U.S. patent number 3,741,190 [Application Number 05/132,006] was granted by the patent office on 1973-06-26 for double loaded spear gun.
Invention is credited to Walfrido R. Lopez.
United States Patent |
3,741,190 |
Lopez |
June 26, 1973 |
DOUBLE LOADED SPEAR GUN
Abstract
A spear gun for supporting and firing two spears. The spear gun
has a rear most portion supporting the nocked ends of the spears.
The above mentioned rear most portion houses a trigger mechanism
which selectively releases each of the two spears. The spears are
propelled by resilient members which have ends anchored to a
movable guided foot member that is moved forwardly along guides to
a forward most position, during tensioning of the resilient
members, where it is releasably attached to the spears' forward
support member.
Inventors: |
Lopez; Walfrido R. (Astoria,
NY) |
Family
ID: |
22451999 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/132,006 |
Filed: |
April 7, 1971 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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879766 |
Nov 25, 1969 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
124/22; 43/6;
124/41.1; 124/31 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01K
81/00 (20130101); F41B 7/04 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
F41B
7/04 (20060101); F41B 7/00 (20060101); F41b
007/04 () |
Field of
Search: |
;124/22,21,17,35,37,31,41 ;43/6 |
References Cited
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Foreign Patent Documents
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501,128 |
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589,120 |
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Primary Examiner: Pinkham; Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Browne; William R.
Parent Case Text
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This invention is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No.
879,766, filed Nov. 25, 1969, now abandoned, by the same inventor,
Walfrido R. Lopez, titled DOUBLE LOADED SPEAR GUN.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A spear gun for use by a scuba diver in singularly firing two
spears, comprising spears, a docking head member positioned at the
forward end of the gun for supporting and guiding the spears
therethrough, a running board member slidably connected to and
spaced rearwardly from said docking head member, means resiliently
interconnecting the spears when the latter are in a cocked
position, and said running board member, whereby said running board
member is movable to a forward position by the feet of a user to
tension said resiliently interconnecting means, said running board
member having a means for locking said running board member to the
docking member when said resiliently interconnecting means is fully
extended and tensioned, and a mechanism for selectively releasing
each of said spears.
2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said locking means comprises
hook means interposed between said docking head member and said
running board member and operable for engaging said running board
member with said docking board member in loading the spear gun with
the two spears.
3. The structure of claim 2 wherein said running board member
includes a forwardly extending portion, said means for engaging
said running board member includes a pair of hooks operable from
the forward end of said forwardly extending portion, and said
docking head member includes a hole for receiving said means for
engaging said running board member means operably urging said means
for engaging said running board member radially outwardly for
locking the running board member with said docking head member
during the loading operation of the spear gun.
4. The structure of claim 1 further comprises a pair of cylindrical
tubes extending from said means for selectively releasing each of
said spears to said docking board member and wherein said running
board member is interposed therebetween and slidably supportable by
said cylindrical tubes during the operation of loading and firing
the said spears.
5. The structure of claim 1 further comprises a plurality of
rollers interposed between said cylindrical tubes and said running
board member permitting said running board member to roll along
said cylindrical tubes.
6. The structure of claim 1 wherein said running board member
further comprises a pair of pivotal members operably rotatable into
a folded position and operably rotatable into an open position
transverse to said cylindrical tubes and presenting foot rests for
a user's feet during the loading opertion of the spear gun.
7. The structure of claim 1 wherein each includes an indented
cylinderical portion and said resiliently interconnecting means
includes a circular member for engaging the indented cylinderical
portion of the spears during in the loading and firing of the
spear.
8. The structure of claim 1 wherein each includes a transverse
sockets and wherein said trigger mechanism includes a means
operably extending perpendicularly into each spear socket and
operable for retraction during releasing and firing the spear.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to underwater equipment and
more particularly to a double loading spear gun. This invention has
been designed to provide the scuba diver or underwater fisherman
with a spear gun capable of propelling two spears independently and
with a simultaneous double loading system.
The advantage of having a double shot in a weapon of this kind is
recognizable in that in the act of underwater hunting the speared
fish may still try to escape capture and a second shot may be
needed to complete the hunt. Further, if the first shot missed the
target completely a second shot will be needed to spear the
fish.
The simultaneous double loading system gives the scuba diver the
convenience of loading two spears at the same time with a minimum
effort of his arms and legs, resulting in a more enjoyable
sport.
It's also an object of the present invention to give the scuba
diver a spear gun light in weight and soundness in its operation
which are factors extremely important in underwater hunting.
Another object of this invention is to provide for a spear gun that
is solid, simple in construction easy to fabricate and modest in
cost.
Other objects and many additional advantages will be more readily
understood by those skilled in the art after a detailed
consideration of the following specification taken with the
accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a general view of the assembly of the spear gun in
accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of one element of the invention of FIG.
1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the element of FIG. 2 taken along
line 3--3;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of another element of the invention of FIG.
1;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the element of FIG. 4 taken along
line 5--5;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of still another element of the
invention of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a general view of the assembly of the spear gun in
accordance with another embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a rear view partly in section of one element of the
invention of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the element of FIG. 8 taken along
line 9--9;
FIG. 10 is a detail view of still another element of the invention;
and
FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line 11--11 of FIG. 10.
The spear gun shown in the drawing includes a docking head member
22 extending transversally of the spear gun, having upper and lower
disposed through holes 26 to guide spears 28, and a running board
23 having a forwardly extending portion 8.
The docking head member 22 has two cavities 27 extending inwardly
from its rear side for receiving and connecting two elongated
cylindrical tubes 25.
The running board member 23 also extends transversally of the spear
gun having in its upper portion two symmetrical holes 14 with
slightly different internal diameters from the external diameters
of the tubes 25, 23 adapted to embrace said tubes 25 allowing the
running board 23 to slide over said cylindrical tubes 25.
The running board 23 has attached at its rear side four pairs of
resilient elements 11 with two pairs of upper socket portions 33
and two pairs of lower socket portions 32. Each socket is adapted
to receive plugs at the ends of the resilient members 11 which in
turn are screwed to the sockets 33 and 32. The members 11 are
adapted to propel the two spears 28, That is two pairs of member 11
is adapted to propel one spear.
The resilient members 11 engage the spears 28 by means of U-shaped
wires 12 which attach to notches 21 of the spears 28, shown in FIG.
6.
The forwardly extending portion 8 of the running board 23 includes
a pair of hooks 9 which are pivotal about a pin 30 and which are
urged radially outwardly by a spring 10. The hook 9 of the
forwardly extending portion 8 operates within the hole 7 of the
docking head member 22 for engagement of the docking head 22 with
the running board 23. That is the member 8 is centered and directed
to pass through hole 7 of the docking head member 22. Then the
hooks 9 pivot radially inwardly to a closed position for passing
into the hole 7 and pivot radially outwardly for locking the
running board 23 to the docking head 22.
The running board member 23 has in its central part, a U-shaped
opening 31 extended downwardly to avoid friction between the spear
and the running board. The running board 32 having laterally axial
divergently and downwardly extended stirrups 13.
A pistol member 35 has in its upper portion two longitudinally
disposed sockets 29 to receive end parts of the cylindrical tubes
25, and spear sockets 20 shown in FIG. 6 extending inwardly from
its front edge for receiving the rear ends of the spears 28.
A trigger mechanism 24 is composed of two triggers 15 pivotally
mounted in the pistol member 35. The trigger mechanism 24 having
two retracting pins 18 upwardly projected, with angle shape
terminals extending perpendicularly into the spear sockets 20 and
been urged in an upwardly direction by springs 17.
It is apparent that by inserting the rear end of the spears 28 into
the spear sockets 20, the butt of the spear striking the angle
shape terminals will cause the pins 18 to slide downwardly. The
springs 17 will cause the pins 18 to slide upwardly into the holes
19 of each spear 28 locking the spears 28 in a loaded position.
The trigger mechanism 24 have members 16 to transfer the backwardly
trigger movement into a downwardly retracting pin movement to
release the spear for firing.
The ends of the two elongated cylindrical tubes 25 are inserted
into the two cavities 27 of the docking head member 22 and into the
sockets 29 of the upper part of the pistol member 35, serving at
the same time to align the running board 23. The cylindrical tubes
25 may be held to the docking head member 22 and the pistol member
35 by a tight frictional fit or by other suitable mean, to seal the
tubes, for the purpose of creating an air-chamber in the
cylindrical tubes, giving floatability and reducing the weight of
the spear gun while underwater. The two spears 28 are disposed
parallel to said tubes 25 in an upper and lower position.
In another embodiment, shown in FIGS. 7 to 11, the spear gun
utilizes the pistol member 35 and docking head member 22, as in the
first embodiment of this invention but supports a different type of
running board 50. The running board 50 includes rollers 52 which
permit the running board 50 to move longitudinally along tubes 54
sustantially with no friction in the loading and the firing
operation of the spears 28. The running board 50 also includes a
pair of pivotal members 56 which can be used in their extended
position, shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, for the loading operation of the
spears. The pivotal members 56 are retracted as shown by arrows 58,
to a closed position, shown in phantom 60, when the scuba diver
wishes to travel through the water.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 the resilient elements 11 are connected
to a circular member 62 which contact the spears 28, at a reduced
neck area 64, when the spear gun is loaded. The circular member 62
also is used in propelling the spear through the gun when the spear
is fired.
The purpose of this spear gun is to shoot the spears underwater at
a reasonable distance and with sufficient force to penetrate
through, and hook substantially most types of fishes.
In its operation the spears 28 are inserted through the holes 26 of
the docking head members 22 of the spear gun and into spear sockets
20. The butt of the spear striking the angle shaped terminals of
the pin 18 for retraction of the pin and locking the spears in a
loaded position within the pistol member 35.
The elongation of the resilient members 11 the U - shaped wires 12
are inserted within notches 21 of the spears 28. The scuba diver
then places both his feet against the running board 23 and while
holding the spear gun with his hands presses against the running
board which will slide or roll along the tubes 25 or 54 until the
running board 23 engages the docking head 22. The forwardly
extending portion 8 of the running board would pass through the
hole 7 of the docking head 22 for engagement therewith by the hooks
9.
By pulling back on one trigger 15 one pin 18 will release one spear
and the stressed resilient member will propell the spear through
the spear gun towards its target.
While the present invention has been described in preferred
embodiments, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that
various modifications can be made therein within the scope of the
invention.
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