Pneumatically and Manually Actuating Toy Gun Structure
A pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure includes a main body, a barrel, an energy source, a first control portion, and a second control portion. When the toy gun structure is driven by high-pressure gas, one can pulls the pivotally furnished connecting rod by pressing the trigger of the first control portion, and the meshing catch portion furnished beneath the connecting rod is capable of exactly driving the hook portion of the knock hammer making it generate a rotational power to hit the gas valve and letting the gas flow into the barrel through the sleeve barrel of the second control portion and shoot the plastic bullets. However, when the gas is used up, one can directly pull the handle of the piston of the second control portion making the piston move backward and letting a flange beneath the piston exactly catch an angle portion of a piston catch. As one presses the trigger by one's finger, the second salient pin furnished at the distal end of the connecting rod that interlocks with the trigger is capable of hitting the piston catch and making the piston catch generate rotational displacement and letting the angle portion of the piston catch separate from the flange of the piston. The piston exerted by the resilient force of the restoring spring moves forward and compresses the air within the cylinder instantly to shoot the plastic bullets and achieve the pneumatically and manually actuating function of toy gun structure of the invention.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure, and more particularly, to a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure having both the pneumatically and manually driving of controlling structure.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Among the current common toy gun products having projectile plastic bullet, there are manual, pneumatic, and electric power types of structure. The pneumatic type of toy gun makes use of an attached air bottle for providing the high-pressure gas to generate pressure propelled plastic (PP) bullet for projecting off the bullets. However, the manual type of toy gun makes use of the resilient spring force released from the compressed spring for propelling a piston to generate high-pressure gas for projecting off the bullets. Both types of toy gun have significant difference in structure since their power sources are different.
As far as the structure of the manual type of toy gun is concerned, a relatively simpler one propels the piston for compressing the spring by a manually pulling type of action. This kind of structure of the toy gun is lacking in enjoyment while one is playing on the gun since it has only the function of a single shooting. However, there is another one having both the functions of single shooting and continuous shooting through a switching action by the use of an electric power motor to compress the spring via the transmitting mechanism to drive the piston. This one is relatively enjoyable while one is playing on the gun. Nevertheless, as far as the current products are concerned, the way of driving all exists in a single state no matter whether it is a manual, pneumatic, or electric motor's driving. Moreover, there is no toy gun having both the manually and pneumatically driving structure of today. Consequently, the fact that the pneumatically driving toy gun is unable to function once the compressed air is used up forms a demerit upon usage, thereby it is lacking in product competitiveness on the market.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn light of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior arts that there is no toy gun having both the manually and pneumatically driving-controlled structure, the invention aims to ameliorate at least some of the disadvantages of the prior art or to provide a useful alternative.
The primary objective of the invention is to provide a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure having both of the pneumatically and manually driving methods. Besides being capable of effectively improving the variation in application, it is fun, too.
To achieve the above-mentioned objective, the invention provides a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure that includes a main body, a barrel, an energy source, a first control portion, and a second control portion. The energy source further includes a gas storage case and a restoring spring. The first control portion consists of a connecting rod, a trigger, a knock hammer, a piston catch, and a coil spring while the second control portion consists of a cylinder, a piston, a sleeve barrel, and a restoring spring. When the toy gun structure is driven by high-pressure gas, one can pulls the pivotally furnished connecting rod by pressing the trigger of the first control portion, and the meshing catch portion furnished beneath the connecting rod is capable of exactly driving the hook portion of the knock hammer making it generate a rotational power to hit the gas valve and letting the gas in the gas storage case of the energy source flow into the barrel through the sleeve barrel of the second control portion and shoot the plastic bullets. However, when the gas is used up, one can directly pull the handle of the piston of the second control portion making the piston move backward and letting a flange beneath the piston exactly catch an angle portion of a piston catch. As one presses the trigger by one's finger, the second salient pin furnished at the distal end of the connecting rod that interlocks with the trigger is capable of hitting the piston catch and making the piston catch generate rotational displacement and letting the angle portion of the piston catch separate from the flange of the piston. The piston exerted by the resilient force of the restoring spring furnished within the channel of the piston moves forward and compresses the air within the cylinder instantly to complete manually controlled shooting and achieve the pneumatically and manually actuating function of toy gun structure of the invention.
The accomplishment of this and other objectives of the invention will become apparent from the following description and its accompanying drawings of which:
Among them, the gas storage case (31) of the energy source (3) is a container for storing gas that is capable of filling with high-pressure gas having high safety criteria. A gas nozzle (314) is provided at an appropriate location on the top end of the gas storage case (31). Moreover, a gas-valve seat (312) being provided on the gas route between the gas storage case (31) and a gas nozzle (314) furnishes a gas valve (311) that is capable of controlling the gas flow. A space (not shown in the Figure) is provided on a side of the gas storage case (31) for storing the plastic bullets (6) while a propped-up portion (321) for propping up the plastic bullets (6) is also provided on top of the restoring spring (32).
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The cylindrical channel (511) furnished at the rear end of the cylinder (51) of the second control portion (5) is capable of exactly containing the piston (52) while the inner tube portion (not shown in the Figure) at the front end of the cylinder (51) the diminished end (510) is capable of exactly containing the sleeve barrel (53) making the piston (52) and sleeve barrel (53) perform actions in the cylindrical channel (511) and the inner tube portion respectively. Moreover, the second air inlet (513) furnished beneath the diminished end (510) is corresponding to the air inlet hole (530). The restoring spring (54) is contained in the channel (523) provided at the open end of the piston (52). Meanwhile, the flange (522) furnished by extending from the bottom side of the open end of the piston (52) is oppositely furnished with respect to the angle portion (444) of the piston catch (44) forming a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure.
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The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure of the invention makes use of the driving force of high-pressure gas for shooting plastic bullets. When the gas is used up, a manual method is employed to instantly compress the air within the cylinder by the use of the predetermined action of the resilient force of the restoring spring furnished in the piston to achieve function of manually controlled shooting. The control structure of the invention possesses the efficacy of either single or continuous shooting.
It will become apparent to those people skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing description, it is intended that all the modifications and variation fall within the scope of the following appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure comprising:
- (a) a main body having a handle and a slot:
- (b) a barrel;
- (c) an energy source further comprising a gas storage case and a restoring spring wherein the gas storage case has a gas-valve seat for pivotally furnishing a gas valve;
- (d) a first control portion further comprising a connecting rod, a trigger, a knock hammer, a piston catch, and a coil spring; and
- (e) a second control portion further comprising a cylinder, a piston, a sleeve barrel, and a restoring spring; wherein, the energy source being furnished in the handle portion provides a gas valve within the gas-valve sea; the connecting rod of the first control portion is pivotally connected to the trigger of the second control portion; the lug of the connecting rod is connected to the corresponding sleeve barrel of the second control portion; moreover, a meshing catch portion furnished beneath the connecting rod is pivotally connected to the corresponding hook portion of the knock hammer making the firing pin at the front end of the knock hammer is furnished in corresponding with the gas valve of the energy source, and the hook portion on the bottom side of the knock hammer is capable of performing catching action with respect to the meshing catch portion of the connecting rod; furthermore, the piston catch penetrated through the cut-off portion of the connecting rod is pivotally furnished in the corresponding hole on the interior wall surface making the piston catch and the connecting rod generate an interlock action; meanwhile, the cylindrical channel furnished at the rear end of the cylinder of the second control portion is capable of exactly containing the piston while the inner tube portion of the diminished end at the front end of the cylinder is capable of exactly containing the sleeve barrel making the piston and sleeve barrel perform actions in the cylindrical channel and the inner tube portion of the diminished end respectively; moreover, the second air inlet furnished beneath the diminished end is corresponding to the air inlet hole; furthermore, the restoring spring is contained in the channel provided at the open end of the piston; in the meantime, the flange furnished by extending from the bottom side of the open end of the piston is oppositely finished with respect to the angle portion of the piston catch forming a pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure.
2. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting rod of the first control portion being a rectangular plate has a salient pin furnished at one end thereof, a salient portion, a lug having a slot penetrated through on the top side thereof, a meshing catch portion with a slot on the bottom side thereof, as well as a cut-off portion, a first salient pin, and a second salient pin at the other end thereof.
3. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein shaft portions for slipping on or catching the corresponding springs are provided on both sides of the trigger, and a recess being provided at the top end of the trigger is corresponding to the salient pin of the connecting rod where the salient pin has a spring slipping on thereof.
4. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a firing pin is furnished on a side of knock hammer by extending from a side thereof, and is corresponding to the gas valve of the gas storage case; moreover, a shaft portion and a shaft pin are furnished by extending from both sides of the knock hammer; furthermore, a salient portion is provided above the shaft portion while a hook portion is provided at an appropriate portion by extending from the other side thereof, and a spring is exactly pivotally furnished at the shaft portion.
5. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston catch being an arcuate plate element has a shaft portion and a pin shaft provided on each side thereof respectively; moreover, a salient portion is provided on an appropriate side of the piston catch, and an angle portion is also formed at the distal end of the piston catch; besides, a spring is pivotally provided at the shaft portion
6. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cylinder of the second control portion being a tube-shaped element, forms a cylindrical channel at the center thereof and furnishes a diminished end with a second air inlet provided beneath thereof; moreover, a buffer spring is provided at an appropriate location on the top side of the cylinder.
7. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a handle is provided on the top of the tube-shape exterior side of the piston of the second control portion, and a flange is also provided at the other end of the tube wall thereof; moreover, a channel is formed at the center of the piston with a restoring spring fitted in thereof.
8. The pneumatically and manually actuating toy gun structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the a sleeve barrel being a tube-shaped body that is slightly smaller in outside diameter as comparing with the bore of the diminished end of the cylinder has a salient portion furnished on a side thereof; moreover, a gas inlet hole is furnished at an appropriate location beneath the sleeve barrel; what is more, the center of the sleeve barrel being formed a gas route is slipped into the diminished end.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 2, 2007
Publication Date: Jan 8, 2009
Inventor: Yang Chung-Kuan (San-Chung City)
Application Number: 11/772,625
International Classification: F41B 11/00 (20060101);