тошен тоу FISLOIS.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
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тошен
тоу FISLOIS.
We, HENRY D. GARDY, and TAYLOR C. BURKE, of Chester, in the County
of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentlemen,
do hereby declare the nature of this 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 toy pistols and has for its object to provide a pistol
or gun which can be used to facilitate the game of marbles. Heretofore it
required long and tedious practice to become expert while with the aid of this
invention the smallest child is enabled to perform this feat well with very little
practice.
And further by the use of this invention this game becomes useful as well as
a pleasure. The use of the gun or pistol trains the eye cultivates the judgment
and tends to establish a perfect harmony of action between the eye and the nerves.
And with this object in view the invention further consists in the parts and com-
binations of parts as will be more fully set out in the following Specification and
claims.
In the drawings
:-
Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through the invention, the parts in
position for firing.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing position of parts after firing.
Figure 3 is a detail view of the plunger and its ring.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the muzzle and
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the muzzle with several different sizes of marbles
held by its resilient ribs.
A represents the handle of the marble-shooting device preferably hollow,
and B the barrel thereof, in the top of which is a slot b. is a buffer in the
slot b, to be hereinafter referred to. The plunger consists of a cylindrical body C
from which extends forwardly the striking point c. Cis an ear or projection
extending upwardly from the cylindrical body C and adapted to work in the
Blot b.
D is a spiral spring within the barrel B, one end of which is secured to the rear
end of the barrel while the other end is secured within the cylindrical body C.
E is a trigger having the catch e. e is the trigger spring. F is the muzzle
having the spring ribs f. The advantage of constructing the muzzle with spring
ribs is that a marble may be placed therein and the ribs will clamp it in position
thereby enabling the operator to aim the pistol down without danger of the
marbles falling out; further, marbles of different sizes may be inserted in the
muzzle and held therein irrespective of the position of the pistol.
The parts being assembled the operator compresses the spring by pulling
the cylindrical body towards the rear of the pistol by means of the ear or
projection c, and when the spring is thus compressed the catch e, of the trigger E
springs up in front of the body C thereby holding the spring in its compressed
condition. A marble of any desired size is then pressed in the muzzle and held
there by the spring ribs f. After the proper sight has been taken, the operator
pulls the trigger E thereby releasing the plunger, whereupon the spring expands
and pushes the plunger forward with great force and the striking point c, strikes
the marble sharply thereby knocking it out of the spring ribbed muzzle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
In a toy pistol, the barrel provided with a slot, a buffer 6' secured in the forward
end of said slot, the striking point c, a cylindrical body integral with and extending
rearwardly from said point, a projection C₁extending upwardly from the cylindrical
body and adapted to work in the slot of the barrel, a coiled spring seated in said
cylindrical body, flat spring ribs flared outwardly and secured to the extreme end
of the barrel, the free ends of said ribs being turned back, all combined and
operating as described.
Dated this 1st day of October 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.