# US 10,371,473 B1 · Magazine structure for a toy gun > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,473 B1 - Document ID: US10371473B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/001,936 - Filed: 2018-06-07 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-07 - Applicants: Ho-Sheng Wei - Inventors: Ho-Sheng Wei - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371473B1 ## CPC - F41A 9/76: Magazines having an endless-chain conveyor - B65G 23/06: with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels - F41B 11/50: Magazines for compressed-gas guns; Arrangements for feeding or loading projectiles from magazines - F41B 11/54: the projectiles being stored in a rotating drum magazine - F41B 11/55: the projectiles being stored in stacked order in a removable box magazine, rack or tubular magazine - F41B 11/57: Electronic or electric systems for feeding or loading (F41B11/53 takes precedence) - F41B 11/89: for toys - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - F41B: WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00) ## Abstract A magazine structure for a toy gun includes a carrier (10), an active gear (20), a passive gear (30) and a loading chain (40). The active gear (20) is rotatably installed to the carrier (10). The passive gear (30) is rotatably installed to the carrier (10) and arranged at an interval with the active gear (20). The loading chain (40) surrounds the active gear (20) and the passive gear (30) and has hollow cylinders (41) and a strap (42) connecting the hollow cylinders (41). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magazine structure for a toy gun, comprising: a carrier (10); an active gear (20), rotatably installed to the carrier (10); a passive gear (30), rotatably installed to the carrier (10), and arranged at an interval with the active gear (20); and a loading chain (40), surrounding the active gear (20) and the passive gear (30), and having hollow cylinders (41) and a strap (42) connecting the hollow cylinders (41), wherein the strap (42) is composed of sheets (421), and each sheet (421) is connected between any two adjacent hollow cylinders (41). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 1, wherein the active gear (20) comprises a gear portion (21) and a driven portion (22) formed on an end of the gear portion (21). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 1, wherein the active gear (20) comprises a gear portion (21) and a driven portion (22) formed on an end of the gear portion (21), and a top of the driven portion (22) is formed with recesses (221). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 1, wherein the passive gear (30) comprises a gear portion (31) and an extended shaft (32) extending from the gear portion (31). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 1, wherein the carrier (10) is a rectangular box including a lower box (11) and an upper box (12). ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 5, wherein the lower box (11) are extended with a front pivoting rod (111) and a rear pivoting rod (112), the upper box (12) is formed with a front hole (121) corresponding to the front pivoting rod (111) and a rear hole (122) corresponding to the rear pivoting rod (112), the active gear (20) is axially connected to the front pivoting rod (111) and the front hole (121), and the passive gear (30) is axially connected to the rear pivoting rod (112) and the rear hole (122). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 6, wherein a positioning rod (113) is provided between the front and rear pivoting rods (111, 112), the upper box (12) is formed with a sleeve (123) for receiving the positioning rod (113). ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The magazine structure for a toy gun of claim 5, wherein corners of the lower box (11) are formed with a set of connecting rods (114), and the upper box (12) is formed with connecting holes (124) for correspondingly receiving the connecting rods (114). ### Claim 9 A magazine structure for a toy gun, comprising: a carrier (10); an active gear (20), rotatably installed to the carrier (10); a passive gear (30), rotatably installed to the carrier (10), and arranged at an interval with the active gear (20); a loading chain (40), surrounding the active gear (20) and the passive gear (30), and having hollow cylinders (41) and a strap (42) connecting the hollow cylinders (41); and a cap (50), two ends of the cap (50) being provided with a pivot (51) and a hook (52), respectively, and the hook (52) engages with an engaging board (116) extending from the carrier (10). ### Claim 10 A magazine structure for a toy gun, comprising: a carrier (10); an active gear (20), rotatably installed to the carrier (10); a passive gear (30), rotatably installed to the carrier (10), and arranged at an interval with the active gear (20); and a loading chain (40), surrounding the active gear (20) and the passive gear (30), and having hollow cylinders (41) and a strap (42) connecting the hollow cylinders (41), wherein an intermediate gear (60) is axially connected to a sleeve (123) of the carrier (10) and has teeth (61), a concave arc (62) is formed between two adjacent teeth (61), and the concave arc (62) matches with an outline of the hollow cylinder (41) to engage.