US1376544A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

Description

J. H. HOOD.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I. 1920,

1 $76,544:. Patented May 3, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. HOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1920. Serial No'. 362,485.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. H001), a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Toy Pistol, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a toy pistol in which provision is made for discharging a plurality of projectiles in different directions, and also of means for forcibly effecting the discharge of said projectiles or either of them, the means employed being hereinafter specified, and the novel features thereof being pointed out in the claims that follow the specification. v

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is ,to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as longas they are within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a toy pistol embodying my invention in operative cocked condition.

Fig. 2 represents a similar sectionshowing the pistol in the act of discharging the balls or darts employed.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on line 3 -8 Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates the barrel of the toy pistol, and 2 designates the stock thereof, said stock being hollow forming therein the chamber 3. In the breech end of said barrel is secured the block at which is open at the top 5 and has a concave face 6 which forms a seat for a ball, or in lieu thereof a dart or other projectile when placed in the barrel. In the top wall of the stock rearward of the block 4 is the opening 7 whose wall forms a seat for a ball or dart or other projectile placed thereon at an angle to the bore of the barrel, the lower portion of the last named ball being adapted to enter the upper portion of the chamber 3.

Within the barrel is the ball impelling arm 8 whose lower end is continuous of the spring 9, whereby said arm is resilient in its nature, said spring extending upwardly from the bottom of said arm through an, opening 10 in the handle portion of the stock 3 and having its upper end extending to near the top of said stock where it is engaged with the cocking rod 11,the latter passing through the opening 12 in the rear of said stock into the chamber 3 and extending horizontally therein toward the block 4.

The rear end of said rod is provided with the ring or handle 13 which is exterior of the stock so as to be convenient of access for withdrawing said rod when so required. The front end of said rod has thereon the cross bar or shoulder 14 which is adapted to engage the front of the top portion of the arm 8, whereby the latter maybe retracted when the rod 11 is drawn rearwardly'by the handle 13, it being noticed that said top por-' tion of the arm is slotted or bifurcated as at 15, whereby the front end of the rod 11 may freely occupy said bifurcation in either of the positions of said arm on said rod.

In the chamber 3 there is mounted on the rear wall thereof the vertically movable sear 16 which consists of a bar on whose upper end is the downwardly projecting hood-like head 17 which is adapted to receive the upper end of the arm 8 as shown in Fig. 1, thus cooking the pistol, it being noticed that said end of the arm is deflected laterally forming the flaring lip 18.

19 designates the trigger of the pistol, the same being of angular form it being mounted on the stock 2 and having its inner limb 20 passed freely through the arm 8, and enga ing the sear whereby when the trigger is pulled the limb20 is adapted to raise the sear 16-thus releasing the arm 8 whereby it is permitted to be impelled forward toward the balls in the barrel.

It will be seen that when the rod 11 is drawn back by hand the arm 8 is also drawn back and put under tension and the upper end of the latter rides under the head 17 of the sear 16 and raises the same until said end is beneath said head, when the sear drops causing said arm to be engaged by the scar and the pistol is accordingly cocked.

Balls which I designate as 21 and 22 are inserted in the respective openings in the barrel and stock and so the pistol is'charged. lVhen it is desired to discharge the pistol, the trigger is pulled whereby the sear is raised and the arm 8 is released therefrom, and so under impulse of its spring is forcibly impelled forward and the lip 18 strikesball 22 from below in upward direction and raises it throwing it forcibly outward. Then the arm continues its forward motion and Patented May 3, 1921.

arm rides freely on the rod 11 in said for ward motion of said arm, the sear meanwhile dropping to its adjusted limit.

As the arm is propelled forward it carries with it the rod 11 assisted further by the spring 9, thus placing said rod in normal position. The rod may then be drawn back when the arm again engages the sear and so set that the pistol is cocked, the rod 11 again returning to normal position by the action of the spring 9.

The pistol is then charged with balls so that theoperations of firing the pistol or discharging the balls may be repeated, as in previous instances.

In order to prevent the improper dropping out of the ball 21 after being loaded in the barreland prior to discharge, there is secured to the wall of the bore of the barrel forward of the block 4', the spring 1 with which the ball contacts frictionally, the effect of which is evident, said spring also pressing the ball steady on said block as its seat preparatory to ejection.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A 'toy pistol provided with ejecting means positionedto eject a projectile at an angle to the length of the barrel.

2. A toy pistol having a barrel, and a stock having in its wall a discharge opening at an angle to the bore of the barrel.

3. A. toy pistol having a barrel having an opening in its upper wall to support a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into the bore of the barrel, a stock, a resilient projectile impellin arm in said stock, a sear in said stock adapted to engage said arm and thus cock the pistol, and a trigger to move said sear and thereby release said arm.

4. A toy pistol having a barrel, having an opening in its upper wall to support a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into the bore of the barrel, a stock, a re silient projectile impelling arm in said stock, a retracting member connected with said arm adapted to be operated by hand, a sear in the stock adapted to engage said arm when retracted and thus cock the pistol, and a trigger to operate said sear to release said arm.

5. A toy pistol having a barrel or stock having an opening in its upper wall to support a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into the bore of the barrel, a resilient projectile impelling arm on said stock, a hand operated retracting member in the stock connectible with said arm, a

' sear in said stock adapted to engage said ed to operate said sear to relieve said arm,

said sear having thereon a hook-like head, and the upper end of said arm being engageable by said head to lock said arm in the cocked condition of the pistol.

7. In a toy pistol, a barrel having a bore and an opening thereinto from its top to support a ball partially within and partly without the bore, and means to engage said ball to eject it at an angle to the length of the barrel. I .7

8. In a toy pistol, a spring impelling member operable and positioned to eject a plurality of projectiles from the barrel through separate outlets at an angle to each other, one of said outlets being to the rear of the muzzle of the pistol.

9. A toy pistol adapted to eject a projectile from the bore thereof provided with means positioned and operable to eject another projectile at an angle tosaid bore to the rear of the muzzle of the pistol.

10. In a toy pistol, a barrel having separate outlets at an angle to each other, an impelling member operable and positioned to eject a plurality of projectiles from the barrel through said separate outlets successively, and a spring in the bore of the barrel adapted to frictionally contact with the foremost projectile to prevent improper escape thereof prior to the ejection of the rearmost projectile.

JOHN H. HOOD.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. Bnssmcnn.

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