US273956A - David a - Google Patents

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(No Model) D. CLARK.. TOY PISTOL. No. 273.956. Patehted Mar.*13. 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. GLARK, OF ST. LOUIS,MISS6URI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK T. FLETCHER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY,,P|STOL.

-SPCIFICA,TION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 273,956, dateol March 13, 1883.

Application filed October 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that 'I, DAVID A. CLARK, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement iu Toy Pistols, ot which the followa ing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin g part of this 'specification, in which t v Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2is a lon gitudinal section, showing the instrument in firing position,- Fig. 3 is a similar view, showingthe parts atrest. Fig. 4 is a detail top view,part in section. Fig. 5 is a trainsverse section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on line 6 6,-Fig. 3.

Myinvention relates to a toy pistol for shooting marbles and firing a cap at the same time; and my invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referrin g to the drawings, A represents the body of the pist0l, which is preferably made in two halves or parts secured together at the muzzle by an upward projectioh, B, on one half or part engagingbeneath alipformed projection, C, on the other half, which forms the sight of the pistol, and at the handle by aprojection, D, on one-half engaging with a projection, E, on the other half. Thus the two ends of the pistol are held together, and the center"fs made fast"by a screw, F, and by these three fastenings the two parts are held securely together. A

Gr represents the ham mer of the pistol, pivoted to the body by a pintle or small pin, H, and provided with.notches Gr for the engagemcnt of the sear I, which has a spiral spring, J, lo-

cated behind its follower in a socket,j, to

keep its forward end in contact with the hammer except when pushed forward by the trigger K, whose upper end engages with the sear by means of-a notch, L, in thesear.

M represents a plunger having an eye or opening, m, in its rear end, which engages over a. book or horn, N, secnred to or formed upon the hammer Gr. Thus the plunger is pulled back and pushed forward each time the hammer is operated.

0 is a disk secured tothe plunger near its forward end, and between this disk andthe breech end a of the barrel surrounding the pinnger is a spiral spring, P, which it will be seen is compressed by cooking the pistol, and when the hammer is releasedwill throw the plunger forward, cjecti ng the ball or marble Q.

lt is a bridge, against which the disk 0 strikes or rests when the plunger is in its for-- ward position. The plunger is preferabl y provided with a round head,

While the pistol is loaded the marble is held therein by a flat spring, T, secuned to the interior of the barre]. (See Fig. 4.)

t The breech of the pistol is formed with a cap-piece, U, having groove u for reoeivin g a com mon toy-pistol cap, V, which is strnck by the hammer, as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim as my invention- 1. A toy-pistol body consisting of two parts having spring-sockets j, cap-pice U, formed with groove u, projection B, and lip O, forming the sight and looking the forward end of the body, projections D and E, for looking the hreech-barrel, breech end a, bridge R, near the forward end of barre], and suitable means, F, for securing the two parts of the body together, as set forth.

2. The combination of body A, having barrel formed with breech end a and bridge R, hammer Gr, having born N, plunger M, having slotted rear end en'gaged with the horn, disk O, mounted on plunger intermediate of bridge and breech 'end, spring between disk and hreech end, and suitable spring-sear and trigger, as set forth. u

DAVID A. CLARK.

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