US263048A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

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J. M. KEEP TOY PISTOL. No. 263,048. Patented Aug. 2Q.i 1882.

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JAMES M. KEEP, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSINOR T() ROBERT FOULDS, OF PASSAIG, NEW JERSEY.

TOY PlSTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,048, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed April 22, 188'2. (Model.)

To all whom fit may concer/iz Re it known that I, JAMES M. KEEP, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- 1o Figure l is a perspective View of the upper side ot' my improved pistol. Fig. 2 is alike view of the lower side of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of said toy with the hammer raised and set, and Fig. 4 is a like view of the same with the hammer in its normal position.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the igures.

The design of my invention is to produce, in

2o a simple, inexpensive, and ornamental form, a toy pistol for use in exploding caps; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

z 5 In the annexed drawings, A represents the body or frame of my pistol, the main part of which is straight, while its rear end is turned downward in a curve, so as to form a handle, a, as shown. The lower side of the frame A 3o is provided with a longitudinal recess, a', and from a point in rear ofthe front end to a point near the commencement of the handle a said groove is extended through said frame and forms a slot, a2. Near the rear end ofthe slot (t2 are provided a couple otllugs, a3, which extend upward upon opposite sides of the same, and are connected by means of a round crossbar, a4, as shown in Fig. l, while near the front end of said slot a second bar, c5, extends 4o across the lower side of said frame, as seen in Fig. 2.

Pivoted upon the cross-bar d4 is a hammer, B, which is preferably made in the form of an alligator, with its lowerjaw, b, adapted to impinge upon an anvil, a6, which is provided at the front end of the frame A, and has a recessed or cnpshaped face. The hind legs, b',

of the alligator extend in a curve downward through the rear end of the slot a? and operate as a trigger, while its tail b2 has a rearward 5o and upward curve, and serves as a means for raising said hammer.

Within the groove a2 is placed a dat spring, C, which extends from beneath the anvil a rearward over the cross-bar a5, and terminates slightly in rear of the cross-bar a4, where it bears upon a lug, b3, which extends downward from the hind legs, b', of the alligator, forming the hammer B. The location ot the bearing b3 with relation to the pivotal bearing a4 is 6o such as to cause the upward pressure of the spring O to hold the front end of the ham mer B with a considerable pressure upon the anvil aG, and, if said hammer is raised and liberated, to cause it to impinge with sulicient force upon said anvil to explode a percussion'cap placed thereon. Said bearing b3 is also arranged so that when said hammer is Y raised to its limit of motion it will receive the pressure of said spring directly in a line with 7o said pivotal bearing a4, and will operate to lock said hammer in such raised or cocked7 position, from which position said hammer may be released by aslight rearward pressure upon the trigger b.

In order that the hammer may be readily placed in or removed from position, the pivotal bearing a4 is contained within a half-round recess that is formed in the upper side ot' the hind legs, b', the construction permitting of 8o the ready insertion of said hammer into place, where it is kept by the upward pressure of tbe spring C. The spring C requires no fastening, being automatically held in place within the groove a2, between the cross-bar a5 and the 8 5 front end of the frame A.

In constructingthe pistoleach part is adapted to the others, and may be readily placed in or removed from position, no rivets or screws being employed in the device. 9o

While the form of an alligator is preferably employed for the hammer, it will be seen that the forms of other animals, fishes, or fowls are equally applicable. Consequently I do notcontine myselt'toanyspecial form forsaid hammer. 95

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new 1s In a toy pistol, the hammer B, trigger b', In testimonythatclaimthe foregoinghave 1o thumb-piece or set b2, and stud b3, cast in hereunto set my hand this 11th day of April, one piece, and having a. rounded notch orA 1882. bearing between the parts b and b2,il1 combi- 5 nation with the frame A, having raised lugs a3, connected by the fulcrum-bar a, and spring Witnesses: (1,2111 constructed and combined to operate JOHN HOGAN, substantially in the manner and for the puri J. E. STEVENSON. pose herein shown and specified.

J. M. KEEP.

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