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S I D E R S 2 , 5 5 0 , 8 7 3
Toy R E PE ATI NG R UBBE R BAND PI S TOL '
Filed Jan. 2 6, 1 9 48 2 S heets-S heet l
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. , I NVE NTOR .
E LLI S L, E I D E R S
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ATTUR AZE
May 1 , 1 9 5 1 E . 1 . . S I D E R S 2 , 5 5 0 , 8 7 3
TOY R E PE ATI NG R UBBE R BAND PI S TOL
Filed Jan. 2 6, 1 9 48 2 S heets-S heet 2 '
I NVE NTOR .
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ATTUR NE :
Patented May I , 1 9 5 i
UNI TE D S TATE S PATE NT OFFI CE
" ' ' 2 , 5 5 0 , 8 7 3
TOY R E PE ATI NG R UBBE R BAND PI S TOL
_ _ E llis L. S ider s, S anta Cr uz, Calif .
Ap p lic ation Januar y 2 6, 1 9 48 , S er ial No. 4, 441
1
This inv ention r elates to imp r ov ements in toy
guns and has sp ec ial r ef er enc e to a sp ec ially
c onstr uc ted gun f or shooting elastic bands and
the lik e.
An obj ec t of the p r esent inv ention is to p r ov ide
a toy gun with a f r eely r ev olv able wheel and a
unique mec hanism f or r etaining a p lur ality of
elastic bands and to f ur ther p r ov ide an imp r ov ed
sp r ing c ontr olled tr igger means f or r eleasing the
said elastic bands.
Another obj ec t of the p r esent inv ention is the.
p r ov ision of an imp r ov ed c ombined lev er means
assoc iated with the tr igger f or c ontr olling the
said mec hanism.
A f ur ther obj ec t of the p r esent inv ention is to
f or m the body of the gun in elongated halv es,
whic h halv es ar e made of metal or p lastic r e
mov ably sec ur ed one to the other to f ac ilitate
the assembly of the tr igger mec hanism within
the gun.
A still f ur ther obj ec t of the p r esent inv ention
is to p r ov ide a toy gun of the c har ac ter desc r ibed
that is dur able, simp le in c onstr uc tion, ec onomi
c al to manuf ac tur e, and highly e? ic ient and
ser v ic eable in use.
Other obj ec ts and adv antages will be ap p ar ent
dur ing the c our se of the f ollowing desc r ip tion.
I n the ac c omp anying dr awings f or ming a p ar t
of the sp ec i? c ation, wher ein f or the p ur p ose of
illustr ation, lik e numer als designate lik e p ar ts
thr oughout the same,
Fig. 1 is a side elev ational v iew of the imp r ov ed
toy gun, with one of the halv es of the body r e
mov ed to illustr ate the tr igger mec hanism within
the gun, showing the mec hanism in its c losed
nor mal p osition,
Fig. 2 is a top p lan v iew of the imp r ov ed gun,
Fig. 3 is a side elev ational v iew of the toy gun
with a p or tion of the body br ok en away, showing
the tr igger mec hanism in its shooting p osition,
Fig. 4 is a f r ont elev ational v iew of the im
p r ov ed toy gun, and
Fig. 5 is a r ear elev ational v iew of the gun.
R ef er r ing in detail to the dr awings and the
numer als ther eof , the numer als 1 and 8 designate
as a whole the two halv es f or ming the body of
the gun, whic h halv es ar e sec ur ed one to the
other by suitable sc r ews 9 . The numer al l0
designates the bar r el of the gun, the numer al I I
the handle ther eof and the numer al l2 the r e
c essed stoc k p or tion f or ming a c asing f or r etain
ing the tr igger mec hanism. The numer al l3
designates a suitable wheel r ev olv ably mounted
on a shaf t H, whic h shaf t is' ? xed in the stoc k
of the gun. The said shaf t c an be an integr al
1 Claim. ( Cl. 1 2 4-1 9 )
1 0
1 5 C
2 0
2 5
3 0
3 5
40
45
5 0
5 5
2 .
p or tion of the wheel and r ev olv ably sup p or ted
in the gun if desir ed. The wheel is f or med with
a p lur ality of elongated ar ms l5 , slightly bev eled
as at. l6 f or r etaining a p lur ality of elastic bands
I 1 , the said bands being loop ed ov er a sight l8
that is r ec essed as at l 9 . _
The tr igger 2 0 is p iv otally sup p or ted on the
stoc k of the gun as at 2 | and c ar r ies a lev er 2 2
that is p iv oted ther eto as at 2 3 . A sec ond lev er
2 4, notc hed as at 2 5 is p iv otally sec ur ed to the
? r st mentioned lev er 2 2 as at 2 6, the said sec ond
lev er being p iv oted to the stoc k of the gun as at
2 1 , and is p r ov ided with an ov er hanging lip 2 8 ,
whic h lip is c ap able of ar r esting the wheel [ 3
by r etaining a wheel ar m I 5 ther eon as shown to
adv antage in Fig. 1 . A c oil sp r ing 2 9 is p r ov ided
and one end ther eof is sec ur ed to the sec ond
mentioned lev er as at' 3 B and the op p osite end
f astened to the gun c asing as at 3 | , wher eby the
said lev er is r esiliently r etained in its nor mal
p osition. A p r oj ec tion 3 3 is ? xed on the inside
of the gun c asing and abuts the r ear up p er p or
tion of the tr igger to p r ov ide a stop f or limiting
the inner mov ement of the tr igger . The f r ont
extr emity of the gun is f or med hollow as at 3 4
and an elongated c ylindr ic al member 3 5 is p r o
v ided on the bottom p or tion of the gun bar r el
to assimilate the dev ic e to a r egular p istol. The
r ear p or tion of the r ec essed c asing I 2 is p r ef er
ably c losed as at 3 6 f or ming a p r otec tiv e medium
to p r ev ent the elastic bands f r om ? ying bac k
war ds. I t will be obv ious that the said c asing I 2
is made of a suitable width to p r ov ide su? ic ient
sp ac e f or ac c ommodating any number of elastic
bands it is desir ed to shoot. For the p ur p ose of
c lar ity only two elastic bands 3 ' ! ar e shown in
the p r esent illustr ations, but the gun c an be
c omp letely loaded by hav ing a band mounted
ov er eac h ar m [ 5 and str etc hed to the r ec ess l9
in the sight l8 when desir ed.
Fr om the f or egoing desc r ip tion tak en in c on
j unc tion with the ac c omp anying dr awings it will
be obv ious that when an elastic band I ! is loop ed
ov er the up p er ar m l5 near est the sight I 8 as
shown to adv antage in Fig. 1 and the tr igger 2 0
is p ulled, as shown to adv antage in Fig. 3 , the
f r ont hor izontal ar m I 5 will be r eleased f r om the
lev er lip 2 8 and the said top ar m will be mov ed
f or war d a suf f ic ient distanc e f or r eleasing the
band, the elastic ity in the band c ausing the same
to be shot outwar dly abov e the other bands and
ac r oss the sight l8 as illustr ated in Fig. 3 . The
notc h 2 5 in the lev er 2 6 limits the mov ement of
the wheel l3 and the ar ms ther eon when shoot
ing. Af ter the tr igger is r eleased by the user ,
. assdsv e
3
the c oil sp r ing 2 9 will p ull the lev er 2 4 bac k to its
nor mal p osition, wher eby the top lip 2 8 ther eon
r ec eiv es and holds the wheel ar m near est ther eto
as illustr ated to adv antage in Fig. 1 and in whic h
p osition the gun is r eady to shoot another band.
I t is to be under stood that the f or m of my in
v ention her ewith shown and desc r ibed is to be
tak en as a p r ef er r ed examp le of the same and
that v ar ious c hanges r elativ e to the shap e, size,
mater ial and ar r angement of p ar ts may be
r esor ted to without dep ar ting f r om the sp ir it of
the inv ention or the sc op e of the subj oined c laim.
Hav ing thus desc r ibed my inv ention, I c laim:
A toy gun in the f or m of a p istol f or shooting
elastic bands, c omp r ising a handle, a c asing p osi
tioned abov e the same, said c asing hav ing an
op ening in the top p or tion ther eof and a sec ond
op ening in the bottom p or tion and in f r ont of the
said handle, a bar r el extending f or war d f r om the
c asing, a sight on the top f r ont end p or tion
of the bar r el, a shaf t hor izontally p ositioned
thr ough the c asing and f ixed in the side walls
ther eof , a- wheel within the c asing r ev olv ably
sup p or ted on the said shaf t, ap lur ality of r adial-
lyexten' ding ar ms on the wheel, v eac h of the said
ar ms hav ing an outwar dly extending ? ar ed p or ~
tion f or ming a c atc h f or r ec eiv ing one of the
loop ed ends of the elastic bands, a r ec ess in the
outer extr emity of the sight on the gun bar r el
f or r ec eiv ing the op p osite loop ed ends of the elas
tie bands, a mec hanism f or ic ontr ollin-g the wheel
to r elease the bands, the said mec hanism inc lud
ing a tr igger p iv otally sec ur ed to a wall -of the
c asing and extending downwar dly thr ough the
said op ening in f r ont of the handle, a lev er p iv ot
ally sec ur ed to the up p er p or tion of the tr igger
and hor izontally extending ther ef r om, a sec ond
1 0
1 5
2 0
2 5
3 . 0
3 5
4
lev er p iv otally sec ur ed to the outer end p or tion
of the ? r st lev er and adap ted to extend beneath
any one of the ar ms on the wheel f or r etaining
the ar ms in their nor mal p ositions, means p iv ot
ally sec ur ing the sec ond lev er to a wall of the
c asing, wher eby the lev er is c ap able of being
adj usted f or r eleasing the ar ms f r om their nor
mal p ositions when the tr igger is p ulled to r e
lease the bands, a notc h in the lower p or tion of
the sec ond lev er adap ted to engage any one of
the said ar ms to limit the mov ement of the ar ms,
a stop ? xed to the wall of the c asing and p osi
tioned against the r ear p or tion of the tr igger f or
sup p or ting the same in its nor mal p osition and
a c oil sp r ing. hav ing one end p or tion ther eof
sec ur ed to the said sec ond lev er and the op p osite
end p or tion sec ur ed to a wall of the c asing f or
r etaining the sec ond lev er and tr igger in their
nor mal p ositions.
E LLI S L. S I D E R S .
R E FE B' E NGE S CI TE D
The f ollowing r ef er enc es ar e of r ec or d in the
f ile of this p atent:
UN-I TE D S TATE S - PATE NTS
Nun' iber Name D ate
' 1 , 7 2 4;2 Tl Fisher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' _ Aug. 1 3 , 1 9 2 9
7 5 9 , 0 8 4 Baumet al. -a _ _ _ _ _ _ May 2 0 , 1 . 9 3 . 0
2 , 0 65 , 5 8 0 Gr awunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D ec . 2 9 , 1 -9 3 6
r 2 j -2 48 A 2 ' 4 =Cok er _ _ _ _ ;_ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ July 8 , 1 1 9 41
2 , 2 8 9 , 49 0 ' E is' her _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ July . 1 1 4, 1 9 42
FOR E I GN PATE NTS
Number Countr y D ate
43 9 9 7 8 Gneat Br itain , _ . _ -, _ _ . D ec . 1 . 8 , 1 9 3 5