Toy gun with magazine
AssigneeJohnson Research & Development Company, Inc.
InventorsLonnie G. Johnson, John T. Applewhite, Jeffrey Shane Matthews
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Abstract
An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a launch tube (12), a magazine (18), a manual air pump (14) and a loading tube (29). The magazine has an outer shell (25) and an indexing wheel mounted (26) mounted within the outer shell. The indexing wheel has a central hub (31), a peripheral ring (35) and an annular array of fins (32) extending between the central hub and peripheral ring which define an annular array of projectile cells (34).
Claims18
A toy gun adapted to launch a projectile comprising:
- a launch tube having a breach adapted to receive a projectile;
- a hopper in communication with said breach, said hopper having an outer housing having an annular outer wall and a floor, a central hub, an annular inner housing mounted concentrically within said outer wall, and a plurality of divider walls extending between said central hub and said inner housing thereby defining a plurality of projectile cells, each said projectile cell having a bottom opening therein, said outer housing having an opening therein sized and shaped to allow the passage of projectiles therethrough;
- an indexer coupled to said central hub,
- whereby the inner housing prevents contact of the projectile with the outer housing outer wall to prevent accidental binding of the projectile between the divider wall and the outer wall during indexing.
A toy gun adapted to launch a projectile comprising:
- a launch tube having a breach adapted to receive a projectile;
- a hopper in communication with said breach, said hopper having an outer housing and an indexing wheel mounted within said outer housing;
- said outer housing having an annular outer wall and a floor having an opening sized and shaped to allow the passage of projectiles therethrough;
- said indexing wheel having a central hub, a peripheral wall mounted concentrically within said outer wall, and a plurality of divider walls extending between said central hub and said peripheral wall thereby defining a plurality of projectile cells, each said projectile cell having a bottom opening therein;
- an indexer coupled to said indexing wheel,
- whereby the indexing wheel peripheral wall prevents contact of the projectile with the outer housing outer wall to prevent accidental binding of the projectile between the divider wall and the outer wall during indexing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.