Toy gun
A toy gun includes a firing mechanism activated to cause rapid movement of a pneumatic piston to cause rapid ingress of air into a cartridge to cause firing of a soft projectile. A release mechanism causes ejection of spent cartridges from the gun after firing.
1. A toy gun, comprising:
a body,
a firing chamber within the body,
a magazine mounted to the body and housing an array of soft projectile-loaded cartridges,
a loading mechanism for successively presenting individual cartridges to the firing chamber, said loading mechanism comprising a push rod and a priming lever, wherein pivotal movement of the priming lever causes longitudinal movement of the push rod to provide a loading area into which a cartridge is received,
a pneumatic piston located within the body and communicating with the firing chamber,
a firing mechanism, activation of which enables rapid movement of the pneumatic piston to cause rapid ingress of air into a cartridge located in the firing chamber to cause the soft projectile to deploy from the cartridge, and
a release mechanism bearing against a cartridge in the firing chamber, activation of which causes ejection of a spent cartridge therefrom.
2. The toy gun of claim 1 , further comprising a pneumatic line between a cylinder and the firing chamber.
3. The toy gun of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge comprises a spring bearing against one cartridge in the array of cartridges, biasing the same toward the loading area.
4. The toy gun of claim 3 , further comprising a drawbar acting on the pneumatic piston upon movement of the priming lever.
5. The toy gun of claim 4 , wherein the release mechanism comprises a locking tab engageable by the drawbar.
6. The toy gun of claim 1 , further comprising a trigger, and wherein the piston has a tooth thereon, and wherein the firing mechanism comprises a pivot arm having a pawl engageable with the tooth, the pivot arm moving pivotally upon the activation of trigger to release the pawl from the tooth.