US3621828A - Target projecting device with magazine indexing mechanism - Google Patents

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US3621828A
US3621828A US801221*A US3621828DA US3621828A US 3621828 A US3621828 A US 3621828A US 3621828D A US3621828D A US 3621828DA US 3621828 A US3621828 A US 3621828A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41J—TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
    • F41J9/00—Moving targets, i.e. moving when fired at
    • F41J9/16—Clay-pigeon targets; Clay-disc targets
    • F41J9/18—Traps or throwing-apparatus therefor
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  • a target trap with a revolvable magazine has a plu; rality of circularly arranged stacks of clay pigeons which can be successively brought into position above an aperture provided in a plate supporting the stacks and hence down upon the throwing arm of the trap, the magazine being revolved in stages by means of an electromotor controlled by photocell means mounted with the line of sight above the aperture so that the electromotor is started when the line of sight is unbroken as the last clay pigeon of a stack is lowered into position beneath the level of the plate.
  • a trap for ejecting disc-shaped members, so-called clay pigeons for use in target practice.
  • the said trap consists of a frame wherein a throwing arm pivotable around an upwardly inclining axis is adapted to be swung outwards by means of a spring from a position in which the throwing arm is locked to the frame so as to throw out the clay pigeon, which is transferred to a depositing surface on the inner end of the arm from a magazine which is provided above the throwing arm and receives a number of circularly arranged stacks of clay pigeons and which is adapted to be revolved around a central axis so that the stacks may successively be brought into position above an aperture provided in a fixed supporting plate carrying the stacks and above a feeding mechanism adapted to support the stack and to pass the lowermost clay pigeon onto the depositing surface of the throwing arm, wherein the magazine is connected with an electromotor adapted to move "Ice
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of the apparatus in perspective
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 viewed from another angle and in another condition.
  • the apparatus has a frame 1 with a fixed supporting plate 2 carrying a clay pigeon magazine consisting of a plate 3 which is parallel with the supporting plate 2 and which has ten circularly arranged apertures 4, each provided with an open sleeve 5 to which are attached four rods 6 forming guides for a stack 7 of disc-shaped clay pigeons 8.
  • the said magazine is attached to a central shaft 9 connected with an electromotor (not shown) which is adapted for stepwise rotation of the shaft and consequently of the magazine.
  • Each step corresponds to one-tenth of a revolution so that at each stepwise movement the stacks change their position on the supporting plate 2, the lowermost clay pigeons sliding on the supporting plate at the said movement.
  • the supporting plate 2 has an aperture 10 beneath which there is a mechanism of known kind, not further described since it forms no part of the present invention.
  • the mechanism is partially driven by a cam 11 provided on the throwing arm 12 of the apparatus, the said arm 12 being driven by a spring (not shown) in order to perform the throwing movement and it is moved into its starting position by means of an electromotor 13'.
  • the mode of operation of the feeding mechanism and the throwing arm will be evident from the following description of the operation of the apparatus.
  • photocell means 14 and 15 which, as appears from FIG. 2, have a line of sight located at the outer edge of the aperture 10.
  • the direction of rotation of the mabazine is indicated by an arrow 16.
  • the apparatus operates as follows: In the operating position there is a stack 7 of clay pigeons 8 above the aperture 10 of the supporting plate 2, and there is a number of clay pigeons beneath the supporting plate in the feeding mechanism (not shown).
  • the said feeding mechanism has primarily members adapted to support the stack of clay pigeons and to release the stack, thus permitting it to sink as much as corresponds to the thickness of a clay pigeon.
  • the mechanism further comprises means for passing the lowermost clay pigeon onto the inner end of the throwing arm which is indicated in FIG. 2 and denoted by 17.
  • the apparatus is in its starting position when the arm has been passed into the position indicated in FIG. 1, which shows a clay pigeon 8 resting on the part 17 of the arm.
  • the height of the stack 7 Will be decreased as the clay pigeons are ejected, and at last the clay pigeons located directly above the supporting plate 2 will move into the aperture 10, after which the photocell means 14, 15 can communicate, and as a result a pulse is transmitted to the electromotor for the magazine which then moves through a one-tenth revolution so that the next stack or the control means 6 thereof are passed into position above the aperture 10.
  • the movement of the magazine may be stopped thereby that the photocell means 14, 15 transmit a pulse for stopping the electromotor as soon as the lowermost clay pigeon of the next stack cuts off the connection, but the movement may also be stopped by other means.
  • the magazine will subsequently remain stationary until the next stack has been used, and as appears from the foregoing description the stacks may be of any height whatever, that is, contain different numbers of clay pigeons, and also there may be stack chambers that are completely empty, since the photocell means 14, 15 will cause the magazine to continue rotating until a clay pigeon or a stack of clay pigeons is brought into position above the aperture 10.
  • the magazine is moved by a separate motor so that the throwing arm loses no power for moving the magazine, and the magazine is moved substantially fewer times than the known apparatus, that is, whenever a stack located above the aperture in the supporting plate is empty, the photocell means reacting when the last clay pigeon has been removed from the supporting plate.
  • a very essential advantage of the apparatus according to the invention is that the clay pigeons may be arranged in the magazine wholly arbitrarily, that is, in different numbers in the different stacks, and when the magazine is being emptied, a smaller or larger stack of clay pigeons may quickly be provided at the place located directly in front of the aperture in the supporting plate. Since the supporting plate is rotated whenever the photocell means is registering that there is no clay pigeon above the throwing arm, there is little risk of the apparatus performing a throwing movement without a clay pigeon.
  • a trap for ejecting disc-shaped members in target practice having a frame with a throwing arm pivotable around an upwardly inclined axis and adapted to be swung outwards from a postion in which the throwing arm is locked to the frame for ejecting discs one by one, the discs being transferred to a deposition surface on the inner end of the arm by means of a feeding mechanism adapted for supporting a stack of discs and feeding the lowermost disc onto the depositing surface of the throwing arm

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US3937204A (en) * 1973-11-19 1976-02-10 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Oscillating target throwing device with rotary magazine assembly
US4005695A (en) * 1973-11-19 1977-02-01 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Tournament trap
US4048976A (en) * 1975-06-12 1977-09-20 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Magazine assembly for tournament trap
US4271118A (en) * 1978-01-03 1981-06-02 Hansen Ib Schreiner Method of producing a clay pigeon
US4400170A (en) * 1981-09-29 1983-08-23 Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. Implanting device and implant magazine
US4558802A (en) * 1984-07-05 1985-12-17 Elsner Engineering Works, Inc. Carousel type dispenser
US4706641A (en) * 1986-04-24 1987-11-17 Cote Roger J Automatic clay target feeder attachment for trap shooting machines
US5044350A (en) * 1987-09-22 1991-09-03 Nagao Company, Inc. Pitching machine
US5140971A (en) * 1985-08-15 1992-08-25 Heffer Brian A Throwing arm and magazine for a target throwing device
US5154315A (en) * 1991-06-26 1992-10-13 Van Dam Machine Corporation Lid loading and conveying assembly
US6318350B1 (en) 1999-08-05 2001-11-20 Innotek, Inc. Remote controlled mock bird launcher
US20070043033A1 (en) * 2005-06-01 2007-02-22 The Regents Of The University Of Michigan Unsolvated benzodiazepine compositions and methods
US20090194085A1 (en) * 2008-01-31 2009-08-06 Tom Lalor Launching system for launching target and retrieval devices
US20110186023A1 (en) * 2008-07-08 2011-08-04 Graham Charles Callander Trench clay target trap machine
US20130312726A1 (en) * 2012-05-25 2013-11-28 Raymond Aaron Mead Projectile launcher with rotatable clip connector
US9004052B1 (en) * 2012-11-20 2015-04-14 Hasbro, Inc. Launch apparatus for toy discs with disc flip mechanism
US9086251B2 (en) * 2013-10-15 2015-07-21 KHA Concepts Limited Indexing pneumatic launcher for multiple toy rocket projectiles
US9199803B1 (en) * 2013-02-11 2015-12-01 Automated Cells and Equipment, Inc. Parts supply system for robot manufacturing system
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US3937204A (en) * 1973-11-19 1976-02-10 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Oscillating target throwing device with rotary magazine assembly
US4005695A (en) * 1973-11-19 1977-02-01 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Tournament trap
US4048976A (en) * 1975-06-12 1977-09-20 Remington Arms Company, Inc. Magazine assembly for tournament trap
US4271118A (en) * 1978-01-03 1981-06-02 Hansen Ib Schreiner Method of producing a clay pigeon
US4568087A (en) * 1978-01-03 1986-02-04 Hansen Ib Schreiner Non-toxic clay pigeon
US4400170A (en) * 1981-09-29 1983-08-23 Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. Implanting device and implant magazine
US4558802A (en) * 1984-07-05 1985-12-17 Elsner Engineering Works, Inc. Carousel type dispenser
US5140971A (en) * 1985-08-15 1992-08-25 Heffer Brian A Throwing arm and magazine for a target throwing device
US4706641A (en) * 1986-04-24 1987-11-17 Cote Roger J Automatic clay target feeder attachment for trap shooting machines
US5044350A (en) * 1987-09-22 1991-09-03 Nagao Company, Inc. Pitching machine
US5154315A (en) * 1991-06-26 1992-10-13 Van Dam Machine Corporation Lid loading and conveying assembly
US6318350B1 (en) 1999-08-05 2001-11-20 Innotek, Inc. Remote controlled mock bird launcher
US20070043033A1 (en) * 2005-06-01 2007-02-22 The Regents Of The University Of Michigan Unsolvated benzodiazepine compositions and methods
US7958877B2 (en) * 2008-01-31 2011-06-14 Tom Lalor Launching system for launching target and retrieval devices
US20090194085A1 (en) * 2008-01-31 2009-08-06 Tom Lalor Launching system for launching target and retrieval devices
US20110186023A1 (en) * 2008-07-08 2011-08-04 Graham Charles Callander Trench clay target trap machine
US8677983B2 (en) * 2008-07-08 2014-03-25 Canterbury Trap International Limited Trench clay target trap machine
US9097477B1 (en) * 2012-05-25 2015-08-04 Hasbro, Inc. Projectile launcher with rotatable clip connector
US20130312726A1 (en) * 2012-05-25 2013-11-28 Raymond Aaron Mead Projectile launcher with rotatable clip connector
US9097476B2 (en) 2012-05-25 2015-08-04 Hasbro, Inc. Projectile launcher with rotatable clip connector
US9004052B1 (en) * 2012-11-20 2015-04-14 Hasbro, Inc. Launch apparatus for toy discs with disc flip mechanism
US9199803B1 (en) * 2013-02-11 2015-12-01 Automated Cells and Equipment, Inc. Parts supply system for robot manufacturing system
US9086251B2 (en) * 2013-10-15 2015-07-21 KHA Concepts Limited Indexing pneumatic launcher for multiple toy rocket projectiles
US20190093994A1 (en) * 2016-01-12 2019-03-28 Laporte Holding Machine for launching targets with improved barrel
US10634465B2 (en) * 2016-01-12 2020-04-28 Laporte Holding (Sas) Machine for launching targets with improved barrel
US20190113303A1 (en) * 2017-10-13 2019-04-18 Alex Brands Buzz Bee Toys (Hk) Limited Toy Gun
US10488148B2 (en) * 2017-10-13 2019-11-26 Alex Brands Buzz Bee Toys(HK)Limited Toy gun with moveable magazines

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