US1957713A - Toy gun - Google Patents

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Patented May 8, 1934 UNETEE STATES FATENT QFFEQE TOY GUN Vernon D. Howe, Bufialo, N. Y.

Application September 22, 1932, Serial No. 634,493

8 Claims. (Cl. 12414) This invention relates to toys and it has parabutted against a plug fixed, as indicated at ticular relation to the type of toy gun in which 26, in the bore and its other end disposed in a an elastic missile is adapted to be employed as socket 2'? formed upon the rear side or" the triga projectile, ger. Hence, the trigger under the influence of One object of the invention is to provide a toy the spring is always urged in a clockwise direcgun in which a trigger serves as a positive clamption about the pin 17 as viewed in Fig. l and the ing means for one end of an elastic missile and portion 19 impinges the wall 20. anchoring means is provided at the other end At the outer end of the barrel 11 a transverse of the missile without interfering with the disgroove 28 is formed and a central longitudinally charge of the latter from the gun. disposed groove 29 inclines gradually from the Another object of the invention is to provide a upper surface of the barrel into the transverse toy gun in which a plurality of missiles can be groove. An elastic missile 30 having an oblong discharged successively. body portion 32 and an enlarged transverse head Another object of the invention is to provide a 33 arranged to form a T-shape, is adapted to 15 trigger guard and control for facilitating the have its head portion anchored in the transverse manufacture and operation of the gun. gIOOVB 28 and its y p t Stretched along I th drawing; the groove 29 and upon the upper surface of the Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a toy gun with barrel. The end portion of the missile opposite portions broken away and shown in cross-secthe head is inserted between the upper end por- 20 t tion 19 of the trigger and the slot wall 20. Thus Fig. 2 is a plan of a missile employed in conloading or mounting of the missile is accomplished junction with the toy gun; by pressing the trigger to provide a space for re- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of a toy gun ceiving the end of the missile between the trigger with portions shown in cross-section and illusand wall 20 and then by releasing the trigger the 25 trating another form of the invention; missile is resiliently held in place until it is ready Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken substantially to be discharged. Then by pressing the trigger at along the line IVIV of Fig. 3; the finger fitting portion 18 the missile in snap- Fig 5 is a View Similar t Fig 1 d illustratping back to its normal form is projected outwarding another form of the invention; ly from the end of the barrel 11. It is also con- 30 Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and illustratvenient to reverse the manner described in loading still another form of the invention; ing the gun by first inserting the missile in the Fig. 7 is a perspective of a trigger employed in portion behind the upper end 19 of the trigger the toy gun; and and then stretching it to the end of the barrel Fig. 8 is a perspective of a combined trigger Where it is anchored in the grooves 28 and 29. 35 guard and spring employed in the gun illustrated In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 3 in Fig. 3. and l, a toy 35 of substantially the same shape as Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a toy gun 10 is shown that shown in Fig. 1 includes a barrel 36 and a which simulates the form of an automatic plsbutt or handle portion 37, and it is provided with tol and includes an imitation barrel l1 and butt a pair of triggers 88 and 39 mounted upon a 40 or handle grip 12. The portion of the gun adcommon pivotal pin 50 extending through the jacent the junction of the barrel and butt is body of the toy. Suitable inclined slots 52 in the provided with an inclined opening or slot 15 my adjacent the junction of the barrel and hanin which a trigger is is pivotally mounted upon dle p rti n are provided r vin h triea pin 17 that is supported laterally through the g r- A the pp r nd of h tri r 39 a f in 45 body of the toy. A curved finger fitting portion 54 of rough mate Such as emery, Sandpaper 18 of the trigger projects below the slot 15 and or the like, is applied to prevent slipping of amisthe upper portion of the trigger has a pointed sile clamped by the tligger- A trigger guard 53, portion 19 which is adapted to impinge against comp of resilient material s ed, as inan upper rear wall portion 20 of the slot 15. It dicated at 55, to th butt and barrel portions O 50 will be observed that the pin is located adjacent the toy and is provided with end Spring fi e s 56 10 the upper end of the trigger to provide favorable and 57 which contact and resiliently u he leverage with respect to the finger fitting porupper end portion 58 of the trigger against rear tion 18. wall portions of the slots 52. In this construc- A bore 22 is formed in the handle 12 for retion a pair of grooves 59 extending from the slots 55 ceiving a coil spring 23 that has one of its ends 52 to the end of the barrel terminate in grooved end portions of similar construction to that defined by the grooves 28 and 29 shown in Fig. l, with the exception that they are double for receiving two missiles 30.

It will be observed that the triggers 33 are inclined at different angles or at angles to each other, and consequently, in discharging missiles the trigger 38 is first actuated and then the second trigger 38 is actuated to discharge the second missile. Thus, the missiles in the double arrangement are projected successively at the rate desired.

In Fig. 5 the construction is generally the same as that shown in Fig. l with the exception that a tension spring 60 is employed instead of a compression spring and is provided with a hook 62 for engagement about the trigger 16. A suitable pin 63 supports the opposite end of the tension spring in an opening 65 that is plugged at one end, as indicated at 66.

Referring to Fig. 6, a single missile toy 67 is provided which is substantially the same in con" struction as that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 with the exception that one trigger 39 and one spring finger 57 are omitted. Hence, like reference charactors are employed and the description corresponds to that already set forth above.

Although only the prefered forms of the in venticn have been shown and described in detail it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is not so limited but that various changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or from the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A toy gun comprising a barrel portion recessed at it outer end portion for anchoring a missile, said barrel portion having an inclined slot adjacent its other end, a trigger pivoted upon the toy in the slot, and resilient means for urging the upper end portion of the trigger against the rear wall of the slot to hold the missile between the trigger and rear wall preparatory to projecting it from the gun by pressing the trigger.

2. A toy gun comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion, the front end of the barrel portion having a transverse recess and a longitudinal recess intersecting to provide anchoring means for a T-shaped missile, a trigger mounted adjacent the rear end of the barrel portion, the upper end of the trigger being inclined rearward- 1y, an abutment adjacent the junction of the barrel and handle portion for receiving the upper end of the trigger, and resilient means for urging the upper end of the trigger rearwardly toward said abutment to grip the missile preparatory to discharging it by pressing the trigger.

3. A toy gun adapted to discharge a headed elastic missile comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion, said barrel portion having a plurality of intersecting recesses at its outer end for receiving and anchoring the headed portion of the elastic missile, a trigger pivoted "m the body of the toy adjacent the junction of the barrel and handle portion, a trigger abutment formed by recessing a portion of the gun adjacent the junction of the barrel and handle portion and a spring in the body of the gun having one end normally urging the trigger to force its upper end rearwardly against the trigger abutment to clamp the end of the elastic missile preparatory to discharging it.

4. A toy gun comprising a barrel and handle portions, a trigger mounted in the gun adjacent one end of the barrel portion, and a trigger guard having a spring portion bearing against the trigger tending to move it in one direction to clamp a missile against a portion of the gun preparatory to discharging it.

5. A toy gun comprising a body having a trigger movably mounted therein, a strip of material for guarding the trigger and having a resilient portion extending into contact with the trigger and normally urging one end of the trigger to form a clamp with an adjacent portion of the body whereby the elastic missile can be held in clamped relation until the trigger is pressed for discharging it.

6. A toy gun comprising a body, a pair of triggers pivotally mounted in the body, said body having an abutment for limiting pivotal movement of each trigger in one direction and a trigger guard disposed about portions of the trigger and having resilient extensions normally engaging the triggers to urge them toward their respective limiting abutments.

'7. A toy gun adapted to discharge a plurality of headed elastic missiles comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion, said barrel portion having a plurality of intersecting recesses at its outer end for receiving and anchoring the headed portions of the plurality of elastic missiles, a pair of triggers pivotally mounted adjacent the junction of the barrel and handle portion, said triggers being disposed at angles to each other, a pair of trigger abutments on the body of the gun adjacent the upper ends of the trigger to limit movement thereof in one direction, and resilient means for urging the upper end of each trigger rearwardly toward its limiting abutment to clamp one end of the elastic L missile between said upper end of the trigger and abutment preparatory to discharging it.

8. A toy gun adapted to discharge a plurality of elastic missiles having T-shaped end portions comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion, said barrel portion having a plurality of intersecting recesses at its end for receiving and an choring the T-shaped portions of the plurality of elastic missiles, a pair of triggers pivotally mounted adjacent the junction of the barrel and handle portions, said triggers being disposed at angles to each other, a pair of trigger abutments on the body of the gun adjacent the upper end of the trigger to limit movement thereof in one direction, and a trigger guard having its opposite end portions formed into spring members engaging the respective triggers to urge them to- Ward their limiting abutments for clamping end portions of the elastic missiles.

VERNON D. HOWE.

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