Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
I HENRY REASON of 152 Western Road Brighton, County of Sussex, Publisher
of Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of toy guns and pistols used to discharge peas
or pellets of various material by aid of a spring appliance, and consists; firstly, in an
improved arrangement of magazine to hold a number of such projectiles and assist
the feeding of same one at a time into the barrel; secondly, of an arrangement for
preventing more than one projectile entering the barrel at a time: thirdly, of a means
to prevent the projectile when fed into the barrel from falling out if the end of the
barrel is lowered.
In front of
According to this invention the magazine is fixed upon the top of the barrel near
the breech end; in the top of the magazine is an opening for the introduction of the
projectiles, and in the bottom preferably near middle is an opening in a line with one
in top of barrel. Within end of barrel is a means for automatically closing the
feeding aperture from magazine. This may consist of a spiral spring or short
plunger operated as hereafter described. The projectiles are discharged by a pivotted
lever actuated by a spring and operated by a trigger which draws the lever back a
certain distance when the sear part is released by a cam arrangement lifting same.
The end of lever works in barrel through a longitudinal slot in bottom.
lever is a prong and between this and the end of the lever the projectile falls the
prong preventing it from falling out if the muzzle is lowered. When the lever is
forward the spiral spring or other means is over the feeding aperture, thus excluding
any further projectile from entering barrel. On the lever being pressed back, it
forces back spiral spring or other means and when end of lever passes the feeding
aperture a shot drops in between the prong and lever and is discharged as has been
described. A light spring or springs may be arranged in the magazine to press the
shots to assist the feeding.

page_text: I HENRY REASON of 152 Western Road Brighton, Sussex, Publisher of Games 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 that class of toy guns and pistols used to discharge peas
or pellets of various material (hereinafter referred to as shots) by aid of spring
appliance. To enable my invention to be properly understood I will proceed to fully
describe the same with aid of the accompanying drawings which show the invention
as applied to a pistol.
Figures 1 and 2 sectional views at the act of being discharged, and discharged,
respectively.
Figure 3 is a detached view of the opposite side of parts embodied in figures 1
and 2.
Figure 4 a slightly modified view of figure 2.
A is the barrel connected to or formed in one with a suitable stock and having a
magazine B, attached or formed on top at breech end; the magazine may be open at
the end C, for filling in the shots, such openings being closed when required by a
cover C¹ turning on a pin the filling hole may be on the top when it would not
require any cover to close it. In the bottom is a hole D communicating with
barrel A, for the shots to pass into the barrel; the bottom E of magazine is preferred
to he made with a double incline to cause the shots to roll towards the middle when
the barrel is held horizontal. The hole D is covered by an underneath spiral spring F
or arın P attached to lever G, to prevent shots entering barrel. G is a pivotted lever
for projecting the shots operated by a spring N, the top of this lever is formed with
a prong H standing sufficiently far away from top to admit a shot laying between this
prong, prevents more than one shot entering the barrel at a time to be discharged
and also the falling out of the shot should the barrel be lowered. The end of lever
and prong work through a slot A¹ in bottom of barrel A. The lever G is actuated
by a trigger I by means of a pivotted sear J and side projection L, on G. By
continuing to press the trigger I, towards the stock after bringing the lever G, into
the position shown at figure 1, causes the step K, of sear J, to be lifted off the
projection L, by the end M, of sear J, coming against M¹ of trigger I, thereby
freeing the lever G, allowing the discharge of the shot, and permitting the spring F,
or arm P, to close exit D, from magazine B, into barrel. On releasing the trigger
it is forced forward by the spring O, when the step K, drops over L and on pressing
in trigger the sear J presses back lever G the top of which compresses spring F
which allows a shot to fall into barrel between prong H and top of lever G as shown
at figure 1 when it is discharged by continuing to press the trigger has as been
described.
The sear J has its free end J¹ turned round G, to assist the guiding of sear J.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In toy spring guns or pistols the shot ejector G, formed with a prong H for the
purposes described.
2. In a toy spring guns or pistols, the combination of the spring operated shot
ejector G, formed with prong H. and the spring F or arm P, for the purposes
described.
3. The combination of parts forming a toy spring gun or pistol herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th dow of Cont.
1000
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.