US1412625A

US1412625A - Toy shooting gailery

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Publication number: US1412625A
Application number: US421901A
Authority: US
Inventors: James H Nelson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-11-05
Filing date: 1920-11-05
Publication date: 1922-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1939-04-11

Description

J. H. NELSON.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, I920.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

ic-siren STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE- JAMES H. NELSON, OF KANSAS GTTY, MISSOURI.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

Specification of Let-tersPatent. Patented Apr. 11., 1922.

' Application-filedNovember 5, ,1920. Serial No.. 421,901.

and useful Improvements in ToyShooting Galleries; and-I (lo -declare the following to be a full, clear, itIlCl-GXtlGik(lGSCIiptiQH of the invention, such aswill'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference Jmarked thereon, wlnch form a part of this spec1ficatlon.

projectile impeller; which is readily manipulated; particularly by juveniles, fOL' ClHBCtIHg; a pro ectileagalnst an ob ect or ob ects. The invention contemplates. a gallery structure in which a projectile impeller is associated therewith, the gallery and the projectile impeller or gun being permanently attached one to the other in such a manner that the impeller muzzle may be elevated for trajectory or swung laterally for terrain.

Means is also provided for utilizing a single shot or projectile again and again in the gun, this being possible by the construction of the gallery and gun mounting which insures a. return of the projectile back into the breech of the gun. readyto be fired after each discharge.

In other words, the gun is self-loading due to the factthat the projectile gravitates back into the breech ready to be fired after it has struck against the end of the gallery. This is an important feature of my invention as it always insures the gun being loaded ready to be fired by setting the hammer and pulllng the trlgger.

I may utilize swinging manikins or toy objects for the targets against which the projectile is to be fired, ora bulls eye may be associated therewith or substituted therefor at the whim of the user.

I have also provided means for setting up the movable targets after they have been knocked down by the projectile.

There are other novel features of the invention of more or less importance which will be referred to hereinafter and which will be apparent ,by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- n 1 is a .pers pective view of a gallery constructed In accordance with my inven- Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the projectile impeller or gun.

.F 1g. 3 isa top view of the stock of the gun showing the, runway for the return of the projectile in elevation, and

Fig. 42 is a bottom plan View showing the connecting. plate betweenthe gun. base and the gallery structure. i

The gallery per se may consist ofatroughshaped structure, 1 having diverging sides 2 and 3 and a back 4. The sides are raised at their rear portions and support a p transparent cover, 5,.which may extend any distanoe toward the ,forward edge of the gal- .lery to protect thetargets and prevent the projectile from escaping after it hasbeen discharged from its gun.

Suitable targets are enclosed within the space formed by the sides, ends and cover 5 and for the purpose of illustration I have shown a plurality of manikins 6, mounted upon a shaft 7 and having depending projections S constituting braces to support them when they are in an upright position.

The manikins are loosely mounted upon the shaft 7 so that when the shot strikes one of them above the shaft 7, it will be knocked down. A crank shaft 9 in the sides 2 and 3 in rear of the manikins, however, is adapted to be swung in an obvious manner to reset the targets.

The gallery constitutes a runway, at the forward end of which is the gun, mounted upon a base 10 and consisting of a tube 11 having a breech 12 with an inlet opening 13 at its side adjacent to the return-way 14, which communicates with the runway of the gallery.

The side opposite the opening 13 is solid so that the projectile must pass against the shoulder 15 and enter the inclined return runway 1e and pass into the breech.

The firing element or flap 16, covering the breech 12, may be held to the gun by any suitable means, as by a fastening device 17, and immediately in rear of the gun breech is a hammer 18 pivoted at its lower end on a pivot 19 secured to the stock 20, fastened to the gun base 10. The hammer is connected to a cock spring 21 provided with a shoul der 22 and connected at one end to a coil spring 28, the other end of the coil spring being fastened to the stock as at 24, Fig. 2.

The normal tendency of the spring just described will be to throw the hammer 18 against the firing member 16. This will be prevented, however, when the hammer is cocked by the engagement of the shoulder 22 with the detent or pin 25. The cam trigger 26 is pivoted to the stock as at 27 and is adapted to move the spring member 21 ofi its detent when the trigger is pulled back so that the spring 23 may snap the hammer against the impeller element 16 to project the projectile 27 against the object at which it is aimed.

The base of the gun may be secured to the bottom or the gallery by a flexible plate 28 This plate preferably consists of a steel or some spring material having one end, as at 29, fastened by a plurality of fastening devices and the other end pivotally secured,

as at 30 so that the base ma 1 be swun from 7 i b fright'to left to afford the proper terrain in sighting the gun along a horizontal line, the flexibility of the plate 28 permitting the muzzle of the gun to be raised and lowered for trajectory. Therefore, every possible point on the back l may be aimed at by" manipulating the gun through the stock andbase. I u 7 When the target is sighted and the trigger is pulled, the projectile Will be forced against the manikin or toy target, rebounding back to the trough or alley 14 where it will enter the'breech of the gun through the port 13, ready to again be fired when the hammer is pulled back to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the trigger operated in the usual manner.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device is always ready for use and that the projectile can be used'over and over again because it will automatically return to the breech of the gun every time it is fired.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

In combination with a troughed gallery element, having an open front end, a gun mounting comprising a base, connected to the gallery element for vertical and lateral adjustment, and having a return runway at one side and a flared shoulder at the front for directing objects from the troughed gallery element into said runway, a gun barrel on said base having a bore opening through both ends and having an opening at its breech connecting the gun bore with said runway, a spring flap at the breech end of the gun bore, a; hammer adapted torstrikmg the spring flap, and means tor controlling sa dhammer.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature.

JAMES H. NELSON.