# US 11,079,196 B2 · Toy gun > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,079,196 B2 - Document ID: US11079196B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/082,264 - Filed: 2016-04-05 - Published: 2019-03-28 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-04 - Applicants: Gwangsuk Kim - Inventors: Gwangsuk Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079196B2 ## CPC - F41A 33/06: Recoil simulators - F41B 11/646: Arrangements for putting the spring under tension - A63H 5/04: Pistols or machine guns operated without detonators; Crackers {(cracker bonbons A63H37/00)} - A63H 29/22: Electric drives (power supply through track A63H18/12) - A63H 31/08: Gear-control mechanisms; Gears for imparting a reciprocating motion - F41B 11/71: Electric or electronic control systems, e.g. for safety purposes - F41B 11/89: for toys - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - 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) - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS ## Abstract The present invention relates to a toy gun having a bolt configured to move forward or backward such that a recoil and a following thrill can be experienced as in the case of an actual gun. The toy gun according to the present invention comprises: a body for firing dummy bullets; a bolt assembly provided inside the body so as to move forward or backward in the process of loading and firing the dummy bullets; and a driving portion provided inside the body so as to drive the bolt assembly in order to load and fire the dummy bullets, wherein the driving portion comprises a ratchet gear configured to receive power from a driving motor that drives the driving portion, a piston gear that receives power from the ratchet gear and moves the bolt assembly backward, and a ratchet assembly that selectively transfer power, which is transferred to the ratchet gear, to the piston gear; the ratchet assembly comprises a piston gear cap that penetrates the ratchet gear and is coupled to the piston gear while the ratchet gear remains fitted to the center of the piston gear cap and a ratchet pole configured to slide in a direction with regard to the piston gear cap; and an engaging groove, into which the ratchet pole is inserted, is provided on the inner surface of the piston gear such that, as the ratchet pole is inserted into and released from the engaging groove, power is selectively transferred from the driving motor to the piston gear. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A toy gun comprising: a body for firing dummy bullets; a bolt assembly provided inside the body so as to move forward or backward in the process of loading and firing the dummy bullets; and a driving portion provided inside the body so as to drive the bolt assembly in order to load and fire the dummy bullets, the driving portion comprising: a ratchet gear configured to receive power from a driving motor that drives the driving portion; a piston gear that receives power from the ratchet gear and moves the bolt assembly backward; and a ratchet assembly configured to selectively transfer, to the piston gear, power transferred to the ratchet gear, the ratchet assembly comprising: a piston gear cap that penetrates the ratchet gear and is coupled to the piston gear in the state where the ratchet gear is fitted into the center of the piston gear cap; and a ratchet pole configured to slide in one direction with regard to the piston gear cap, wherein an engaging groove, into which the ratchet pole is inserted, is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the piston gear such that power of the driving motor is selectively transferred to the piston gear as the ratchet pole is inserted into and released from the engaging groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The toy gun according to claim 1 comprising: a piston provided inside the bolt assembly and configured to push and fire the dummy bullets; a piston spring provided inside the piston and supplying elastic power to the piston; and a spring support part inserted into the piston spring and guiding the piston spring, wherein the piston spring is compressed while wrapping the spring support part and stretched in a direction where the piston spring moves away from the spring support part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The toy gun according to claim 1 comprising: a trigger configured to swivel, installed at the driving portion and configured to fire the dummy bullets according to a user's manipulation; a driving power switch installed at the driving portion and configured to supply power to the driving portion and to block power of the driving portion; a power-on part linked with the ratchet gear and configured to supply power to the driving power switch; a power-off part linked with the ratchet gear and configured to block power of the driving power switch; and a gear rotation prevention device installed on one side of the trigger and caught by and released from a protrusion of the piston gear, wherein the gear rotation prevention device swivels the power-on part such that the driving power switch is turned on when the trigger is pulled and then the piston moves forward, the bolt assembly is moved backward by the piston gear when the driving power switch is turned on and then the ratchet gear rotates, and the ratchet pole pushes and lifts the power-off part such that the driving power switch is turned off when the ratchet gear moves the bolt assembly backward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 3) The toy gun according to claim 1 or 3 comprising: a gear disengagement device provided on one side of the ratchet gear and configured to release the ratchet pole from the engaging groove, wherein the ratchet pole is pressed by the gear disengagement device and released from the engaging groove such that the ratchet gear and the piston gear are separated when the bolt assembly moves backward and then the driving power switch is turned off, the driving motor partially rotates and is linked by means of inertial force such that the ratchet gear is driven even though the driving power switch is turned off, and the piston gear is caught and fixed by the gear rotation prevention device in the state where the piston gear and the ratchet gear are separated such that the piston gear is prevented from bumping into the bolt when the bolt moves forward again. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The toy gun according to claim 1 comprising: an adjustment lever installed on one side of the driving portion, connected with the driving portion, and configured to set a state where the dummy bullets are fired according to the user's manipulation, wherein the upper portion of the trigger and the power-on part are caught such that the driving power switch is kept on when the trigger is pulled if the adjustment lever is in a continuous shot state.