Toy projectile launching device
OwnerIan H. Jacobyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pneumatic toy projectile launching device including a launching barrel, a reservoir for air under pressure, a pump inflation member and a flexible conduit joining the pump to the body of the device. The single conduit is employed both to fill the reservoir and for triggering launching of the projectile.
Claims7
A toy pneumatic projectile launching device comprising a housing having a bore, barrel means connected to said housing for receiving and guiding a projectile to be launched, an air pressure storage reservoir connected to said bore adjacent said barrel means, a flow passage extending between said barrel means and said bore, a pilot member movably mounted in said bore for selectively closing and opening said flow passage between said barrel and reservoir, and pump means operatively connected to said bore for charging said reservoir and maintaining said pilot in said closing position responsive to super-atmospheric pressure generated by said pump means and for shifting said pilot member from said closing to said opening position of said passage responsive to pressures in said pump means below the pressure in said reservoir.
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