US1266533A

US1266533A - Toy gun.

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Publication number: US1266533A
Application number: US20040017A
Authority: US
Inventors: Heinrich Beck
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-11-05
Filing date: 1917-11-05
Publication date: 1918-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 1935-05-14

Description

H. BECK.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV; 5,1917.

Patented May 14, 1918.

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TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED. NOV-. 5 1917.

Patented May14,1918.

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Application filed November 5,1 17. Serial No. 200,400. a

To all whom it ma concern:

Be .it known t at L'Hnmmorr BECK, a

d subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at 1206 Union street, Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy'Guns, of which the folv lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to toy ticularly that class of.

missiles prepared bythe gun itself from flat pieces or strips'of soft material, and which are projected by compressed air.

Such missiles are preferably cut from fruit skins or peels, such for instance, as

orange peels or the like, but finely cut flat apple or potato slices inay also be used advantageously as well as plates or strips of any suitable manufactured material conveniently prepared to have similar properties or qualities of said-peels or slices.

One very important advantage of such missiles is their softness which will prevent shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a further modified form of the gun.

Fig. 5 shows another modification.

Fig. 6 is a still. further modification.

Fig. 7 shows another modified form of the v Fig. 8 is a further modification of the gun.

Fig. 9 is another'modjficatiom Fig. 10 shows a my gun according to the present invention, in the formof a rapid Fig. 11 is a section on line ab of Fig. 10. As illustrated in Fi 1, the missile or a1n-' 'munition- 4 is cylin rical andv is secured withina holder 3, while. the ejector rod 2 slides'within a guide socket 3 with its axis in true alinement'with the axis of the barrel 1. If the ejector rodis pushed into the barrel by means of any suitable well-known elements, it will cut out of the-material a piece which has a diameter equal to the diameter of the barrel and which will be pushed forward by said rod- Within the barrel toward 9.

guns which throw .eter at its front end than at its rear.

similar missile previously cut out which then is ejected in the well-known manner by the air compressed between both missiles during the forwarding motion of the ejector rod. In order to increase the compression it is advisable to somewhat reduce themouth of the barrel..

' This construction, however, shows the defect that missiles out out of soft material, such as, for instance, .orange peels will not establish or constitute a tightly'fitting piston within'the barrel and it will consequently not be possible to produce any noticeable amount of compression.

This disadvantage is overcome in the modified form of gun illustrated in Fig. 2

. in whichthe barrel 1 slides within a guide sleeve 3 and has a. somewhat larger diambarrel 1 is pushed forward by means of the purpose into the holder. 3, which is larger than the compression chamber within the -.barrel. If now the ejector rod 2 is pushed forward in any well-known manner or by will in time be missile and in front of the second missile formed by the plunger or ejector when'the If the y knob or handle 5 it. will 'cut' out a missile from thestrip of material 4 inserted for this any suitable well-known device, the missile v pressed into the barrel and will form therein a tightly fitting piston' same is pushed forward into the barrel.

Also, in this construction, it is well to some- What reduce the outer end of the barrel. The ejector rod can be made" of such a length that when into the re uced portion of the same. Mechanical connections of any well-known'pattern may be provided between the ejector rod and barrel and also the strip of material, so that the operation of one will also actuate the other elements.

In the modified form of gun shown in Fig. 3 the missile 4 is pressed into the barrel 1 by the operation of a part 8, which part in the gunillustrated in jig. 4 also stamps the missile from the -material'and presses the same into I the barrel. 1

Fig. 5 shows-amodification of the gun built according to the same principle as the gun shown in Fig. 4, withthe except1on -that the movement of the part 8 is transmitted through the ejector rod 2. After the misgressed into the barrel it reaches.

-25 sion chamber 16 is used 35 against the part3 which sile has been stamped from the material, the lever 9 will strike against the part and allow a free movement of the ejector rod. 7 The modified form of gun illustrated in 6 Fig. 6 is intended for the same purpose but the ejector rod 2 is sliding within the part 8 and cannot turn with the same. If the ejector rod 2 is rotated, thepart 8 will participate in said rotation. This part 8 is 10 guided within an inclined slot 11 and consequently its rotation will also produce a movement toward the front which will effect the cutting of the missiles from the material. The ejector is then pushed forward in the well-known manner. x

'In the modified-form of gun according to Fig. 7, the part 3' is made of two parts adapt ed to be folded'around or over the axle 12 and the inissile is cut out of the material 4 by folding both parts over said axle.

- The modified form illustrated in Fig. 9 shows a gun in which every piece cut out of the material presents the appearance of a missile While a piston 15 within a compresfor producing the air compression. The barrel 1 is preferably cylindrical and the diameter of the missile is somewhat larger than the diameter of the barrel. Between the barrel and the com- 7 S0 pression chamber a suitable packing is interposed. The barrel is retracted by means of the rotation of the knob or handle 5, and will thus cut out the missile from the material while the end of the barrel is pressed is provided with a suitable washer or packing. As shown in Fig. 9, thebarrel is retracted by a separate device and the strip of material 4 for the ammunition constitutes the packing. In the form of gun illustrated in Fig. 10 the barrel 1 is-also retracted and a conical body 17 enters the barrel after the missile has been cut out from the strip of material. The missile will thereby be pressed into the cylindrical body of the barrel and present a tight fitting. Moreover, a special washer or'packing 18 can also be used. It will be clear that the barrel can also be made stationary while a movable part, such for instance as. a body as shown in Fig. 4, canbe moved against the barrel. Any mechanical connections of a suitable pattern may be provided to connect the piston and barrel allowing independent motion of both.

As illustrated in Fig. 10, the part 19 se cured to the ejector 20 and trigger 21 is firmly connected by means. of a rod 22 with the barrel 1. The part l9slides within the barrel and can be moved by means of the 130 kno '5 so far toward the front that the lefthand end of the barrel is engaging the'bush- I ing 3* and the strip of material 4 can now be moved by hand or. mechanically for one stepby means of the knob 5." If said knob is then retracted the barrel will be moved will eject the projectile.

backward and will cut out the ammunition. Simultaneously, the sprin 23 behind the piston will be'tensioned. y a turn of the handle 5 the part 19 will be retained in'its position. By the operation of the trigger 7o 21 the piston 15 is pushed to the front and During the ten-, sioning operation, air is entering the compression chamber through a hole. 30, or the piston is so constructed that it is only tight toward one side, so that air can enter the compression chamber on the other side.

' Fig. 11 shows a modified form of the gun in the form of a rapid firer.- The barrel 1 J and the ejector 2 are connected by means of a link 24. During the retraction of the ejector rod 2 the barrel 1 is also retracted and cuts aprojectile from the strip of material 4. The operator operates with his right hand the ejector rod 2' while with his left he advances the strip of material. It is essential that the gun be stationary during these operations and a

screw clamp

25, 26 is provided for this purpose allowing a clamping of the gun to a table, etc. The spring 29 is provided for assisting in the displace- .ment of the strip of material by holding the barrel toward the front; By

suitable mechanical connections, the strip of material can be coupled with the ejector, or with the barrel.

The holes in the strip of material from which the ammunition or projectiles have been cut, are adapted to be engaged by the means for advancing said strip.

The holder 3 for the ammunition is secured, as shown, to a toothed segment 26 adapted to cooperate with a pin 27 arranged to be actuated for the operation of said segment upon the rotation of a vertical shaft 31 by means of the hand or thumb screw 25 for rotating the gimbarrel.

7 Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. A toy gun comprising a barrel, a loose plunger for the same, a support for a supply of substantially fiat ammumt1o n material, and means for shaping pro ectiles from the material and for forcing them successively into the barrel, whereby the ad- Vance projectile is expelled by the air compressed by the succeeding one.

- 2. A toy gun comprising a barrel, a plunger for the same, a means for supporting a supply of ammunition material, means for shaping projectiles from sald'materlal, and means for compressing the projectlle cut from said ammunition supply for ejectionfrom the barrel, substantially as described.

3. A toy gun of thecharacter described,

comprising in combination with its barrel, a holder, a supplyof ammunition in said holder, and means adapted to be displaced into said barrel after cutting a missile from said ammunition supply.

4:. A toy gun of the character described, comprising in combination withits barrel, a holder, a supply of ammunition in said holder consisting of a strip from which the missiles are to be cut, and an ejector rod adapted to be displaced into said barrel after cutting a missile from said ammunition supply. 4

5. A toy gun of the character described, comprising in combination with its barrel, ejector and ammunition supply, a holder for said supply, means for cutting a missile from said supply, mechanically operated coupling means for operatively connecting said barrel, ejector and ammunition supply, means for securing the gun to a support, and means for operating the gun to allow its discharge in all directions, substantially as described.

6. A toy gun comprising in combination with its barrel having a reduced discharge and a widened charge end, a means for supplying ammunition to said barrel, a means for cutting a missile from said ammunition supply, a means for ejecting said missile from said barrel, and a support for a supply of such ammunition material.

HEINRICH BECK.