US1159098A - Toy gun. - Google Patents

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Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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l:NEAR/.PIANUS ROSS, OYIF KANSAS CTY, MISSOURI.

TOY GUN.

To all zqlwm it may concern: i y Y Be it known that I, MARTIANUS Ross, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Kansas City, in the county of.

Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and Improved Toy Gun, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification. l

The invention has for its object a harmless toy for minors, by means of which the semblance of a fire arm. is afforded, with the production of frequent reports, analogous to that of an explosive fulminate exploded by percussion, without its danger. I

The invention is further designed for use in the practice ofthe manual of arms, vwhereby an inexpensive facsimile ofa gun or pistol may be employed for military schools, and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, such as will be first fully described and then specifically point'- ed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure, 1. is a side: View of the toy gun, embodying the invention.

. Fig. 2. is a top plan view of the same. Fig.

.3. is a view from the under sideof the gun,

as seen in Fig. 1, looking upwardly. Fig. 4.-. is a vertical, sectional view of the central portion of the body of the gun stock, showing the sound-producing device and repeating trigger. Fig. 5. `is an isbmetric view of the rotatable trigger arms and hub. Fig. 6. is a side view of a facsimile of a pistol, showing the invention applied thereto. Fig.

7 is a side view ofthe invention, as seen in Fig. 4, showing a modification.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the toy gun as constructed.. embodies the butt end 7 `of the stock 8, and the barrel 9, externally shaped, to correspond to the same parts- 'assembled in an ordinary rearm or rifle, these parts being formed from a single piece of board or plank, of the requisite width and length.

The reduced end of-the material which constitutes the barrel 9 extends from a part X, to a bend at point y, about onesthirdfthe distance in the direction ofthe other end or butt end 9, the portion designated` as Athe stock 8 forming an equal division between the barrel 9 and the neck portion A10, of the Specification of Letters Patent.

vlatentenNov.2, 1915.

Application led May 20, 1915. Serial No. 29,407.

butt end 7 of the gun, the under or lower surface of which stock 8 is made broad and hat, as seen at 12.' In the lower surface and forward portion ofthe neck 10, and at the -the arc of a circle.

15 indicates the percussion spring strip or plate, by meansof which the adequate report is obtained. .The strip may be made from metal or wo'od, the latter being preferable, the forward end being thin, and from said end rearwardly the strip .increases to a slight extent in thickness. .The said forward 'end of the strip is secured fxedly in position tothe flat lower surface and forward portionI yof the stock member 8, at a point `through which the lineas passes, by means of thescrews 16. The rear end of spring strip l5 extends to a point a short distance inwardly from the forward line of the curved depression 13,v in the neck 10,

and is rounded or curved at 15, the Width of thespring strip or plate 15 being less than into contact. i

17 indicates the series of rotative triggers for actuating the spring strip or depression plate 15. These triggers comprise arms connected at their inner ends eccentrically with the outer surface of a hub 18. The outer ends of the arms or triggers 17 are curved at 19, ina slight degree. The hub 18 is made to extend the width of the depression 13, in the neck 10 of the butt end of the gun, the hub 18 being mounted on a pivot 20, ex'- tendingtransversely through the lower forward portion of the neck 10, upon an axial line with the inner curved surface of the depression 13, the outer ends of the arms or ltriggers being rotatable therein, the curved surfacge 19 of one of which arms or triggers bears normally upon the upper surface of the inner end 15X, of the' spring `percussion plate 15, and another arm normally extending outwardly in position for engagement of the finger of the. operator. y A

Upon the applicationof pressure to the outwardly extended triggers 17, the rear end ofthe percussion plate is forcedfoutwardly into the dotted position-seen in dotted lines in Fig.4, andfollowing a continuous pull on said trigger, the trigger engaging with the inner end 15x, of the percussion plate, slips'oii" the said end, and the said plate is retracted forcibly inwardly, striking the snrvface 12 of theigun stock, .with great force, l'and making a report whlch can'be heard a long distance. The application of the linger `'tothe trigger, which operates they percussion plate in succession, causes a repetition of the noise or report, and this can be made as dlsturbing as the exercise of the ngers is permitted.

The snap of the percussion plate may 'be increased by shortening the strip/15, and thus increases resistance of the spring plate in its outward movement, this being depend-` ent upon the elasticity of the strip 15, the increase in thickness of the strip serving to increase the sound or report. Should the inner end ofthe spring or percussion plate become worn away fromfrequent use, the screws 16 may be removed and the plate moved backward a slight distance, to compensate for the lost portion, and the screws secured. at a new point in rear of the irst point of attachment.

In Fig.` 6, I have shown the applicatioh ofthe invention to a toy pistol, Which s ill precise manner as seen in Fig. 1, the spring percussion plate 22 being obviously made shorter in length thanvthe percussion 'I make a double report from one pull of.

the trigger, a second sprlng plate 25 is placed beneath the lower surface of and in contact with the percussion 'plate 15, as seen in` Fig; 7, and secured to the gun stock by the same screws 16. The inner free end of the outer percussion plate 25 extends a slightI distance rearwardly from Athe line of the rear end of the inner percussion plate or strip 15, so. that the same v'trigger operates the ends of the combined percussion strips in succession, obtaining a double report thereby.

T he invention provides means for producmg the semblance of the report of a pistol, and without expense and the danger attendantl upon the use of such weapon, avoidingr the employment of fulminate caps,

` although such may be used if desired, and

to afford a gunwhich is an everlasting repeater, does not require reloading, and no.

expense for ammunition.

I am aware that the mventlve idea has inieaoee been conceded in the rapplngs of vibrating slats upon a diaphragm, and in a spring operated by trigger arms to eject a marble, and a spring hammer to explode a cap upon rotatable trigger arms, but no one has heretofore made'` a practical embodiment of a detonator as part of a gunv stock, in which the parts may operate and become serviceable in a fire arm, as a hand piece for increasing the muzzle elevation of the gun barrel during the inward movement of the hand, as a detonator in a toy gun, and'as a guard for'the finger in the manual of arms, as seen at 15". I am aware that rotatable triggers are old. In my invention, however, the distinctive part known as the gunstock supports the gun' barrel, and

no one has heretofore anticipated as a detonating member a separable member of the gunstock, or as an attachment to gunstock, for either oneV of the purposes described, or any other purpose.

Such modifications'may be employed as are within the scope/of the appended claims.

Having fully. described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to sea. cure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a gun comprising a barrel and a 'gunstock, a separable spring part or strip attached to the lower side of the gunstock, and means for forcing out and suddenly releasing said spring strip.

2. In a gun comprising a barrel and a gunstock having a longitudinal flattened outer surface, a spring plate attachment attached at its forward en'd to the' said outer flattened surface and forward portion of the gunstock and normally in contact therewith, and means for forcing out and suddenly releasing said spring plate.

3. In a toy gun, a combined gunstock and barrel, and a trigger, and an attachment to thelower surface of the gunstock andsecured at its forward end to the for,- ward portion of the said gunstock, and havring its rear end increased in thickness to .thev forward end and adapted to forma .finger guard adjacent the trigger. a

4. In a toygun, a gunstock and a barrel, said gunstock having a attened lower surface,` and a flat member or bar having its forward end portion attached fxedly to the forward portion of the gunstock, and

rotary bar contacting means for forcing out and suddenly releasing the rear end portion ofsaid fla-t member or bar. a

MARTIANUS ROSS.

Witnesses:

lRomani' U. MOLIN, y ANNm IJ. GREER,

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