US174779A - Improvement in toy repeating pistols - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PA ENT" OFFICE.

JOSIAH WARD OHILDS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN Tov REPEATING PIISTOLS.

Specification'forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,779, dated March 14, 1876; application filed January 31, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSIAH WARD Drums, of Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts,

- have invented a Toy Repeating Pistol, of

which the following is a specification:

This invention is a toy, for the use of children, for shooting peas or other round pellets, my object being to produce, at small expense, a toy which shall possess the great attraction of being a repeating or magazine pistol, or one capable'of discharginga succession of pellets without reloading, and the invention consists in the combination of certain co operative mechanical devices, whereby, upon pulling the trigger, a pellet is dislodged from the magazine and impelled forward through the barrel, with a sudden thrust from a spring-impelled ejector, the whole being substantially as hereinafter described.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, a vertical and longitudinal section of a pistol embodying my improvements, while Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the ejector and retractor, to be explained. Figs. 4 and 5 are sections representing modifications of the invention, to be hereinafter explained.

In these drawings, A represents the stock or frame, which receives the operative mechanism, while B represents the handle and O the barrel, the bore of the latter being shown at D.

Within the upper part of the stock A, and somewhat above the level of the bore of the barrel, I create a channel, E, the outer end or mouth of which is closed by a gate, F, to admit of ready insertion of pellets, and whose inner end terminates in a short downwardly-projecting bend, G, the bottom of which coincides with the rear end of such bore, the channel E being, preferably, somewhat higher in rear than in front, and the whole being so arranged that a pea or round pellet being introduced into said channel from its outer end will, if unobstructed, roll down the inclined plane to and through the vertical branch G, and present itself to the rear end of the bore D.

Immediately below the channel E, I dispose" what may be termedja pair of forceps, a

composed of two delicate twin-springs, a a, secured at their bases within a' recess, 5 created in'the stock A, the forwardand'free',

ends of these springs terminating at-a point immediatelyin rear of the barrel, and being at such a distance asunder as to intercept, with a delicate pressure or friction, the first pellet of the series within themagazine and'prevent the accidental escape of "this pellet while the ejector is being drawn back.

J, in the drawings, represents the ejector for expelling th'e'pellet through the barrel,

such ejector being composed ofa bell-crank lever, which is situated immediately in rear of the rear end of the barrel, and pivoted at its lower part within a recess, K, formed in the lower part of the stock A, the upright arm L of this lever intercepting the bore of the barrel, while its lower arm N extends rearward, and constitutes the means whereby the movements of the arm L are effected, the fulcrum of the crank J being shown at O as a horizontal pin, passing through such crank'f and the lower part of the stock.

P, in the drawings, represents a retractor; for actuating the ejector, composed of a T shaped piece of metal playing within the rear part of the recess K, and pivoted upon a horv izontal pin, Q.

The lower end It of the retractor P constitutes the trigger of the pistol, while its hori'-' zontal arm 0 operates,'in connection with the arm N ofthe'ejector J, to bear down such arm N and retract the arm L. The arm L of 1 the ejector J is forced forward closely up to the rear end of the barrel 0 by a'spring, 8, arranged in front of such ejector within a'pocket, T, in the lower part of the stock A, while the arm 0 of the retractor is forced upward by resting upon the top of the ejector L, the

top ofwhich is preferably sloping, in order that a pellet resting upon it may, if leftwithout restraint, roll into the barrel, rather than rearwardFinto- .{the a mechanism, behind the ejector. I; i A pull upon the trigger R lowers the arm 0, and this arm, in its descent, abuts against and lowers the arm N of the ejectorJ and retracts its upper arm L againstt hestress of the spring S to such anextent that, asthe arm reaches its extreme rearward position, the pellet d is left free and drops intothe bottomofthebranchchannel G and into the embrace of the forceps a, the outer ends of the arms a? of the latterserving, as before stated, to exercise a gentle restraint upon suclrpelletjor offer a slight resistance to its forward movement, sufficient to retain it in place for an instant, it being understood that as fast as one pellet drops 'thos'e behindadvance'a" like distance. The @pulI uponthe trigger-"is' con-tinued until the arm L'is" forced to the rear ofthe pellet d, as stated, when the arm opasses' below the' arm N; of theejector J and the arm L of the latter isimpelled suddenly forward'by the stress offthe' spri-ng-SZ and in'its progress intercepts the-'ipellet d and'expels'ihe latter violently through the'ba-rreLythe forcepsa offering but slight resistance to'the forward mot-ion of the pellet, when the latter is's'truck by the arm L. As. the hold upon thetrigger is released, the armc is returned to its original position, in its a 'scent passing by *or behind the arm N, the contiguous faces-0f the two being beveled to} permit of such passage. 'It will thus be "seen-that a pull upon the trigger releasesand 'e xp els from the barrel a pellet from the magazine, and this movement may be repeated in rapid succession until the magazine is exhausted. -It requires but a very short space of time to'replenish the'magazine, by dropping the pellets into it through itsrear end. The magazine E may be of various forms, and the pellets, in lieu of rollingor passing toward the barrel' by their own momentum, may be impelled by a spring; butI prefer the arrangement herein shown.

The above combination of mechanical devices-embraces means whereby I have carried out-the object Ihave" in view, and 1 would state that I do not confine myself strictly to tl-iis'precisemechanism,as the samemay be varied to' considerable extent without losing siglitgofthe novel features of my invention. For instance, I have shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings amodified arrangement of the prine'iples' of my'invention, in which the stock or frameisrcpresented at'A, the handle at B, the barrel at G, and the bore of the latter at I)", while the channel or magazine for'conta'ining pellets is shownat E H in the drawings represents a spring-latch secured horizontally within a channel, 1 ere a'ted in the stock A, immediately below the channel or magazine E the rear end of this latch being secured to the stock, while its forward end is allowed sufficient lateral play to to pass from the latter into thebranch G, it

being observed that the free end of the latch terminates in a thin plate or shelf, a, which constitutes a gate to close communication between the magazine and barrel and hold back the pellets contained in such magazine. The natural and normal position of the latch is that last' described, and-it is maintained in this position by its own inherent elasticity, or by other suitable pressure.

J represents an upright ejector for, discharging or expelling the pellet through the barrel, this ejector being in the present instance simply a wire, disposed within a chamber, b created within the stock A, immediately in rear of and intercepting the bore of the barrel, and being impelled forward closely up to such bore by its own stress.

K in the drawings represents a retractor, composed of a horizontal bar playing within a groove, I), created in the stock A, below and parallel with the channel 1 this retractor, like the latch H being susceptible, at its front end, of horizontal play within its groove, but in an opposite direction, and turning upon its rear end as a pivot, a suitable spring, d being employed to drive the retractor forward bodily and to force its free end in a lateral direction toward the bore of the barrel, and so that a book, 0 upon its front end shall engage the ejector J, the

inner side of the nose of this book being sloping, in order to ride over the ejector, as hereinafter stated. The retractor K is pulled backward by a trigger-lever L which is disposed'within the rear part of the chamber b and with its finger portion f pro and the magazine E containing a number of pellets, the innermost one resting upon the nose of the gate H A backward pull upon the trigger results as follows-the retractor K is first acted upon by such trigger directly and pulled backward a short distance, carrying with it the upper end of the ejector J when the nose '5 of the trigger-lever L wipes against the sloping spur k of the gate H and begins the lateral movement of the forward end of the latter, which finally results in uncovering or opening the outlet of the magazine, these movements of the trigger, ejector, and gate continuing vuntil the trigger has nearly reached its extreme rearward movement, and the forward or free end of the gate has receded from under the outlet of the magazine, and a pellet has dropped into the branchehannel G and presented itself before the rear end of the bore of the barrel. I

The trigger is now pulled back a short additional distance, which brings it to its extreme position in this direction, and as it reaches this limit the hook e of the retractor K loses its hold of the ejector, and the latter, by its inherent force, is suddenly driven forward and intercepts the pellet, expelling the latter through the barrel with great force, while immediately prior to this release of the ejector the nose 1? of thetrigger passes beyond the spur 70 and the gate H returns to its normal position. The respective movements of the gate H and ejector J are so adjusted or timed that immediately upon the release and descent of a pellet from the magazine the ejector flies suddenly forward in order to intercept such pellet before it can escape into the bore of the barrel, and the adjustment also provides, as before stated, for the return of the gate to its original or normal position immediately before the flight of the ejector takes place, in order to interpose a barrier between the released pellet and those behind it before such released pellet is expelled by the ejector, as otherwise the next succeeding one behind would be caught and injury result. To enable the position of the gate H to be readily adjusted, it should be formed with a short longitudinal slot, a, through which the confiningscrew 1) passes.

As soon as the pellet has been expelled, as stated, the hold upon the trigger is removed or relaxed, and such trigger returns toits original position by the power of the spring d consequently the retractor, by the same power, is forced forward or returned to its original position also, its hook riding over the ejector J 3 in the act, and settling behind and engaging the latter, while the nose 2' of the trigger lever passes behind and to the rear of the spur k of the gate H as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

I claim- 1. In combination with the stock and barrel of a toy pistol, the following elements, namely:

First, an inclined or other proper magazine for containing a supply of pellets, which are fed toward the barrel in a suitable manner; second, a swinging lever or its substitute for holdin g the supply of pellets within the magazine, and for expelling the lowermost or advance one of such pellets; and, thirdly, of a pair of forceps, operating in connection with the barrel and ejector, to retain said lowermost pel- .let until the same is struck and expelled by said ejector, the latter being retracted by the trigger, and impelled forward by a suitable spring, and the whole operating substantially as and for purposes stated. 7

2. In combination with the magazine E the gate H, with its lateral movement, serving to retire and release a pellet and suddenly return and interpose itself between the pellet thus releasedand those behind it, substantially as and for purposes stated.

3. The combination of the ejector J retractor IE or its substitute, and trigger L with the magazine E and barrel U and the gate H or its equivalent, substantially as and for purposes stated.

4. In combination with the magazine E and forceps a the ejector J, intercepting the bore of the barrel, when constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for purposes stated.

5. The combination of the spring-impelled ejector J, intercepting the barrel, as stated, and retractor P, under such an arrangement that, by a rearward pull of the trigger, the retractor retracts the ejector until the latter reaches a given point, when the retractor loses its hold upon the ejector and the latter is shot forward, substantially as and for purposes stated.

6. The construction and combination of the trigger-lever P and ejector J substantially as herein described, whereby a complete backward pull upon such trigger results in a retraction and forward movement of the ejector, essentially as and for purposes stated.

J. WARD CHILDS. Witnesses:

FRED. CURTIS, W. E. BOARDMAN.

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