US2092361A - Dart gun - Google Patents

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` sept-"7 1937- M. s. sHuN DART GUN Filed Feb. 18, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wlw l@UNI-TEDSTATES PATENr-'Qrrilfcr yPatenit-Ked Sept.7,1937 l l Y l DART'GUN x Moses s. s"h1m, Williamsport, Po., l V 1 Application February `18", 1937,'` Serial No.126,4`64 f f1 y u l l Y n n 4 claims; (ciers-1015i l This" invention relates tothe class offtbyfguns In the hand-grip! area of. the-stock' there is fand. pertains particularly toxa gun designed for formed vertically through the stock` thetrigger i l i theshooting of darts o1"similar*devices"suitalole` `slot I," in which is mounted transversely ofA the n n `fcrll`lseinccnnection with games where targets `stock and theslotted aredthe trigger-pin. .iupon 5! Agreggi;upmbg]sh`01; g; n 1 H: which is mounted thetrigger. 6`."\-The lower end of Vl'lheprimaryohj'ect ff the present invention is i the trigger projects in. the usual?` manner below to provide et new andnovel gun const'ructedkalong the undersideofy thelstock `andtis shielded bythe l the geni'fpliniplebf 1 crOss-bow, wherein novel Y trigger gualrd l, and the upper` end of` the trigger means 1S devised for projecting a dart or similar above' the pivot 5 extends'tofwithin ai short disl'gipdevifce forwardly through a barrel or other suit- `tance of the top'oftheop'enin'g 4 and carries upon 10 ,"ble guide'means,` l y its Upperend 'the `forweildly extending loop 8 Anotherobjectof theinventionis to provide a through which passes the transverse-bar 9i This "toy gn of the charcter stated in which novel 'bar 19 has its endsextended throughslotslwhich fmonsis plovdedior'loading the gun, or in 'other :are formedlin' the side walls of the stock and open 145;]words, forplacngga;dart"infpositionfready for L into the 4trigger lslot `t andhwhichre slightly 15` I `y`shootirig,"` 'f 8I'Cl1al.`a$ ShOWnisothatvwhen the projectingend l" A] still further objectof the` inventionis to pro- `0f `the trigger itl isidrawn back; tht;` 109118 "can i `vide gA fof the'cr'oss-bcw tybeinwhih novelf swing the bar 9 downwardly to retracttheprol p i "lhealfs IrOvvided for'holdihgthe bow'string and jectirlglllpperendsof latch fingers IIiQFI'he-laitch i gd `for" releasingthe same when the gunis to be=f1red.- `fingers l I l form fthe. upperterminalsof` rocking 20 f1 l y The` invention will be besttnderstood from a. bars I2, each'of which isl pivotallyattcched as l Jconsideret'on ofthe followingdetaiieddescripwatv I 3 to` the outer side of the-gun stock `and ex l tion takenin'connectionwithfthe accompanying tends upwardly and `forwardly aorcsslthe adjacent ings forming part oft'hissnecicatlon, with i" end of the bar :9 soithat thevrear bar can be at- 25 `Ult ,nderSthdingL-lowever. that theinvention is tached to the rocking'bar and thus when thebar 25 "n co ned to any strict conformity with theft is swung downwardly byfoscillationgof the "TF" in ofthe drawings but maybe changed or trigger the upwardly projectedinger portions il "modifdjso long as'such changes or modiications of the `rocking bars i l2 `will bey `swungforwardly fino kno material dcparturejfrom the salientiea.- and downwardly. These irrers H normally pro- 39 tur fthe invention as expressed ingthe` ap-l i ject above the top of the gunstock forthe purpose 30 l i hereinafter described.. Therocking bors-aref'normallyhelcl with the fingers H projectedrupwardly reif; fa vicw'insideelevationofa gun conby the spring `I3' which is housed in the slot 4 nieu QL sti'` d in acmdahtefwth Vtheprenant inven- :ind has oneend attached to thestoclfand the OIL i l l i i l l other end attached to theltrigger sonstonor- 35 i 21, wiewmtgp :Sismi dupont.. slightly enlarged scale u Mounted uponjthe top of the forestck lnwhat iown thegunlongitudinalsectlon, would" beam a standard.type rifley thelbreech @Sectional viewftokenion the line @H4 area. is "s relatively long pleteU y|14 whihihas `@L` nat i, l 'l Atonsurioceond which has spin rtion` of each lon- 40 ls a stonslviewtakeri the line 5-5 eitudinal edge turned inwardly to form a flange f l l5 whichis in spaced reletionwith the'hofdyof i 6 sasctiontl View fthe-line Ber-36 or the plate and thus forms-La, guidegropve I6, as i1- 2,! M i ww .f i i lustreitedlinyie. 4.@ `The rearend ctlthis eloni *n y i-i 7 is e View in Side elevation of o portion of goteo slide plate over which a dart is moved, as 45 the dort; tonveyorby which soort, moved into ,will he herelnarterk ,desmritecit is `cut cunas indiliringlpositiorl. 1:" i y l i y cated at l1. andthis cnt-out crea isiclosedby the [Referring new rhone particularly tothedrew@` `removableplate IB- which atiits rearend is seines; thcnumerel l senerollydesisnatesthe stool.: cured to the gun stock, as dnfiioted at' i9; This of the sun whihuhas itsiorword portion out out' fplote covers the 'ton of the triggerv slot 4, and it 50 mythe usualfmanner es indicated, at 2 toiorin la,` i ,has formed therethrough iustto the rear or the fortaibl hand eripiendrwhch at its forwetrd slot 4. the cord opening .2llgwhich overlies the yis `construetexi thepusuol msnnerci rifle downwardly aindrenrwardly extending passage ks; tonrovide theiorefstock .ortoni-J iinon 2l which passes througnthis stocktq @groove zg Awhich the rearofthegsun ber formedupon the underside ofthe hond grip area, 55 Y j molly pull the lower endoi thevsarne forwardly. 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of the stock. This groove 22 extends rearwardly to the chamber 23, and this chamber has a shaft 24 passing transversely therethrough. One end of this shaft is rotatably mounted in the stock and Y 5 the other end passes out through the side ofthe'v stock and terminates in the crank 25.

The rocking bars I2 and the slots I0 are covered by the face plates 26 which are secured to the sides of the stock, and these plates may be provided with suitableapertures 21 to form a means for oiling the trigger mechanism without necessitating the removal of the plates. The dart guide plate extends forwardly from the trigger area through only a portion of the length of the fore-stock 3, where it abuts the rear en'd of the barrel 23. The barrel may extend forwardly any desired distance beyond the fore-stock so that the toy will simulate a rifle. The forward end of the barrel is4 provided with a front sight 29, while at the rearv end of the barrel a V sight 30 is mountl ed, and one edge of the plate of which this V sight lsformed, is integral with the forward end edge of an-elongated guard plate 3| which extends rearwardly from the sight 30 to the rear part of the breech and is provided with the downwardly extending ears 32 which are attached to the `side of the stock. The lower edge of this guard plate' 3| is spaced slightly from the adjacent p'ortion of the stock and-from the plate I4, for the purpose hereinafter pointed out.

Secured across the front edge of the fore-stock is a short resilient plate 33, and secured over this plate is the relatively long bow spring 34. The attachment of the spring with the fore-stock is 35 midway between the ends of the spring, and these ends have a bow string or wire 35 connected therewith, which passes through between lthe guard plate 3| and the plate I4 and across the top of the latter plate. l

.Mounted for movement longitudinally of the plate I4 is a propeller which comprises a socketlike element 36`which is attached to a rider plate 31 which rests upon the dart guide plate I4 and has its opposite side edges engaged in the inward- 1y facing guide grooves I6. This propeller has a suitable transverse passage formed in the rearwardly extending eye 38 for the bow string 35 to pass through, and also attached to the eye 38 is one end of a draw string 33 which passes rearwardly through the opening 2|) and to the crank shaft 24 by way of the passage 2| and slot 22. It will thus be apparent that when the shaft 24 to which the rear end of the string 39 is attached, is rotated to wind up the string, the pro- 55 peller will be drawn back and also the central part of the bow string 35 to ex the bow, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and when the propeller is at the limit of its rearward movement, the parts of the bow string at each side thereof will lie just 00 behind the latch fingers II, and when the gun is prepared for firing it is necessary todraw back` upon the trigger 6 so as to retract the fingers II and allow the string to pass over them and then the trigger is released to allow the fingers to 66 rise in front of the bow string where it will be held by both of the fingers and the rgun will be cocked and ready for firing.

As will be seen from Fig. 2, the bow string held fingers project upwardly from between the fac- 70 ing plates 26 and the side edges of the dart guide plate I4, and one of these fingers lies between the guard plate 3| and the plate I4.

' Upon the side of the plate I4 opposite from the guard plate 3| there is mounted a pivot pin 40 75 which extends longitudinally of the side edge of the plate I4 and carries between the hinge ears 4I a dart carrying trough 42. This trough is secured to the pin 40 so Vthat when the latter is rocked in a counter-clockwise direction the trough will swing upwardly and inwardly toward the center of the plate I4 and thus a dart previously placed in the trough will be rolled over into the area between the guide flanges I5 and if the gun is held in upright or upwardly inclined position when this operation is carried out, the dart will slip back so that its rear end will enter the propeller unit 36.

In order to facilitate this oscillation of the dart trough, there is mounted transversely in the forestock the rock shaft 43 which has a lifting crank 44 upon that end which lies beneath the trough 42, while the other end is provided with a suitable offset crank 45 to which one end of a contractile spring 46 is attached, while the other end of this spring is attached tothe gun stock and thus the spring tends to oscillate the shaft 43 so as to move the lifting crank 44 away from'the trough. The shaft 43 adjacent the crank 45 is suitably formed, as indicated at 41, to facilitate the oscillation of the shaft by the user of the gun. Thus it will be apparent that in the use of the gun when the bow string has been drawn back by rotating the crank shaft 24 in the manner described and the trigger controlled fingers have been placed in engagement with the bow string to hold the bowexed, the dart previously placedr in the trough 42 can be conveniently thrown over into shooting position by the oscillation of the shaft 43.v After the end of the dart has engaged in the propeller 36 in the manner previously described, release of thebow string by actuation of the trigger .will project the propeller forward and also the dart, and as the rider plate 31 comes into violent contact with and is stopped by the rear edge of the barrel 28, the dart will be projected forward through and out of the barrel.

In order that Iadditional darts may be kept conveniently at hand, the stock may be provided with a chamber 48 which can be kept closed by the plate 44 pivotally attached to the stock and secured in any suitable manner. While an elongated dart chamber has been illustrated it will be apparent that a chamber of any other configuration may be made use of without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It should be additionally pointed out that in the operation of the gun, after the bow wire 35 has been drawn back by means of the crank 25 and cord 39, before the gun can be fired the cord 39 is drawn forwardly through the opening 2|! so as to unwind enough of it from the shaft 24 to allow the dart projector to move forward freely.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that the gun herein described is of novel character and may be used in the playing of games where a target is shot at.

What is claimed, is:

l. A dart gun comprising an elongated body including a stock, a breech and fore-stock, an elongated guide plate mounted upon the forestock adjacent the breech portion thereof, a barrel extending forwardly from the forward end of said plate, a rider plate slidably mounted upon the guide plate, a dart propeller/carried by the rider plate, spring means connected with said propeller and adapted to be placed under tension when the propeller is moved into the breech area of said stock, propeller holding means for maintaining the propeller in positionwith said resilient means undertension and releasable by said trigger, a dart carrier pivotally mounted at one side of said guide plate for oscillation on an axis extending longitudinally of the guide plate, and means for oscillating said carrier on said axis toy transfer a dart therefrom onto the guide plate immediately in frontof said propeller.

2. A `dart shooting gun, comprising an elongated body consisting of stock, breech portion, and fore-stock, an elongated plate secured to the top of the body and having a rear end overlying the breech portion, angesfextending longitudinally of `and spaced from the plate forming l guide grooves extending through the length oi' barrel extending forwardly the guide plate, a from the fore-stock and over the forward end of said guide plate, a trigger pivotally mounted in said breech portion, a pair of nger members rockably mounted upon the breech portion of the body and having the` finger members normally projecting above said guide grooves, a iiat rider plate mounted upon gsaid guide plate and having its edges engaged in said grooves, a dart propeller carried by the rider` plate, a resilient bow secured transversely of the fore stock, and a bow string connecting the ends `of the bow and extending across the guide plate behind and engaging said propeller, said ngers operating to engage the bow string upon either side of the propeller when the bow string is drawn l back to retain said propeller against movement. 3. A dart gun comprising `a stock, abreech portion and a fore stock, said breech portion having a chamber opening through the top and through the under side thereof and said chamber having the side walls thereofjprovided' with arcuate slots, a propeller mounted upon said fore stock for longitudinal movement, means parallelbody therebetween, the

ing the fore stock for guiding the propeller, a bow secured across theforward end ot the fore stock,

string when theV latter is drawn back ,to tension the bow, and connecting means between the trigger an `the bar for oscillating the fingers downwardly for the release of the bow string.

a stock, a breech and fore stock integral therewith, `a guide plate extendinglongitudinally of lthe top surface of the fore a dart propeller slidably mounted upon said guide plate, a bow secured transversely of the forward end of the forestock, a string connecting the ends ofA said bow and extending across .the guide plate and behind and in engagement with said propeller, trigger release means carried by the breech and adapted to engage the bow string when the propeller is drawn back to maintain the propeller in said position, a vvertically disposed plate extending longitudinally oi' the breech and a portion of the fore stock and at one axis extending longitudinally of the 'guide plate and at the opposite side of the inwardly toward the guide plate to deposit a dart from the receptacle onto the guide plate.

n MOSES S. SHIRN.

30 side of the guide plate,-a dart carrying receptacle mounted upon an

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