US2917037A - Repeating rubber band gun - Google Patents

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Dec. 15, 1959 R. L. HENDERSON REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 19, 1957 lllliizl Mm KWJ (Q1 INVENOR. J KUZ%,/w%

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REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN Filed April 19, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 QjgIiJVENTOR.

United States Patent REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN Ralph L. Henderson, Omaha, Nebr.

Application April 19, 1957, Serial No. 653,967

3 Claims. (Cl. 124-19) This invention relates to rubber band guns of the repeating type and more particularly it is an object of this invention to make such guns more easy for children to load with rubber bands.

As such guns have been made in the past, rubber bands are stretched from the hammers of a rotor forwardly to the tip of the gun barrel. The child then rotates the rotor until a different hammer is in position and stretches another rubber band out to the tip of the gun barrel. With each successive placing of a rubber band on the rotor, the rotor becomes increasingly difiicult to turn, whereby it is impossible for a small child to load such a gun with more than a few rubber bands.

"It is therefore an object of my invention to provide a repeating rubber band gun that can be loaded much more easily than heretofore.

Still another object is to provide a repeating rubber band gun having a removable magazine for holding rubber bands which have already been mounted on the rotor whereby more than one such magazine can be used with the same gun so that when the rubber bands from one magazine have been shot the child can put another magazine on the gun, quickly finish loading, and be again ready to shoot.

A further object is to provide a gun as described which needs no spring whereby the expense and the possible breakage of springs is eliminated.

A particular object is to provide a rubber band gun which is adapted to simulate a real weapon as closely as possible especially in making it possible for the rubber band gun to shoot more bands than it has been possible for a child to load such a gun with heretofore.

Other and further objects and'advantages of the present invention will be apparent'from the following detailed description, drawings and claims, the scope of the invention not being limited to the drawings themselves as the. drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a way in which the principles of this invention can be applied.

Other embodiments of the invention utilizing the same or equivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1. is a side elevation of a gun of this invention shown as it appears when loaded;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the gun as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the gun with many parts broken away and others shown in vertical section for clarity of illustration;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the magazine portion of the gun as it is seen when it is removed. Only two rubber bands are shown in Figure 4 for clarity of illustration; and

Figure 5 is a side elevationof the gun as it is seen during the stretching of the hands out to the barrel.

in the drawings, referring to Figure l, the gun of this ice invention is there shown having a main body portion comprising a frame or stock 12 having a handle or grip 14 attached to the rearward end thereof and an elongated barrel 16 attached to the other end thereof. The frame 12 has a notch or recess 20 in the upper side thereof which is enclosed on the right and left sides by side members 22 of a magazine 24. The magazine 24 has its sides held together by rivets 26 and a spacer block 28 is disposed between the sides 22. The sides 22 can be decorated with an outwardly bulging simulated cylinder 29 if desired.

Between the sides 22 a rotor 30 is provided having a hub 32 and a plurality of hammers or pins 34 approximately radially arranged with respect to the hub 32 and attached thereto andprojecting outwardly therefrom for holding the rearward ends of rubber bands as later described.

An axle pin 36 extending through the hub 32 rotatably mounts the rotor onthe magazine. In the sense re ferred to in the following claims the magazine 24 forms a part of the bodyof the gun.

A sear 40 is provided and is disposed in such a position with respect to therotor 30 and is of such. a shape as to function. as an escape mechanism for controlling the rotor 30..

The scar 40 is rotatably mounted between the sides 22 by a pin 42. The rear portion of the sear is provided with a transversely disposed recess 44 providing an upper projection 46 that is positioned to be engaged by the pins 34 to prevent rotation of the rotor, and a lower projection 48 that is positioned to be engaged by the upper portion 60 of a trigger 50.

A trigger50 is disposed beneath the sear 40 and is pivotally mounted on a pin 52 to the frame 12, the trigger 50 having itsupper portion disposed in an opening 56 extending upwardly through the underside .of the frame 12 whereby. an upper portion of the trigger 50 is engageable with the underside of the sear 40 to move the upper projection 46 of the sear40 into a rotor-release position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 at times when the trigger 50 is. in the rearward .positionshown in dotted lines in Figure 3. i

The trigger guard 57 is secured tothe frame.

The sear is pivotally mounted on thepin 42 at a point forwardly of the center offgravity of the sear whereby the sear is adapted to fall downwardly at its rearward end so thatgravity alone can cause the sear to fall back into a rotor-catching position when the trigger 50 is released.

When the gun is loaded with rubber bands the sear is forced downwardly by the. force of rubber bands which tend to pull the rotor in a counter-clockwise direction as shown in Figure 3 whereby at times when the rotor is in the dotted line release position, as shown in Figure 3, the released rotor hammer strikes the concave recess 44 in the upper rearward portion of the sear forcing the sear downwardly.

the forward end 72 of the barrel. The notches are arranged in a row transversely of the elongated barrel 16.

Referring to Figure 4 it will be seen that when a rubber band 76 is placed on an upstanding rotor hammer 34 at its rearward end the forward end of the rubber band can be placed in one of the notches 70. It will be seen that the band 76 need not be rubber but can be formed of any elastic material.

:In Figure 4 the way of loading the magazine when only two rubbers are placed on it is there shown for simplicity of illustration. The first rubber band 76 to be placed on the rotor is put in a lower notch 70 in the magazine.

A second rubber band 78 to be put on the rotor is placed in a notch upwardly therefrom.

When a great many bands 76 are loaded onto the magazine the first band to be put on is placed in the lowermost notch and successive bands are placed in successively higher notches.

After the magazine is loaded it is then placed on the frame of the-gun. This is accomplished by permitting a pin 80 which interconnects the two sides 22 of the magazine adjacent the lower rearward end thereof to, be received in a recess 82. The recess 82 is disposed in the rearward end of the frame just above the handle 14.

The gun has a slidable bolt or latching pin mounted in a bore 92 extending longitudinally of the elongated barrel 16 of the gun. The bore 92 extends rearwardly to and opens upon the recess 20 in the rearward end of the frame of a gun whereby the bolt 90 can be moved rearwardly until its rearwardmost end extends into the recess 20 and into a suitable aperture 98 in the forward end of the connecting portion 28 of the magazine 24.

The bolt 90 has control handles 100 on one or both sides thereof which extend outwardly throughslots 102' In this position'the bands 76 can be conveniently removed from the notches 70 and stretched forward into the gun barrel. It is important that the first band to be placed on the magazine should also be the first band to be stretched to the forward end of the barrel for otherwise rubber bands lying on top will bind rubbers lying below whereby the gun would not shoot.

When all of the bands have been stretched forwardly to the front tip of the gun barrel the bolt can be pushed forward and the magazine dropped into the lower position shown in Figure 1, wherein the gun is ready to shoot.

The magazine sides 22 each preferably have a portion on the lower forward end thereof which projects forwardly sufl iciently to overlap the remainder of the gun body to hold the magazine in position from swinging from side to side.

As thus described it will be seen that this invention fulfills the objectives hereinabove set forth.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a repeating rubber gun constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use, by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice, except as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a rubber band shooting gun, the combination which comprises a stock having a magazine receiving recess therein and an opening for a trigger extended from the recess to the lower surface, a barrel extended from the forward end of the stock, a grip depending from the rear end of the stock, a magazine having vertically spaced notches in the forward end positioned in the magazine receiving recess of the stock, a scar pivotally mounted in the rear portion of the magazine and having a transversely disposed concave recess in the rear portion, the transversely disposed recess providing an upper projection and a lower projection on the rear portion of the sear, a rotor having radially disposed pins extended there from rotatably mounted in the magazine and positioned whereby the pins engage the upper projection of the sear and snap into the transversely disposed recess upon upward movement of the sear to provide an escapement whereby one rubber band is released with each movement, a trigger pivotally mounted in the opening of the stock and positioned to actuate the sear to permit rotation of the rotor the distance between two of the pins thereof, a latching pin slidably mounted in the stock and positioned to extend into the magazine to retain the forward end of the magazine in the magazine receiving recess of the stock, and a transversely disposed pin extended through sides of the magazine and into a recess in the stock for retaining the end of the magazine opposite to the end held by the latching pin in the stock. 7

2. An elastic shooting gun comprising a stock having a magazine receiving recess in the upper part, a barrel ex-. tended from the forward end and a handle attached to the rear end, a rubber band retaining magazine removably mounted in the n azine receiving recess of the stock and having a suffi y vertically elongated upright forward end surface for receiving elastic bands thereon one above another so that a first band placed on said forward end of said magazine need not be covered over by a band placed on later so as to leave the first band placed on said forward end of said magazine unencumbered and removable therefrom independently of others when desired, a rotor having radially disposed pins extended therefrom rotatably mounted in said magazine and substantially spaced from said forward end for stretching of rubbers therebetween, a sear pivotally mounted in the magazine and having a transversely disposed concave recess in the rear surface thereof, the transversely disposed recess providing an upper projection positioned in the path of the pins of the rotor preventing rotation of the rotor and a lower projection extended from the lower surface of the sear, the sear being positioned whereby the pins of the rotor coast with the concave upper projection and recess to permit restricted rotation of the rotor providing an escapement action, and a trigger pivotally mounted in the stock and having an arm positioned to engage the lower projection of the sear to move the upper projection of the sear upward .ly out of the path of the pins of therotor to release the rotor whereby an elastic band positioned with one end over the nozzie of the barrel and the other over one of the pins of the rotor will be projected upon drawing the trigger rearwardly. I

3. The combination of clairn Z in which a manually actuatable latching in is siidably mounted in the stock and positioned to extend into said magazine for retaining the forward end of the magazine in the stock.

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