Magazine for toy gun
A magazine for toy gun (air soft gun BB-gun) is disclosed to have a holder block with a ratchet mounted inside the housing of the magazine to support one-way rotation of an operating wheel, which has a knob disposed outside the housing for enabling the user to rotate the operating wheel with less effort and a center shaft inserted into the inside of the housing and connected to an actuating wheel and a main gear wheel for enabling the actuating wheel and a bullet guide roller to be rotated with the operating wheel to guide loaded toy gun bullet out of the bullet chamber into a bullet-feeding channel for feeding into the firing chamber of the toy gun for firing.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) and more particularly, to a magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) that can be conveniently operated with less effort to guide loaded air soft gun/BB-gun bullets out of the bullet chamber into the bullet-feeding channel for feeding into the firing chamber for firing.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIGS. 1˜3 show a magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) according to the prior art. According to this design, the magazine comprises a housing formed of a first cover shell aa and a second cover shell bb and covered with shielding plates dd. The cover shells aa and bb each have an opening cc, and define therebetween a bullet chamber ee, a bullet loading entrance 10 at the top side of the bullet chamber 22, and a bullet-feeding channel 20. A spring-supported bullet stop 201 is adapted to close the exit of the bullet-feeding channel 20. An actuating wheel 30 and a main gear wheel 40 are concentrically provided at the inner side of the first cover shell aa corresponding to the bottom side of the opening cc of the first cover shell aa. The actuating wheel 30 has a plurality of teeth 301 equiangularly spaced around the periphery, and a spiral spring 302 mounted on the inside. An operating wheel 50 is provided outside the first cover shell aa, having a center shaft 501 inserted through the first cover shell aa and fastened to the inner end 3021 of the actuating wheel 30 and the center of the main gear wheel 40 (see
The aforesaid magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) is still not satisfactory in function. Because it requires much effort to rotate the operating wheel 50 with the hand, a young child may be unable to feed air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100 to the bullet-feeding channel 20, or the teeth 502 may hurt the fingers or the fingers feel pain rotating the operating wheel 50.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun), which can be conveniently operated with less effort to guide loaded air soft gun/BB-gun bullets out of the bullet chamber into the bullet-feeding channel for feeding into the firing chamber for firing. To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, the magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) comprises a housing formed of two cover shells, the housing comprising a bullet chamber for accommodating toy gun bullets, a bullet loading entrance through which toy gun bullets are loaded into the bullet chamber, a bullet-feeding channel in communication with the bullet chamber and adapted to guide toy gun bullets out of the bullet chamber into the firing chamber of a toy gun for firing; an actuating wheel pivotally mounted inside the housing and internally mounted with a spiral spring and rotatable by an external rotary driving force to move toy gun bullets out of the bullet chambers into the bullet-feeding channel; a bullet guide roller pivotally mounted inside the housing adjacent to the actuating wheel adapted to guide toy gun bullets out of the bullet chambers into the bullet-feeding channel; a main gear wheel pivotally mounted inside the housing for rotation with the actuating wheel; an eccentric block pivotally mounted inside the housing; and an auxiliary gear wheel pivotally mounted inside the housing for rotation with the main gear wheel and the eccentric block; wherein a holder block is fixedly mounted inside the housing, having a ratchet fixedly provided at one side thereof; an operating wheel is mounted in a hole in the housing, having a knob extending out of said housing for rotating said operating wheel by hand and a center shaft inserted through a hole at the center of the ratchet and fastened to an inner end of the spiral spring inside the actuating wheel and the center of the main gear wheel for enabling the spiral spring and the actuating wheel and the main gear wheel to be rotated with the operating wheel, and at least one pawl meshed with the ratchet of the holder block to limit rotation of the operating wheel relative to the holder block to one direction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to FIGS. 5˜7, a magazine for toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) in accordance with the present invention is shown comprising a first cover shell a and a second cover shell b. The first cover shell a and the second cover shell b are fastened together, thereby defining a bullet chamber C for accommodating air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100, a bullet loading entrance 1 at the top side through which air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100 are inserted into the bullet chamber C, and a bullet-feeding channel 2 through which air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100 are delivered one after another into the firing chamber of the toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) for firing.
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As indicated above, the invention uses the knob 4 for rotating the actuating wheel 5 with the fingers with to guide air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100 out of the bullet chamber C into the bullet-feeding channel 2 smoothly. Therefore, either a young child or adjust can operate the toy gun safely with less effort to guide loaded air soft gun/BB-gun bullets 100 into the bullet-feeding channel 2 for feeding into the firing chamber for firing. And the operator's fingers feel no pain.
A prototype of magazine for toy gun has been constructed with the features of FIGS. 5˜9. The magazine for toy gun functions smoothly to provide all of the features discussed earlier.
Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Claims
1. A magazine for toy gun comprising:
- a housing formed of two cover shells, said housing comprising a bullet chamber for accommodating toy gun bullets, a bullet loading entrance through which toy gun bullets are loaded into said bullet chamber, a bullet-feeding channel in communication with said bullet chamber and adapted to guide toy gun bullets out of said bullet chamber into the firing chamber of a toy gun for firing;
- an actuating wheel pivotally mounted inside said housing and internally mounted with a spiral spring and rotatable by an external rotary driving force to move toy gun bullets out of said bullet chambers into said bullet-feeding channel;
- a bullet guide roller pivotally mounted inside said housing adjacent to said actuating wheel adapted to guide toy gun bullets out of said bullet chambers into said bullet-feeding channel;
- a main gear wheel pivotally mounted inside said housing for rotation with said actuating wheel;
- an eccentric block pivotally mounted inside said housing; and
- an auxiliary gear wheel pivotally mounted inside said housing for rotation with said main gear wheel and said eccentric block;
- wherein a holder block is fixedly mounted inside said housing, having a ratchet fixedly provided at one side thereof; an operating wheel is mounted in a hole in said housing, having a knob extended out of said housing for rotating said operating wheel by hand and a center shaft inserted through a hole at the center of said ratchet and fastened to an inner end of said spiral spring inside said actuating wheel and the center of said main gear wheel for enabling said spiral spring and said actuating wheel and said main gear wheel to be rotated with said operating wheel, and at least one pawl meshed with the ratchet of said holder block to limit rotation of said operating wheel relative to said holder block to one direction.
2. The magazine for toy gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bullet guide roller is pivoted to said holder block and supported on a spring member, which is mounted on said holder plate and has one end fastened to said bullet guide roller.
3. The magazine for toy gun as claimed in claim 2, wherein said eccentric block is pivotally mounted inside said housing, having a shaft and a pinion fixedly mounted on the shaft of said eccentric block and meshed with said auxiliary gear wheel.
4. The magazine for toy gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bullet-feeding channel has an exit closed by a spring-supported bullet stop, said spring-supported bullet stop having a through hole, which is aimed at said exit for enabling toy gun bullet to be delivered out of said bullet-feeding channel when said spring-supported bullet stop is pressed by an external force.
5. The magazine for toy gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said knob of said operating wheel has two finger holes disposed outside said housing for the insertion of fingers to rotate said rotary knob.
6. The magazine for toy gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said knob of said operating wheel has a plughole disposed outside said housing for the mounting of a handle for rotating said operating wheel.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 2, 2004
Publication Date: Mar 2, 2006
Inventor: Shih-Che Hu (Yung Kang City)
Application Number: 11/004,016
International Classification: F41A 9/02 (20060101);