Patent ID: 6167925
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A toy gun for discharging a liquid under pressure, which comprises: a housing; a trigger attached to said housing; a liquid storage tank connected to said housing; a pressure chamber having an opening located on said housing; an expandable bladder located in said pressure chamber; a pump attached to said housing and in fluid communication with said liquid storage tank, said pump being adapted to transfer liquid from said liquid storage tank to said expandable bladder for charging said expandable bladder such that said bladder is expanded by liquid under pressure as said pump is actuated; a release valve connected to said trigger for regulating a discharge of liquid from said expandable bladder; a nozzle assembly in communication with said release valve, wherein said nozzle assembly includes a discharge opening of a first size and a recharge opening of a second size, which is larger than said first size; a path of fluid communication connected between said expandable bladder, said pump, said liquid storage tank and said nozzle assembly, said nozzle assembly being adapted for insertion into a quick charge device which is adapted to force liquid from the quick charge device through the nozzle assembly and the path of fluid communication and into the expandable bladder to recharge the expandable bladder; and wherein movement of said trigger regulates movement of pressurized liquid through a part of said path of fluid communication for discharging a stream of liquid from said nozzle assembly.