Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 30th Mar., 1895
ADOLPHE MYERS Pen Manufacturer 95 Charlotte Street Birmingham do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to make a toy, in the form of a repeating gun, or
pistol, having a magazine for holding projectiles, and can be used, either as a
magazine gun, for rapid firing or as a breechloader.
In order to do this, I construct the foregoing toy gun, or pistol in metal, in the
following manner, I first make a barrel, either out of tube, or folded out of sheet
metal, and I next cut out of sheet metal, also, a trigger, and hammer, these I put
through the lower end of the barrel, the hammer having a spring formed on it, out
of the same piece of metal, & the trigger, working as a lever, under the fore part
of the hammer, so as to raise the end of the hammer a given distance.
On the end of this hammer is formed a catch I now form a coiled spring & slide,
with a catch also on its upper side, this slide working in a groove cut in the barrel,
and is used to compress the spring, the catch engaging, in the catch on the hammer
(above described) when the spring is fully compressed. A hole is now made in the
barrel, on the top side, for the projectile to enter, and is exposed when the slide is
drawn back to its utmost. now form the magazine out of a tube, or folded up
blank, and construct slides, or runners on it, so that it will travel in a slot in the
barrel, to keep it, in its proper position, this tube, or magazine, is made to hold a
given number of projectiles, and has a jointed lid, or cap, at its top. The other end,
having an opening (the size of the projectile) made facing the barrel, I attach
this sliding magazine, with a spring, or elastic band, to the top of the gun barrel,
for the purpose hereinafter described, and lastly I make a stock of wood, or iron,
or other suitable material, and fix it to the lower end of the barrel.
The action is as follows:
On pulling the magazine, down the barrel the end, or base of it presses against
the slide, which in its turn compresses the spring, the magazine itself being pressed
down, till the hole in its base, faces the hole in the barrel a projectile then falls in,
the magazine then flies back to the top of the barrel, by reason of the spring, or
elastic band, and the slide returns over the hole in the barrel, so as to cover the
and is checked then, by the catch on the hammer. The spring is now
released, and the shot fired, by the pressure of the finger on the trigger underneath,
and the action is repeated, till all the projectiles are discharged, when the magazine
can again be filled, or the gun charged separately by the hole in the barrel under
the slide.
same,
Dated Anril 17th 1804
ADOLPHE MYERS.

page_text: Improvement in Toys...
1, ADOLPHE MYERS of 95, Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Pen Manufacturer,
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 :-
The object of my invention is to make a toy repeating gun or pistol provided
with a magazine for holding peas or other small projectiles the said toy gun or
pistol being so constructed as to be used either as a magazine gun or pistol for rapid
firing or as a breech loader.
1 will describe my said invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a toy repeating gun constructed according to my
invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same
with the parts in the positions which they occupy immediately after the
been fired;
Fig. 4 shews the gun being loaded from the magazine;
Fig. 5 shews the gun loaded from the magazine ready for firing;
Fig. 6 shews the magazine separately and
gun
has
Fig. 7 is a front elevation, sectional elevatiou and back elevation of the slide
which compresses the firing spring as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
In carrying out my invention I provide a barrel A either made out of metal tube
or folded out of sheet metal as shewn the back end being fixed in the stock B which
is also by preference made of metal. Pivotted at c¹ to the back end of the barrel
I provide the hammer C which projects through a slot a in the upper side of the
barrel A and has its front end formed as a catch c². Below the hammer C
I provide the trigger D which projects through a slot in the barrel A and is
pivotted at d to the barrel and is made with a heel so as to lift the hammer C
through a short distance when the trigger D is pulled. E is a spring in the back
end of the barrel A connected to the heel d of the trigger D and also acting on the
heel of the hammer C so as to bring the hammer C and trigger D back to their
normal positions shewn in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5 after the gun has been fired.
Contained within the barrel A is the coiled wire spring F the front end of which
bears against the crosspiece of the slide G which latter fits loosely on the
barrel A. This slide Ghas a catch g' on its upper side adapted to engage with the
catch of the hammer when the slide is pushed back to compress the spring as
hereinafter described and shewn by Fig. 4. In order to prevent the slide G
turning on the barrel the said slide is made with a crossbar g2 which engages in the
longitudinal slot a³ in the top of the barrel and also with the longitudinal slot a in
the bottom of the barrel. In the top side of the barrel A. I provide a hole a³ which
is exposed when the slide G is drawn back to its utmost extent as shewn in
Figs. 4 and 5 this hole a being large enough to admit the projectile into the
barrel A. in front of the slide G. On the barrel A I provide the magazine H
shewn separately by Fig. 6 which is made out of a tube or out of a folded up blank
ns shewn and is constructed with a slide or runner upon it shaped to embrace
the barrel A and slide freely thereon. The magazine H has a sinall projecting
part which engages in the longitudinal slot a' in the barrel so as to prevent the
magazine H turning round on the barrel. This magazine H is made to hold a
certain number of peas I or other small projectiles as shewn in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 and
is made with a jointed lid or cap at the top end for closing the same.
This cap

page_text: or lid is by preference made as shewn with a spring stem or arm /* connected to
the back end of the magazine H and the cap h³ is by preference dished as shewn
The back
so as to snap on to the top of the magazine and be maintained closed.
end of the magazine H next to the barrel A is made with a hole h of the proper
size to allow one of the projectiles to pass into the hole a' in the barrel. is an
clastic band (or instead of an elastic band a spring may be used) which passes round
the back of the magazine through holes therein and through the eye of the
barrel so as to move the magazine to its forward position shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3
and 5 after it has been moved back as shewn in Figs. 4 and released. The small
stops a projecting from the sides of the barrel A. prevent the magazine H from
moving forward too far.
The action of the toy magazine gun above described is as follows:-On moving
the magazine H down the barrel the back end of the magazine H presses against
the slide G which in its turn compresses the spring F until the hole in the base
of the magazine H faces the hole as in the barrel A and one of the projectiles falls
from the magazine H into the barrel A as shewn in Fig. 4. The slide G has now
been arrested in its backward position shewn in Figs. 4 and 5 by the catch of
the hammer C engaging with the catch g¹ of the slide G. The magazine H is then
released and by the spring j' is caused to fly forward to the top of the barrel as
shewn in Fig. 5. The trigger D is now pulled so as to raise the hammer C and
release the slide G which with the projectile in the barrel is shot forward by the
spring F. The action is or may be then repeated until all the projectiles have
been fired out of the magazine H. Or if desired the gun can be charged without
the magazine by moving the slide down to be arrested by the hammer and compress
the spring F the projectiles being inserted into the barrel either through the hole a*
or through the muzzle of the same.
I construct a toy repeating pistol similarly as above described with reference to a
toy magazine gun.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a toy gun or pistol the combination with the barrel of a coiled spring
therein for propelling the projectile, a slide on the barrel adapted to compress said
spring, a catch or hammer adapted to retain and release said slide, when the spring
is compressed, and a magazine constructed so as to hold the projectiles and to slide
to and fro on the barrel and deliver a projectile or projectiles through the breech
into the barrel in front of the said slide when the spring is compressed substantially
as hereinbefore set forth.
2. In a toy repeating gun or pistol the employment of the magazine for the
projectiles adapted to slide to and fro on the barrel and to deliver a projectile or
projectiles in the breech of the barrel substantially as herein before set forth.
3. The herein described improved toy repeating gun or pistol constructed and
arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 16th day of February 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.