Patents by Inventor Keiichi Kunimoto
Keiichi Kunimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7033175Abstract: An optical device controller, for controlling an optical device positioned in a barrel-like portion of an imitative gun facing the outside through a muzzle-like opening of the barrel-like portion. An operation controlling portion is provide for shifting the optical device from an inoperative condition to an operating condition in response to movement of a trigger-like portion, a movable valve provided on a gas leading passage for controlling the gas leading passage to be open in response to the movement of the trigger-like portion, and a sliding member having a pressure receiving portion formed therein positioned at the back of the barrel-like portion for receiving pressure of the gas coming through the gas passage formed in the gas passage forming portion and the gas leading passage which is controlled to be open by the movable valve and provided to be moved back along the barrel-like portion with the pressure of the gas acting on the pressure receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Publication number: 20050064782Abstract: A gas powered toy gun comprises a gas supplying portion from which a gas leading passage extends, a valve for controlling the gas leading passage to be open and closed selectively, a slider provided to be movable to a barrel portion connected with a bullet holding chamber and provided with a pressure receiving portion for moving backward in order to supply the bullet holding chamber with a sham bullet, a movable member having an inner space formed therein and provided to be movable in the slider so as to be put selectively in a first state wherein the inner space is coupled with the gas leading passage and in a second state wherein the inner space is removed from the gas leading passage for guiding gas flowing through the gas leading passage to the bullet holding chamber through the inner space so that the sham bullet put in the bullet holding chamber is shot with pressure of gas acting thereon and for guiding further the gas flowing through the gas leading passage to the pressure receiving portion through thType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: WESTERN ARMSInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Publication number: 20050011508Abstract: A gas supplying mechanism in a gas powered toy gun comprises a gas passage for supplying gas to be used for shooting a sham bullet put in a bullet holding chamber, a movable valve for controlling the gas passage to be open for supplying the gas and closed for ceasing to supply the gas selectively, a hammer operative selectively to rotate at high speed to a first position from a second position in response to a triggering operation performed for shooting the sham bullet and to rotate at low speed to the first position from the second position independently of the triggering operation, a positioning member provided to come into contact with the hammer put in the first position for positioning the same, and a movable linking member for moving in a first manner corresponding to the high speed rotation of the hammer to push the movable valve to move for shifting the gas passage to be open when the hammer rotates at the high speed and for moving in a second manner corresponding to the low speed rotation of the hammType: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Publication number: 20040089280Abstract: To avoid the situation, in which a gas pressure to be used for shooting a bullet from a loading chamber is partially lost, a toy gun in which a paint bullet charged in the loading chamber may be reliably shot with gas under a relatively low pressure is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: WESTERN ARMSInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Publication number: 20030084601Abstract: An optical device controller in the type of imitative gun, which comprises a trigger-like portion, a barrel-like portion having a muzzle-like opening, a gas passage forming portion fixed in connection with a rear end of the barrel-like portion for providing a gas passage formed therein, a grip portion in which a gas chamber and a gas leading passage for leading a gas from the gas chamber to the gas passage formed in the gas passage forming portion are provided, an optical device positioned in the barrel-like portion to face the outside through the muzzle-like opening, an operation controlling portion for sifting the optical device from an inoperative condition to an operating condition in response to movement of the trigger-like portion, a movable valve provided on the gas leading passage for controlling the gas leading passage to be open in response to the movement of the trigger-like portion, and a sliding member having a pressure receiving portion formed therein to be positioned at the back of the barrel-lType: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: WESTERN ARMSInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 6502568Abstract: A model gun in the type of revolver includes a frame member to which a barrel is fixed and a hammer is rotatably attached, a cylindrical movable member containing a pressure accumulating chamber, a plurality of bullet holding chambers, a plurality of gas leading passages connected with the bullet holding chambers respectively, and a plurality of valves each operative to cause one of the gas leading passages to open into the pressure accumulating chamber in response to movement of the hammer and mounted detachably on the frame member between the barrel and the hammer, a control mechanism operative to keep selectively the cylindrical movable member mounted detachably on the frame member in a locked condition wherein one of the bullet holding chambers is positioned to face closely a rear end portion of the barrel and to release the cylindrical movable member mounted detachably on the frame member from the locked condition so as to be revolved on a central axis thereof in response to positions of a trigger, a driType: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Publication number: 20010027786Abstract: A model gun in the type of revolver comprises a frame member to which a barrel is fixed and a hammer is rotatably attached, a cylindrical movable member containing a pressure accumulating chamber, a plurality of bullet holding chambers, a plurality of gas leading passages connected with the bullet holding chambers respectively, and a plurality of valves each operative to cause one of the gas leading passages to open into the pressure accumulating chamber in response to movement of the hammer and selectively mounted detachably on the frame member between the barrel and the hammer, a control mechanism operative to keep selectively the cylindrical movable member mounted detachably on the frame member in a locked condition wherein one of the bullet holding chambers is positioned to face closely a rear end portion of the barrel and to release the cylindrical movable member mounted detachably on the frame member from the locked condition so as to be revolved on a central axis thereof in response to positions of a tType: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 6158424Abstract: A model gun with automatic bullet supplying mechanism, which comprises a slider provided to be movable along a barrel and a movable member provided between a bullet holding chamber and a pressure receiving portion to be movable along moving directions of the slider.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 6112734Abstract: A model gun with automatic bullet supplying mechanism comprises a pressure accumulating chamber from which a gas leading passage extends, a slider movable along a barrel structure, a pressure receiving portion fixed in the slider at the back of the barrel structure, a movable member provided with first and second inner spaces and arranged at the back of a bullet holding chamber, and a movable valve provided in the first inner space formed in the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 6073620Abstract: A model gun with automatic bullet supplying mechanism comprises a pressure accumulating chamber from which a gas leading passage extends, a slider movable along a barrel structure, a pressure receiving portion fixed in the slider at the back of the barrel structure, a movable member provided with first and second inner spaces and arranged at the back of a bullet holding chamber, a passage connecting portion provided at the outside of the movable member for connecting the gas leading passage to the first and second inner spaces in the movable member, and a movable valve provided in the passage connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 5664552Abstract: A gas pressure accumulating and supplying device for use in model guns, which comprises a pressure accumulating chamber provided in a case member, a gas injecting opening provided on a bottom portion of the case member, a gas introducing structure extending from the gas injecting opening into the pressure accumulating chamber, a gas discharging passage extending from the pressure accumulating chamber, and a control valve structure provided in the gas discharging passage for controlling supply of gas pressure from the pressure accumulating chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 5655510Abstract: A model gun with trajectory control function, which comprises a barrel structure including an outer barrel member and an inner barrel member, a tubular member provided in a rear end portion of the outer barrel member for forming a bullet holding portion by which a spherical sham bullet is temporarily held to be shot with gas pressure and a bullet guiding portion by which the spherical sham bullet shot from the bullet holding portion is guided into the inner barrel member, and a slippery member having a bullet contacting surface lower in friction coefficient than an inner surface of the bullet guiding portion and provided on an inner surface of a lower part of the bullet guiding portion in such a manner that the bullet contacting surface is variable in position to move in a direction of diameter of the bullet guiding portion, wherein a trajectory of the spherical sham bullet shot off through the barrel structure is controlled in response to the position of the bullet contacting surface of the slippery member iType: GrantFiled: July 16, 1996Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 5477843Abstract: A model gun with automatic bullet supplying mechanism comprises a slider provided to be movable along a barrel, a movable member provided between a bullet holding chamber provided at the back of the barrel and a pressure chamber with variable capacity provided in the slider, and a gas passage controller provided to be movable in the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto
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Patent number: 5476087Abstract: A model gun with automatic bullet supplying mechanism comprises a slider provided to be movable along the barrel, a movable member provided to be movable along moving directions of the slider between a bullet holding chamber provided at the back of the barrel and a pressure receiving portion fixed in the slider to be positioned at the back of the barrel and movable with the slider, and a gas passage controller provided to be movable in the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Western ArmsInventor: Keiichi Kunimoto