US1472153A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

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Oct. 30,1923; 1,472,153

, L. G. BRINKMAN TOY PISTOL Filed March 15. 1922 gvvwwd 01 [011119 6. fizmkmzze Patented Oct. 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. BRINKMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SAFETY AUTOMATIC TOY COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TOY PISTOL.

Application filed March 15, 1922. Serial No. 544,006.

T 0 all to [2.0m it may concern Be it known that LoUIs G. BRINKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, has invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to toy pistols of the type wherein a strip of caps is automatically fed by the operation of the tug ger, and the caps successively exploded .by a hammer which is also operated by the trigger. Y

An object of the invention is to provide a toy pistol of the above mentioned type which is simple in construction, positive in its operation, and which may be produced at relatively small cost. 7

I am, aware that toy pistols of this type are well known in the art, and my inven tion resides in certain features which are improvements upon devices now in use, which, in principle of operation, are similar to mine. r

The above and other objects of the invention which reside in the more detailed features of construction will become more clear as the description proceeds in connection with the physical embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Fig. l is an elevational view of the working parts of the pistol with one section of the case removed. 7

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. p t

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. showing the strip being fed forward and the hammer being retracted, and

Fig. 4; is a View similar to Fig. 3, showing the return movement of the feeder after the cap has been exploded and several of theworking parts being taken in section. 7 Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description, the mechanism is enclosed in a case resembling, in outline, an ordinar automatic pistol, having a grip or handle and a barrel B provided with. an end opening B through which the used strip with the caps exploded may be discharged.

The casing is formed in two longitudinally divided sections 10, 11, hinged together along their top edges as at 12 (Fig. 2) the section 10 being provided with a lip 13 at the base of the grip adapted to be engaged by a spring finger 14 (Fig. 2) which holds the case closed.

The working parts, including the strip of caps, are all preferably mounted upon one of the sections, in the present instance sec tion 10, so that when the case is opened, theparts may be operated for an inspection of the operation of the mechanism.

. By reference to Fig. 1, it will be observed that there is mounted in the case section 10 a plate 15, the upper edge of which, at its forward portion, is overturned or laterally bent to provide an anvil 16. The plate may be held .in position by any suitable means, such as the rivet or bolt 17, and has mounted thereon all or at least the major portion of the working parts of the device which will now be described.

A trigger 18 is pivotally mounted upon a stud '19, and mounted co-axially with the trigger upon the stud is a hammer 20 having a forked rear end 21 straddling the trigger and extending upwardly and forwardly, where it is provided, at its opposite end, with a striker portion-21 which is normally held in contact with the anvil by means of a coiled spring 22 encircling the stud 19 and having one end 22 engaging the hammer, the other end 22" abutting the grip.

It is to be understood that the hammer is mounted upon the stud 19 independently of the trigger, and is preferably operated by means of a feeder mechanism adapted to be actuated by the trigger.

The feeder mechanism comprises a feeder bar or strip 23 reciprocably mounted and supported in a guide upon the plate 15 comprising the spaced studs 24 between which the feeder is positioned.

The feeder is provided with an upturned lip 25 adapted to engage a strip of caps placed upon the anvil, and is normally held in retracted position, shown in Fig. 1, by means of a spring 26 anchored at 27 upon the case section 10.

The intermediate portion of the feeder is formed with a slot or opening 28 (Fig. 4) through which extends a portion 29 of the trigger whereby movement of the trigger will actuate the feeder. Means is also provided whereby movement of the feeder will result in retraction of the hammer to explode tween the feeder and the strip.

the cap that is moved forwardly by the feeder during its operation above mentioned. This means comprises a depending lug upon the forward end of the feeder which has a lower laterally extending portion 31, which, as the feeder ismoved forwardly by the hammer, comes into engagement with a lug 32 upon the hammer. Continued forward movement of the feeder by the trigger causes the lug portion 31 upon the feeder to *ide upwardly over the lug 32 upon the hammer, which results in a retraction of the hammer, as shown in Fig. 3, due to the fact that the hammer inclines upwardly and forwardly toward the anvil. At the same time, the spring 22 and the hammer tend to press the feeder lip into engagement with the strip of caps to insure a positive engagement be After the lug 30 upon the feeder passes overthe lug 32 upon the hammer, the hammer operating spring forces the striker against the anvil and explodes the cap which has been fed into position beneath the striker by the feeder.

The forward movement of the feeder results in a tensioning of the spring 26, and when the trigger is released, this spring serves to return both the feeder and the trigger to normal position, shown in Fig. 1.

During the return movement of the feeder the hammerholds the strip of caps in position, and the means causing a retraction of the hammer and engagement of the feeder with the strip of caps during its feeding movement also functions during the return movement of the feeder to prevent engagement of the feeder with the strip. During the forward movement of the feeder, it will be noted that the laterally bentportion 31 of the lug 30 passes over the lug 32 upon the hammer, but, as will be observed from an inspection of Fig. 4, after the hammer explodes, the"cap, dueto the "fact that the hammer has movedupwardly, the lug 3]. is beneath the lug 32, and dueto the inclina tion of the lug 32, the feeder, as it returns to normal position, is carried downwardly away from the anvil, and the lip 25 is thus held out of engagement with the strip of caps.

The strip of caps may be mounted in any suitable manner within the casing, and, as shown, is coiled about a pin 40 positioned on the casing section 10 above the plate 15, the strip being led forwardly between the anvil and the feeder.

From the. above description, it will be clear that successive retractions of the hammerwillre'sult in repeated explosions of the capsqupon 'the strip S, and the'used strip will bedisc har'ged through the muzzle or forward opening B of the case.

It being understood that such modifications may be made in the illustrated and de scribed structure as come within the scope of the invention, what I claim is:

1. A toy pistol comprising a case, trigger pivotally mounted in said case, a hammer mounted coaXially with said trigger, an anvil, means for maintaini 'ig said hammer normally in contact with'the anvil, a feeder adapted tofeed a strip of caps over said anvil, said trigger being operatively connected withthe .fee der whereby movement of the trigger imparts a feeding movement to the feeder, means on said hammer adapted to hold the feeder in contact with the anvil throughoutsubstantially its entire feed-- ing movement and adapted to prevei'it the engagement of the feeder with the strip dur ing substantially the entire return feeder movement, and co-operating means upon the feeder serving to retract the hammer while the strip is being fed forwardly over the anvil.

2. A toy pistol comprising a case, a plate secured in said case, a stud on said plate, a trigger pivotally mounted on said stud, a hammer pivotally mounted on said stud, an anvil, spring means fornorm-ally maintaining said hammer in contact withthe anvil, a' feeder operatively connected with and movable by said trigger, guide and'supporting means on said plate for supporting the feeder independently of the trigger. said feeder being adapted to feed a strip of caps forwardly over the anvil, means on said feeder serving to retract s'aid hammer when the feeder is actuated by the trigger, said feeder being held in engagementwith then il by the hammer throughout substantially its entire feeding movement, and

means on the hammer adapted to prevent engagement of the feeder with the strip during substantially its entire return movement.

'3. A toy pistolcomprisin a case, a plate in said case having a laterally bent portion forming an anvil, a stud on said plate, a trigger pivotally mounted upon said stud, a hammer pivotally mounted on said" stud, spring means'for normally maintaining the hammer in contact with said anvil, a feeder operatively connected with'said trigger and adapted tohbe actuated by the trigger to feed astrip of caps over said anvil, apaiiof spaced studs onsaid plate between which said feeder is positioned serving to support and guide said feeder, means on said feeder serving to retract the hammer-when the feeder is actuated by the trigger, said feeder being held in engagement with the anvil during substantially its entirelfeeding movement by said hammer, andmeans on the hammer adapted to. prevent engagement of the feeder with a cap strip during substantially its entire return movement.

4. A toy pistol comprising'acase, a plate in said case having a laterallybe'nt' portion lit) forming an anvil, a stud on said plate, a trigger pivotally mounted upon said stud, a hammer pivotally mounted upon said stud, said hammer extending forwardly and upwardly within said case and being provided with a striker portion, spring means for normally maintaining said striker portion normally in contact with said anvil, a laterally extending lug on said hammer intermediate the striker and the pivotal axis of the hammer, a feeder reciprocably mounted on said plate, a guide-way on said plate for supporting and guiding said feeder, said feeder having a slot, an upwardly projecting portion on said trigger extending through said slot, said feeder being operable by the trigger to feed a strip of caps over said anvil, a downwardly and laterally projecting lug on said feeder adapted to engage the lug upon the said hammer throughout substantially the entire feeding movement of the feeder, the lug on said hammer being inclined relatively to the path of movement of the feeder whereby actuation of the feeder by the trigger causes the feeder to retract the hammer, said lug upon the hammer maintaining the feeder against the strip of caps throughout substantially its entire feeding movement, the lug upon the feeder passing beneath the hammer lug upon the return movement of the feeder whereby the feeder is prevented from engaging the cap strip during substan tially its entire return movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS G. BRINKMAN.

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