Patent ID: 12259209

In the drawings:1. gun shell;1a. first limiting wall;1b. second limiting wall;1c. dividing wall;11. through groove;12. support table;13. guide rib;14. guide post;2. loading cylinder;3. air cylinder;31. second rack;4. piston member;41. first rack;42. push-down plate;6. transmission gear train;61. output end gear;611. first incomplete gear;612. second incomplete gear;7. electric drive mechanism;71. motor;72. first switch;73. second switch;8. mating member;81. upper convex rib;82. lower convex rib;82a. outer convex arc surface;83. avoidance groove;84. extension;9. trigger mechanism;91. trigger;92. convex bar;92a. inner convex rib; a. snap-on member; b. mode adjustment plate; b1. holding down plate; b2. trigger plate; b3. adjustment groove; b4. guide groove;10. spring seat;101. first flat plate;102. second flat plate;103. connecting shaft;20. adjustment member;201. cam;202. rotating shaft; and30. rotating member.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

To make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the invention will be described clearly and completely below in combination with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the invention. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the invention, not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the invention, it should be noted that the terms “upper”, “lower”, “inner”, “outer” and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element to be referred must have a specific orientation, be constructed and be operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise specified and limited, terms “mounted” and “connected” are to be interpreted in broad sense and may, for example, be fixedly or detachably or integrally connected; the connection may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; or the connection may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediary. A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand specific meanings of the terms in the invention based on specific situations.

Referring toFIGS.1-10, an embodiment of this application provides a three-mode toy gun which comprises a gun shell1, a firing cylinder assembly, a transmission gear train6, a mating member8, a trigger mechanism9and a feed cylinder. The firing cylinder assembly comprises a loading cylinder2, an air cylinder3and a piston member4, the loading cylinder2is fixed to the gun shell1, the air cylinder3is slidably connected to the loading cylinder2, one end of the piston member4with a piston body is slidably connected to the air cylinder3, the piston member4has a first rack41, the air cylinder3has a second rack31, and a first elastic member (not shown) is provided between the piston member4and the gun shell1. The feed cylinder is used to load bullets. An end portion of the air cylinder3can extend into the feed cylinder. It should be noted that in the embodiment of this application, the mating structure of the firing cylinder assembly and the feed cylinder adopt existing mature techniques.

Referring toFIGS.2,3,4and5, an output end gear61of the transmission gear train6has a first incomplete gear611and a second incomplete gear612, the first incomplete gear611is engageable with the first rack41, and the second incomplete gear612is engageable with the second rack31.

The feed cylinder has a horizontal cylinder and a vertical cylinder, and cavities of which are connected through a bullet dropping hole. The output end gear61of the transmission gear train6is used to respectively drive the air cylinder3and the piston member4to move towards a gun tail, and after the air cylinder3moves towards the gun tail, the bullet dropping hole is conducted, and bullets can fall from the vertical cylinder into the horizontal cylinder. Subsequently, since the second incomplete gear612has a non-closed ring shape, and the air cylinder3is connected to the gun shell1through a spring, after the second rack31and the second incomplete gear612are disengaged, the air cylinder3moves to a gun head side to be reset under the action of the spring, and the air cylinder closes the bullet dropping hole again.

It should be noted that the firing cylinder assembly (including the racks), the feed cylinder and the transmission gear train6(including the incomplete gears) described above and a snap-on member a described below can all adopt the existing mature technology for their mating relationship, and have the structures substantially the same as those of a common toy gun, and only sizes thereof are improved adaptively.

The electric drive mechanism7comprises a motor71and a power supply cable (not shown), the motor71is in transmission connection with an input end of the transmission gear train6, the power supply cable is electrically connected with the motor71, the power supply cable has a first switch72and a second switch73connected in series, the mating member8is movably arranged in the gun shell1, the mating member8has a first position and a second position, the first position is located on a motion trajectory of the piston member4, and the mating member located at the first position interferes with the piston member4. The second position deviates from the motion trajectory, and the mating member8located at the second position does not interfere with the piston member4. The trigger mechanism9is arranged in the gun shell1, and the trigger mechanism9has a trigger91and a convex bar92.

The three-mode toy gun has a single-action mode, an automatic mode and a manual mode. In the single-action mode, the mating member8is located at the first position, the trigger is pressed such that the convex bar92abuts against and triggers the first switch72, the electric drive mechanism7drives the piston member to move towards a tail portion of the gun shell1to compress the first elastic member until the piston member4pushes (interference occurs) the mating member8, so that the mating member8pushes against the convex bar92, so that the convex bar92is disengaged from the first switch72, the electric drive mechanism7is powered off, and the first elastic member is elastically released to drive the piston member to move in a reverse direction to eject bullets. In the automatic mode, the mating member8is located at the second position, and in a state where the trigger91is pressed, the convex bar92keeps abutting against the first switch72, the electric drive mechanism7remains in a power-on state; and The movable piston member does not interfere with the mating member. In the manual mode, the second switch73is trigged and in an off state, and the electric drive mechanism7remains in a power-off state.

The three-mode toy gun is provided with the single-action mode, the automatic mode and the manual mode by means of mating arrangement of the structural members, which provides players with three use experiences and satisfies the preferences of different players.

The piston member4has a push-down plate42, and the push-down plate42has a push-down bevel. The mating member8has a mating bevel, the trigger91and the convex bar92are rotatably connected, and a second elastic member is provided between the trigger and the convex bar92. The second elastic member may be a torsion arm spring. Both ends of the torsion arm spring abut against the trigger91and the convex bar92respectively, and the convex bar92is in a horizontal state as shown inFIG.2in the absence of an external force.

A third elastic member is provided between the mating member8and the gun shell1; a fourth elastic member is provided between the trigger91and the gun shell1; and in the single-action mode, the trigger is pressed, the piston member4moves towards the tail portion of the gun shell1, the push-down bevel can press down the mating bevel, the mating member8presses down the convex bar92, the first elastic member, the second elastic member, the third elastic member and the fourth elastic member are all in a deformed state, and when the mating member8presses down the convex bar92to rotate to deflect and disengage from the first switch72, the first elastic member and the third elastic member both recover from deformation, and the convex bar92is limited at a bottom of the first switch72. When the trigger is released, the fourth elastic member recovers from deformation to push against the trigger mechanism9away from the first switch72, and the second elastic member recovers from deformation to drive the convex bar92to rotate to reset.

It should be noted that the first switch72in this application is a normally closed switch, the second switch73is a normally open switch, and pressing the first switch72can turn on the first switch72, and pressing the second switch73can turn off the second switch73.

Referring toFIG.9, an avoidance groove83is provided on the mating member8, and in the automatic mode, the convex bar92is arranged to at least partially run through the avoidance groove83, and the trigger91is pressed, so that the convex bar92keeps abutting against the first switch72. Even if the piston member4moves to the gun tail side, it does not press down the mating member8, and the mating member8does not interfere with the convex bar92. The convex bar92keeps the posture of pressing the first switch unchanged. As long as a user presses the trigger, the convex bar92remains triggering and abutting against the first switch72, the first switch72remains conducted, and the toy gun continuously executes the firing action.

Referring toFIG.9, an upper edge of an inner side of the convex bar92is provided with an inner convex rib92a, and the mating member8has a lower convex rib82and an upper convex rib81, the avoidance groove83is formed between the lower convex rib82and the upper convex rib81, and a groove width of the avoidance groove83is greater than a width of the inner convex rib92a. In the automatic mode, the mating member8moves to the second position, the inner convex rib92ais located between the upper convex rib81and the lower convex rib82, and the inner convex rib92aruns through the avoidance groove83. The piston member4does not interfere with the mating member8during the firing action of the toy gun. The mating member8does not press down the convex bar92. As long as the trigger of the toy remains pressed, the toy gun continuously executes the firing action until the trigger is released.

In one possible implementation, an end portion of the lower convex rib82has a smooth outer arc surface82a, and in the single-action mode, the mating member8abuts against an end portion of the inner convex rib92ato drive the convex bar92to rotate. In a process that the mating member8moves from the first position to the second position, the end portion of the inner convex rib92aslides along the outer convex arc surface82aand slides into the avoidance groove83.

The three-mode toy gun comprises a snap-on member a movably provided on the gun shell1, and the snap-on member a is movable in a direction perpendicular to the piston member4. In the manual mode, the piston member4moves towards the gun tail, the piston member is snappable on the snap-on member a, the first elastic member is in a compressed state, the trigger is pressed to drive the snap-on member a to move, so that the snap-on member a is disengaged from the piston member, and the first elastic member is elastically released to push against the piston member4to reset.

A fifth elastic member is provided between the snap-on member a and the gun shell1. The trigger has a lateral push bevel. One end of the snap-on member a away from the fifth elastic member is provided with a lateral push mating bevel. In the state where the trigger is pressed, the lateral push bevel is capable of pushing against the lateral push mating bevel, so that the snap-on member moves and compresses the fifth elastic member.

Referring toFIGS.6and8, the gun shell1has a through groove11and a support table12, the mating member8has an extension84, the support table12is located on the side of the extension84away from the piston member4, the extension84extends to the through groove11, and both ends of the fifth elastic member abut against the extension84and the support table12respectively. When the push-down bevel presses down the mating member8, the fifth elastic member is in a compressed state, and when the push-down bevel is away from the mating member8, the fifth elastic member pushes against the mating member8to reset.

In one possible implementation, as shown inFIG.6, the three-mode toy gun comprises a mode adjustment plate b, two guide ribs13are provided on the gun shell1, the mode adjustment plate b is slidably arranged between the two guide ribs13, the mode adjustment plate b has a holding down plate b1, the holding down plate b1extends to a side of the extension84away from the fifth elastic member, and the mode adjustment plate b is movable along the guide ribs13to adjust the mating member8to the first position or the second position.

The mating member8has a third position located on a side where the second position is away from the first position. In a state where the mating member8moves to the third position, the inner convex rib92aruns through the avoidance groove83. The mode adjustment plate b also has a trigger plate b2, and in a state where the mode adjustment plate b drives the mating member8to move to the third position, the trigger plate b2presses the second switch73so that the second switch73is in an off state. At this time, the toy gun is in the manual mode.

Referring toFIG.6, the mode adjustment plate b has an adjustment groove b3and a plurality of guide grooves b4. A plurality of guide posts14are provided on the gun shell1, and each of the guide posts14is respectively inserted into a corresponding guide groove b4. The rotating member30is arranged in the gun shell1, the rotating member30is partially located in the adjustment groove b3, the rotating member30is rotatable to abut against different positions of the adjustment groove b3, so that the mode adjustment plate b limits the mating member8to any one of the first position, the second position and the third position.

Referring toFIG.10, the adjustable elastic toy gun comprises a spring seat10. The firing cylinder assembly is arranged in the gun shell1, the firing cylinder assembly has an air cylinder3and a piston member4, and the piston member4is slidably connected to the air cylinder3. A first end of the first elastic member abuts against the piston member4. The spring seat10is arranged in the gun shell1, the spring seat10and a second end of the first elastic member are against each other, and the spring seat10can move and be positioned in a moving direction of the piston member4. By adjusting the position of the spring seat10, the amount of compression of the first elastic member after the toy gun is bored can be changed, thereby adjusting the range of bullets.

It should be noted that the toy gun has other structures not mentioned in this application in addition to the structures such as the firing cylinder assembly mentioned in this application. These structures not mentioned in this application can directly adopt the existing technologies, and this application only describes the improved structures in detail.

The adjustable elastic toy gun comprises an adjustment member20, the adjustment member20is arranged in the gun shell1, and the adjustment member20is in transmission fit with the spring seat10to drive the spring seat10to move. The adjustment member20can adopt various structures and can push against the spring seat10, allowing the spring seat10to move.

For example, the adjustment member20comprises a cam201and a rotating shaft202connected to the cam201, and the cam201abuts against the spring seat10. The rotating shaft202is rotatably connected to the gun shell1, and rotation of the cam201about the rotating shaft202pushes against the spring seat10to move.

The gun shell1has a first limiting wall1aand a second limiting wall1btherein, and the cam201abuts against the first limiting wall1ain a state where the cam201rotates in a first direction to an extreme position. In a state where the cam201rotates in a second direction to the extreme position, the cam201abuts against the second limiting wall1b. By arranging the first limiting wall1aand the second limiting wall1b, the cam201can be selected to two angles, so that the position of the spring seat10is stable. When the cams abut against a plurality of different limiting walls, the positions of the corresponding spring seats10are also different.

The gun shell1has a connecting hole, the cam201is located in the gun shell1, and the rotating shaft202extends out of the gun shell1from the connecting hole. The rotating shaft202extends out of the connecting hole, so that the cam201can be rotated outside the toy gun through the rotating shaft202to adjust an angle of the cam201.

The rotating shaft202may have a polygonal cross section. The rotating shaft202is conveniently twisted using a special tool. For example, a handle having a groove with a polygonal cross section may be fitted over the rotating shaft202, and then the rotating shaft202is rotated by applying a force.

Optionally, the spring seat10has a first flat plate101, and the cam201abuts against the first flat plate101.

The first flat plate101has a flat surface that can come into contact with the cam201. The cam201rotates to push against the entire spring seat10through the first flat plate101to move.

In one possible implementation, the spring seat10also has a second flat plate102, and the first elastic member abuts against the second flat plate102. A dividing wall1cis provided in the gun shell1, and a through hole is provided on the dividing wall1c. The first flat plate101and the second flat plate102are respectively arranged on both sides of the dividing wall1c. The spring seat10has a connecting shaft103connecting the first flat plate101and the second flat plate102. The connecting shaft103runs through the through hole.

The preferred embodiments of this application disclosed above are intended to illustrate this application only. The preferred embodiments do not elaborate on all the details and do not limit this application to the specific implementations described only. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to better explain the principles and practical application of the invention, so that those skilled in the art can better understand and utilize this application. This application is only limited by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.