US1555912A

US1555912A - Toy pistol

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Publication number: US1555912A
Application number: US33225A
Authority: US
Inventors: William R Davis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-05-27
Filing date: 1925-05-27
Publication date: 1925-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1942-10-06

Description

Oct- 6, 1925- 1,555,912

w. R. DAVIS TOY PISTOL Filed llay 27, 1925 WITNESS INVENTOR Mi? 9w 5,

* ATTORNEYS Patented 6, 1925.

UN! TED STATE WILLIAM R. DAVIS, 01? WALLACE, IDAHO.

TOY PISTOL.

Application filedl/Iay 27, 1925. Serial No. 33,225.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, TVILLIAM R. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Wallace, in the county or Shoshone and 5 State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a toy pistol of the type adapted to project small stones, fruit pits, marbles and like pellets a considerable dis tance, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is the provision 01"? a toy pistol ot the character described which can be made 01 a single length or" spring wire and which is adapted when held in the hand of an operator in engagement with the thumb of the hand to be manipulated toproject a pellet a considerable distance and with considerable accuracy.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy pistol of the character described which can be manufactured at a slight cost, is not likely to get out of-order when in use and is thoroughly practical commercially.

()ther'objectsand advantages of the invention will be apparent from the follow ing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved toy pistol in position ctor use in the hand of an operator with the projecting spring of the pistol in extended nor- -mal position,

Figure 2 is a View similarto Figure 1, showing the projecting spring compressed and showing a pellet in position to be dis charged when the projecting spring is released,

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the improved toy pistol.

In carrying out the invention, I make use of a single piece of spring wire which may be made of brass or any other suitable material. This length of spring wire is bent intermediate its ends to provide a projecting spring 1 which is of coil formation and comprises a plurality of spiral convolutions which are adapted to encircle the thumb of the hand of the user, as will presently appear.

One end portion of the length of spring wire is bent to provide a contact member or stop which extends laterally of the convolutions of the projecting spring 1 at one end of the latter and preferably may be in the form of a loop, indicated at 2. The other end portion of the length of spring wire extends laterally oi the same side of the convolutions of the spring 1 as the loop '2, and is formed into a pellet cup or impelling member 3, as by being bent into a plurality of convolutions of slight pitch and ofconstantly decreasing area as shown.

Vith the arrangement just described, the pellet holding or impelling member 3 and the stop or contact loop 2 will both be otlset with respect to the convolutions of the projecting spring 1 and the pellet cup or iinpelling member will be located substantially in line with the member 2 with the concavely curved side of the cup 3 turned away from the stop member 2.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The thumb of a hand of the user of the pistol is extended through the convolutions of the projecting spring 1 so that the stop or contact loop 2 will engage with the hand of the operator at the base of the thumb and the pellet cup 3 will be directlyat the rear of the end portion of the forefinger or" the hand when the forefinger as wellas the second and third fingers of the hand have been bent as shown in Figure 2. A pellet, which may be amarble, a fruit pit, a small stone or like object is placed inengagement with the (mp3 between the forefinger of the hand and the cup and the forefinger of the hand then' is moved rearwardly toward the base of the thumb, thereby causing compression of the projecting spring 1.

hen the cup 3 is released by the fore finger of the hand, the projecting spring 1 will expand quickly, thereby ejecting the pellet which will be guided in its flight both by reason of the expansion of the projecting spring 1 and the shape of the pellet cup or impelling member. A pellet thus may be projected a considerable distance and with sufficient accuracy to serve the purpose for which the device is intended. The device is well adapted for use as. a source of amusement and entertainment to children.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and I therefore consider as my own all such modifications and adaptations of the form of the device herein disclosed as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy pistol comprising a projecting spring of coil form adapted to be placed on the thumb of a user, a contact member in tegral with said spring at the inner end of the latter for hearing against the hand of the user at the base of the thumb, and a pellet impelling member integral with said coiled spring at the outer end of the latter, said pellet impelling member being offset with respect to the projecting spring and be ing adapted to be pressed rearwardly by a finger of the hand of the user to compress said coil spring on said thumb.

2. A toy pistol comprising a projecting spring of coil form, a contact member at one end of said projecting spring, a pellet impelling member at the opposite end of said projecting spring, said contact member and said pellet impelling member being oil set with respect to the projecting spring, the pellet impelling member being located substantially in line with the contact member.

3. A toy pistol formed of a single length of spring wire bent between its ends into coil form to provide a projecting spring, one end of said length of spring wire being turned laterally oi said projecting spring to provide a stop member, the other end portion of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of the opposite end of said projecting spring and formed to provide a cup for engaging with a pellet which is to be projected.

4-. A toy pistol formed of a single length of spring wire bent between its ends into coil form to provide a projecting spring, one end of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of said projecting spring to provide a stop member, the other end portion of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of the opposite end of said projecting spring and formed to provide a cup for engaging with a pellet which is to be projected, said contact member having the form of a loop.

5- A toy pistol formed of a single length of spring wire bent between its ends into coil form to provide a projecting spring, one end of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of said projecting spring to provide a stop member, the other end portion of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of the opposite end of said projecting spring and formed to provide a cup for engaging with a pellet which is to be projected, said contact member having the form of a loop, said cup being formed of a plurality of convolutions of said second named end portion of the length of spring wire, said convolutions being of slight pitch and decreasing regularly in area toward the extremity of said second named end portion of said length of spring wire.

6. A toy pistol formed of a single length of spring wire bent between its ends into coil form to provide a projecting spring, one end of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of said projecting spring to provide a stop member, the other end portion of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of the opposite end of said projecting spring and formed to provide a cup for engaging with a pellet which is to be projected, said contact member having the form or" a loop, said cup being formed of a plurality of convolutions of said second named end portion of the length of spring wire, said convolutions being of slight pitch and decreasing regularly in area toward the extremity of said second named end portion of said length of spring wire, the concave side of said cup member being turned away from said contact member.

7. A toy pistol made of a single length of spring wire bent between its ends to provide a projecting spring of coil form, the convolutions of said projecting spring being adapted to fit on the thumb of a hand of an operator, one end portion of said length of wire being bent at one end of said projecting spring to provide a loop-shaped contact member for engaging with the hand of the operator at the base of the thumb, the other end portion of said length of spring wire being turned laterally of the convolution of the projecting spring in advance of said contact loop and being formed to provide a substantially cup-shaped impelling member for engaging with a pellet which will be discharged when said projecting spring is compressed and then released.

ILLIAM R. DAVIS.