Mechanical guns and projectors – Spring – Guided projectile
Patent
1978-07-31
1981-03-17
Pinkham, Richard C.
Mechanical guns and projectors
Spring
Guided projectile
124 38, F41F 100
Patent
active
042560772
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a marble shooter device which features: a frame having two elongated sides attached together at one of their ends in a spaced-apart relationship by a front end frame piece and attached together at their outer ends in spaced-apart relationship by a rear end frame piece; a barrel mounted to the end frame pieces and between and substantially parallel to the elongated sides, the barrel having a loading port on its upper side for loading the barrel with a marble and a barrel trigger notch in the top of the barrel and rearward of the loading port, and a pair of slots on opposite sides of the slot and rearward of the barrel trigger notch; a striker which is fittable within the barrel which has at least one striker trigger notch on its upper side; a power source attached to the frame and the striker to propel the striker towards the front end of the barrel; a trigger attached to the frame, the trigger extending into the trigger notch to contact and hold the striker in a rearward position by engaging the striker trigger notch; and a spring for biasing the trigger to a position whereby the striker is held in a rearwardly position when the trigger engages the striker trigger notch.
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Brown T.
Pinkham Richard C.
Ray David L.
Spielman, Jr. Edgar E.
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