Patent ID: 8051847

Claim:
A gas intake control mechanism installed in a toy gun in front of a hammer and behind a magazine, the toy gun gas intake control mechanism comprising: a holder frame, said holder frame having an opening located on a middle part thereof and an upwardly extending accommodation chamber; an impact member pivotally connected to said holder frame and movable forwardly out of said opening by said hammer to strike a seal member in said magazine for causing said seal member to open a gas inlet in a piston inside said toy gun, said impact member comprising an elongated base, a striking block and a pivot axle, said elongated base having a bottom end pivotally connected to said holder and a bumper portion backwardly extended from a top end thereof and strikable by said hammer, said striking block being pivotally connected to a front side of the top end of said elongated base and adapted for striking said seal member, said pivot axle pivotally connecting said striking block to said elongated base and having an outer end; a first spring member mounted around said pivot axle and connected between said holder frame and said elongated base of said impact member and adapted to impart a biasing force to said elongated base to hold said impact member in said opening of said holder frame; a stop block pivotally connected to a top side of said holder frame and biasable upwards to stop said toy gun from firing a toy bullet; a retaining block received in said accommodation chamber of said holder frame and movable in and out of said accommodation chamber, said retaining block having a retaining notch adapted for receiving the outer end of said pivot axle to hold said impart member in said opening of said holder frame; and a second spring member mounted in said accommodation chamber of said holder frame and adapted to impart an upward pressure to said retaining block for forcing said retaining block partially out of said accommodation chamber when the outer end of said pivot axle is moved out of said retaining notch upon impact between said hammer and said bumper portion of said elongated base of said impact member.