Toy water gun with selectable pulse and stream discharge nozzles

A toy gun for discharging pressurized liquid, comprising:

• a pressurization mechanism providing a supply of pressurized liquid;
• an elastomeric supply bladder in fluid communication with the pressurization mechanism and receiving pressurized liquid from the pressurization mechanism, wherein the supply bladder expands and the pressure within the supply bladder increases as the pressurized liquid is received by the supply bladder;
• a trigger valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the supply bladder and being moveable between a closed position and an open position;
• a mode selection valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the trigger valve, a first outlet and a second outlet, the mode selection valve having a stream position placing the inlet of the mode selection valve in fluid communication with the first outlet and a pulse position placing the inlet of the mode selection valve in fluid communication with the second outlet;
• an elastomeric pulse bladder in fluid communication with the second outlet of the mode selection valve;
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• a pulse valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the pulse bladder and an outlet, wherein the pulse valve is moveable between a closed position and an open position, and the pulse valve is operatively coupled to the pulse bladder such that expansion of the pulse bladder causes the pulse valve to move from the closed position to the open position,
• wherein, when the supply bladder is filled with pressurized liquid, the trigger valve is moved to the open position and the mode selection valve is in the stream position, pressurized liquid from the supply bladder is forced through the second outlet of the mode selection valve to discharge a continuous stream of liquid, and
• wherein, when the supply bladder is filled with pressurized liquid, the trigger valve is moved to the open position and the mode selection valve is in the pulse position, pressurized liquid from the supply bladder is forced into the pulse bladder, the pulse bladder expands as the pressurized liquid from the supply bladder is received, and the expansion of the pulse bladder causes the pulse valve to move to the open position such that the pressure within the pulse bladder causes a burst of liquid stored in the pulse bladder to discharge through the pulse valve.

A toy gun for discharging pressurized liquid, comprising:

• an inlet port having a coupling configured to connect to an external source of pressurized liquid to the toy gun;
• a trigger valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the inlet port and being moveable between a closed position and an open position;
• an elastomeric pulse bladder in fluid communication with an outlet of the trigger valve;
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• a pulse valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the pulse bladder and being moveable between a closed position and an open position, the pulse valve being operatively coupled to the pulse bladder such that expansion of the pulse bladder causes the pulse valve to move from the closed position to the open position, and the elastomeric pulse bladder is not an integral component of the pulse valve,
• wherein, when an external source is connected to the coupling and providing pressurized liquid and the trigger valve is moved to the open position, pressurized liquid from the external source is forced into the pulse bladder, the pulse bladder expands as the pressurized liquid from the external source is received, and the expansion of the pulse bladder causes the pulse valve to move to the open position such that the pressure within the pulse bladder causes a burst of liquid stored in the pulse bladder to discharge through the pulse valve.