A New or Improved Toy Gun,
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Toy Gun,
We, WILLIAM HENRY CALKINS, Salesman, CHARLES AUGUST LINDBERG,
Machinist, WILLIAM MATHEWS BUTTS and AUSTIN KENT WHEELER, Wholesale
Merchants, all residents of the City of Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent and
the State of Michigan, United States of America, 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 a new or improved toy air gun and is represented in
the annexed drawings where:
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a gun on the line y-y of Figure 2, partly
in elevation; Figure, 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line x-x of
Figure 1; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line y―y of
Figure 2, showing the barrel bottom up and upon an incline to allow the shot to
roll into the port that conducts it to the barrel; Figure 4 is a side elevation, and
Figure 5 is an end elevation of the muzzle of the gun; Figure 6 is a plan and
Figure 7 is an end view of the transfer slide; and Figure 8 is a front elevation
of the breech-plate or thimble.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
We construct the gun with an outer barrel tube A having two sections, a and a",
and an inner barrel tube a' through which the shot is forced. We provide for
preventing the shot from passing through the end of the inner into the tube all
by contracting, or making smaller, the end of the inner tube, in common use in
these guns.
Our actuating mechanism consists of the lever F pivoted to the stock B, at f,
and having an upwardly projecting arm that is provided at its upper end with
a hook f which engages one end of the rod E, the other end of which passed
through the end of the piston and slides freely so that the lever and this rod
may be carried back to normal position, after the piston has been drawn back,
and is held to place by the sear G, as in Fig. 1, without moving the piston, and
the piston may be thrown forcibly against the end of the inner tube without affect-
ing the rod. The piston is thrown forcibly ahead by the coil spring D, as soon
as it is released by the sear.
At the back end of the section all of the barrel we place a thimble A¹, in
position to support the rebound of the spring D and provide it with a slot bi for
the passage and free action of the rod E. The sear is thrown in engagement with
the piston by the spring T, and is thrown out of engagement therewith by the
trigger H, in the usual manner. b is the back sight of the gun.
It will be readily seen that, as there is no other escape for the air, the rapid
approach of the piston to the end of the tube a¹ will force the air into the tube
and shot therein must be forcibly ejected therefrom.
The shot Q is stored in the magazine N, which is secured to the lower surface
of the barrel by bands n and n¹. To transfer the shot from this magazine we
place a slide K inside of the tube a and around the tube a¹ in position so that

page_text: the port P, therein, registers with a corresponding opening in the magazine, to
receive the shot therefrom. This slide is held in normal position by the spring M,
when the aperture P in the inner tube is covered by the slide so that air cannot
escape therethrough, when the shot is being forced out. The slide is thrown so
that the port P registers with the port 1" in the tube a' by the spring catch L
which is provided with a hook which passes through the slot in the tube all
and engages the end of the piston, and is drawn back therewith until the before-
mentioned ports register and the shot drops into the tube a', at which point it is
disengaged from the piston by coming in contact with the wall of the tube at
the end of the slot 1, when the slide is returned to normal position as herein before
stated. represents an arm by which the catch L is secured to the slide K, as
shown in Fig. 6.
The magazine N, which contains the shot, is supported upon the gun barrel
by being slid into the thimbles or bands and n', and it is held from sliding
longitudinally by the rim of the cap entering a notch in the barrel.
The cap o is cut away on one side, as at o¹, so that it may slide by the barrel
until it has reached its normal position, when it may be turned so that the rim
will enter the notch, as stated, and as indicated in Fig. 4.
B' indicates the mortise in which the arm F1 of the lever F works for actuating
the piston.
It will be noticed that we have made no provision for forcing the projectiles
to the transfer slide and inner tube of the barrel. We save this expense by turn-
ing the gun bottom up with the muzzle elevated, as indicated in Fig. 3, when
operating the lever F for drawing the piston back, in which position the pro-
jectiles will roll into the port in the transfer slide and the manipulation of the
lever will draw it to position to deposit the projectile into the tube, when it will
return to normal position. The port is constructed to receive but one projectile
at a time so that by this means we have provided to transfer the projectile with-
out the use of springs or additional mechanism in or about the magazine and
with no exertion on the part of the operator except that necessary to manipulate
the lever F.
If desired, the catch may be dispensed with and the slide manipulated by the
hand, pulling directly upon the arm k, or the gun may be used as a muzzle
loader by simply allowing the slide to stand in its normal position when it covers
the apertures P in the inner tube, as herein before stated, so that the air cannot
escape therethrough sufficiently to materially lessen the effect upon the projectile,
thus greatly lessening the cost of a magazine gun without deteriorating its
efficiency.
The barrel is secured to the stock by the key J, so that all that is necessary
to assemble the stock and barrel is to hook the actuating rod E, upon the hook f¹
on the arm F of the lever, throw it over to position and insert the key; and the
dissembling of the parts is accomplished by the simple removal of the key.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. The combination with a stock, barrel and actuating mechanism of a spring
actuated air gun, of a piston having two heads, connected by bars, a rod slidingly
secured in the back head and connecting it with the actuating lever, a magazine
secured beneath the barrel and having an aperture through one side in position
to register with a corresponding aperture in the outer tube of the barrel, the inner
tube of the barrel provided with a like aperture for the passage of the projectile,
a transfer block slidingly attached around the inner tube, within the outer tube,
covering the aperture in the inner tube and having a port to register with the
aperture in the outer tube when in normal position, a spring for holding it to
normal position, an arm projecting therefrom, and a spring catch projecting back
from said arm to engage the head of the piston to draw the block back so that

page_text: its port will register with the aperture in the inner tube and close the aperture
in the outer tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with the barrel, stock and actuating mechanism of a
spring actuated air gun, of a magazine beneath the barrel, having an aperture to
register with a corresponding aperture through the outer tubes of the barrel a
sliding block within the outer tube of the barrel having a port to register, when
in normal position, with said aperture a spring to hold said block to normal
position, an inner tube having an aperture that is covered by said block when in
normal position and is opened by the port when the block is thrown back to
proper position therefor, a spring catch to engage the piston to actuate the block,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination in a spring actuated air gun of the barrel, stock and
actuating mechanism, a detachable magazine beneath the barrel, a cap on the
end of said magazine, a projecting rim on said, cap with one side
cut away, said rim adapted to engage a notch in the barrel to hold the magazine
to place, and said magazine having an aperture arranged to register with a port
in a sliding block, said block arranged to have its port register alternately with
said aperture in the magazine, and with an aperture in the inner tube of the
barrel, a spring for holding said block to normal position, and a catch to draw it
to position to register with the aperture in the inner tube, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
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11000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents for Applicants,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.