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US 5,285,766 AGranted
Gun with removable rotary ammunition clip
AssigneeCrosman Corporation
InventorKeith L. Milliman
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Abstract
A gun is provided with a removable rotary ammunition clip assembly and a slidably mounted barrel to permit the clip assembly to be removed if a pellet jams in a position partially out of the clip and partially in the barrel. The clip assembly is an integral unit and includes a cylindrical loader which is rotatably mounted on the clip housing, an index lever and pawl for rotating the loader, and a transfer bar for translating sliding movement of the trigger into pivoting movement of the index lever. Sliding movement of the trigger moves the trigger link against a hammer for cocking the hammer, and the trigger link moves a hammer latch out of a latching position in which it will engage the hammer to prevent accidental discharge.
Claims18
A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- an elongated barrel slidably mounted on the frame for movement in a longitudinal direction,
- a clip assembly removably mounted on the frame, the clip assembly including a housing and loader means on the housing for positioning a projectile in alignment with the barrel,
- the frame including a recess in which the clip housing is mounted, the clip housing including a pair of spaced-apart side walls, each of the side walls being provided with a slot to provide a flexible latch portion on the side wall, the latch portion of each of the side walls being releasably engageable with the frame for retaining the clip housing in the recess.
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A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- an elongated barrel slidably mounted on the frame for movement in a longitudinal direction,
- a clip assembly removably mounted on the frame, the clip assembly including a housing and loader means on the housing for positioning a projectile in alignment with the barrel,
- a hammer pivotally mounted on the frame for movement between a cocked position and a firing position,
- link means operatively associated with the trigger and the hammer for moving the hammer to the cocked position as the trigger is moved to the firing position and for releasing the hammer when the trigger reaches the firing position,
- a hammer latch on the frame for movement between a latching position and an unlatching position, the hammer latch in the latching position being engageable with the hammer for preventing the hammer from reaching the fired position unless the trigger is pulled, the hammer latch being engageable by the link means for movement to the unlatching position as the trigger is moved to the firing position.
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A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- an elongated barrel mounted on the frame,
- a trigger mounted on the frame for movement between a rest position and a firing position,
- a hammer mounted on the frame for movement between a cocked position and a fired position, and
- a clip assembly removably mounted on the frame, the clip assembly including:
- a clip housing,
- a cylindrical loader rotatably mounted on the clip housing for rotation about an axis which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, the loader having a plurality of openings for retaining projectiles,
- a lever pivotally mounted on the clip housing and a pawl pivotally mounted on the lever, the pawl being engageable with the loader for rotating the loader as the lever pivots in one direction, and
- transfer means movably mounted on the clip housing and engageable with the lever for moving the lever in said one direction, said transfer means being engageable with the trigger when the clip assembly is mounted in the frame for transferring movement of the trigger to movement of the lever.
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A gun comprising:
- a frame,
- an elongated barrel slidably mounted on the frame for movement in a longitudinal direction,
- a trigger mounted on the frame for movement between a rest position and a firing position,
- a clip assembly removably mounted on the frame, the clip assembly including:
- a clip housing,
- means for removably attaching the clip housing to the frame,
- a cylindrical loader rotatably mounted on the clip housing for rotation about an axis which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, the loader having a plurality of openings for retaining projectiles,
- rotating means movably mounted on the clip housing for rotating the loader, and
- transfer means movably mounted on the clip housing and operatively associated with the rotating means whereby movement of the transfer means moves the rotating means to rotate the loader, the transfer means being engageable with the trigger when the clip assembly is mounted in the frame for transferring movement of the trigger to movement of the loader.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.