US427535A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

III/III I BARNES. TOY PISTOL.

Patented May 13, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT HENRY BARNES, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN BENTON, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,535, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed February 14, 1890. Serial'NO. 340,432. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BARNES, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to toy pistols, so called, which are used for exploding toy percussion-caps or fulminate.

I will describe my improvement in detail, and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a toy pistol embodyingmyimprovement. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, looking from the upper side. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring first to the example of my improvement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, A designates the stock of the pistol, provided with a barrel A. The stock and barrel are composed of two pieces of metal, which are riveted or secured togetherby means of rivets a a a In the buttof the pistol is secured a flat spring B.

O designates the hammer. This hammer is pivoted upon the rivet a. On the rear side of the hammer O isatoe c, which bears against the fiat spring B. The spring B tends to hold the hammer down and to cause its quick return to strike a blow sufficient to explode a percussion-cap or fulminate'after it has been cooked or raised. The hammer is cocked by means of a combined trigger and trip D. This trigger and trip is shown as three armed, the arms being substantially equidistant from each other. It is pivoted upon the rivet a so that it may be rotated freely thereon.

It will be obvious that when the hammer is down, or in the position shown more clearly in Fig. 1,0ne of the arms of the combined trigger and trip will be in contactwith a tail-piece d, extending downwardly fro-m the hammer O. This arm of the combined trigger and trip operates, when the latter is rotated in one direction, to rock the hammer upon its pivot so as to cook it. This action occurs, of course, against the resistance of the spring B. hen the hammer is down, another arm of the combined trigger and trip is always in a position to be operated as a trigger, by which the trigger and trip may be rotated to cook thehammer.

The tail-piece of the hammer O is preferably curved, as shown, in order to admit of the arm of the combined trigger and trip which is in contact with it passing easily along upon it. Extending upwardly from the lower end of the tail-piece (Z, and preferably formed integral therewith, is a plunger (1. This plunger extends at its lower end through an opening (1 formed in the under side of the barrel of the pistol near the rear end of said barrel. The opening (Z communicates with the bore of the barrel A. The latter is curved downwardly near its rear end, as shown. Caps or pieces of fulminate are placed in the bore of the barrel A through an opening (Z near the forward end of the latter, and upon its upper side. These caps or fulminates pass along the barrel and down the curved portion of the bore, where the forward of them will rest upon the upper end of the plunger (1. WVhen the hammer is being cooked by the combined trigger and trip, the plunger (1 will be raised, carrying with it the cap or fulminate resting upon its upper end, and forcing it through a vertically-extending but arc-shaped passage 6, formed at the rear of the barrel A and communicating at its lower end with the bore of the barrel. The upper end of the passage 6 opens into a receptacle E, the bottom of which is lower than the edge of the openinginto the passage 6. The cap or fulminate when it reaches such opening will roll down into the receptacle. The upper wall of the receptacle is provided with an opening fithrough which the head of the hammer will extend when it is down. When the hammerhas been cocked, a cap or fulminate will have been by that time deposited by the plunger d into the receptacle E. WVhen the hammer is released from the trip of the combined trigger and trip by the continued rotation of the latter, it will be quickly returned to a normal position by the spring B, and the head of the hammer will be caused to strike the cap or fulminate a blow and explode it.

In the example of my improvement shown in Fig. 3 means are provided for causing the explosion of portions of fulminate placed upon a strip of material, such as cloth or paper. In

this case the plunger (1' is omitted. Journaled in suitable bearings in the barrel A, near the forward end of the latter, is a spool G, upon which spool is wound a strip of material G upon which the fulminate is placed. Upon the pivot a of the combined trigger and trip is placed a spool G, upon which spool the strip of material G is taken up as theportions of fulminate are successively exploded. The portions of fulminate upon the strip are so spaced that each movement of the combined trigger and trip will cause a portion of the strip to be fed forward to bring a fresh por tion of fulminate into position to be struck by the descending hammer G. In this example the hammer strikes the fulminate upon the upper side of the pistol-barrel.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a stock, of a hammer pivoted thereon, a spring for operating said hammer in one direction, a tail-piece upon said hammer, and a combined trigger and trip provided with arms so constructed that when the hammer is down, or in its normal position, one of said arms will always be in position to act as a trigger, while opening near its rear end and upon its under Y side and an upwardly-extending passage therefrom, of a receptacle for a cap or fulminate at the rear portion of said barrel,a hammer pivoted upon said stock, a spring for operating said hammer in one direction, a tailpiece upon said hammer, a plunger upon the tail-piece extending into said opening in the barrel, and a combined trigger and trip provided with arms so constructed that when said hammer is 'down, or in its normal position, one of said arms will always be in a position to act as a trigger, while the other of said arms will be in a position to act as a trip to cock the hammer and force the plunger upwardly to carry a cap or fulminate to said receptacle, where it may be struck by the descending hammer, substantially as specified.

HENRY BARNES.

lVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

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