US1794364A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

Description

March 3, 1931.

L. S. CHILSON TOY PISTOL Filed Aug. 6, 1929 INVENTOR. Zen 1'0 5: (17 90/Z BY ATTORNEYS.

Fatented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES NT 'QFFHQE LEWIS S. CHILSON, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 J. M. FISHER COMPANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND TOY' PISTOL Application filed August 6, 1929. Serial No. 383,852.

This invention relates to a miniature or toy pistol of the type which may be made in such small sizes as to be worn as a watch charm; and has for its object to provide a pis- 5 tol of this character having its main movable parts of a full size operative device which it simulates and which may be operated in a generally similar manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pistol which although having the main functional parts of a full size device, may be made orneta in construction and pleasing to the eye when used as a watch charm and the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a simple and durable construction with the minimum number of parts to secure the movements desired and simplify its assembly.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

. In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the pistol.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in sectlon of the pistol, showing the barrel in open position and the hammer in cocked position.

Fig. 3 is a section showing the barrel in closed position, and the hammer in fired position.

Fig. 4 is a section of the barrel.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the barrel mounting member.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the body.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another portion of the body.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the cylindrical chamber.

Fig. 10 is a section on the line 1010 of Fig. 3.

It is found desirable to provide a toy pistol in such sizes and of such ornate appearance that the same may be Worn as a watch charm and yet provide the desired movable parts for swinging the barrel to open or closed position, such as in loading the pistol and for moving the hammer from cooked to fired position by movement of the triggerand the following is a detailed description oi the pres ent embodiment of this invention illustrating the preferred means by which the advantageous results may be accomplished.

lVith the reference to the drawings, 10 denotes the body which is built up from side plates 11 spaced apart by a spacing member 12 and a handle portion 18 secured between the plates by rivets 19, thus providing a recess 13 between the plates 11 for mounting the hammer 14 on the pivot pin 15 and the trigger 16 on the pivot pin 17. The handle portion 18 is provided with a recess 20 in which a spring 21 is mounted generally in the shape of a cotter pin which has portions 22 and 23 for engagement respectively with the hammer and the trigger urging them to swing about these pivot pins in one direction.

Side plates 24 complete and cover the handlelportion 18 on either side thereof and may be of pearl or other ornate material to provide. an artistic finish and pleasing appearance to the device as desired.

The barrel 27 is mounted in an opening 28 in the member 25 which is pivoted on a pin 26 at the opposite end of the body between the plate members 11, as will be apparent from Fig. 3, while a cylindrical chamber 29 with an opening 30 therein to register with the bore 31 of the barrel, is also carried by and swingable with the member 25. The mounting member is engaged by a spring 32 adjacent its pivotal point, which urges the barrel towards closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 3, when the spring engages the surface 38, or when the barrel is moved a certain portion of a revolution such that the spring engages the surface 39 it urges the barrel to open position, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

When the barrel is in closed position the barrel is locked by means of the finger portion 33 of the hammer overlying a portionof the mounting member and locking the barrel against being swung on its pivot.

In operation, the hammer 14 may be pulled back to cocked position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, at which time the portion 35 of the trigger 16, is moved beneath a shoulder 36 of the hammer by means of the spring portion 23 engaging the shoulder d0 which holds the hammer in cocked position against tendency of the portion of the spring 22 to move the same to fired position, as illustrated in Fi 3. Upon manually swinging the trigger about its pivot to remove the portion 35 iro'm'beneath the shoulder 8'6, the spring'22 is then permitted to move the hammer to fired position, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

lVhen the hammer is in cocked position the barrel may be swung to open position, if desired. It will thus be apparent that l have provided a toy pistol in which the barrel may be moved from closed to open position and the hammer and trigger operated in general simulation of a pistol of the revolver type and yet the device is of simple construction and of an ornamental appearance and may be worn as a watch charm by suspending the same on a chain through the eye 3'? at the end of the handle, if desired.

The operation or the parts as above set forth will explode certain caps which may fit therein; for instance, a cap may fit in the bore 80 with its firing pin positioned in the notch connecting therewith as illustrated in Figures 3. and 9 so that when the portion 33 of the hammer moves into engagament therewith under action of the spring 22 the firing pin will be engaged and the cap exploded. lhe cap may then be removed by poking a ramrod or the like through the bore 31 of the barrel.

lhe foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of jewelry a miniature'pis tol including a body member, a barrel member pivotally mounted in said body member and. having a recess, a hammer having a portion adapted to seat in said recess when in fired position, a pivot pin therefor to permit the same to swing from cooked to fired position, 'a trigger, a pivot pin therefor, a leaf spring doubled upon itself and having one arm tending to move said hammer to fired position, and the other arm tending to move said trigger to engage and hold the hammer in cocked position.

2. As an article of ewelry a miniature pistol including a body member, a barrel member pivotally mounted in said body member and having a recess, a hammer having a por tion adapted to seat in said recess when in fired position, a pivot pin therefor to permit the same to swing from cocked to fired position, a trigger, a pivot pin therefor, a single spring having a portion tending'to move said hammer to fired position and a portion for moving said trigger to hold said hammer in cocked position.

3. As an article of jewelry a' miniature pistol comprising a body member, a barrel having a slot therein, means pivotally mounting said barrel on said body member for movement from open to ,closed position," a pivot ally mounted hammer having aportion adapted to enter said barrel slot to lock the barrel in closed position, a trigger for operating said hammer, anda spring engaging said mounting means and independent of said trigger for moving said barrel to either one of said'positions when the barrel is past dead center with reference to the mounting means.

a. As an article of jewelry a miniature piss tol comprising a body member, a barrel having a slot therein, means for pivotally mounting said barrel on said body member for movement from open to closed position, a pivotally mounted hammer havlng' a portion adapted to enter said barrel slot to lock the barrel in closed position,'a trigger for operating said hammer, and a spring engaging said mounting means and independent of said trigger, said mounting means at the point of engagement with the spring being formed to tend to cause a movement either towards open or closed position depending upon the position of swing of the barrel on said pivot.

5. As an article of ewelry a miniature pistol comprising a body member, a barrel havin a slot therein, means for pivotally mounting-said barrel on said body member for movement from open to closed position, a pivotally mounted hammer having a portion adapted to enter said barrel slot to lockthe barrel in closed position, a spring to move said hammer to locking position and a trigger for operating said hammer, and a spring engaging said mounting means for moving said barrel to one of said positions.

6. An article of jewelry formed as a miniature pistol, and including a body member having spaced lugs, a barrel having a dependent cam, said cam being pivotally mounted between said spaced lugs, and a leaf spring L- mounted on said body member and resiliently engaging said barrel cam. c

7. An article of jewelry formed as a miniature pistol, and including a body, member having a base portion and a hammer mounting portion, said hammer mounting portion having a barrel stop recess, and a barrel pivotally mounted on said base portion and having a projection engageablezwith said barrel stop recess.

having a barrel stop, a barrel pivotally .125 V 8. An article of jewelry formed as a minia- I mounted on said base portion having a lock recess on its upper surface and a projection engageable with said barrel stop, and a spring pressed hammer pivotally mounted in said hammer mounting portion and adapted to be seated in said recess when in fired position.

9. A miniature pistol including a body member, a barrelmember pivotally mounted in said body member and having a recess, a hammer having a portion adapted to seat in said recess when in fired position, a pivot pin on which said hammeris rotatably mounted,

a trigger, a pivot pin on which said trigger is rotatably mounted, and spring means urging said hammer towards fired position.

10. A miniature pistol comprising a body member, a barrel having a bore, an ammunition chamber at the inner end thereof having an opening to align with the bore of the barrel, a hammer mounted on said body to swing into engagement with the top of said chamber and a notch in said chamber communicating with the opening therein and located in the plane of the path of movement of said hammer.

11. In a pistol charm, a carrier frame comprising interspaced side walls, forwardly directed arms upon the lower portions or the walls, a barrel casing pivotally supported upon the arms and engageable with the walls, a cylinder fixed in the casing, a barrel in the casing engaging the cylinder, a pivot rivet in the upper portions of the walls, a hammer on the rivet between the walls engageable with the cylinder, a pivot member in the walls below the pivot rivet, a trigger upon the pivot member engageable with the hammer, a handle plate fixed at its upper end between the walls and provided with an elongated longitudinally disposed slot, and a spring comprising a loop seated in the slot, an arm engaging the hammer, and an arm engaging the trigger.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LEWIS S. CHILSON.

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