US107442A - Improvement in toy guns - Google Patents

Description

` .l UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BUOKMAN AND ALEXANDER BUOKMAN, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY GUNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 107,442, dated September 20, 1870; antedated September 5, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD BUcKMAN and ALEXANDER BUCKMAN, of Brooklyn, in the' cordance with our improvement, showing thev plunger in different positions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In our improved toy gun, which is the sub-v ject of this specification, the barrel of the gun has connected with it a magazine for the projectiles arranged to lie in a crosswise direction to the barrel, and serving to form a handle whereby to hold the gun. The projectiles, which maybe marbles or other like articles, are entered within the magazine through a hole in the side of the latter, and are fed u p into thebarrel, one by one, through the action of a springfollower upon the plunger, which ejects them, being drawn back, so as to uncover a supplyaperture connecting the magazine with the barrel. rlhe plunger is of a compound description, the same being formed in two parts, the one of which fits or slides within the other, and is connected with the outer section by a spring, that in drawing back the entire plunger is depressed by comin g in contact with a projection in the barrel, whereby the outer plunger, sec

tion is released and caused by the action of an Aoutside spring or springs to y forward into the barrel and eject the projectile.

The improvement also embraces certain peculiarities in the construction ofthe details, including a peculiar form of the plunger at its nose or rin g end, whereby in using projectiles of varied sizes but one can be ejected at a time, although two be fed by the magazine into the barrel also including a spring-stop to prevent the dropping out of the projectile from the barr'el prior to the gun being discharged.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

' represents the barrel of the gun, and B its magazine, arranged to lie at right angles to the barrel intermediately of the length of the latter, and connecting therewith by an aperture,

back a spring-follower, C, that operates to feedl up the projectiles into the barrel of the gun on the discharging-plum ger being drawn back so as to uncover the aperture a.

The plunger is composed of two leading parts-namely, an outer tubular or discharging section, D, made to freely tit the barrel A, and operatin g to eject the projectile therefrom by the agency of a spring or springs, d, when released for the .purpose after being drawn back. These springs may be india-rubber bands or straps that are stretched on drawing back the plunger and contract to give the necessary discharging stroke or force to it, the same being attached at their one end to the barrel and at their opposite end to the rear portion of the plunger-section D, which is provided with a collar, s, that acts as a stop to the plunger at the eXtreme end of its advance stroke. The other portion or section, D', of the plunger consists of a rod arranged to lit the outer section, D, from its rear, so as to be capable of sliding longitudinally within said section, with which it is geared, for the purpose of drawing it back by a spring-catch, e, carried by the rod-section D', and arranged to project through a slot, f, in the outer or sleeve section, D, so that when the plunger, as a whole, is about completing its back-stroke said spring e, by coming in contact with a projection, g, in the barrel, is forced inwardand made to release the outer or tubular section, D, in order that the springs d may give the necessary forward or ejecting stroke to the section D of the plunger. Thus the plunger is released to eject the projectile in a sharp or quick and positive manner at a xed point in its stroke, and while the handle or rod section of the plunger is being drawn out or back, which dispenses with all nicety or particularity of management, both in loading and ring. After the projectile has been discharged,the rod-section D is pushed forward into the tubular section D of the plunger until the springcatch e again shoots into lock through the slot f with said tubular section. The rod-section D' has its stroke properly restricted, and` is .guided in its course to insure the spring e beforward to reestablish gear with the outer or tubular section, D.

Regarding the plunger as a whole, it .is scooped or beveled and rounded oft' at thelcwer nportion or half of its nose orshooting end, as at 7c, so that in case the projectiles varyin size and more than one be forced from the magazine into the barrel at a time, but one will be ejected, and the surplus marble or projectile be driven back into the magazine by the form ofthe plunger at its front when being projected forward.

Arranged within the barrel immediately in front of the magazine is a small piece of rubber or other suitable elastic material, forming al spring-stop, m, which, when not depressed bythe plunger, projects into the barrel, as seen in Fig. 1, and serves to prevent the dropping out of the projectile fed into the barrel from the magazine, as liable to take place in the handling of the gun or dip of the barrel at its forward end, but which spring is forced into a recess, n, out of the way, as represented it Fig. 2, by the action of the plunger on the projectile when being shot, to allow of said projectile passing it.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement, substantially as specified, of the magazine and handle B, carrying a spring-follower, C, with the barrel Aof the gun.

2. The combination of the plunger-sections D D', the spring-catch e, slot f, and projection g, with the spring or springs d, substantially -as shown and described.

3. The plunger constructed with a. shelving portion, k, at its forward end, in combination with the barrel A and magazine B, substantially as specified.

4. The combination ofthe pin or screw hand groove t' with the plunger-sections D D', the spring-catch 6, slot f, and projection g, substantially as described.

`EDWARD BUCKMAN. ALEX. BUGKMAN. Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNEs, HENRY PALMER.

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