US929759A - Aerial toy. - Google Patents

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J. W. FOSTER.

AERIAL TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 12, 1908.

Patented Aug. 3, 190% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON W. FOSTER, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO ALEXANDER SABEL, 0F JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

AERIAL TOY.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACKSON W. Fos'rnn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and 5 State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Aerial Toy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to aerial toys and its object is to rovide a projectile preferably of that. type esigned to be shot after the manner of an arrow, although it-is of course to be understood that the same may be discharged from a specially constructed rifle, mortar or the like, said projectile carrying means designed to be actuated automatically immediately prior to the downward movement of the projectile.

A further object is to rovide a novel form of lock for holding in o eration the device carried by the projectilia, said lock being maintained in a predetermined relation to the projectile by the pressure of air thereupon produced during the flight of the projectile, there being means however for promptly automatically releasing the device on the projectile as soon as this air pressure is reduced, as, for example, when the projectile reaches the limit of its upward move ment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of arts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

. In said drawings:Figure 1 is a erspective view of a projectile embodying t e pres- 'ent improvement and showing one form of device connected thereto and released therefrom, saiddevice having the form of a parachute. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the head of the projectile and showing the position of the arachute when locked within the head. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of projectile.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the stem or shaft of the projectile, the same being preferably notched at one end as indicated at 2, so as to properly engage the strin of abow used in shootingthe projectile. he other end of the stem 1 has a head 3 preferably in the form of a hollow cylinder which is open at its outer end.

cords 7 of a parachute 8, said within the head, and bears upon one end of a hellcal spring 5, the other end of which contacts with the closed or inner end of the head. A cord or other flexible device 6 is secured at one end to the inner end or bottom of the head 3 and asses through the spring 5 and,

the center 0 the disk 4 and is attached to the arachute being so proportioned as to be rea ily folded into a com act bundle and loosely seated within the ead 3 and upon the disk 4. A retaining bar 9 is pivotal y connected to the head 3 adjacent the open end thereof and is desi ed to swing acrosssaid open end and retaln the folded arachute therein, the free end of the bar bein formed with an eye 10. This eye is designe to be engaged b a lug 11 outstanding from a wing 12 w ich is hingedly connected to the head 3 at a pointdiametrically opposite the pivotal connections between bar 9 and head 3, said wing being desi ed to fold inwardl into position substantia 1y parallel with t ev head 3 as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. When the wing is thus located with the stud 11 within the eye 10 the retaining bar 9 is, obviously, held in position across the open end of head 3, and

A disk or follower 4 is movably mounted the parachute thus revented from becoming unseated. When t e projectile is not in use a cord 13 which is secured to'the free end of the win 12 in any suitable manner, may be fastene to the stem or shaft I close to the notched end 2 thereof.

When it is desired to use the aerial toy herein describedthe cord 13 is unfastened from the shaft or stemll and held by the operator so as to maintain the wing 12 in its depressed position as indicatedin Fig. 2. While the parts are thus disposed the notched end of the stem or shaft is placed in engagement with the string of a bow and the projectile may then be shot like'an arrow, the 0 erator of course releasing the cord 13 at t e same instant that the projectile is released. During the movement of the projectile through the atmosplhere under the impulse imparted to it by t e bow the pressure of the air upon the wing I2'will be sufficient to maintain said wing 1n the position in which it was originally set. As soon however as the projectile reaches the limit of its upward movementand begins todescend the w1ng-12, being relieved "of the air ressure to which it was subjected during t e upward wardly' by the spring which, as is obvious,

' is held under stress while the parachute is housed within the head 3. A predetermined outward movement of the wing is sufficient to disengage the lug 11 and the eye 10, and the sprin 5 will therefore promptly :apel the folds arachute from the head. ter the cord 6 has been fully paid out, the folds of the parachute will open'in the usual manum, and the descent of the projectile will thus be greatly retarded. The positions of the parts immediately subsequent to the release of the parachute have been indicated inFig.1. V Asheretofore stated, other devices than parachutes may be usedin connection with the projectile. In Fig. 3 the projectile has been shown provided with means whereby a detonator may be exploded automatically as soon as said projectile reaches the limit of its upward movement. The stem or shaft 1 s manner as is the stem 1 and has at its other end a head 16, from whlch guides 17 extend, said guides being disposed to support as well as guide a plate 18. This plate and the head' 16 cooperate to hold a suitable detonator in position. A' firing-pin 19 is slidably mounted in guides 20 arranged on the stem 14, and this pin has a head 21 designed tobe forced against the plate 18 so as to explode the detonator contained between said plate and the head 16. A spring 22 is arranged on the firing-pin and bears at its ends against one of the guides 20 .andgthe head 21 respectively, and serves to actuate said pin when it is released from its locking mechanism. This locking. mechanism consists of a link 23 which is pivota'll connected to thehead 21 and mounted to s 'de within. a slot 24 extending longitudinallywithin the stem 14. Said link 23 has an eye 25st its free end which is similar to the eye 10 heretofore referredto and is designed to be engaged by a lug 26extending from a wing 27 which is hingedly connected to the stem 14. A cord 28 is attached After the arts have been set as shown in Fig. 3, a etonator may be placed between" head 16 and plate '18 and the rojectile then discharged or shot by means 0 a-bow. Asin the structure'shown in Fig, 1 land heretofore described the air pressure will be sufiicient to hold the wing 27 in set position as long as the projectile is traveling under the im' ulse imparted to it by the bow. When, owever, the projectile reaches the limit Of-its upward movement and this air pressure is thusreduced, the sprin 22 will be of sufiicient firing-pin 19 to be shifted against the plate 18. The detonator will thus be exploded.

own in Fig. 3 is notched at 15 in the same Obviously, various other devices may be utilized in; connection withaprojectile and arranged to be released. by. means" of the mechanism herein described when the rojectile reaches its highest elevation; or w pen the air pressure is reduced to apredetermineddegree from an cause. Also various changes may be ma e in the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting.

from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

If desired a hook 29 such ,as-indicated in Figs. ,1 and 3 may be connected to the front or advancing end of theprojectile and this hookcanengage a spring or other suitable device whereby the projectile can be shot without the use of a bow or other device exerting pressure against the rear end of the g 1. A pro'ectile having a member movably mounted t ereon, means for automatically actuating said member, and trolled by the pressure of air thereon for locking said member against movement.

means con- 2. A projectile having a member movably mounted relative thereto, means for'auto matically actuating said member, a locking movabl mounted and arranged to be win helc? in a pre eterminedfposition by air pressure during the flight 0 the projectile, and means disposed to be engage bysaid wing to hold the movable member ina predetermined position.

3. A projectile having as ring-actuated member movably mounts t iereon, a

hingedly mounted locking wing, and means upon the movable member and engaged by the wing for holding said movable member in set position, the movement of the wing against, during the flight of the projectile.

being controlled by the pressure of air therer 4. A projectile comprising a stem, a

springeactuate member carried thereby, a wing mounted upon and disposed to swing relative to the stem, means engaged by the the housing, means for expelling said member the housin a locking device mov ably con'nected to t e housing, and means 1 engaged by the locking device for holding said member against the action of the expel- I lingmeans, said locking means being dis' posed to beheld in a predetermined position y. the pressure of air during thefiight of the projectile. power to swing t e wmg 27 upon its hinge and thus release the link 23 and permit the 6. In a pro ectile a housing, a member connected thereto and disposed to be seated therein, means for automatically expelling said member from the housing, a retaining device, and a locking wing movably connected to the housing and disposed to engage the retaining device toho (1 said memer against the action of the expelling means While the Wing is subjected to a predetermined air pressure.

7. In a projectile a housing, a member connected thereto and disposed to be seated therein, means for automatically expelling said member from the housing, a retaining device and a locking Wing movably connected to the housing and dis osed to engage the retaining devicento hol. said member against the action of the expelling means while the wing is subjected to' a predetermined air pressure, and means for holding the wing set the projectile. 8. In a projectile a housing, a parachute dis osed to be seated therein, means for expel ing the parachute from the housing, and means controlled by the pressure of air during the" flight of the projectile for locking the parachute against the action of the expelling means. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I. have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JACKSON W. FOSTER. Witnesses: f Y

J. G. PERMENTER,

F. F. REID.

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