate 39 pro *lzt anglc to the dog 30 from its c4 of engzlginq' the lip 21 on the etmctin when the outer lever 1s mpresserl. Extending clowns/ac from the lnlargemenl; 57 is a linger e ncvil it turned. in portion $0 peridicularly thereto through which ".urned. a hole: #10. The clog and its mpanying parts is made from a blank 51, 8, having projection h which when 1 farms the plate 39, and an extensicn which forms the finger l0 and its bent pot-- tion Oi A. spring il holds the clog or pawl 29 against the feeding Wall and also the dog 36 in engagement with the lip 21. This spring has one of its ends connected to thc log by passing through the hole ll-O in the bent encl of the linger 4.0, the opposite end of said spring bearing against the re mining linger on the clog 29, the spring acing curved around and under the dog as shown.

To operate the invention, a. fulminute strip is passed through the slot 11, up the feeding Wall '16 and firing abutment 15 to the hammer, the lug or plate pressing against- Sltiil strip as shown in Fig. 3. ll now the hand 01' foot lie-placed upon the outer end of the lever 34% and. pressed down- W, 1(ll V the inner end of said lever rising, lifts the dogs 29 and 30 as is evident, the (log 29 feeding upward the fulmimite strip, "While "the dog" 30 engaging lipfQl of the hammer retracts the same thereby compressing the main spring 32. hen the hammer has been retracted sufficiently far to deliver a blow against the firing abutment with force enough to explode the fulminate, the dog or pawl 30 is disengaged from the lip 21 so that the hammer may fall. This is done by the angular projection 23 on the hammer which moves in a forward direction as the upper end of the hammer T- (meted and wlicn the linmu'urr reziclics the point described, the projection will lie in Contact with the dc 30 and lcrtluuf mow-1 ment of the lever muscs said pmicction 23 lo push the dog out of en gcment with the lip E31 and tin limnmer which falls upon the ful strip and producc. llc eiqjlusicn, l-i sure on the iEJQl 2 new rumored to permit the lever to return to normal position under the influence the main spring 353. This movement of the lover lowers the dogs 29 and 30 sullicientiy far to permit the (log 20 engaging the fuln'iinatc strip to feed another cl ,lrgc to the firingabutment, and the (log: 2'50 to sprii' past the outer edge of the lip 21 into eugug; merit therewith. The toy is now in position for a second. firing and this action may be kept up as long as the fulmiuatc strips lust.

l'lzi'x ing thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A. toy cannon :lcrmcd with :r cimmber d mm 7 Il'Bllll. w" wall and a lirli fill. c iluiued t 1H at the 'lront vavrclly tlu'ougli the mount in ms lion. in lic actuated. by the hand or foot, :1 feeding dog and a hammer retracting dog pivoted on ills inner end of the actuatinc; lover, a 11min spring for the lmnnner an l the actuating; lever, and a second sol-in; lor the two dogs.

A toy cannon fOlll'lGCl with a. chambered mount, the front side or which cnarnlier forms :1 cup-strip feeding Wxlll and a firing abutment continuous will said Wall, an inlet slot for thc cap-strip forn'lecl tl'irougii. said side bclow the cannon, and an outlet slot for said si'fi'ipthrough the to nbcve the liring abutment, a humn'icr, on actuating le ,1, u cap-st p feeding (log and a hummer rcl'mc'tingg-dog pivoted on opposite sides of thc inner end of the actuating lover, a spring connected at each end mspcclively to one of the dogs for lmlding them to lilQll work, and :2 main spring conucclcd to the hummer and. to the uctuatiug lover:

3. A toy cannon formed Wllll u chambered mount, said chamber containing it firing abutment and :1 cap-strip feeding Wall, a hmnmcr, an actuating lever projecting" at one end through the rear Wull of the mount, a cap-strip feeding dog of sheet metal pivoted on one side of the opposite end of said lever with an engaging plate on its free end formed by bending a portion of said (l g into position to bear against the feeding Wall and advance the cup-strip, and with a retaining finger below said plate, and a hammer retracting dog also of sheet metal pivoted on the opposite side of the inner end of the actl l'ating lever with a. similar my hand in presence of two subscyibing wit- I bent plate at its free end to engage the dog nesses.

' and a bent finger on the opposlte side of its pivotal axis, and a sgring connected to said szben tfinger and to t e. retracting finger of thefeedlng dog. g

- In testimony wh reof I have hereunto set JOSEPH D. KILGORE.

, Witnesses:

E. H. Fxsmm,

ULIUB T. ZANQ,

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