US924936A - Match-shooting toy pistol. - Google Patents

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G. A. REYNOLDS &.H. E. BENNETT.

MATCH snoomm Toy PISTOL.

APPLIOATION TILBD JULY 81905.

GEORGE ALBERT REYNOLDS, or nomineren BEACH, AND HARPER EUGENE BENNE'IT,

or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

specification uf Letters raient.

appagante sied july a 196s. sect1 no. szc.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gannon rnnnr REYNOLDS and HARPER EUGENE BENNETT, both citizens of the United States, the former 5 residing at l'luntington Beach, in the county of Orange, and the latter residing` at Los Ane'eles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of ftlifornia, have invented a new and useful ldatchhooting Toy Pistol, ci which the following is a speciiication.

The object of this invention is to provide a practical match-shooting pistol.V

Another object oi the invention is to so construct the pistol that a match may be inserted and tired therein with the greatest ease, facility and expedition, and without the manipulation of any firing-nin, and without the liability of losing any o the parts.

@ther objects are che-apness, simplicity and safety against fire.

The accom anying drawing illustrates the invention. The views are axial sections.

Figure l is a view of the pistol cocked and loaded. Fi' 2 shows the pistol with the hammer re eased and about to tire the match. Fig. 3 shows fragments oi the barrel and hammer in the act of firing the match.

i designates the barrel of the 'pistol pro-.

vided with a convex breech end 2, and also provided from end to end with a bore 3, which for a space oi about l; of an inch at the breech is of a proximately the diameter of lthe match to e shot therein, and is enlarged forwardly of such quarter-inch space, thus providing at the breech a contracted seat e to hold the match, and an enlarged way 5 in iront of the seat so that when the hammer 6 strikes the rnatch the same will cause the head of the match to explode, and will also at the saine time drive the match forward, and the momentum of the match and the force of the explosion will eject the match from the barrel.

The hammer 6 is provided with a concave face 7 to inclose the convex breech 2, thus preventing the explosion f laterally and also adding to and giving irection to the force of an explosion to drive the match 'out of the barrel. 1

The bore 3 is unobstructed throughout from breech to muzzle and is adapted to contain a match, and the rin -like match-seat 4 is adapted to closely lit tlgie match and hold it centrally inside of the bore out of contact 5 with the walls thereof throughout the greater rom throwino rireI extentI of the match-body. The purpose of this isA to so hold the match that the slight explosive torce of the fulminatin'g head there# of in addition tho the force of the bloivv of the hammer will be suflioient to eject the body of the match from the barrel with considerable force; the annular seat 4 serving to a' ply the force of the ex ending gases to allie end of the match for a llimited time until the match has received the requisite impetus, after which the match-body is practically free to be ejected from the barrel.

match slightly withdrawn, or only loosely against the breech. Then when the trigger is drawn and the hammer allowed to fall, the Y ex losion occurs and the stem of the -match Wil be driven from the barrel. In case of any failure of the match-stem to be ejected from the barrel, the next match when ,insorted will push the rst match forward. The lengthof the barrel is preferably such that the match thus pushed forward will be nearly ejected by the second match. Then when the pistol 1s again iired, both matches may be ejected by the same explosion. The hammer is arranged to be retracted below the line ofthe bore when the hammer is cocked so that the matchaney be freely inserted over the hammer.` and Without any intel'ierenm therewith..

By the construction shown the annular seat or ring 4 at thcl breech forms an anvil hammer -without the intervention of any firing-pin. The residue of the match-heads may be easilyremoved from time to time since the same lsdeposited outside the barrel. The annular seat prevents the escape with the match-stern of any dangerous fire-brands that otherwise mightaccompany the match- 4stem in its flight.

1.' A match-shooting pistol having a bore ada 'ted to contain a match and provided at the reech with a short annular seat to support the match in such bore by the portion of the match near the head thereof, said bore being enlarged forwardly from said seat to llowlthe matchto discharge freely fromthe arre a convex breech and a bore which ati the rammed June i5', lace;`

In ractical use the match should be inserte into the breech, leaving the head of the against which the fulminating material atl the head of the y,match will be crushed by thef 2. A match-shooting pistol provided with' breech forms e seat epprox'imatel equal in diameter to e match stem and en erged for- Wardly of the seat to allow free ejection; said pistol being also provided with a hammer with a concave face to fit the convex breech.

3. A imrtch-shooting pistol provided at its breech with u. ring-like seat to hold the match near the head thereof and rovidedl with u hammer that is ea'able of eing retrected out of line of' the ore of the pistol when the hammer is cocked so as to allow the'v ready insertion of a match into the bore; the breech of said pistol being adapted to form an'unvil upon which the hammer will crush vthe head of the Inu-tch to cause un explosion of the fulmiuating material thereo'l outside of the barrel.

4. A nmtch-sl'looting pistol lmving a concave hammer and et convex breech, the letter being ada )ted to form un anvil on `which the HAlPEl't EUGENE BENNETT. In presence o'l.h

JAMES H. Towxsmxn,

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