US281455A

US281455A - David a

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Publication number: US281455A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 1900-07-17

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mammal.) I D. A.. CLARK.

TOY PISTOL. v I

July 17,1883.

No. 281,455. Patented FJ' J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 281,455, dated July 1'7, 1883.

To all whom it may 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 in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a longitudinal section, showing the parts in firing position. Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the parts after firing. Fig. 3 is a front View. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail View; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4, showing the concussion-capreceiving chamber, with its side opening.

My present invention relates to an improvement on the pistol for which Letters Patent of the United States were issued to myself and assignee, Frank T. Fletcher, 13th of March, 1883, No. 273, 956 and this invention consists in points of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of the pistol, which is similar to that shown and described in the patent mentioned.

B represents the plunger O, the hammer; D, i

the sear, and E the trigger. The trigger and sear are formed in one piece, which is pivoted to the body at F. The hammer has notches G, with which the sear is made to engage by means of a spring, H, one end of which bears against the under side of a projection, I, of the sear. The other end of the spring H extends into the barrel of the pistol for the purpose of holding the marble J in place before firing. This spring is preferably secured in place by passing or being inserted in a serpentine groove, K, in the body of the pistol, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The spring is thus securely held from any end movement, and its ends are free to perform their respective duties, the construction being cheap, simple, and durable.

The plunger is formed of a plain piece of bent wire, which is hooked'over a horn, L, of the hammer, and has secured to its outer ends a disk, M, against which the marble rests before firing, as shown. The plunger works through Application filed April 5, 1883. (N0 model.)

a slot or perforation in the breech of the pistol, and is thus guided and held in its proper position. The hammer works in a vertical opening in the breech of the pistol, as shown.

The slot in which the plunger works is formed by ribs N in the vertical walls of the opening in which the hammer works, the ribs being on the two parts of the body of the pistol, and

there being space enough between them (see Fig.5) for the passage of the horn L as the hammer is cooked and the pistol fired. By having the plunger pass through the breech of the pistol a good guide is had, and the barrel of the pistol can be made quite short.

0 represents the spring that surrounds the plunger and throws it forward when the pistol is fired. I

1? represents a chamber having inner chamber, P, beneath the opening, to receive and retain a concussion-cap, which is struck by the hammer when the pistol is fired. (See Fig. 2.) The opening Q to this chamber, through which the cap is inserted, is in the side, instead of on top, as usual, so that there is no danger of part of the cap flying and striking the person firing the pistol in the face.

I claim as my invention 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a sear, hammer, plunger, and barrel, of the spring extending from the sear through the bottom of the barrel, to hold a marble in firing position and the sear in contact with the hammer, as set forth.

2. In a toy pistol, the combination of sear, hammer, plunger, barrel having serpentine grooves K, and spring extending from the sear through said grooves, with the barrel to hold a marble in firing position and the sear in contact with the hammer, as set forth.

3. In a toy pistol, the combination of scar, hammer, plunger, and barrel A, having hollow breech formed with horizontal guides N for the plunger within the breech, the plunger being engaged with a horn on the hammer, both in loading and firing positions of the parts, as set forth.

4. In a toy pistol, a body, A, having a breech formed with cap-opening Q at the side,

chamber P, and inner chamber, 1?, to retain E, having projection I, and spring H, extendthe (ap, in combination with suitable haming from the projection through the bottom of mer, sear, and trigger, as set forth. the body to retain a marble, as set forth.

5. In a toy pistol, the combination of body DAVID A. CLARK. 5 A, plunger B, spring 0 around the plunger, XVitnesses:

hammer 0, having horn L, engaging plunger GEO. H. KNIGHT,

and notches G, combined sear and trigger D SAML. KNIGHT.