US1591455A - Toy gun - Google Patents

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B. L. KEIL TOY mm Filed July 9. 1923 Patented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES tastes PATENT OFFICE.

BAR'IHOLO'MEW I4. KEIL, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY GUN.

Application filed July 9,

This invention is designed to improve and simplify toy guns throwing cheap and harmless projectiles.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows z- Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a preferred form of gun.

Fig. 2 an enlarged section of the device.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 a cross section of the throwing rubber.

Fig. 5 a side elevation of an alternative construction.

Fig. 6 a cross section on the line 6--6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 a side elevation of an alternative construction.

Fi 8 a cross section on the line 88 in Fig.

Fig. 9 a section on the line 9-9 in Fig. 1.

1 marks the projection corresponding to the usual gun barrel, 2 the gun stock, this gun stock being formed of wire following the usual outlines of a gun stock, and 3 a breech member. The breech member is formed of sheet metal open at the bottom and bent over at the top from a stamping forming a socket 4 in its forward end which is adapted to receive the barrel 1 which is ordinarily formed of wood, the sheet metal being compressed with the barrel in place and indented at 4* so as to lock the barrel in place. Back of the-barrel socket the sheet walls are separated leaving a space 5 with openings 6 and 7 at the bottom and top. The rear end of the breech member has a rearwardly opening socket 8 into which a loop formed of wires 9 of the stock extend, the joined ends of the wire 10 being at the upper end of the loop. The stock is secured in place by the loop being placed in the socket and the walls of the breech member compressed around the wires. In this way the walls are formed with grooves which engage the loop of the wire and secure the ends in place. A trigger 11 has a pivot opening 12 through it into which a detent 5 formed in the side walls of the breech member is forced. Thus the pivot for the trigger is formed at the same time that the parts are assembled by the bending or indenting of the wall. A spring 13 crowds the upper part of the trigger to a rearward position, the spring extending forwardly into an opening in the breech member and being extended over a lug 14 on the trigger.

1923. Serial No. 650,232.

A stop 15 is arranged 011 the lower end of the trigger and engages the walls of the breech member at the front edge of the opening 7. p A finger piece 16 .is arranged at the lower end of the trigger in the usual position for operation. The upper end of the trigger has a curved rear surface 17 over which a rubber loop 18 is passed when the gun is set for action. The outer end of the rubber loop is secured by a band 19 at the front end of the barrel.

In the preferred construction the upper end of the trigger has a slit 20 which is adapted to receive a small paste-board projectile 21.

In the operation of the device the loop 18 is placed over the trigger, the projectile 21 put in place and as the triger is pulled and the upper end of the trigger moved forward the angle of the curved surface gradually shifts with relation to the rubber loop and the rubber loop rolls off this surface picking up the projectile and throwing it.

In order that the rubber may readily disengage itself from the trigger the rubber should have a cross sectional shape which will permit it to roll as the angle of the curve varies. This may be accomplished by a square cross section, or other cross sections in which the cross dimensions are fair- 1y uniform as distinguished from a flat rubber band.

In the modified construction of Fig. 5 a paper projectile is placed in a slit 22 formed on the upper part of the breech member instead of at the upper part of the trigger and in the modified construction shown in Fig. 7 the breech member is provided with forks 23 on which a pin projectilemay be placed and picked up by the rubber as it is released.

In order that the device may be marketed as .an advertising specialty the stock has a series of clips 24 which extend around the wire and into which paper advertisements may be sprung, the form of the clip being shown in Fig. 9.

What I claim as new is 1. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; a breech member having a socket into which the barrel extends; a trigger slot and a rearward stock securing socket; and a wire stock having ends extending into the stock receiving socket and secured by the clamp ing of the side walls of the stock receiving socket.

2. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; a breech member having a socket into which the barrel extends; a trigger slot and a rearward stock securing socket; and a wire stock having ends extendinginto the stock receiving socket and secured by the clamping ot the side walls of the stock receiving socket, said side walls being grooved to better engage the stock.

4 8. In a toy gun, the combination of a breech portion having a trigger slot and a rearwardstock securing socket; and a wire stock having ends extending into the stock receiving socket and secured by the cla1nping theside walls of the stock receiving socket.

l. In a toy gun, the combination of a breech portion having a trigger slot and a rearward stock securing socket; and a wire stock having ends extending into thestock receiving socket andeecnred :by the clamping of the side walls ot=the stock receiving socket, said side walls being groovedito better engage the stock.

5. In a toy gun, the combination or a-trigger having a pivot indentation therein; and a breech member formed of sheet metal and having a trigger slot therein, the walls of the slot being indented and extending into the indentation in the trigger forming a pivot tor the trigger.

6. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; a wire formed stock; breech member formed of sheet metal having a barrel receiving socket clamping the barrel and a stock receiving socket clamping the stock; a trigger receiving slot; a trigger pivotally mounted in the slot; a rubber loop secured to the barrel and adapted to be looped over the trigger; and a projectile holder in the path oi the loop when released.

7. In a toy gun, the combination of a wire stock; and means on the wire for securing an advertising plate within the stock frame, said means being in the form of clips with inwardly extending slits.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand.

BARTHOLOMEWV L. IKE-IL.

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