US342893A

US342893A - Aronamous b

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Publication number: US342893A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 1903-06-01

Description

(No Model.)

A. B. AUSTIN.

TOY PISTOL.

No. 342,893. Patented June 1, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFIcE.

ARONAMOUS B. AUsrIN, or FORT WAYNE, INDIA IA, ASSIGNQR 'ro' JAooB D. GUMIPER, DANIEL J. HARMON, JR, AND JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS, ALL

OF SAME PLACE.

' TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,893, dated June 1, 1886. I

- Application filed January 11, 1686. Serial No. 188,188. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ARONAMOUS B. Aus- TIN, a resident of Fort Vayne, Allen county, Indiana, have invented certain new and novel Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

The several features of my invention will be apparent from the following description and claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of a pistol embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the center, showing the arrangement of ,the different parts when in position to shoot or eject the ball. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, the parts being shown in the position they assume after the ball has been discharged.

The general exterior configuration of my improved toy pistol is the same as an ordinary pistol.

A represents the barrel, and B the stock or handle. The barrel is preferably cast in two equal parts, and the stockis also preferably cast in two equal parts, the line of division being a central longitudinal plane. The adjacent half of the barrel and half of the stock are preferably made and cast together. Thus will be formed two equal parts, each part representing one-half of the complete barrel and stock. These two parts are fastened together by any suitable means, as bolts screws, &c. The barrel A has a partition, A, across its diameter, preferably as shown, about onethird the distance of its length from the muzzle. The inner surface of the end 0 of the barrel A, which extends from the partition A" forward, is made in a flaring or conical shape, as 0, from the muzzle inward to the partition, in order to accommodate different sizes of balls. In this partition A is made a recess to hold and guide the rod D, which rod is used to expel the ball E. This partition is preferably cast with and made a part of the barrel.

In the breech of the barrel A, preferably at the upper side, as shown, is cast a guidinglug, F, which lug is made hollow, to accommodate the rod D. When the barrel and stock are cast in two parts, as hereinbefore specified, this lug F is cast one half to one half the barrel, and the other half to the other half of the barrel.

The rod D, which operates in the apertures in the partition A and lug F, is made a trifle larger at the forward end, d, and also a trifle 5 larger near the rear end, as at d, so that when the pistol is raised in a perpendicular position, or nearly so, the rod will drop back of its own weight, and the increased parts d and d of the rod will catch in the apertures in the partition A and lug F-that is, part 01 will catch in partition A and d in lug Fand hold said rod in position till removed by the stroke of the hammer. To this rod D is cast a lug, d, which lug serves to retain the rod in the 6 barrel, as the said lug will not permit the rod to be expelled through the aperture in the partition. 7

The hammer G and spring I, used to expel the ball E through the agency of rod D, are preferably the same as is used in an ordinary cheap pistol.

The pivots on which the hammer and trigger operate are preferably cast With one-half the stock, as shown, in order to cheapen the manufacture.

The trigger H is preferably held in position with relation to the hammer by means of a suitable spring, as h, in order to catch and hold the hammer when drawn back. 3

In operation my device is very simple and reliable. When it is desired toload'and shoot, all that is necessary is to set the hammer, raise the pistol in a perpendicular position, to allow the rod D to adjust itself in position, 8 then insert .the ball in the muzzle, as shown, and all is in readiness for operation. The conical configuration of the inner surface of this part 0 of barrel A will admit of the ball being. slightly wedged in position in the barrel, and of the pistol being held in any position without the ball dropping therefrom.

The various advantages of my improved toy pistol will be apparent at a glance. It is accurate and reliable in operation, and does not make a report when discharged, "and is not dangerous to life or limb of the child, as

is the case in most toy pistols. It is very cheap 2. In a toy pistol, the combination of conical-shaped barrel 0, partition A, bearing F, 15

and sliding rod D, the said rod lying in a line oblique to the barrel proper, and provided with stops, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

ARONAMOUS 13. AUSTIN.

Attest:

TILLIS D. MAIER, A. J RAUCH.