US2534976A

US2534976A - Toy bomb

Info

Publication number: US2534976A
Application number: US633286A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clifford A Kidder
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-12-07
Filing date: 1945-12-07
Publication date: 1950-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 1967-12-19

Description

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TOY -BOMB Filed Dec. '7, 1945 Patented Dec. 19, 1950 UNHTED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'roy Boivin Clifford A. Kidder, Detroit, Mich. Application December 7, 1945g Serial No. 633,286

2 Claims.

This invention relates to toys, and in partien ular, to toy bombs.

One object of this invention is to provide a toy bomb having means in the nose thereof for carrying and exploding an explosive cap on contact with a solid object. 'Another object is to provide a toy aerialv bomb with a nose carrying a cap and a firing pin and heavier than the tail structure, thereby insuring that the ring pin will hit. the ground rst and explode the cap.

Another object is to provide a toy aerial bomb as set forth in the preceding object wherein the flight of the bomb is assisted by tail ns.

Another object is to provide a toy aerial bomb having a relatively light body such as wood or plastic provided with guiding fins and having at its forward end a removable nose of heavy material containing an explosive cap chamber and a contact :tiring pin whereby the bomb when thrown into the air will hit the ground noseforemost and explode the cap.

Another object .is to provide a toy aerial bomb as set forth in the preceding objects wherein the nose is provided with a quickly detachable connection with the body so as to facilitate rapid replacement of explosive caps.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description of the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a toy aerial bomb according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, with the nose portion in central horizontal section;

Figure 2 is a forward end elevation of the toy bomb shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section along the line 3 3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of an explosive cap used in the toy bomb of Figures 1 to 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan View of the nose portion of a modified toy bomb;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section along the line 6 6 in Figure 5; and

Figure '7 is a central longitudinal section through the nose portion of the toy bomb shown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment generally designated IU of the toy aerial bomb of this invention. The toy bomb I0 is provided with an elongated body II tapered toward the rear end thereof and provided at its rearward end with radiating 1ongitudinal slots I2 in which are secured guide fins I3. The forward end of the body II is provided with a socket I@ provided with screw threads I5 for tightly receiving a screwy plug I3, the forward end Il of which projects slightly beyond the forward end I8 of the body II. The forward end I7 contains a recess I3 for receiving an explosive cap (Figure 4). The latter may be of explosive material throughout, but as shown in Figure 4 consists of two paper discs 2| and 22 with a pellet 23 of explosive material sandwiched therebetween.

Threaded upon the forward end I'I of the screw plug IB is a nose 24 having a threaded bore 25 therein mating with the threads on the screw plug i5. Vents 25 radiate outwardly from the chamber 2l forward of the recess I9 at the forward end of the bore 2G for the purpose of releasing the exploded gases and the noise which accompanies the explosion. The rearward end 2B of the nose 24 abuts the forward end I8 of the body II, but the nose 24 is of heavier material, such as metal, so that the forward portion of the bomb will tend to strike the ground iirst. The nose 24 is provided with a longitudinal bore 29 adapted to receive a loosely fitting firing pin 3l) having a head 3l on its rearward end adapted to engage the explosive cap 20 in the recess I9, the forward end 32 being preferably rounded.

The modification shown in Figure 6 has a similar body II with a socket I4 with threads I5 receiving a screw plug 33 tightly inserted therein and having an unthreaded forward end 34 provided with a transverse bore 35 tightly receiving a pin 36 having its end projecting outwardly beyond the plug 33. The latter is as before provided with a recess 3'! for receiving explosive caps 20.

The nose 38 is provided with a smooth bore 39 containing internal bayonet slots 5D for receiving the projecting ends of the pin 35. Radiating vents 4I are provided for releasing the exploded gases and a bore 42 carries a ring pin 43 with a head 44 and tip 45 similar to that of the ring pin 30.

In operation, the

nose

24 or 38 is detached from the body II either by unscrewing it (Figures 1 to 4 inclusive) or by a short partial turn and withdrawal by means of the bayonet joint 36-40 (Figures 5 to 7 inclusive). An explosive cap ls placed in the recess I9 or 3l and the

nose

24 or 38 is replaced by reversing the previously described operation.

The toy bomb is now grasped between the ngers and thrown through the air. The bomb will describe an arcuate path guided by the ns I3, but the heavier Weight of the

nose

24 or 38 will cause the firing pin 30 or 43 to hit the ground or other object before another part of the bomb. When the firing pin 30 or 43 hits a solid object, it is pushed inward by the impact against the explosive cap 20, exploding the latter. The noise and gases resulting from the explosion are ejected through the vents 28 or 4|. The combination of the curving path of night, terminated by the explosion and noise upon impact, produces a realistic effect which has a great appeal to children.

The exploded cap of which only the paper fragments remain, is easily replaced by again detaching the

nose

24 or 38 in the manner previously described, whereupon the foregoing action may be repeated as often as desired.

While I have shown and described my invention in detail, it is to be understood that the same is to be limited only by the appended claims, for many changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

l. A toy aerial bomb comprising an elongated body having a socket forwardly thereof, a plug mounted in said socket and projecting forwardly therefrom and having a recess therein for receiving an explosive cap, a relatively heavier nose detachably secured to the projecting portion of said plug and having a longitudinal bore therethrough, a ring pin loosely mounted in said bore and extending rearwardly to said recess, and a vent 4 leading from the marginal portion of said recess remote from said bore to the exterior of said bomb.

2. A toy aerial bomb comprising an elongated body having a socket forwardly thereof, a plug mounted in said socket and projecting forwardly from said body and having a recess therein for receiving an explosive cap, a relatively heavier nose detachably secured to the projecting portion of said plug, and having a longitudinal bore therethrough, a firing pin loosely mounted in said bore and extending rearwardly to said recess, and a vent leading from the marginal portion 0f said recess remote from said bore in a direction obliquely forward and outward to the exterior of said bomb.

CLIFFORD A. KIDDER.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 433,427 Vogel et al July 29, 1890 1,502,198 Hill July 22, 1924 1,893,787 Schroeder Jan. 10, 1933 1,924,261 Thompson Aug. 29, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 606,333 Germany Nov. 8. 1934