US1613329A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

Description

Patented Jan.i 4, 1927. l

UNITED?) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARCI-:IIE n. PEPIN AND-FRANK r. w. HAA'CK, or BEND, OREGON.

TOY PISTOL.

Application. med November 13.1924, serial No. 749,702.

'This invention relates to 'new and useful improvements in pistols, and particularlyto toy pistols to be used `in killing flies. v

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, and which isv easy to operate.

lAnother object'is to provide a device of this character which includes a rubber band as the missile, and wherein a portion of the trigger mechanism is arranged to produce a whirring or whistling sound each time the pistol is discharged.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 1 parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side. elevation of a pistol a made in accordance with the present invention, and in position to be discharged.

Figure 2 is atop plan view of the pistol. Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the acompany-- ing drawing, thereis shown a pistol body including the hand-gripv 10, and the 'barrel portion 11. Formed vertically through the rear end of the barrel portion is an opening 12, and in the lower portion of the rear wall of this opening'l there is formed a projection 13, against which the rear face of the upper end of the trigger 14 is arranged to bear, and which serves asa stop to limit the movement of the trigger. The trigger is j mounted on thev transverse pin 15, In the,

upper portion of the opening 12 there is disposed a rotary .member 16, which is sup` -ported on the transverse pivotpin 17, and

which has the plurality of radial arms 18, l each of which 1s adapted to. project above the upper end of the opening, when the member is rotated.

The forward face of the upper end of the trigger is provided with a iiat port-ion which is arranged4 to engage with the rear face of the free end of one of the arms18, while the rear' face of the upper end of the trigger bears against the before-mentioned projec-- tion 13, whereby to resist any effort to ro Y tate the member 16 forwardly.

A rubber band is placed with one end l. transversely in a recess 19, formed in the forward'end of the barrel 11, and the other end looped around the upwardly projecting arm 18ct the member 16. Upon grasping the trigger and pulling same rearwardly toward the hand grip 10, the member 16 will be given a slight rearward rotation sufficient to permit the upper end o'f the trigger to pass forwardly of the arm engaged therewith. The trigger is thus released' from the member 16, when the rubber band willshoot forwardly oli' the end of the barrel, and strike a tiy at which the pistol was aimed. The forward movement of the rubber band causes the rapid rotation of the member 13, which willcontinue for a brief period.

The free end ot' each of the arms 18 is formed with an opening 20, and as the member 16 rapidly rotates, the air passing across these openings will produce a whirring or whistling sound.

It will be noted that the trigger depends vertically by gravity, and upon drawing the ,rubber band backwardly and engaging or 1. A toy pistol including a barrel and' handgrip, a trigger, a flexible missile, and a rotatable detent for engagement with the missile and with the trigger, said detent being arranged to rotate rapidly when released from the trigger and having openings against which air impinges to produce sounds. i 1 Y 2. A toy pistol including a pistol body, a trigger mounted in the body, a rotatable detent mounted for engagement with the trigger, means on the body for engagement by the trigger to hold lthe rotatable `detent against rotation, said detent being formed with peripheral openings across which air passes toV produce whistling sounds, and an elastic band releasably engaged with the body ot the pistol and said detent.

3. A toy pistol including ha body having an opening therethrough, one wall of the opening having a projection, a trigger pivota'lly supported in the opening and arranged to bear againstY the projection,a detent rotatably mounted in the opening above the v said projecting arm.

4. A toy pistol of the character described,

j comprising a handle grip and barrel having a recessed portion. provided in the top and adjacent the rear end thereof, a rotary disk arranged within the recess portion and including oppositely extending hammer heads upon its periphery, a trigger pivotally mounted within the lower portion of the recess portion and having its upper end engaged in the forward sides of the hammer heads, and an elastic strip-having its opposite ends looped upon theouter end of the pistol barrel and hammer heads respectively.

tures.

5. .toy pistol of the character descriloed, comprising a handle grip and barrel including a recessed portion adjacent the rear end thereof, a rotary disk arranged within the upper portion of the recessed portion and including a plurality of oppositely disposed hammer heads upon its periphery and extending upon the upper side of the pistol, a trigger pivotally mounted within the lower portion of the recessed portion and having its upper end engaged in the forward sides of the hammer heads, and an elastic band having its opposite ends extending over the forward end of the barrel and rear sides of the hammer heads respectively.

ln testimony whereof, we aix our signa- ARCHIE D. PEPIN. FRANK P. W. HAAGK.

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