BB bullet feeding device of toy gun

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6564789
  • Patent Number
    6,564,789
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, November 29, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 20, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Poon; Peter M
    • Piascik; Susan
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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