US2529709A - Toy gun - Google Patents

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TOY GUN Filed May 28, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet l WITNESES:

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Y E N R O T T A Patented Nov. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,"

Joseph A. Sigg, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application May 28, 1946, Serial No. 672,806

4 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toy guns, and it is among the objects thereof to provide toy guns having mobile parts simulating the action of automatic guns and which shall be provided with actuating mechanism creating such movements which simultaneously produce sound effects.

In my former Patents Nos. 2,356,706, dated August 22, 1944 and 2,399,149, dated April 23, 1946, I have disclosed toy guns employing ratchet mechanism actuated by cranks to produce visual and sound effects of automatic rifles. In accordance with the present invention the need for an actuating crank is eliminated, which reduces the cost of manufacture and which especially adapts the principles of the operating mechanism disclosed in the instant case to the pistol type or hand gun toys.

The invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the accompanying drawings, constituting a part hereof, in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in which Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional View, partially in elevation, taken longitudinally of a toy gun embodying the principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view taken along the line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a side elevational View diagrammatically illustrating a modified form of the gun shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 a vertical section taken longitudinally of still another modification of the gun of Fig. I;

Fig. 5 a transverse section taken along the line 5-5, Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 a side elevational view of a fragmentary portion of the toy gun embodying a wheel trigger actuator.

With reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the draw ings, the structure therein illustrated comprises a pistol or revolver frame I having a barrel end 2 constituting an extension thereof, the barrel having a cylindrical bore 3 to constitute the muzzle. A housing 4 envelops the member I and is provided with an opening at the end 5 through V which the muzzle 2 projects. The end of the housing 4 constitutes an abutment for a coil spring 6 that fits in a spring socket i of the gun I to normally bias the housing 4 to the left of the gun as viewed in the drawing. A hand grip Ia forms an integral portion of the member I and is cut out at 8 to provide a space for movement of a paddle 9 which is secured in the grip as shown by the dotted line III.

The member I is provided with a chamber generally designated by the reference numeral II shaped with an inclined face I2 to constitute a cam slide for an actuator generally designated by the numeral I3 having an inclined face I4 that contacts the inclined cam surface I2. The actuator I3 is provided with a lug I5 that abuts an offset or shoulder portion 16 of the housing 6, the lug I5 being permitted freedom of movement within the space of chamber I I in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The actuator I3 is provided with depending lugs I I and I8 which respectively engage a trigger arm I9 and the paddle 9, a finger trigger 20 being mounted in a curved notch H of the memher I. A coil spring 22 is disposed between spring seats 23 and 24%, the spring abutting against a shoulder 25 of the actuator I3 at one end and against an abutment 26 of the member I at its other end.

The operation of the gun shown in Fig. 1 is briefly as follows.

7 With the mechanism in the position shown in Fig. 1, when trigger 20 is pulled the actuator I3 will be pushed forward with the lug I5 engaging shoulder I6 of the housing 4 which is advanced in the right-hand direction towards the muzzle end of the gun. In this movement paddle 9 is deflected towards the right, spring 22 is compressed and spring 6 is compressed. As the actuator I3 advances the inclined portion I 4 sliding against the cam face I2 will cause the actuator to be depressed downward to the point where lug I5 clears the shoulder I6 of'the housing 4. At this point the housing will be retracted by spring 6 and spring 22 will retract actuator I3 to the position shown in Fig. 1, restoring trigger 20 to the set position as shown. In the forward movement of the actuator I3 the lug I8 will clear the deflected paddle member 9 and allow the same to return to its normal vertical position as shown, causing it to impact against the face of the opening 8 in the handle I to produce a sharp sound. When the actuator I3 is retracted by spring 22, lug I8, which has an inclined face I Be, will clear the top of the paddle member 9 and assume the position shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of the toy pistol shown in Fig. 3-, the housing 28 is stationary and joined to the grip '29. The barrel 30 is movable in the housing 28 by means of the following mechanism. The barrel is provided with a slot 3| in whichis dis posed a pin 32 that is secured to the walls of the housing 28. The actuator 33, of the form of the actuator I3 in Fig. 1, engages pin 32 and a lug 34 provided on the barrel 30, Both the housing 28 and the barrel 30 are notched, as shown at and 36, respectively, for receiving a coil spring 31 which normally maintains the barrel and housing in the position shown in Fig. 3. The spring 3'! functions as would the spring 6 in Fig. 1 to maintain a normal position of the relatively movable barrel and housing.

In operation, when trigger 20 is pulled, the actuator 33 will be advanced with the lug 33a engaging the member 34 of the barrel, causing the latter to move forward. Simultaneously the actuator 33, by engagement Of pin 32, will be depressed to release lug 33a which causes spring 31 that has been compressed by the forward movement of the barrel to retract the latter to its normal position. Spring 32 functions to return actuator 33 to normal position and reset trigger 20 and the paddle 9 cooperates with the lug 18 in the manner described in connection with Fig. 1 to produce the sound effect.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 4, the gun barrel 39 is stationary, as in Fig. 1, and the housing 40 is movably mounted thereon for sliding movement in a horizontal plane. The actuator 41, trigger 42, paddle 53 and coil spring 44 function as in the structure of Figure 1 as does also the retraction spring 45 at the rear of the housing. The novel feature of the design of Fig. 4 is a reciprocating pin 46 constituting the muzzle of the barrel 39 which is actuated by a wheel 4! engaging cogs or pins 48 in the pin 46, the pin being slotted for receiving the wheel 41. Wheel 47 is provided with an axle 49 disposed in a slot 50 of the barrel and the teeth of the wheel engage a serrated portion 5| of the housing 40.

In operation, when trigger 42 is pulled, housing 40 will move forward until the actuator trips when it is retracted by the coil spring 45. In this forward movement the serrations 5| by engagement of the teeth of wheel 4'! effect a reciprocatory movement of the pin or muzzle 46.

In the form of the actuator shown in Fig. 6, a housing 53 is movably mounted on a stock 54, the housing having a raised portion 55 forming a shoulder or abutment 56 for the teeth 5! of a trigger wheel 51a that is journaled by a pin 58, in the stock of the gun. A sound paddle 59 also engages the teeth 51 of the trigger wheel as shown and a hairpin spring 60 is disposed in a notch 6| of the gun stock and engages the ends of a slot of the housing 53. Air vents 62 are provided for ornamental appearance on the housing of the gun.

In operation, the trigger wheel 41 is spun with the finger in the direction shown by the arrow and the teeth 51 successively abut shoulder 56 and the movable housing which is displaced forward against the tension of spring 66 and caused to rebound against the next succeeding tooth of the wheel, while paddle 59 clears the teeth and strikes a flat surface 590, of the gun stock. The rapidity of movement of the wheel causes several of the teeth to so act in a single pull, thereby producing reciprocatory movement of the housing 53 and a staccato effect by the paddle 59. The trigger wheel may be made of a smooth plastic to allow slipping the fingers over the teeth without injury.

Although several embodiments of the invention have been herein illustrated and described, it

will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

1. In a toy gun having a frame member shaped to form the chamber, barrel and grip, of a housing mounted thereon for reciprocatory movement relative to the barrel, said housing having a spring normally biasing the same into one position relative to the frame and barrel, an actuator for displacing the housing in the direction to compress the spring and a trigger mechanism for said actuator, a spring normally biasing said actuator in the direction to hold the trigger in the inactive position, and cam means in the path of movement of the actuator for tripping the latter when the housing has been advanced to its foremost position, whereby the two springs mentioned above retract the actuator to its normal position.

I 2. In a toy gun having a frame member shaped to form the chamber, barrel and grip, of a housing mounted thereon for reciprocatory movement relative to the barrel, said housing having a spring normally biasing the same into one position relative to the frame and barrel, an actuator for displacing the housing in the direction to compress the spring and a trigger mechanism for said actuator, a spring normally biasing said actuator in the direction to hold the trigger in the inactive position, cam means in the path of movement of the actuator for tripping the latter when the housing has been advanced to its foremost position, whereby the two springs mentioned above retract the actuator to its normal position, and a sound paddle mechanism in the path of movement of the actuator which is cocked and tripped before the actuator releases the housing.

3. In a toy gun, a frame shaped to form the chamber, barrel and grip and having a housing movably mounted for reciprocatory movement in a longitudinal direction to the frame and barrel, spring means maintaining the normal position of said housing and frame, an actuator for subjecting the housing to reciprocatory movement having a lug for engaging an abutment of the housing and another lug for engaging a sound paddle in the path of movement of the actuator, and a trigger for said actuator.

4. In a toy gun, a frame, a movable housing mounted on said frame, means for actuating said housing, a plug disposed in said frame simulating the muzzle of a gun, said plug having pins for engagement with a cog wheel mounted in said frame, and rack teeth in said housing in engagement with the teeth of the cog Wheel whereby upon reciprocation of the housing the muzzle pin is subjected to reciprocatory movement.

JOSEPH A. SIGG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,356,706 Sigg Aug. 22, 1944 2.399149 Sigg Apr. 23, 1946

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