US2285035A - Gun stand for electric target devices - Google Patents

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US2285035A
US2285035A US345522A US34552240A US2285035A US 2285035 A US2285035 A US 2285035A US 345522 A US345522 A US 345522A US 34552240 A US34552240 A US 34552240A US 2285035 A US2285035 A US 2285035A
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  • Other objects of our invention are to provide a gun stand which will hold a plurality of guns, to provide a gun stand which will so hold the guns that the likelihood of twisting or breaking the control cable will be reduced to a minimum, and to provide a gun stand which in a single portable unit may contain the coin control and coin reception mechanism, the target and gun control amplifier and the guns themselves.
  • Figure 2 is a front elevation.
  • Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-.3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 2.
  • Our invention is intended to be used in connection with the well-known type of electric light target apparatus wherein an electrically actuated or controlled light gun is fired from a distant point at a target.
  • One of the problems in connection with such devices as this is the support and protection of the gun to prevent it falling out on the floor and the like and to prevent interference, breakage and especially twisting of the gun control cable when the gun is not in use.
  • the top of the pocket 9 is partially closed by the wall 13 slotted at l4, the slot being provided with a cushion 15.
  • the wall 3 comes up high enough so that the operator, as he stands back of the guncabinet, will see through the slot G4 the top of the wall 3 and be easily able to guide the gun into position.
  • the wall 10 is apertured at H and the gun cable l8 extends from the plug. 19 upwardly through the apertures I1 and it to the gun.
  • the relationship of cable and gun, when the gun is in the storage position in the gun cabinet, as indicated in Figure 3, is such that the cable hangs down but does not reach the floor so there is no danger of stepping on or tripping over the cable.
  • the walls I, 8 define a closed chamber within the housing between the two gun pockets. This central chamber is horizontally divided by a partition 20.
  • the area above the partition 20 defines a, coin chamber 21, which is closed by the door 22 in the apertured wall 3, having a lock 23.
  • 24 is a coin control mechanism including the usual slide, switches and the like, details of which are.
  • '21 is a window through which bad money as sorted by the mechanism 24 may be seen, and 2B is an electric control button.
  • the lower part of the chamber between the walls '1 and 8 and below the partition 28 contains one or more amplifying mechanisms 29.
  • a control cable Sill goes out of the front of the box to extend to the target mechanism and to provide a source of power for the operation of the amplifier.
  • the chamber containing the amplifier is closed by a removable door 39 with lock 3
  • the wall 4, where it bounds the rear side of the chamber 21, is offset as indicated at 33 to form a kind of pocket between the walls 1 and 8, within which the bad coin window 2i may be visible.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a, slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing containing an upwardly and rearii ardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket :being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, the lower portion of the back wall being more nearly parallel to the vertical wall than is the upper portion of the wall.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the-pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, the front Wall of the pocket terminating below and out of contact with the upper edge of the cover.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, the upper chamber extending the entire depth of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depthof the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, a removable door for each closed chamber extending substantially the entire width of the chamber, the door to the lower chamber being in the back and the door to the upper chamber in the front of the housing. 7
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the lower chamber having an extension extending upwardly alongside of the upper chamber above the bottom thereof and alongside of the gun pocket.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the back and. side walls of the gun pocket being substantially vertical, the wall separating the gun pocket from the lower chamber being inclined.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire Width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, a closure for the gun pocket comprising an inclined member extending upwardly from front to rear, terminating above the back wall of the pocket and slotted from the upper edge backwardly and downwardly, the slot being narrower than the width of the gun pocket.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin control mechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof.
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted.
  • the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof
  • the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzle down, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from the amplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gun pocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof and to terminate at the gun;
  • a gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin control mechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof, the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzle down, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from the amplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gun pocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof and to terminate at the gun, the relative dimensions of housing, pocket, gun and cable being such that when the gun is properly positioned in the pocket with muzzle down the bight of the cable hangs substantially on line with the bottom

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Jime 2, 1942. M. w. KENNEY ETAL GUN STAND FOR ELECTRIC TARGET DEVICES- Filed July 15, 1940 f 2 Z jiz zzzans' JZa/ax iii/2272724? Patented June 2, 1942 UNETED GUN STAND FOR ELECTRIC TARGET DEVICES Mahlon W. Kenney, Oak Park, and Herman G. Jensen, Chicago, 111., assignors to Rayolite Rifle Range Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Oklahoma Our invention relates to improvements in gun stands for electric target devices and has for one object to provide a new and improved type of gun stand which may be used in connection with any suitable type of target device. Other objects of our invention are to provide a gun stand which will hold a plurality of guns, to provide a gun stand which will so hold the guns that the likelihood of twisting or breaking the control cable will be reduced to a minimum, and to provide a gun stand which in a single portable unit may contain the coin control and coin reception mechanism, the target and gun control amplifier and the guns themselves.
Other objects will appear from time to time in the specification.
Our invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a plan view.
Figure 2 is a front elevation.
Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-.3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 2. Figure Figure 2.
Like parts are indicated by like characters in the various figures.
Our invention is intended to be used in connection with the well-known type of electric light target apparatus wherein an electrically actuated or controlled light gun is fired from a distant point at a target. One of the problems in connection with such devices as this is the support and protection of the gun to prevent it falling out on the floor and the like and to prevent interference, breakage and especially twisting of the gun control cable when the gun is not in use.
In the past gun stands have been made containing only the coin vault and coin control slide and switch at the top of the stand with a rack for the gun. Such a stand is unstable. By putting the amplifying mechanism at the bottom of the stand we are able to provide a stable stand to take up little, if any, additional room and to 5 is a section along the line 5-5 of make a much smaller target housing which may The inside surfaces of the walls 3, 5, 1, It, 1 l are lined with rubber or other suitablecushioning material l2 so that the gun I3 may be inserted from above without danger of damage. The pocket 9 tapers down much as the old-fashioned cavalry gun scabbard so that the gun is guided into proper position. The top of the pocket 9 is partially closed by the wall 13 slotted at l4, the slot being provided with a cushion 15. The wall 3 comes up high enough so that the operator, as he stands back of the guncabinet, will see through the slot G4 the top of the wall 3 and be easily able to guide the gun into position.
In the Wall 13 is an aperture it, the wall 10 is apertured at H and the gun cable l8 extends from the plug. 19 upwardly through the apertures I1 and it to the gun. The relationship of cable and gun, when the gun is in the storage position in the gun cabinet, as indicated in Figure 3, is such that the cable hangs down but does not reach the floor so there is no danger of stepping on or tripping over the cable.
I have illustrated two such gun and holster arrangements. There might be one only or there might be more than two. In the preferred form the walls I, 8 define a closed chamber within the housing between the two gun pockets. This central chamber is horizontally divided by a partition 20. The area above the partition 20 defines a, coin chamber 21, which is closed by the door 22 in the apertured wall 3, having a lock 23. 24 is a coin control mechanism including the usual slide, switches and the like, details of which are.
'21 is a window through which bad money as sorted by the mechanism 24 may be seen, and 2B is an electric control button.
The lower part of the chamber between the walls '1 and 8 and below the partition 28 contains one or more amplifying mechanisms 29. A control cable Sill goes out of the front of the box to extend to the target mechanism and to provide a source of power for the operation of the amplifier. The chamber containing the amplifier is closed by a removable door 39 with lock 3| in the apertured wall 4, there being a window 32 through which the amplifying mechanism may be inspected if desired.
The wall 4, where it bounds the rear side of the chamber 21, is offset as indicated at 33 to form a kind of pocket between the walls 1 and 8, within which the bad coin window 2i may be visible.
We claim:
1. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof.
2. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a, slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined.
3. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including a housing containing an upwardly and rearii ardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket :being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, the lower portion of the back wall being more nearly parallel to the vertical wall than is the upper portion of the wall.
4. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including a housing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorly cushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and length of the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the-pocket, the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminating short of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upper edge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, the front Wall of the pocket terminating below and out of contact with the upper edge of the cover.
5. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, the upper chamber extending the entire depth of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depthof the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber.
6. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, a removable door for each closed chamber extending substantially the entire width of the chamber, the door to the lower chamber being in the back and the door to the upper chamber in the front of the housing. 7
, 7. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the lower chamber having an extension extending upwardly alongside of the upper chamber above the bottom thereof and alongside of the gun pocket.
8. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the back and. side walls of the gun pocket being substantially vertical, the wall separating the gun pocket from the lower chamber being inclined.
9. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire Width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, a closure for the gun pocket comprising an inclined member extending upwardly from front to rear, terminating above the back wall of the pocket and slotted from the upper edge backwardly and downwardly, the slot being narrower than the width of the gun pocket.
10. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin control mechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof.
11. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted. to contain a coin control mechanism the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof, the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzle down, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from the amplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gun pocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof and to terminate at the gun;
12. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including a housing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other, the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gun pocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin control mechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electric amplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire width thereof, the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzle down, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from the amplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gun pocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof and to terminate at the gun, the relative dimensions of housing, pocket, gun and cable being such that when the gun is properly positioned in the pocket with muzzle down the bight of the cable hangs substantially on line with the bottom of the housing.
MAHLON W. KENNEY. HERMAN Gr. JENSEN.
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US4159588A (en) * 1976-08-19 1979-07-03 Pfeiffer Hans W Apparatus for supporting sporting guns during testing intervals
FR2711420A1 (en) * 1993-10-20 1995-04-28 Barnett Int Ltd Rifle and support.
US20050242507A1 (en) * 2004-01-13 2005-11-03 Christian Patterson Paintball target range
US20160153745A1 (en) * 2014-12-02 2016-06-02 Stephen Mark Higgins Universal Holster Assembly
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US4159588A (en) * 1976-08-19 1979-07-03 Pfeiffer Hans W Apparatus for supporting sporting guns during testing intervals
FR2711420A1 (en) * 1993-10-20 1995-04-28 Barnett Int Ltd Rifle and support.
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US20050242507A1 (en) * 2004-01-13 2005-11-03 Christian Patterson Paintball target range
US20160153745A1 (en) * 2014-12-02 2016-06-02 Stephen Mark Higgins Universal Holster Assembly
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