US515309A

US515309A - Boomerang-gun

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Publication number: US515309A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1911-02-20

Description

(No Model.) I

P. VOGEL & W. M. SCHROCK.

' BOOMERANG GUN.

Patented Feb. 20,1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

PETER VOGEL AND \VILLIAM M. SOHROGK, OF SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOMERANG-GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,309, dated February 20, 1894.

Applicationfiled February 23, 1893. $erial No. 463,464 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER VOGEL and WILLIAM M. SOHROCK, of Somerset, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boomerang-Guns; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to boomerang guns, and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and especially referred to in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved gun especially adapted for throwing boomerangs. The same is more particularly designed as a toy, but may be so enlarged as to form an instrument for development of skill in the art of boomerang throwing while furnishing sport for the operator.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of ourimproved gun. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view on line cc0c of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 illustrates one of the boomerangs.

A designates the gun stock and B the barrel having the longitudinal slot 0 in its top wall and similar slots D in its sides.

E is the slide movable longitudinally in the barrel cavity which carries the strike F extending upward through slot 0.

Elastic bands H are secured to the outer end of the barrel and passing through slots D are secured to opposite sides of slide E. When the slide is drawn backward in the barrel the bands are expanded thus creating a strong forward pull on the slide. Spring I, countersunk in barrel B extends upward normally at its rear end immediately in front of slide E when drawn back, thus holding the same in a set position. The rear end of the spring is turned downward at I and engaged by arm J extending forward from trigger K, so that by exerting a pull on the latter the spring I is depressed and slide E released and drawn to the muzzle end of the barrel by the spring bands.

The boomerang employed by us is preferably of the form shown in Fig. 5 which consists of the main portion L and arm L of greater length but slightly tapering, which extends therefrom at an angle of about forty five degrees. The same may be formed of sheet metal, card board, leather or other light material. The left hand side of the barrel is countersunk at M to accommodate spring N which rests normally in its depression and which may be raised up as shown in Fig. 1 to hold the boomerang in position before being discharged. The barrel is provided with the projected table 0 for supporting the boomerang as shown.

In operation the boomerang is placed on the barrel and table across slot G with its an gle projected nearly thereto. By so placing the implement a long distance shot may be effected when discharged by strike F. The same being struck near-its center will not have a very rapid rotary movement in advancing through-the air. For short range shooting the table is provided with the inclined removable support P. By its use the strike F disappears as it advances and is entirely out of the way of the whirling boomerang when brought to a standstill at the forward end of the barrel. The boomerang when struck while in the last described position will begin to revolve rapidly and were the pin projecting from the barrel it would retard the movement of the implement. Support P may be held in position in any suitable manner so as to be readily detached when not needed.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. An improved boomerang gun comprising a barrel slotted longitudinally on its top and sides, a slide movable in the barrel, a strike projecting therefrom, spring bands secured to the muzzle end of the barrel and extend In testimony whereof we affix our signatures ed through the side slots and secured to the in presence of two witnesses slide, and a discharging mechanism, substan- PETER VOGEL. tially as shown and described. WILLIAM 'M. SOHROCK. 5 2. An improved boomerang gun comprising Witnesses to Peter Vogels signature:

a barrel slotted longitudinally, a strike mov- J. A. LAMBERT, able in the slot, inclined and'rernovable sup- S. R. LONGENECKER; port P, on the upper side of the barrel at its Witnesses to Wm. M. Schrocks signature: muzzle end and a discharging mechanism, GEORGE HEFFLEY,

IO substantially as shown and described. E. S. KANTNER.