Information
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Patent Grant
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6564789
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Patent Number
6,564,789
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Date Filed
Thursday, November 29, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, May 20, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
- Poon; Peter M
- Piascik; Susan
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 124 65
- 124 66
- 124 63
- 124 72
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International Classifications
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, including a cylinder, a piston cylinder, a front spring guide tube, a piston spring, a rear spring guide tube, a nozzle, a sealing tube, a bullet feeding spring, and a trigger operation set. Thus, the piston cylinder may be moved in the cylinder horizontally, and the BB bullet may be rapidly and stably pushed to a predetermined position by the restoring force of the piston spring and the bullet feeding spring during the single rearward stroke of the piston cylinder.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, and more particularly to a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, wherein the BB bullet may be fed and ejected outward in a pneumatic manner easily and exactly, without needing an electric power, thereby saving cost and natural resource, and thereby increasing the lifetime of the BB bullet feeding device.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with the prior art comprises a piston cylinder horizontally moved in a cylinder, thereby achieving the bullet feeding process of the BB bullet. The piston cylinder may act the air flow in the cylinder to push and eject the BB bullet outward. However, the conventional BB bullet feeding device uses an electric power as a power source, thereby increasing cost and consuming the natural resource, and thereby decreasing the lifetime of the BB bullet feeding device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, wherein the piston cylinder is moved in the cylinder horizontally, and the BB bullet may be rapidly and stably pushed to the predetermined position by the restoring force of the piston spring and the bullet feeding spring during the single rearward stroke of the piston cylinder.
An other objective of the present invention is to provide a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, wherein the BB bullet may be fed and ejected outward in a pneumatic manner easily and exactly, without needing an electric power, thereby saving cost and natural resource, and thereby increasing the lifetime of the BB bullet feeding device.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, wherein the BB bullet feeding device may be assembled and dismantled easily and conveniently, thereby greatly facilitating maintenance of the BB bullet feeding device.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, wherein the piston cylinder is received in the cylinder, and horizontal movement of the piston may feed the BB bullet automatically, thereby facilitating the user employing the BB bullet feeding device.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, horizontally mounted in a barrel of a gun body, and comprising:
a cylinder, a piston cylinder, a front spring guide tube, a piston spring, a rear spring guide tube, a nozzle, a sealing tube, a bullet feeding spring, and a trigger operation set, the gun body provided with a BB bullet supply portion at a front end of the barrel, and a cocking handle at an upper portion of the BB bullet supply portion to move horizontally, the BB bullet supply portion formed with a transverse hole which includes a mediate section provided with a bullet feeding chamber having a pressure applying portion, and a front section provided with a bullet outlet tube, wherein:
the cylinder is secured on a rear portion of the BB bullet supply portion;
the piston cylinder is movable in the cylinder, and has an inner portion formed with a receiving chamber, the piston cylinder has a front end received in the cylinder, and a rear end extended outward from a rear portion of the cylinder and formed with a piston push portion rested on a distal end of the cocking handle, the front end of the piston cylinder has an outer wall formed with a locking recess;
the front spring guide tube is secured in a front end of the receiving chamber of the piston cylinder to horizontally move with the piston cylinder simultaneously;
the piston spring has a front end mounted on an outer wall of the front spring guide tube;
the rear spring guide tube has a front end extended into a rear end of the chamber of the piston cylinder, and has a rear end secured to a distal end of the barrel, the rear spring guide tube has an inner portion including a front section formed with a spring receiving chamber and a rear section formed with a guide rod through hole;
the nozzle has a front section received in a rear section of the transverse hole of the BB bullet supply portion;
the sealing tube is formed with a receiving space, and has a front section extended through a center of the front spring guide tube and secured on the nozzle,
the receiving space of the sealing tube has a mediate section formed with a through hole, a locking hook is pivoted in the receiving space of the sealing tube, and has an action portion protruded outward from the through hole, a guide rod is received in a rear section of the receiving space of the sealing tube, and has an extension section extended outward from a through hole formed in a rear end of the sealing tube, the extension section has a rear end received in the guide rod through hole of the rear spring guide tube;
the bullet feeding spring is mounted on an outer wall of the extension section of the sealing tube, and received in the spring receiving chamber of the rear spring guide tube;
the trigger operation set includes a trigger, a block push member, and a locking block, the locking block is detachably received in the locking recess of the piston cylinder.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a front plan cross-sectional assembly view of a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2
is a front plan cross-sectional assembly view of a nozzle and a sealing tube of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3
is a plan view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 4
is a cross-sectional view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun taken along line
4
—
4
as shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 5
is a cross-sectional view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun taken along line
5
—
5
as shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 6
is a schematic operational view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 1
in use;
FIG. 6A
is a partially cut-away enlarged view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 6
;
FIG. 7
is a schematic operational view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 6
in use;
FIG. 8
is a schematic operational view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 7
in use;
FIG. 9
is a schematic operational view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun as shown in
FIG. 8
in use;
FIG. 10
is a front plan cross-sectional assembly view of a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 11
is a cross-sectional view of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun taken along line
11
—
11
as shown in FIG.
10
.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings and initially to
FIGS. 1-5
, a BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is horizontally mounted in a barrel
101
of a gun body
10
, and comprises a cylinder
1
, a piston cylinder
2
, a front spring guide tube
3
, a piston spring
4
, a rear spring guide tube
5
, a nozzle
6
, a sealing tube
7
, a bullet feeding spring
8
, and a trigger operation set
9
.
The gun body
10
is provided with a BB bullet supply portion
102
at a front end of the barrel
101
, and a cocking handle
103
at an upper portion of the BB bullet supply portion
102
to move horizontally.
The cylinder
1
is secured on a rear portion of the BB bullet supply portion
102
, and has an inner portion divided by a front section of the piston cylinder
2
into a left air chamber
11
and a right air chamber
12
.
The piston cylinder
2
is movable in the cylinder
1
, and has an inner portion formed with a U-shaped receiving chamber
21
. The piston cylinder
2
has a front end received in the cylinder
1
, and a rear end extended outward from a rear portion of the cylinder
1
and formed with a piston push portion
22
rested on a distal end of the cocking handle
103
. The front end of the piston cylinder has an outer wall formed with a locking recess
23
.
The front spring guide tube
3
is secured in a front end of the receiving chamber
21
of the piston cylinder
2
, to horizontally move with the piston cylinder
2
simultaneously.
The piston spring
4
may be compressed and extended, and has a front end mounted on an outer wall of the front spring guide tube
3
.
The rear spring guide tube
5
has a front end extended into a rear end of the receiving chamber
21
of the piston cylinder
2
, and has a rear end secured to a distal end of the barrel
101
. The piston spring
4
has a rear end mounted on an outer wall of the rear spring guide tube
5
. The rear spring guide tube
5
has an inner portion including a front section formed with a spring receiving chamber
51
and a rear section formed with a guide rod through hole
52
.
The nozzle
6
is a hollow cylinder, and has a front section received in a rear section of a transverse hole
104
of the BB bullet supply portion
102
, a mediate section formed with multiple air collection ports
61
, and a rear section formed with an insertion section
62
. The transverse hole
104
of the BB bullet supply portion
102
includes a mediate section provided with a bullet feeding chamber
105
having a pressure applying portion
106
, and a front section provided with a bullet outlet tube
107
.
The sealing tube
7
is formed with a U-shaped receiving space
71
, and has a front section extended through a center of the front spring guide tube
3
and secured on the insertion section
62
of the nozzle
6
by multiple positioning bolts
72
. The receiving space
71
of the sealing tube
7
has a mediate section formed with a through hole
73
. A locking hook
75
is pivoted in the receiving space
71
of the sealing tube
7
by a hook bolt
74
, and has an action portion
751
protruded outward from the through hole
73
and formed with a locking opening
752
. A T-shaped guide rod
76
is received in a rear section of the receiving space
71
of the sealing tube
7
, and has an extension section
761
extended outward from a through hole
77
formed in a rear end of the sealing tube
7
. The extension section
761
has a rear end received in the guide rod through hole
52
of the rear spring guide tube
5
. The guide rod
76
is secured with the sealing tube
7
by a rod fixing bolt
78
. The guide rod
76
has a front section formed with a spring receiving chamber
762
for receiving a hook push spring
763
, and a hook push member
764
whose front end face is rested on a rear end face of the locking hook
75
.
The bullet feeding spring
8
is mounted on an outer wall of the extension section
761
of the sealing tube
7
, and received in the spring receiving chamber
51
of the rear spring guide tube
5
.
The trigger operation set
9
includes a trigger
91
, a block push member
92
, and a locking block
93
. The trigger
91
is pivoted on a mediate section of the barrel
101
of the gun body
10
by a trigger pivot axle
911
. The block push member
92
has a lower end pivoted on the trigger
91
by a pivot axle
921
, and an upper end provided with a push portion
922
. The locking block
93
is pivoted on the barrel
101
of the gun body
10
by a pivot axle
931
, and located above the block push member
92
. The locking block
93
is provided with a driven portion
932
that may mate with the push portion
922
of the block push member
92
.
In operation, referring to
FIGS. 6-9
with reference to
FIGS. 1-5
, the cocking handle
103
may be pushed toward the rear portion of the barrel
101
. The piston push portion
22
of the piston cylinder
2
is rested on the distal end of the cocking handle
103
so that the piston cylinder
2
may be moved rearward with the cocking handle
103
simultaneously, and the nozzle
6
and the sealing tube
7
may be moved rearward with the piston cylinder
2
simultaneously as shown FIG.
6
. Thus, the front end of the nozzle
6
is detached from the top of the BB bullet supply portion
102
, so that the BB bullet
108
may be pushed by an upward elastic force to enter the transverse hole
104
.
As shown in
FIG. 6A
, when the sealing tube
71
is moved rearward, the locking hook
75
of the sealing tube
7
is lifted by an inclined face “Z” of the rear spring guide tube
5
, whereby the locking opening
752
of the locking hook
75
may be detached from the through hole
73
of the sealing tube
7
, so that the sealing tube
7
and the nozzle
6
may be pushed forward by the restoring force of the bullet feeding spring
8
, to push the BB bullet
108
in the transverse hole
104
to reach the position of the pressure applying portion
106
of the bullet feeding chamber
105
as shown in FIG.
7
.
During the stroke of the piston cylinder
2
pushed by the cocking handle
103
, when the locking block
93
rotated counterclockwise enters the locking recess
23
of the piston cylinder
2
, movement of the piston cylinder
2
is stopped as shown in
FIG. 8
, so that the driven portion
932
of the locking block
93
is engaged with the push portion
922
of the block push member
92
.
Thus, when the trigger
91
is pressed as shown in
FIG. 9
, the trigger
91
may be pivoted counterclockwise, to pivot and move the block push member
92
upward, so that the push portion
922
of the block push member
92
may push the driven portion
932
of the locking block
93
upward, so as to pivot the locking block
93
clockwise, thereby detaching the locking block
93
from the locking recess
23
of the piston cylinder
2
, so that the piston cylinder
2
may be pressed forward by the restoring force of the piston spring
4
, to compress the air contained in the left chamber
11
of the cylinder
1
, so that the compressed air may be forced through the air collection ports
61
of the nozzle
6
toward the bullet feeding chamber
105
, so that the BB bullet
108
located at the pressure applying portion
106
may be ejected outward through the bullet outlet tube
107
as shown in FIG.
9
.
Referring to
FIGS. 10 and 11
, the BB bullet supply portion
102
of the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the top of the barrel
101
, and the cocking handle
103
is mounted on a side of the BB bullet supply portion
102
.
Accordingly, the BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with the present invention has the following advantages.
1. The piston cylinder
2
is moved in the cylinder
1
horizontally, and the BB bullet
108
may be rapidly and stably pushed to the predetermined position by the restoring force of the piston spring
4
and the bullet feeding spring
8
during the single rearward stroke of the piston cylinder
2
.
2. The BB bullet
108
of the BB bullet feeding device may be fed and triggered in a pneumatic manner easily and exactly, without needing an electric power, thereby saving cost and natural resource, and thereby increasing the lifetime of the BB bullet feeding device.
3. The BB bullet feeding device may be assembled and dismantled easily and conveniently, thereby greatly facilitating maintenance of the BB bullet feeding device.
4. The piston cylinder
2
is received in the cylinder
1
, and horizontal movement of the piston
2
may feed the BB bullet
108
automatically, thereby facilitating the user employing the BB bullet feeding device.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention.
Claims
- 1. A BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun, horizontally mounted in a barrel of a gun body, and comprising: a cylinder, a piston cylinder, a front spring guide tube, a piston spring, a rear spring guide tube, a nozzle, a sealing tube, a bullet feeding spring, and a trigger operation set, the gun body provided with a BB bullet supply portion at a front end of the barrel, and a cocking handle at an upper portion of the BB bullet supply portion to move horizontally, the BB bullet supply portion formed with a transverse hole which includes a mediate section provided with a bullet feeding chamber having a pressure applying portion, and a front section provided with a bullet outlet tube, wherein:the cylinder is secured on a rear portion of the BB bullet supply portion; the piston cylinder is movable in the cylinder, and has an inner portion formed with a receiving chamber, the piston cylinder has a front end received in the cylinder, and a rear end extended outward from a rear portion of the cylinder and formed with a piston push portion rested on a distal end of the cocking handle, the front end of the piston cylinder has an outer wall formed with a locking recess; the front spring guide tube is secured in a front end of the receiving chamber of the piston cylinder to horizontally move with the piston cylinder simultaneously; the piston spring has a front end mounted on an outer wall of the front spring guide tube; the rear spring guide tube has a front end extended into a rear end of the receiving chamber of the piston cylinder, and has a rear end secured to a distal end of the barrel, the rear spring guide tube has an inner portion including a front section formed with a spring receiving chamber and a rear section formed with a guide rod through hole; the nozzle has a front section received in a rear section of the transverse hole of the BB bullet supply portion; the sealing tube is formed with a receiving space, and has a front section extended through a center of the front spring guide tube and secured on the nozzle, the receiving space of the sealing tube has a mediate section formed with a through hole, a locking hook is pivoted in the receiving space of the sealing tube, and has an action portion protruded outward from the through hole, a guide rod is received in a rear section of the receiving space of the sealing tube, and has an extension section extended outward from a through hole formed in a rear end of the sealing tube, the extension section has a rear end received in the guide rod through hole of the rear spring guide tube; the bullet feeding spring is mounted on an outer wall of the extension section of the sealing tube, and received in the spring receiving chamber of the rear spring guide tube; the trigger operation set includes a trigger, a block push member, and a locking block, the locking block is detachably received in the locking recess of the piston cylinder.
- 2. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the cylinder has an inner portion divided by a front section of the piston cylinder into a left air chamber and a right air chamber.
- 3. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the receiving chamber of the piston cylinder is U-shaped.
- 4. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the piston spring has a rear end mounted on an outer wall of the rear spring guide tube.
- 5. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the nozzle is a hollow cylinder.
- 6. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the nozzle has a mediate section formed with multiple air collection ports.
- 7. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the nozzle has a rear section formed with an insertion section, and the front section of the sealing tube is secured on the insertion section of the nozzle.
- 8. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 7, wherein the front section of the sealing tube is secured on the insertion section of the nozzle by multiple positioning bolts.
- 9. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the receiving space of the sealing tube is U-shaped.
- 10. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking hook is pivoted in the receiving space of the sealing tube by a hook bolt.
- 11. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the action portion of the locking hook is formed with a locking opening.
- 12. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the guide rod is T-shaped.
- 13. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the guide rod is secured with the sealing tube by a rod fixing bolt.
- 14. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the guide rod has a front section formed with a spring receiving chamber for receiving a hook push spring, and a hook push member, the hook push member has a front end face rested on a rear end face of the locking hook.
- 15. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the trigger is pivoted on a mediate section of the barrel of the gun body by a trigger pivot axle.
- 16. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the block push member has a lower end pivoted on the trigger by a pivot axle, and an upper end provided with a push portion.
- 17. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 16, wherein the locking block is pivoted on the barrel of the gun body by a pivot axle, and located above the block push member, the locking block is provided with a driven portion that may mate with the push portion of the block push member.
- 18. The BB bullet feeding device of a toy gun in accordance with claim 1, wherein the BB bullet supply portion is mounted on a top of the barrel, and the cocking handle is mounted on a side of the BB bullet supply portion.
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Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
Number |
Date |
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2631557 |
Nov 1989 |
FR |
2206810 |
Jan 1989 |
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