An Improved Toy.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improved Toy.
1, ALBERT ROBERTS, of 49 Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury in the County of.
Lancaster, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My improved toy is designed for throwing peas, pellets darts and the like, and it
consists of a tube or barrel into which is placed a tubular spring preferably of
rubber secured at one end concentrically to the front end of the barrel in any
convenient manner. At the other end the spring, which propels the projectile,.
is closed, and it has moulded or otherwise formed or fixed thereon a collar or
enlargement which preserves the tubular form of the spring when extended, and
also acts as a stop against the rear end of the barrel to maintain the spring
normally in slight extension and to check it when released after having been drawn.
There is a cavity to receive the projectile formed in that portion of the closed end.
of the spring which projects beyond the collar and this cavity is preferably tapered
from a point beyond the collar so as to prevent the projectile becoming jammed
inside the spring when the latter is extended.
The barrel may either be mounted on a stock or handle or used without
as preferred.
Dated this 8th day of December 1893.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy.
I, ALBERT ROBERTS, of 49 Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury in the County of
Lancaster, Clerk, 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 :--
My improved toy is designed for throwing pellets, peas darts and the like, and it
consists of a tube, barrel, or ring to which is secured concentrically a rubber spring
closed at one end.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a sectional side view, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan on
the line A B, Fig. 2, of my improved toy. Figs.
and 5 are similar views to
Figs. 1 and 2, of a slightly modified form of the toy, and Figs. 6 and 7 are side
view and sectional side view respectively, of another form of the toy, and Fig. 8
is a view of the toy mounted on a stock or handle.
In,Figs. 1 and 2,-a represents a metal or other barrel with a small flange at each
end, b a rubber spring closed at one end. The open end of the rubber spring is
drawn over the barrel and secured concentrically to it in any convenient manner,
say by a piece of twine or fine wire c, or a rubber ring.
In Figs. 4 and 5 the barrel a is similar to that already described but the tubular
rubber spring b is made to pass through the barrel and is secured to its exterior
There is a collar b¹ on the
near the top by twine or other suitable material c.

page_text: rubber which rests against the lower flange of the barrel, the portion of the rubber
in the barrel a being preferably under slight tension.
In Figs. 6 and 7 the barrel a.is made very short and is in fact merely a ring or
collar to which the rubber spring b is secured in any convenient manner.
Fig. 8 represents the barrel a and rubber spring 6 secured to a stock or handle d.
To use the toy the barrel or ring a or the stock d as the case may be is held in
one hand while the projectile such as a pellet or pea, is dropped through the barrel
or ring into the closed end of the rubber spring, then by drawing out or extending
the rubber spring and releasing it suddenly the pellet will be forcibly ejected
through the barrel.
When a dart is used as a projectile the body of the dart is supported by the
barrel or ring with its lower end resting in the closed end of the rubber spring.
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 :-
1. The combination with a barrel or ring of metal or other suitable material, of
a rubber spring closed at one end for throwing pellets, darts and other projectiles
Bubstantially as described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In combination a barrel or ring of metal, or other suitable material, a rubber
spring closed at one end and a stock or a handle substantially as described and as
illustrated by Fig. 8.
Dated this 6th day of June 1894.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.