U.S. patent application number 11/788531 was filed with the patent office on 2008-09-25 for body shell structure for toy gun.
Invention is credited to Shih-Che Hu.
Application Number | 20080229642 11/788531 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39773303 |
Filed Date | 2008-09-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080229642 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hu; Shih-Che |
September 25, 2008 |
Body shell structure for toy gun
Abstract
A body shell structure for toy gun (air soft gun BB-gun) formed
of two half shells and defining therein a barrel-like upper chamber
for accommodating a bullet firing unit and a lower chamber for
accommodating a trigger, a transmission mechanism and a bullet
supply unit, having horizontal coupling grooves and horizontal
coupling ribs formed on the two half shells above the elevation of
the barrel-like upper chamber and vertical engagement blocks and
vertical engagement holes formed on the two half shells in front of
the upper chamber such that the respective horizontal coupling ribs
engage the respective horizontal coupling grooves and the
respective vertical engagement blocks engage the respective
vertical engagement holes to secure the two half shells firmly
together against impact during forward stroke the piston of the
bullet firing unit.
Inventors: |
Hu; Shih-Che; (Yung Kang
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
PRO-TECHTOR INTERNATIONAL
20775 Norada Court
Saratoga
CA
95070-3018
US
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Family ID: |
39773303 |
Appl. No.: |
11/788531 |
Filed: |
April 19, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
42/54 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F41B 11/64 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
42/54 |
International
Class: |
F41A 33/00 20060101
F41A033/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 21, 2007 |
TW |
096109726 |
Claims
1. A body shell structure for toy gun, comprising two half shells
abutted together and defining therein a barrel-like upper chamber
for accommodating a bullet firing unit and a lower chamber in
communication with said barrel-like upper chamber for accommodating
a trigger, a transmission mechanism and a bullet supply unit, a
plurality of horizontal coupling grooves disposed at a sidewall of
one of said two half shells above the elevation of said barrel-like
upper chamber, and a plurality of horizontal coupling ribs disposed
at a side wall of the other of said two half shells above the
elevation of said barrel-like upper chamber for engaging said
horizontal coupling grooves to secure said two half shells
together; wherein said two half shells have at least one engagement
block and at least one engagement hole disposed in front of said
upper chamber in such a manner that the at least one engagement
block engages the at least one engagement hole to reinforce the
structural strength of said body shell structure when said
horizontal coupling ribs and said horizontal coupling grooves are
coupled together to secure said two half shells together.
2. The body shell structure for toy gun as claimed in claim 1,
wherein said at least one engagement block and said at least one
engagement hole respectively extend in vertical direction.
3. The body shell structure for toy gun as claimed in claim 2,
wherein said horizontal coupling ribs, said horizontal coupling
grooves, said at least one engagement block and said at least one
engagement hole are disposed inside said two half shells and kept
from sight when said two half shells are fastened together.
4. The body shell structure for toy gun as claimed in claim 2,
wherein said horizontal coupling ribs and said horizontal coupling
grooves are disposed inside said two half shells; said at least one
engagement block and said at least one engagement hole respectively
extend to the outside of said two half shells.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a toy gun (air soft
gun/BB-gun) and more particularly, to a body shell structure for
toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun) that has a high strength against the
impact of the driving stroke of the piston of the bullet firing
unit of the toy gun.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] A toy gun (air soft gun/BB-gun), as shown in FIG. 1, has a
body shell structure "a" comprised of two half shells 10. The body
shell structure "a" defines therein a barrel-like upper chamber 101
and a lower chamber 102 in communication with the upper chamber
101. The upper chamber 101 accommodates a bullet-firing unit "b"
(see FIGS. 1 and 2). The lower chamber 102 accommodates a trigger
"c", a transmission mechanism "d", and a bullet supply unit "e"
(see FIG. 2).
[0005] Further (see FIGS. 1 and 2), horizontal coupling ribs 104
and coupling grooves 105 are respectively provided at the sidewalls
103 of the half shells 10 above the elevation of the upper chamber
103. By means of engaging the respective coupling ribs 104 into the
respective coupling grooves 105, the two half shells 10 are
fastened together. Further, the bullet-firing unit "b" comprises a
piston cylinder b1, a piston b2, and a spring b3. The piston
cylinder b1 has a front fitting b11. The rear side of the piston
cylinder b1 is an open side. The piston b2 is supported on the
spring b3, and inserted with its front side into the piston
cylinder b1. The front side of the piston b2 is provided with an
air nozzle b21, which protrudes over the front fitting b11 of the
piston cylinder b1 and coupled to a bush e1 of the bullet supply
unit "e". The rear side of the piston 2 extends out of the piston
cylinder b1. By means of the operation of the transmission
mechanism "d" to move the piston b2 backwards, the spring b3 is
compressed, and at the same time the bush e1 is moved backwards.
Thereafter, the bush e1 is forced forward to move one bullet 20
into position so that when the trigger "c" is depressed, the spring
b3 is released to force the piston b2 forwards in a rush, and a
flow of compressed air runs out of the air nozzle b21 to drive the
bullet 20 out of the toy gun (this action is of the known art, not
illustrated in the drawings). The toy gun according to the
aforesaid prior art design is functional. However, it still has
drawbacks. When the piston 2 is forced forwards, the piston 2 gives
a great impact to the front side of the piston cylinder b1. At this
time, the front side of the barrel-like upper chamber 101 of the
body shell structure "a" receives a great pressure, and the
sidewalls 103 may crack (see FIG. 3). If the toy gun is operated to
strike another bullet when the sidewalls 103 cracked, the
connection between the front fitting big and the piston cylinder b1
will become unstable, causing air leakage. At this time, the air
nozzle b21 and the bush e1 may be biased, resulting in a firing
failure. In this case, the body shell "a" must be changed.
[0006] Therefore, it is desirable to provide a body shell structure
for toy gun that eliminates the aforesaid problem.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The present invention has been accomplished under the
circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present
invention to provide a body shell structure for toy gun (air soft
gun/BB-gun), which has a high structural strength to bear impact
upon a forward stroke of the piston of the bullet-firing unit of
the toy gun.
[0008] According to one aspect of the present invention, the body
shell structure comprises two half shells abutted together and
defining therein a barrel-like upper chamber for accommodating a
bullet firing unit and a lower chamber in communication with said
barrel-like upper chamber for accommodating a trigger, a
transmission mechanism and a bullet supply unit, a plurality of
horizontal coupling grooves disposed at one half shell above the
elevation of said barrel-like upper chamber, and a plurality of
horizontal coupling ribs disposed at the other half shell above the
elevation of the barrel-like upper chamber for engaging the
horizontal coupling grooves to secure the two half shells together.
Further, two half shells have at least one engagement block and at
least one engagement hole disposed in front of the upper chamber in
such a manner that the at least one engagement block engages the at
least one engagement hole to reinforce the structural strength of
the body shell structure when the horizontal coupling ribs and the
horizontal coupling grooves are coupled together to secure the two
half shells together.
[0009] According to another aspect of the present invention, the at
least one engagement block and the at least one engagement hole
respectively extend in vertical direction.
[0010] According to still another aspect of the present invention,
the at least one engagement block and the at least one engagement
hole can be arranged inside the two half shells. Alternatively, the
at least one engagement block and the at least one engagement hole
can be made extending to the inside the two half shells.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a part of a toy gun (air soft
gun/BB-gun) according to the prior art, showing the structure of
the body shell.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a sectional plain view of the assembly of FIG.
1.
[0013] FIG. 3 corresponds to FIG. 2, showing the sidewalls of the
body shell structure cracked.
[0014] FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a part of a toy gun
constructed according to the present invention, showing the
composition of the body shell structure.
[0015] FIG. 5 is a sectional plain view of the assembly of FIG.
3.
[0016] FIG. 6 is an exploded view in an enlarged scale of a part of
the body shell structure shown in FIG. 4.
[0017] FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a part of an alternate form of
the body shell structure according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0018] Referring to FIG. 4, a body shell structure 1 for toy gun in
accordance with the present invention is shown formed of two
symmetrical half shells 11. The body shell structure 1 defines
therein a barrel-like upper chamber 11 and a lower chamber 12 in
communication with the upper chamber 11. The upper chamber 11
accommodates a bullet-firing unit 2. The lower chamber 12
accommodates a trigger 3, a transmission mechanism 4, and a bullet
supply unit 5 (see also FIG. 5).
[0019] Further, horizontal coupling ribs 111 and horizontal
coupling grooves 112 are respectively provided at the sidewalls 13
of the half shells 11 above the elevation of the upper chamber 12.
Further vertical engagement blocks 15 and vertical engagement holes
16 are respectively provided at the sidewalls 13 of the two
symmetrical half shells 11 in front of the upper chamber 12 (see
FIGS. 5 and 6). By means of forcing the respective horizontal
coupling ribs 111 into engagement with the respective horizontal
coupling grooves 112 and the respective vertical engagement blocks
15 into engagement with the respective engagement holes 16, the two
symmetrical half shells 11 are firmly secured together against
impact.
[0020] Further, the vertical engagement blocks 15 and the vertical
engagement holes 16 may be extended to the outside of the sidewalls
14 (see FIG. 6). Alternatively, the vertical engagement blocks 15
and the vertical engagement holes 16 can be made inside the
sidewalls 14 (see FIG. 7) so that the vertical engagement blocks 15
and the vertical engagement holes 16 are kept from sight when the
two symmetrical half shells 11 are fastened together.
[0021] Referring to FIG. 5, the aforesaid bullet-firing unit 2
comprises a piston cylinder 21, a piston 22, and a spring 23. The
positioning of the bullet firing unit 2, accommodates a trigger 3,
transmission mechanism 4 and bullet supply unit 5 in the body shell
structure 1 of the two symmetrical half shells 11 and their linking
and operation are same as the prior art design. Therefore, no
further detailed description in this regard is necessary.
[0022] The effectiveness of the improved body shell structure 1 of
the present invention is outlined hereinafter. In addition to the
coupling structure of the horizontal coupling ribs 111 and the
horizontal coupling grooves 112 at the sidewalls 13 of the half
shells 11 above the elevation of the upper chamber 12, the vertical
engagement blocks 15 and the vertical engagement holes 16 are
respectively provided at the sidewalls 13 of the two symmetrical
half shells 11 at the top side and/or the bottom side in front of
the upper chamber 12 to reinforce the structural strength of the
connection between the two symmetrical half shells 11. Therefore,
the sidewalls 14 of the two symmetrical half shells 11 of the body
shell structure 1 do not crack when receiving a great impact upon
forward stroke of the piston 11, i.e., the body shell structure 1
has a long service life.
[0023] A prototype of body shell structure for toy gun has been
constructed with the features of FIGS. 4.about.7. The body shell
structure for toy gun functions smoothly to provide all of the
features discussed earlier.
[0024] Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been
described in detail for purposes of illustration, various
modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from
the spirit and scope of the invention.
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