Automatic and consecutive target firing structure

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6758203
  • Patent Number
    6,758,203
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, October 22, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 6, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Ricci; John A.
    Agents
    • Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Abstract
An automatic and consecutive clay target firing structure includes two driving sources to drive respectively a rotary mechanism and clay targets to rotate, a target feeding unit located on the rotary mechanism having two target barrels located on two sides for housing a plurality of the clay targets, a lifting unit located in the center of the rotary mechanism movable upwards to enable one of the driving sources to couple with the clay target, and a control unit located outside the target feeding unit and transversely connected to the target feeding unit to control flying of the clay targets, and connected through a trigger unit through a circuit so that the clay targets may be fed consecutively into the target feeding unit to be driven by the driving source for rotation, and may be activated to achieve rapid firing and flying to be used in shooting game.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to an air target firing structure and particularly to an automatic clay target firing structure for consecutively discharging clay targets upwards in the air for use in clay target shooting sport.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Conventional clay target shooting sport usually has one person manually firing clay targets in the air to enable another person to shoot the clay targets. The number of clay targets being shot down is counted in the scores of the game. Such an approach cannot provide stable firing time and height for the clay targets. Moreover, with one person taking care of firing the clay targets while another person shooting, the game is dull. It cannot create the excitement of consecutive shooting.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Therefore the primary object of the invention is to provide an automatic and consecutive target firing structure for consecutively discharging clay targets in the air from varying spots at selected speeds to reach selected heights without skewing to allow one or more person to participate shooting.




The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIGS. 1A and 1B

are perspective views of the present invention.





FIG. 2

is a top view of the rotary disk of the present invention.





FIGS. 3A

,


3


B and


3


C are sectional views of the target barrel of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a perspective view of the target barrel seat of the invention.





FIGS. 5A and 5B

are sectional views of the target barrel seat in operating conditions.





FIG. 6

is a sectional view of a second embodiment of the target barrel seat of the present invention.





FIGS. 7A

,


7


B and


7


C are schematic views of target feeding operations.





FIG. 8A

is a top view of the target feeding unit in an operating condition.





FIG. 8B

is a fragmentary cross section taken on line


8


B—


8


B in FIG.


8


A.





FIG. 8C

is a top view of the target feeding unit in another operating condition.





FIGS. 9A and 9B

are schematic views of the control unit of the invention in an operating condition.





FIG. 10

is a perspective view of the invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Please referring to

FIGS. 1A and 1B

, the automatic and consecutive target firing structure according to the invention includes:




a first driving source


1


and a second driving source


2


(such as motors) mounting onto a base dock A. The base dock A has an annular ring A


4


extending upwards (also referring to FIG.


7


A);




a rotary mechanism


10


(also referring to

FIG. 2

) which includes a rotary disk


11


located on the periphery of the annular ring A


4


of the base dock A and driven by the first driving source


1


. The first driving source


1


is engaged with a reduction gear mechanism B which has a pinion B


1


at the top end to drive a gear


111


located at the lower side of the rotary disk


11


. The rotary disk


11


has a peripheral wall


112


coupling to a first gear rack


113


, a second gear rack


114


and a fourth gear rack


115


that are located at different elevations. The top side of the rotary disk


11


has two opposing ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B which have a sloped top edge directing upwards from a head end. There are two arched actuators


117


A and


117


B locating at two sides of the top surface of the rotary disk


11


and on the inner side of the ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B. The bottom of the rotary disk


11


has two bucking sections


118


A and


118


B. The third gear rack


115


of the rotary disk


11


has a front end extending to form a brake section


119


higher than the third gear rack


115


;




a target feeding unit


20


located on the top section of the rotary disk


11


including a plurality of posts


21


mounting on the top surface of the base dock A as shown in FIG.


1


A. The posts


21


jointly support a fan-shaped platform


22


as shown in FIG.


1


B. The platform


22


has an opening


23


in the center, and struts


24


on the periphery to support a target deck


25


. The target deck


25


has respectively an opening


26


A and


26


B on the left side and right side. The periphery of the openings


26


A and


26


B have a retaining edge


27


A and


27


B. In the middle between the openings


26


A and


26


B, there is a target firing space


28


;




two hollow target barrels


29


with an opening facing downwards. Referring to

FIGS. 3A and 4

, each target barrel has a barrel seat


291


at the bottom for saddling in the retaining edges


27


A and


27


B. There is a barrel pin


292


located on the outer wall of the barrel seat


291


directing upwards. The barrel pin


292


runs through arched brake levers


293


A and


293


B located on the upper and lower side. Each of the brake levers


293


A and


293


B has one end extending outwards to form a lug


294


A and


294


B, and another end extending inwards to form a bracing plate


295


A and


295


B. There is a rod


296


connecting to the center of the top end of the target barrel


29


for coupling the center hole of a plurality of clay targets


297


. The bottom of the target barrel


29


has an opening with the bottom peripheral wall forming latch teeth


298


;




referring to

FIGS. 1A and 2

, the base dock A has two vertical pillars


30


A and


30


B located on the left and right side at the front section. The lower side of the pillar


30


A is coupled with a first gear


31


which is engaged with the first gear rack


113


on the periphery of the rotary disk


11


. The lower side of the pillar


30


B is coupled with a second gear


32


which is engaged with the second gear rack


114


of the rotary disk


11


. The top ends of the pillars


30


A and


30


B have respectively a upper wing


33


and a lower wing


34


(as shown in

FIG. 1A

) that correspond respectively to the two lugs


294


A and


294


B of the target barrel


29


(as shown in

FIGS. 4

,


5


A and


5


B). The two lugs


294


A and


294


B have an inner space for housing an elastic element


35


A and


35


B. When the lugs


294


A and


294


B are compressed by the upper and lower wings


33


and


34


, the elastic elements


35


A and


35


B are compressed to allow the brake levers


293


A and


293


B to turn about the pivot pin


292


. The horizontal bracing plates


295


A and


295


B at another end of the brake levers


293


A and


293


B may swivel outwards. When the lugs


294


A and


294


B are not compressed by the upper and lower wings


33


and


34


, the elastic elements


35


A and


35


B return to make the bracing plates


295


A and


295


B to move towards the center to hold the bottom end of the next clay target


297


;




refer to

FIG. 6

for a second embodiment of the target barrel. It is largely constructed like the first barrel


29


depicted before. The main difference is that on another side of the two lugs


294


A and


294


B there are another brake levers


293


A′ and


293


B′ pivotally engaged thereon, and with the two bracing plates


295


A and


295


A′ of the two brake levers


293


A and


293


A′, or the bracing plates


295


B and


295


B′ of the brake levers


293


B and


293


B′ to hold the bottom side of the bottom clay target


297


in the target barrel


29


, a stable holding can be achieved;




the rear side of the platform


22


is pivotally coupled with a sway plate


12


which may be moved horizontally to the left and right side. Referring to

FIGS. 1A

,


1


B and


8


A, the sway plate


12


is located on the platform


22


which has an arched slot


221


in the middle to allow a strut


222


to pass through. The strut


222


has a top end running through an aperture


130


on the sway plate


12


and to be fastened by a screw. Referring to

FIG. 8B

, the strut


222


has a bottom end extended from one end of a rocker arm


121


located below the platform


22


. The rocker arm


121


has another end pivotally engaged with an anchor strut


122


with the sway plate


12


. The anchor strut


122


is extended vertically from a flat plate C which covers the top side of the reduction gear mechanism B as shown in FIG.


2


. The surface of the flat plate C is pivotally engaged with a transmission gear


123


and a transmission disk


124


. The transmission disk


124


has two disk wings


125


extended from the periphery and driven to rotate by the brake section


119


at the front end of the third gear rack


115


. The transmission gear


123


is engaged with the third gear rack


115


of the rotary disk


11


and is driven to rotate. A ratchet gear


131


has one end pivotally engaged with the flat plate C and another end engaged with the transmission gear


123


to control the rotation direction and precision of the transmission gear


123


. The sway plate


12


has two axle hubs


126


located on the left and right side of the front section. Each axle hub


126


has an opening


127


to house the annular latch teeth


298


of the clay target


297


as shown in FIG.


7


A. The disk wing


125


has a push bar


128


to couple with a flute


129


formed on the bottom of the rocker arm


121


so that the rocker arm


121


may be driven by the push bar


128


to swivel reciprocally about the anchor strut


122


to the left and right side. The strut


222


runs through the slot


221


and the aperture


130


of the sway plate


12


and to be fastened by a screw so that the sway plate


12


may be swayed reciprocally to the left and right side with the strut


222


(referring to FIG.


8


C);




a lifting unit


40


(referring to

FIGS. 1A and 7A

) located in the center of the rotary disk


11


including four vertical struts


41


on the base dock A running through the rotary disk


11


and below the platform


22


, and a lifting deck


42


which has four tubes


43


coupling with the vertical struts


41


. Each vertical strut


41


has an upper end running through an elastic element


44


(such as spring). The lifting deck


42


has two turning wings


45


on the left side and right side. The turning wings


45


have an outer end with the bottom corresponding to the ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B. The lifting deck


42


has a shell


46


in the center to house the second driving source


2


. The second driving source


2


has a spindle


3


running through the opening


23


of the platform


22


. The top end of the spindle


3


is coupled with a teeth section


4


which is engaged with the latch teeth


298


at the bottom of the clay target


297


to drive the clay target


297


to rotate. When the rotary disk


11


rotates to another angle, the two turning wings


45


are separated from the ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B, the second driving source


2


drops rapidly to move the spindle


3


downwards to disengage from the clay target


297


;




a control unit


50


(referring to

FIGS. 1A

,


1


B and


9


A) located within the rotary disk


11


including a rotary wing


51


pivotally engaged with the annular ring A


4


of the base dock A. The rotary wings


51


has a first end


52


A corresponding to the actuators


117


A and


117


B, and a rocker arm


53


which has a bottom end transversely located in the annular ring A


4


of the base dock A in a pivotal manner. The rocker arm


53


has an inner side bucking by a second end


52


B of the rotary wing


51


, and a top end pivotally coupled with a lower end of a bridging member


54


. The bridging member


54


has an upper end pivotally engaged with the bottom end of a control bar


55


. The control bar


55


extends to the left and right side to form a rotary shaft


56


which is pivotally coupled in a pivot hole


223


located on the left and right side at the front section of the platform


22


. The control bar


55


is substantially a curved arm facing downwards with a distal end pendant to form a pressing end


551


. The pressing end


551


faces downwards corresponding to the opening


23


of the platform


22


. The control bar


55


is covered by a safety cap


552


from the upper side and is engaged with a restoring spring


57


on an outer side. The restoring spring


57


has another end engaging with the bottom of the platform


22


. When the actuator


117


A or


117


B is turned with the rotary disk


11


, the first end


52


A of the rotary wing


51


is moved inwards, and the second end


52


B is moved outwards to push the rocker arm


53


, and the bridging member


54


pivotally connected to the rocker arm


53


is stretched as shown in

FIG. 9B

, the control bar


55


rotates about the rotary shaft


56


to make the pressing end


551


to move downwards the center of the clay target


297


on the platform


22


to prevent the clay target


297


from being driven by the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


and flying upwards;




a trigger unit


60


(referring to

FIGS. 1A and 2

) located out side the rotary disk


11


including a upright strut


61


on the base dock A to pivotally couple with a rotary member


62


. The rotary member


62


extends outwards and downwards to form an actuating end


63


which has an outer side coupling with an inner conductive reed


64


and an outer conductive reed


65


to connect to a positive and a negative circuit. The rotary member


62


has a trigger section


66


on an inner side that may be pushed by the bucking members


118


A and


118


B so that the inner conductive reed


64


and the outer conductive reed


65


are connected to activate the motor of the second driving source


2


; and




a moving mechanism


70


pivotally connected to a lower side of the base dock A (referring to

FIG. 1A

) to move the base dock A including a roller


71


pivotally mounted on the bottom of the front section of the base dock A and two wheels


72


located on the left and right sides of the rear section of the base dock A. The two wheels


72


are connected by an axle


73


which is coupled with a driving gear


74


which in turned is engaged with the reduction gear mechanism B so that the wheels


72


may be driven to rotate, and the roller


71


also may be driven to enable the base dock A to rove around.




The base dock A may be covered by a shell cap A


1


to form a complete airplane toy model as shown in FIG.


10


. The shell cap A


1


has two openings A


2


on the left and right side to couple with the target barrels


29


, and an exit opening A


3


in the center to enable the clay target


297


to fly upwards. The first and second driving sources


1


and


2


have a circuit to connect to a power supply battery. Once the first driving source


1


drives the reduction gear mechanism B, the second driving source


2


can directly drives the spindle


3


to rotate the clay target


297


, and the circuit is connected from the first driving source


1


, through the inner and outer conductive reeds


64


and


65


to activate the second driving source


2


to rotate the spindle


3


. The circuit further connects to a circuit start switch D which is located on the bottom of the base dock A to enable users to start manually.




By means of the structure set forth above, referring to

FIGS. 1A and 2

, when the game starts, trigger the circuit start switch D, the gear


111


at the bottom of the rotary disk


11


is driven by the reduction gear mechanism B and rotates, the first gear rack


113


on the rotary disk


11


is engaged with the first gear


31


of the first pillar


30


A, and the first pillar


30


A is driven to rotate and drives the upper and lower wings


33


and


34


to rotate synchronously (referring to FIGS.


4


A and


4


B); the upper wing


33


pushes the lug


294


A of the brake lever


293


A on the barrel seat


291


inwards, and the bracing plate


295


A on another end for holding the clay targets


297


is moved outwards; the clay targets


297


in the target barrel


29


move downwards, the clay target


297


at the bottom is held by the lower bracing plate


295


B of the brake lever


293


B; when the lower wing


34


of the pillar


30


A rotates again, it presses the lug


294


B on the outer wall of the barrel seat


291


inwards; the bracing plate


295


B moves outwards in the opposite direction to allow the clay target


297


at the bottom to drop on the left side of the sway plate


12


above the platform


22


, and the annular latch teeth


298


at the bottom of the clay target


297


couple with the opening


127


of the axle hub


126


; when the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


moves upwards, the teeth section


4


at the upper end of the spindle


3


couples with the annular latch teeth


298


to drive the clay target


297


to rotate (referring to

FIGS. 6A

,


6


B and


6


C).




Similarly, when the second gear rack


114


of the rotary disk


11


is engaged with the second gear


32


of the pillar


30


B, the upper and lower wings


33


and


34


on the pillars


30


B also can control the movement of the brake levers


293


A and


203


B to allow the clay target


297


at the bottom of the target barrel


29


to drop into the opening


127


of the axle hub


126


at the right side of the sway plate


12


; when the sway plate


12


swivels to the right side to hold the clay target


297


from the target barrel at the right side, the axle hub


126


at the left side of the sway plate


12


holds the clay target


297


and is moved to the center of the target firing space


28


(as shown in

FIG. 7A

) to engage with the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


and be driven to rotate (as shown in FIG.


7


B); the clay target


297


may fly upwards as shown in

FIG. 7C

; the sway plate


12


then moves to the left side again, and the axle hub


126


at the right side of the sway plate


12


has held the next clay target


297


from the target barrel


29


at the right side and moves to the center of the target firing space


28


of the target deck


25


to wait the lifting spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


to drive and rotate the clay target


297


in the axle hub


126


.




As the transmission gear


123


at the lower side of the sway plate


12


is engaged with and driven by the third gear rack


115


of the rotary disk


11


, and the transmission disk


124


also is driven to rotate, the push bar


128


at the top section can push the rocker arm


121


to move left and right. The rocker arm


121


is fastened to the sway plate


12


through the strut


222


, thus the sway plate


12


also is swiveled left and right. When the strut


222


moves to the left end of the slot


221


, the axle hub


126


on the right side of the sway plate


12


carries the clay target


297


to the center of the opening


23


of the platform


22


(referring to

FIG. 6A

) to be coupled with and driven by the lifting spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


. Moreover, in order to control the rocker arm


121


to move to the left and right side at the precise angle so that the sway plate


12


may be swiveled to the left and right side to hold the clay target


297


at the desired time and position, every time the third gear rack


115


is engaged with the transmission gear


123


, the brake section


119


at the front end of the third gear rack


115


will first hit the disk wing


125


, then calibrate the position of the transmission gear


123


to enable the third gear rack


115


to engage with the transmission gear


123


at the same position every time.




Meanwhile, the two ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B above the rotary disk


11


are turned to the turning wings


45


at the left and right side of the lifting unit


40


as shown in

FIG. 6B

, the turning wings


45


are moved upwards along the sloped edge of the ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B, and the elastic element


44


on the vertical strut


41


is compressed by the lifting tube


43


, and the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


is moved upwards at the same time, the teeth section


4


at the top end of the spindle


3


engages with the latch teeth


298


at the bottom of the clay target


297


. Once the teeth section


4


of the spindle


3


is coupled with the latch teeth


298


of the clay target


297


, the front end of the bucking member


118


A at the bottom of the rotary disk


11


hits the trigger section


66


at the inner side of the rotary member


62


of the trigger unit


60


, and the actuating end


63


on the outer side of the rotary member


62


is turned outwards to push the inner conductive reed


64


to contact the outer conductive reed


65


to form a conductive circuit to activate the second driving source


2


, and the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


may rotate rapidly to drive the clay target


297


to rotate and generate a thrust to fly upwards.




Referring to

FIG. 8A

, before the clay target


297


rotates, the actuator


117


A at the top side of the rotary disk


11


is moved by the rotary disk


11


to push the rotary wing


51


of the control unit


50


, and the second end


52


B of the rotary wing


51


rotates clockwise to press the rocker arm


53


to make its top end moving outwards, the bridging member


54


is turned to move the control bar


55


which is pivotally engaged with the upper end of the bridging member


54


downwards. The pressing end


551


of the control bar


55


is moved above the center of the clay target


297


to prevent the clay target


297


from flying upwards before reaching the full speed to ensure that the clay target


297


can fly to a desired height. It also can prevent the mismatch between the clay target


297


and the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


to avoid skew flying.




When the actuator


117


A is turned away from the first end


52


A of the rotary wing


51


, the second end


52


B of the rotary wing


51


loses thrust power, the restoring spring


57


immediately returns to its original form to pull the control bar


55


to its original position. Once the control bar


55


is moved away from the upper side of the clay target


297


, the clay target


297


is freed from the compression and can fly upwards instantly. Before the clay target


297


flies, the rotary disk


11


is turned to move the two ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B away from the two turning wings


45


, the two turning wings


45


and the lifting deck


42


drop rapidly, in the mean time, the tube


43


is pushed downwards by the restoring force of the elastic element


44


. Thus the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


retracts quickly to leave the clay target


297


. Such a movement occurs before the control bar


55


bounces to its original position, namely before the clay target


297


flies, so that the clay target


297


may be prevented from being triggered at the moment of flying to achieve a straight flying upwards.




When the opening


127


of the axle hub


126


at the left side of the sway plate


12


carries the lower clay target


297


of the left side target barrel


29


and moves to the center of the opening


23


of the platform


22


, the actuator


117


B of the rotary disk


11


is turned to the first end


52


A of the rotary wing


51


of the control unit


50


to actuate the control bar


55


to move the pressing end


51


above the center of the clay target


297


. When the opening


127


of the axle hub


126


on one side of the sway plate


12


is located on the opening


23


in the middle of the platform


22


(as shown in FIG.


6


A), the clay target


297


above the opening


127


is driven by the spindle


3


of the second driving source


2


to rotate, meanwhile another opening


127


of the axle hub


126


at another side of the sway plate


12


is located on one side of the target deck


25


to be driven by the turning pillar


30


A which turns the lower wing


34


at the top section to drop the next clay target


297


. When the preceding clay target


297


is discharged, the sway plate


12


returns and carries the next clay target


297


to the opening


23


of the platform


22


(as shown in

FIG. 6C

) for waiting the two turning wings


45


to be moved to the top end of the two ramp flanges


116


A and


116


B of the rotary disk


11


, then the spindle


3


of the motor


2


may engage with the latch teeth


298


at the bottom of the clay target


297


to repeat the firing and flying of the next clay target


297


.




In order to prevent children from putting hands under the target deck


25


and incidentally trigger the power supply to cause accident, a safety cap


552


may be provided to cover the control bar


55


as shown in

FIG. 9

to seal the target firing space


28


.




In addition, in order to precisely align the third gear rack


115


with the transmission gear


123


, before the transmission gear


123


engages with the third gear rack


115


, the brake section


119


at the front end of the third gear rack


115


arrives before hand the disk wing


125


on the outside of the transmission disk


124


, and the transmission disk


124


may drive the transmission gear


123


rotating synchronously to achieve precise alignment.




Furthermore, to make the target firing structure of the invention movable, when the first driving source


1


is activated, the two wheels


72


at the lower side of the base dock A are turned at the same time, and the roller


71


also is driven to rotate, therefore the entire base dock A may be moved around to allow the clay targets


297


to be fired at different locations.




In summary, the automatic and consecutive clay target firing structure according to the invention can rapidly discharge a plurality of clay targets


297


upwards continuously for shooting game use. The base dock A also may rove to alter the flying track of the clay targets


297


to increase the fun and amusement of rapid and consecutive shooting.



Claims
  • 1. An automatic and consecutive target firing structure, comprising:a base dock formed in a disk shape having an annular ring extending from the top surface thereof; a first driving source and a second driving source located on said base dock; a rotary mechanism including a rotary disk mounted onto said annular ring, the rotary disk having a gear at the bottom thereof to be driven by said first driving source through a reduction gear mechanism, a first gear rack, a second gear rack and a third gear rack located on the periphery thereof at varying elevations, two arched and upright ramp flanges opposing each other on said rotary disk that have respectively a sloped top edge directly upwards from a head end thereof, two arched actuators extending from the top side thereof, and two bucking members extending downwards from the periphery of the bottom thereof; a target feeding unit located on the top section of said rotary mechanism including a platform to support a target deck, said platform having an opening in the center, said target deck having two openings on the left side and the right side for holding respectively a hollow target barrel thereon and a carved out target firing space in the middle, said target barrel having a barrel seat at the bottom that is larger than the periphery of said target barrel, said barrel seat having an outer side pivotally engaged with two horizontal brake levers in up and down manner, each brake lever having one end extending outwards to form a lug and another end extending inwards to form a bracing plate for holding a clay target located at the bottom, each clay target having annular latch teeth on the bottom, said platform having an anchor strut on a rear side to pivotally couple with a rocker arm and a rear end of a sway plate, and being run through by a strut which has a upper end and a lower end coupling with another end of said rocker arm and an aperture of said sway plate, said sway plate having respectively an axle hub extending from the left side and the right side for holding said clay target, said axle hub having a through opening in the center, said rocker arm having a bottom driven by a transmission gear to swivel to the left and right side, said transmission gear being engaged with said third gear rack of said rotary mechanism, said base dock having two vertical pillars on the left side and the right side of a front section to couple respectively at the bottom with a first gear and a second gear that engage respectively with said first gear rack and said second gear rack, each of said pillars have a top section coupling with a upper wing and a lower wing that correspond respectively the lugs of said barrel seat; a lifting unit located in the center of said rotary disk including a lifting deck which has respectively a turning wing on the left side and the right side, said turning wing having a bottom section corresponding to said ramp flanges of said rotary disk, said lifting deck housing said second driving source which has a spindle running through the through opening of said platform, said spindle having a top section forming a plurality of teeth in an annular manner to engage with said latch teeth at the bottom of said clay target; a control unit including a rotary wing pivotally engaged with said base dock that has a first end driven by the actuators of said rotary disk to rotate and a second end, and a rocker arm which has a first end transversely connecting to said base dock in a pivotal manner, said rocker arm being pressed by the second end of said rotary wing and having a top end pivotally coupled with a bottom end of a control bar through a bridging member, said control bar having a middle portion pivotally engaged with said platform and a distal end pendent above the through opening of said platform, and a restoring spring which has one end coupling on said control bar and another end coupling on said platform; and a trigger unit located out side said rotary disk including a rotary member pivotally engaged with said base dock, said rotary member having a actuating end on an outer side and a trigger section on an inner side, the actuating end having an outer side coupling with an inner conductive reed and an outer conductive reed to connect to a positive and a negative circuit, said trigger section being pushed by the bucking members of said rotary disk.
  • 2. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said first and said second driving sources are motors, said base dock having a roller pivotally mounted on the bottom of a front side and a transverse axle on a rear side thereof, said axle having a left side and a right side coupling respectively with a wheel and running through a driving gear which is driven by said reduction gear mechanism, said base dock further having a plurality of posts to hold said platform, said target deck having a retaining edge formed on the periphery of said openings located on the left side and the right side to confine said barrel seat.
  • 3. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said clay target has an opening in the center, said opening having a peripheral wall which has said latch teeth formed on the bottom side thereof, said target barrel having a upright rod in the center to run through the opening of said clay target.
  • 4. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said barrel seat has a vertical pivot pin to couple with said two brake levers.
  • 5. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said transmission gear has a top end pivotally coupling with a transmission disk which has two disk wings on the periphery thereof, said third gear rack having a front end extending to form a brake section higher than said third gear rack, said disk wings corresponding to said brake section, said transmission disk having a push bar extending from the top surface abutting the periphery, said rocker arm having a flute on the bottom to couple with the top end of said push bar and allow the top end to slide therein.
  • 6. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said platform has an arched slot in the center to allow said strut to pass through and move therein.
  • 7. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said lifting deck of the lifting unit has four tubes each being coupled with a vertical strut on said platform, said vertical strut being coupled with an elastic element which has an upper end compressing a lower side of said platform and a lower end coupling on said tube, said lifting deck having a shell in the center to house said second driving source of which spindle having said teeth at the top end to engage with said latch teeth at the bottom of said clay target.
  • 8. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said control bar of the control unit is an arched arm having two ends facing downward and a distal end forming a pressing end, said control bar being covered by a safety cap from above corresponding to said target firing space.
  • 9. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1 further having a shell cap covering the base dock to form a toy model, the shell cap having an opening on the left side and the right side for housing said target barrel and an exit opening in the center corresponding to said clay target, said first and said second driving source being connected respectively to a battery, said first driving source being connected to said inner conductive reed and said outer conductive reed through a circuit and a circuit start switch located on said base dock.
  • 10. The automatic and consecutive target firing structure of claim 1, wherein said barrel seat further has another two brake levers on a direction corresponding to said two brake levers to form two pairs of symmetrical brake levers to be pushed by said two lugs.
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