US3348531A

US3348531A - Toy gun having a divided magazine

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Publication number: US3348531A
Application number: US349841A
Authority: US
Inventors: Yano Hiroshi
Original assignee: SEKIDEN KAGAKU KOGYO CO Ltd
Current assignee: SEKIDEN KAGAKU KOGYO CO Ltd
Priority date: 1964-03-06
Filing date: 1964-03-06
Publication date: 1967-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 1984-10-24

Description

Oct. 24, 1967 HIROSHI YANO TOY GUN HAVING'A DIVIDED MAGAZINE Fil 'ed March 6, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 24, 5 HIROSHI YANO 3,348,531

TOY GUN HAVING A DIVIDED MAGAZINE Filed March 6. 1964 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 o :A I 23 O ff W ij Oct. 24,1967 7 R H YANQ 3,348,531

TOY GUN HAVING A DIVIDED MAGAZINE Filed March a, 1964 a Sheets-Sheet :s

United States Patent 3,348,531 TOY GUN HAVING A DIVIDED MAGAZINE Hiroshi Yano, Sekiden Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., 2 l-chome, Jinai-cho, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, Japan Filed Mar. 6, 1964, Ser. No. 349,841 3 Claims. (Cl. 124-27) It is desirable for the toy gun players that their toy 7 guns are capable of rapidly and continuously discharging the balls just like real magazine guns. With conventional toy guns, however, it is difiicult for the players to conduct such rapid and continuous shooting, especially when the muzzle of the toy gun is turned to the upwardly oblique direction, due to the fact that they are generally incapable of smoothly feeding the balls in the magazines into a feed hole, through which the balls are dropped the walls being formed between the internal upper wall of the gun body and the upper free end of the wall, thereby enabling the balls, stored in each magazine, to be easily and quickly guided and fed into said feed hole, and to be smoothly dropped down to the stopper for the ball, one after the other, to the last ball, so that the player may be able to conduct rapid and continuous shooting.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved toy gun of the type described, characterized in that a pivoting plate, which permits only the balls in the rear magazine to be transferred into the front magazine, is provided on the internal upper wall of the gun body, said plate being positioned just above the free end of the upwardly projected partition wall, and an opening formed above the free end of the partition wall may automatically be closed when the muzzle is turned to the upward or upwardly oblique direction, so as to prevent the balls in the front magazine from passing into the rear magazine, thereby enabling the balls to .be smoothly down to a position where the ball is struck to be dis- V vide an improved toy gun of the type described, charcharged, especially when the muzzle is turned to that direction.

It is necessary to turn the muzzle to the upwardly oblique direction in order to enable the ball to be driven in the distance, since the ball driving power of toy gun is not so powerful in general. Then, the toy gun players are apt to turn the muzzle to that direction so that the ball discharged out of the discharge bore may be driven as far as possible. With conventional toy guns of the kind, however, when the muzzle is turned to the upwardly oblique direction, the balls stored in the front portion of the front magazine above said feed hole are rolled back wardly and apt to pass over the feed hole without falling thereinto, because, in such conventional toy guns, there is provided no specific and effective device or means for guiding the balls into said feed hole.

The present invention has been devised to remove such drawbacks indicated with such conventional toy guns, and for this purpose, provides an improved toy gun in which a plurality of magazines are formed with one or plurality of longitudinal partition walls, said wall or one of said walls being provided on the rear end of a feed hole, through which the balls in the magazines are dropped down, one by one, to a stopper for the ball, on which the ball is struck to be discharged, and said wall or walls having an opening or openings, through which the balls in each magazine may be transferred into another or the other magazines, thereby enabling the balls, stored in each magazine, to easily and quickly be guided and fed into said feed hole, and to be smoothly dropped down to the stopper for the ball, one after the other, to the last ball, so that the player may be able to conduct rapid and continuous shooting.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved toy gun in which a plurality of magazines for balls areformed with one or a plurality of Iongitudinally projected partition walls having an opening or openings, through which the balls in each magazine may be transferred into another or the other magazines, said one or one of said walls being'upwardly projected from the rear end of the feed hole, and the opening for guided and fed into the feed hole, so that the player may be able to conduct rapid and continuous shooting, even when the muzzle is turned to those directions.

Still another object of the present invention is to proacterized in that a longitudinal partition wall is provided in the gun body, forming two magazines for balls, said partition wall being projected from the rear end of the feed hole to the upwardly oblique direction, said wall having an opening through which the balls in each magazine may be transferred into the other magazine, and said opening being able to be closed with a slidable plate slidably mounted in said wall, and when said opening is closed with said plate, the balls in the front magazine are smoothly guided and fed into the feed hole without passing into the rear magazine, thereby enabling the player to conduct rapid and continuous shooting, even when the muzzle is turned to the upward direction.

The features of the present invention which are believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. This invention itself, both as to its construction and action, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may be best understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a form of embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURE 2a is a longitudinal sectional side view of a principal portion of a toy gun embodying another particularity of the present invention.

FIGURE 2b is a view similar to the view shown in FIGURE 21:, illustrating the other form of embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURE 3 is a view of the toy gun as shown in FIG- URE 1, illustrating the state of the .balls being fed into the feed hole, in case when the nozzle is turned to the upwardly oblique direction.

FIGURE 4 is a view of the toy gun in which a pivoting plate is provided, illustrating the state of the balls being fed into the feed hole, in case when the muzzle is turned to the upward direction.

As may be seen from the accompanying drawings, each form of embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGURES 1 to 2b illustrates the toy gun in which one 3 partition wall is provided to form two magazines for the balls.

Turning to FIGURE 1, the toy gun is provided with one longitudinal partition wall 4 in its gun body 1. Said wall 4 is provided on the rear end of the feed hole A, being projected upwardly and partitioning an internal space of the gun body 1 into two

magazines

2, 3. Numeral 5 indicates an opening through which

balls

9a, or 9, in each magazine may be transferred into the other magazine, and the balls 9a, in the front magazine 2, transferred from the rear magazine 3 or fed through the inlet 12 for balls are guided and fed into the feed hole A, by means of action of the wall 4 and of the guide plate 11 for balls, and the balls 9a are dropped down to the stopper 17 for the ball one by one. The ball received by said stopper 17 is struck to be discharged by the striker lever 7 with spring power of the striker spring 8, and is discharged out through the discharge bore 10. 13 indicates a slidably mounted cover for the inlet 12, and it may be opened by ones finger for feeding balls into

magazines

2, 3. 15 indicates the breech, and 14 indicates the pressure spring for the trigger 6. And, numeral 16 indicates the stopper for the striker lever 7.

With such construction and action, the balls stored in each magazine are enabled to be easily and quickly guided and fed into said feed hole A, and to be smoothly dropped down to the stopper 17 for the ball, one after the other, to the last ball, so that the toy gun player may be able to conduct rapid and continuous shooting.

Referring now to FIGURE 2a, there are shown a couple of numerals which are not shown in FIGURE 1. Numeral 22 indicates a pivoting plate, which prevents the balls 9a from passing into the rear magazine 3, when the muzzle is turned to the upward or upwardly oblique direction, and 23 indicates the stopper for said plate 22, which prevents said plate 22 from pivoting anti-clockwise beyond the vertical line.

Turning to FIG. 2b, the partition wall 4 has an opening 5 which may be closed with the slidable plate 18, slidably mounted in the guide groove 19. An opening A through which each ball 9a is dropped down to the stopper 17 may also be closed with the slidable plate 20, slidably mounted in the bottom guide groove 21. When the toy gun player does not wish to discharge the balls he may close both of the openings 5 and A, instead of picking out the balls stored in the

magazines

2, 3.

FIGURE 3 illustrates the state of arrangement of the balls 9a being guided and fed into the feed hole A at the time when the muzzle of the toy gun shown in FIGURE 1 is turned to the upwardly oblique direction. As illustrated in this figure, the balls stored in the front magazine are smoothly guided and fed into the feed hole A by means of action of the partition wall and of the guide plate 11 for the balls 9a. In case the partition wall 4 is provided on some other position such as on a rear position spaced from the rear end of the feed hole A, if a large number of the balls are stored in the front magazine, the balls will jostle each other and will not smoothly be guided and fed into the feed hole.

FIGURE 4 also illustrates the state of arrangement of the balls 9a being guided and fed into the feed hole A at the time when the muzzle of the toy gun shown in FIG- URE 2a is turned to the upward direction. As may be seen from this figure, the opening 5 may be automatically closed with the pivoting plate 22, when the muzzle is turned to that direction. Said pivoting plate 22 being stopped by the stopper 23, so that said pivoting plate 22 may not be pivoted anti-clockwise beyond the vertical line. When said opening 5 is closed with said plate 22, the balls 9a are prevented from passing into the rear magazine 3, thereby enabling the balls 9a tobe automatically and smoothly guided and fed into the feed hole.

As aforementioned, according to the present invention, the balls stored in the magazines are smoothly guided and fed into the feed hole. In order to feed the balls 9a in the front magazine 2 into the feed hole A, the toy gun player has only to turn the muzzle slightly to the upwardly oblique direction, and if he wishes to transfer the balls 9 in the rear magazine 3 into the front magazine 2 he has only to turn the muzzle to the downward direction. Further, if he does not wish to use the balls 9 in the rear magazine 3 he may close the opening 5 with the slidable plate 18 as shown in FIGURE 2b.

As may be seen from the foregoing description, the partition wall 4 functions not only as a partitioning member to form a plurality of magazines in the gun body 1 but also as a guide member for balls. The shape, height, number and angle of the partition wall may be other than the examples shown in the accompanying drawings, and they my suitably be made in the manner to meet the requirements for the purposes aforementioned.

Through many times of experiment, I have found it undesirable to provide the longitudinal partition wall, which directly guides the balls into the feed hole, through which each ball is dropped down to a position where the ball is struck to be discharged, on a position forwardly or rearwardly spaced from the feed hole. I have found that if said partition wall is provided on a position forwardly or rearwardly spaced from the feed hole, to smoothly feed the balls thereinto become difiicult, due to the fact, as previously mentioned, that as the muzzle is turned to the upwardly oblique direction or to the upward direction, the balls are apt to pass over the feed hole instead of falling thereinto or jostle each other in the magazine above the feed hole.

In the result, it has been found that, in order to smoothly feed the balls into the feed hole, the partition wall must be provided on a position closest to the rear end of the feed hole.

Thus, as shown in FIGURES 1 to 2b which respectively illustrate each form of embodiment of the present invention, the partition wall is provided on the rear end of the feed hole.

However, any other modified form other than those herein described of embodiment of the present invention may be of course possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In conclusion, in accordance with the present invention, with such construction and action as described hereinbefore, the balls stored in each magazine are enabled to be easily and rapidly guided and fed into said feed hole A, and to be smoothly dropped down to the stopper 17 for the ball, one after the other, to the last ball, so that the toy gun player may be able to conduct rapid and continuous shooting.

I claim:

1. An improved toy gun comprising, a gun body having a discharge aperture in the front end thereof, front and rear magazines in said gun body for storing balls to be discharged by said gun, a vertical partition wall having an opening disposed in said gun body to define said front and rear magazines, said partition wall at its lower end defining a feed aperture for said balls to drop singly therethrough from said front magazine, said partition wall projecting upwardly from the rear end'of said feed aperture, planar shutter means extending from the internal upper wall of said gun body in substantial alignment with said partition wall to form said opening, and striking means for discharging each of said balls when said balls are in alignment with said discharge aperture after passing through said feed aperture.

2. An improved toy gun comprising, a gun body having a dischange aperture in the front end thereof, front and rear magazines in said gun body for storing balls to be discharged by said gun, a vertical partition wall having an opening disposed in said gun body to define said front and rear magazines, said partition wall at its lower end defining a feed aperture for said balls to drop singly therethrough from said front magazine, said partition wall projecting upwardlyfrom the rear end of said feed aperture,

planar shutter means extending from the internal upper wall of said gun body in substantial alignment with said partition wall to form 'said opening, and striking means for discharging each of said balls When said ball is in alignment with said discharge aperture after passing through said feed aperture, said partition wall forming a portion of said opening and projecting upwardly obliquely from the rear end of said feed aperture.

3. An improved toy gun as defined in claim 2 wherein said partition wall has a pair of internal guide grooves in the sides thereof, and said shutter means comprises a shutter plate slidably mounted in said guide grooves whereby said balls may be selectively transferred from said rear magazine to said front magazine.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 11/1957 Yamauchi 124-49 X 5/ 1958 Saito 124-27 1-1/ 1960 Tylle 12450 10/ 1965 Yano 124-49 FOREIGN PATENTS 11/ 1954 Belgium.

W. R. BROWNE, Assistant Examiner.

Examiners.

Claims

1. AN IMPROVED TOY GUN COMPRISING, A GUN BODY HAVING A DISCHARGE APERTURE IN THE FRONT END THEREOF, FRONT AND REAR MAGAZINES IN SAID GUN BODY FOR STORING BALLS TO BE DISCHARGED BY SAID GUN, A VERTICAL PARTITION WALL HAVING AN OPENING DISPOSED IN SAID GUN BODY TO DEFINE SAID FRONT AND REAR MAGAZINES, SAID PARTITION WALL AT ITS LOWER END DEFINING A FEED APERTURE FOR SAID BALLS TO DROP SINGLY THERETHROUGH FROM SAID FRONT MAGAZINE, SAID PARTITION WALL PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE REAR END OF SAID FEED APERTURE, PLANAR SHUTTER MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE INTERNAL UPPER WALL OF SAID GUN BODY IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PARTITION WALL TO FORM SAID OPENING , AND STRIKING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING EACH OF SAID BALLS WHEN SAID BALLS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DISCHARGE APERTURE AFTER PASSING THROUGH SAID FEED APERTURE.