A Child's Toy Consisting of a Small Gun or Cannon for Shooting Peas and Discharging a Cap or Fulminate simultaneously.
Year: 1887

page_text: A Child's Toy Consisting of a Small Gun or Cannon for Shooting
Peas and Discharging a Cap or Fulminate simultaneously.
I, DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN, of 24 Alfred Place West, South
Kensington, Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a novel construction, arrangement, or combination of
appliances forming a small gun or cannon by which a pea can be shot from the barrel
and a percussion or fulminate be fired by striking against a tube affixed to the barrel
in such a manner that the flash can be directed forwards.
For the purpose of my invention, I apply to the button or disc which propels the
pea of a pea gun or cannon a lip or stud which projects through a slot in the top of
the article. The face of said stud is recessed or otherwise prepared for the reception
of Amorces percussion caps, or other fulminate or explosive, which when the spring
which shoots the pea is released also carries the stud forward with sufficient force to
cause the explosion or cap report, the explosive body striking against the upper tube,
so that the fire flash passes through it, and not only directs the flash but increases
the sound.
Dated this 6th day of December 1887
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

page_text: Peas and Discharging a Cap or Fulminate simultaneously.
I DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN of 244 Alfred Place West, South
Kensington, Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the. same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a novel construction, arrangement or combination of
appliances forming a small gun or cannon by which a pea can be shot from a barrel
and a percussion or fulminate be fired by a striker riding within a tube affixed to
the barrel in such a manner that the flash can be directed forwards through a small
aperture.
For the purpose of my invention, and as shown on the annexed drawings Figure 1,
I apply to the button or disc A which propels the pea of a pea gun or cannon a lip or
stud B which projects through a slot in a partition C. The face of said stud B or the
barrel D is recessed at E or otherwise prepared for the reception of Amorcos,
percussion caps or other fulminate or explosive which when the spring F which
shoots the pea is released also carries the stud B forward with sufficient force to
cause the explosive or cap report, the explosive body striking against the inner face
of the upper tube, so that the fire flash passes through the aperture and not only
directs the flash but increases the sound.
Figure 2 is a perspective view and Fig. 3 a plan view of a toy cannon in
which the invention is applied. Figures 4 and 5 are front and back end views of
the same.
The rod or rods G to which the pea plunger A and the cap exploder B are affixed
passes through the breech end H of the barrel D the outer end of the rod G having a
hook I to engage behind a lever J or a hook K behind a plate L when stretched home
ready for firing, said hook being released by hand or by a trigger M.
N is a hook by which the paper of the used Amorces can be withdrawn from the
slit E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The toy gun or cannon for shooting a pea. and firing a fulminate by a simultaneous
action of plungers or strikers controlled by a spring as shown in the annexed drawings
and acting substantially in the manner described.