Simulated firearm
OwnerB. Russell Hesseyinventor
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Abstract
A simulated firearm useful in the entertainment industry, and particularly moviemaking, includes electronically ignitable loads which fire sequentially producing a flash and smoke from the barrel. The loads are mounted in a socket in a forward part of the gun, and consist of a small amount of gunpowder and flash-producing material retained in a tubular sleeve along with a resistance-wire igniter. The electronic firing mechanism is actuated by a trigger microswitch which sends amplified pulses in sequence to the loads. Simulated bullet impacts can be actuated simultaneously by pulses generated by the firearm circuitry or from a remote source which actuates both the firearm and the bullet impacts.
Claims26
A simulated firearm comprising
- a housing
- a muzzle portion having a discharge aperture
- mounting means for simultaneously retaining a plurality of combustible loads in axially spaced, parallel orientation in the muzzle portion each of said loads being mounted to discharge through said discharge aperture,
- each load comprising a hollow body portion, a base including electrical terminals, and an explosive charge contained in the body portion,
- electronic circuit means for providing an electrical charge sequentially to each load such that the load ignites and discharges out the aperture, and
- trigger means for actuating the electronic circuit means.
A simulated automatic machine gun comprising
- a housing having at least one muzzle portion having an aperture therein
- mounting means for simultaneously retaining at least ten combustible loads in a muzzle portion, each load having a cross-section substantially smaller than the cross-section of the aperture,
- electronic circuit means for providing an electrical charge sequentially to each load such that the load ignites and discharges out through the aperture, said circuit means having timer means for producing at least 4 uniformly spaced pulses per second, and
- trigger means for actuating the electronic circuit means including a normally open switch which operates the timer means continuously when in a closed position.
A simulated automatic machine gun comprising
- a housing having at least one muzzle portion having an aperture therein
- mounting means for simultaneously retaining at least ten combustible loads in a muzzle portion,
- electronic circuit means for providing an electrical charge sequentially to each load such that the loan ignites and discharges out through the aperture, said circuit means having timer means for producing at least 4 uniformly spaced pulses per second, and
- trigger means for actuating the electronic circuit means including a normally open switch which operates the timer means continuously when in a closed position,
- wherein the trigger means also actuates sequentially a plurality of explosive charges depicting "hits" from the simulated firearm.
In combination, a simulated firearm comprising a housing;
- mounting means within the housing for simultaneously retaining a plurality of explosive loads;
- each load comprising a hollow body portion, a base including electrical terminals, and an explosive charge;
- and electronic circuit means for providing an electrical charge sequentially to each load to ignite the explosive charge;
- a plurality of simulated bullet impacts comprising discrete explosive charges, and
- actuating means for discharging the firearm and the simulated bullet impacts substantially simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.