US1482007A - Toy pistol - Google Patents

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' Jan. 29 .1924. 1,482,007

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT* ortica,

WALTER GRUPKA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY PISTOL.

.Application ld December 6, 1923. Serial No. .7679,034.

To all whom t may concern j Be it known that I,.WALTER GRUPKA, a citizen of Poland, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State `of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following isa specification', reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a toy pistol` and has special reference to that class of pistols or projecting devices .by which pellets or projectiles may be forcibly projected or discharged, one at a time, the pellets or projectiles being retained in a magizine and automatically fed from the magazine to a projector which is manually retracted, held in a cocked position by rtrigger mechanism, and adapted to be released so that the expansive force of a spring willy cause the projector to Vdischargea pellet or projectile placed therey My invention aims to provide a toy pistol of the above classwhich is made mainly of sheet ymetal cut, stamped, and fashioned to form a light-weight, durable and compact pistol'having somewhat the appearance of a well known type of magazine re arm.

My invention further' aimsto provide a magazine pistol with a novel projecten*v and means ,actua-ted, thereby` for depositing Va projectile in the projector and yretaining it therein while the Vprojector is retracted or placed` in a cocked position preparatory to discharging theprojectile. t

vThe construction entering into my Vtoy pistol will belhereinaftery described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawings, ywhereinj j Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the toy {pistol showing the projector thereof as havingvbeen placed in a cocked position by a pivoted handle of the piston;

Fig. 2 is a similaryview showing the projector released and reloaded; j f Y f Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view ofthe pistol with the projectorina released position; ,i Fig. 4 isa, viewof the front endof the pistol showing a section line; IfI- on which Fig. ljistaken;v fl` .j

Fig. 5 is a view of the reartend ofthe pistol withthe handle partly broken away; y1.4`ig. Gis an. enlarged y#cross-sectional view of the pistol 'taken `on fthe line VI-"-VI1 of Fglg..

Fig. 7 is a tractor, and i Fig. 8is a perspective view of a shiftable retaining member carried by the projector, which is shown in vdash lines.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a barrel preferably formed of two semi-cylindrical members placed edge to edge and suitably connected together by solder7 spotwelding or any other means. The barrel 1 has its semi-cylindrical members formed on the lower side of the barrel to provide a longitudinal barrel portion 2, and the rear ends oi wthe barrel members have the side andbottom walls thereof cut away to receive the cheek pieces 3 of a pivoted cooking handle 4, which is also preferably made of two parts placed edge to edge and riveted or otherwise connected together, for instance as at 5. The handle 4 is pivotally mounted, by atransverse pin or rivet 6 beperspective view of a detached tween depending lugs 47 at the rear end of v Athe barrel channel portion 2.

Concentric of the barrel lis a cylindrical maga-zine Shaving its front end abutting inturned lugs' 9 at the front end ofthe barrell andthe rear end of the. magazine abuts inturnedlugs l0 Aat. the rea-r end Lof a barrel. See Figs. 4 and 5. .Thernagazine is adapted for holding a large number of pellets or projectiles l1 which'arefed towards the forward end ofth'emagazine by a `follower 12 attached to the forward end of a coiled spring 13 within the rear f end of the magazine, said coil spring abutting ak breech piece 14 having a stem 15 j in the magazine, which stem has opposed pins 16 adapted to 't engage in bayonet shaped slots `17 j provided therefor in the walls of the magazine 8. By partially rotating the breech piece 14 it may be removed and the spring 13and thefollower 12 withbearing against airelease memberQO slidable in the magazine and. adapted `to be automatically actuatedy to release the pellets or projectiles lli'one at va time, through'an aperture 21 in the lower side of the magazine. The release member 2O has side arms 22 p rojecting from slots 2 3 in the forward end of the magazine 3 and these arms are adapted to be engaged and shifted to move the release member 20, against :the action rof the spring 19, so that a projectile may drop throuoh the aperture 21.

Slidaable on the magazine 8 is a Aprojector 24 adapted to be shifted towardsy the forward end of the channel by theeXpansive lower-end swung upwardly `under the barrel to causo itsuioper end to ull rearwardly on the rods 27 and retract the-projector 24 and thereby place the spring 2 5 under compression. After this has been Vaccomplished the pivoted cooking handle 4 may be swung to its normal position with Athe eyelets 29 sliding on the rodsf27.

rPhe projector 24 is formed with a channel chamber which yextends .into vthe channel 2 ofthe barrel land the front end of the chamber 30 is open while the rear end thereof is Closed by 4a Wall 31 having a depending lip 32 adapted to-be engaged by a resilient det-ent 33 placed in the slot 3 4 kand attached to the bottom channel wall of the barrel, The detent 32 is adapted to be retracted, vto release the projector 24 from a cocked position,- by a trigger 35 pivotally mounted in the slot 34 by a transverse pin 36 carried by the channel 2 of the barrel l. The trigger 35 has a forked end 37 normally engaging the end of the detent 33 so that said trigger may be pulled to retract the detent, release the pro- 12 jector. 24, and. lpermit 4the VVexpansive force of the spring 25 to shift the projectorforwardly with suiiicientimpetus to discharge the pellet or vprojectile placed in thechamber 30, the pellet or projectile passing out of the channel2 of the barrel 1.

Slidably mounted on the projector 24 is a retaining member 38 having inturned lugs 39 and 40, anda resilient finger 4 1. The inturned lugs 39 are adapted to engage the end wall 31 of the projector and the inturned lugs '40 are adapted Vto slide in grooves .42 vprovided therefor the inner Wallof the projector 24. ,The retaining member 38 has Va limit-edr vmovement relative to the projector audits skeleton 3011- struction provides clearance for the projectorvlip 32iand the detent The Vfinger vso -as to cause retraction of the finger 41 when the projector 24 is shifted forwardly to discharge a projectile from the chamber 30. l

Considering the operation of the toy pistol and assuming that the projector 24 Vis y in a vcocked position, as shown in Fig. 1, ffi-nger pressure on the trigger 35 causesthe detent'f33 to release the projector 24. As the projector .moves forwardly to discharge the projectile from the vchamber 30, the projector engages the protruding ends of the arms 22 -andcauses the release member 2O to be moved forwardly :and release a projectile which drops throught-he aperture l 2 1 ,into the chamber 30 which now V.has its rear end in proximity to the aperture 21,

shown yinflfig. 2. Y l/Yhen the projector 24 moved Aforwardly it carried with it the retaining member V38, but the impetus of the projector was such vas to cause it to move in advance 4of the retaining member and force the resilient finger 41 outwardly, by virtue ofthe'beveled wall 44, thus providing clearance for forward movement of the projectile.` VVith Vthe projectile discharroredy and the projector reaching thelimit of its forward movement the retaining member 38 and the projector 24 are brought finto such relation that the finger 41 projects through the opening 43, Vasbest Vs'hownfin Eig. 6 Aand cooperates with the wall 31 in forming a compartment in the chamber 30 to receive a pellet yor projectile from the aperture 2l. Now, when the projector 24 is retracted'by Vthe handle 4 such retraction orv downward tilting of the pistol does notica'use free movement of the projectile out of the chamber 30. In other words the projectile is temporarily retained in the reariend ofthe projector until the pistol trigger is again actuated.

Since the pistol parts are preferablymade ofpressed sheet metal the barrel and handle may have a configuration imparted thereto in imitation of similar parts of a `fire arm and it is obvious that all of the sheet metal parts may be quickly assembled, the magazine readily loaded,and the pistol used by Yjuveniles for ,target practice or otherl purposes.

One" embodiment of my 'invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope ofthe appendedclaims.

1. In a toy pistoha barrel, a magazine in .said barrel adapted for holding projectiles,

a spring actuated projector on said .magalas iso

zine adapted to receive projectiles one at a time from said magazine, a pivoted cocking handle carried by said barrel and adapted for retracting said projector, and a trigger mechanism adapted for holding said projector retracted until manually released.

2. A toy pistol as called for in claim l, and a projectile release member in said magazine adapted to be actuated by said projector to release a projectile for said projector. o

3. A toy pistol as called for in claim l,

and a spring pressed release member in said magazine having arms extending into said barrel to be engaged by said projector and shifted thereby to release a projectile for said projector.

4. A toy pistol as called for in claim l, and a shiftable retaining member on said projector and adapted to retain a projectile therein during retraction of' said projector.y

5. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, an apertured magazine in said barrel, a projector slidable in said barrel and adapted to receive a projectile from the aperture of saidy magazine, a release member in said magazine at the aperture thereof adapted to be actuated by said projector to release a projectile to drop through the magazine aperture into said projector, means about said inagazine adapted to actuate said projector, and a trigger mechanism adapted for holding said projector in a retracted position.

6. A top pistol as called for in claim 5,

and a spring pressed follower in said magazine adapted to feed projectiles towards said release member.

7. A toy pistol as called for in claim 5 and a pivoted handle carried by said barrel adapted for retracting said projector for engagement by said trigger mechanism.

8. A toy pistol as called for in claim 5,

vand a retaining member sliiftable on said projector and adapted to retain a projectile in said projector during retraction thereof.

9. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a magazine therein, a projector slidable in said barrel `on said magazine and adapted to receive a projectile therefrom, a pivot handle carried by said barrel connected to said projector so as to permit retraction of said proj ector by said handle and free forward movement of said projector independent of said handle, a spring in said barrel adapted to actuate said projector for the discharge of a projectile, and a trigger mechanismadaptedffor holding said projector temporarily retracted.

10. A toy pistol as called for in claim 9, and means adapted for transferring proj ectiles from said magazine to said projector. i In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER GRUPKA. vWitnesses:

Lnwis E. FLANDERS, ANNA M. Donn.

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