GAS CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR TOY GUN

Abstract

A structure for replacing a gas cartridge of a toy gun comprises a main structure including a push holder (2), a holder opening (21), a pressurized gas cartridge (4), a gas cartridge holder (3), a holder magnetic attraction part (5), a magnetic member (6) and an elastic member (7). Based on such a structure, the gas cartridge holder (3) is fixed to the elastic member (7) and the magnetic member (6) only by means of the magnetic attraction part (5), so that it is sufficient to pull the push holder (2) by means of a barrel part to expose the holder opening (21) to enable the gas cartridge holder (3) to be removed by bare hand to replace the cartridge (4) disposed therein. Figure for abstract: 2

Description

Title of the invention: GAS CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR TOY GUN

[0001] CONTEXT OF THE INVENTION

[0002] (a) Technical field of the invention

[0003] The present invention relates to the replacement of pressurized gas cartridges of large-sized toy guns, and more particularly to a gas cartridge replacement structure of a toy gun which is characterized by easy implementation, efficient operation and simple structure.

[0004] (b) Description of the prior art

[0005] A pressurized gas is a consumable of pneumatic toy guns. Operations are frequently performed for refilling gas or replacing cartridges. Refilling or replacing can be easily performed with magazines for small toy guns, but not for large toy guns, such as rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles, and shotguns. Therefore, large toy guns suffer from the following problems, which would be good to mitigate, during their operation:

[0006] (1) For refilling gas, although rapid loading mechanisms may be available from manufacturers, such mechanisms may nevertheless result in an undesirable enlargement of the size of toy guns, and additional loading equipment may be required, resulting in obvious inconveniences for transportation.

[0007] (2) For refilling gas, replaceable or exchangeable cartridges are obviously easy and practical solutions, but for large weapons the cartridges are often available with magazines or a chain of cartridges arranged horizontally, and to imitate large toy weapons the cartridges cannot be replaced by means of a magazine exchange, and for any need to replace the cartridges the weapon itself must be disassembled in a tedious and sophisticated process.

[0008] (3) In addition, disassembling a weapon involves the following steps: (a) separating the gun body and gun body cover, (b) pull and remove the thrust support, (c) disassemble the thrust support and (4) disassemble the gas cartridge for replacement with a new one, followed by reassembly and fixing, and the whole replacement process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Summary of the invention

[0009] The main objective of the present invention is to use an arrangement of a part magnetic attraction bracket, a magnetic member and an elastic member to simplify the combination of a gas cartridge bracket with a push bracket to facilitate removal for replacement and also to utilize a layout of the push bracket and a bracket opening to enable direct removal of the gas cartridge bracket without disassembling a toy gun.

[0010] To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a toy gun which comprises a barrel portion, and a gas valve base which is arranged inside the barrel portion. A gas cartridge replacement structure mainly comprises: a thrust holder, a holder opening, a gas cartridge holder, a pressurized gas cartridge, a holder magnetic attraction portion, a magnetic member and an elastic member; the thrust holder is movably arranged inside the barrel portion and is in communication with the gas valve base; the holder opening is formed in the thrust holder; the gas cartridge holder is arranged inside the thrust holder so as to be detachable through the holder opening to receive and hold a pressurized gas cartridge therein;the magnetic attraction portion of the holder is arranged at one end of the gas cartridge holder; the magnetic member is movably arranged inside the thrust holder and is magnetically connected to the magnetic attraction portion of the holder; the elastic member has one end fixed inside the thrust holder and an opposite end that abuts and bears against a side of the magnetic member opposite the gas cartridge holder.

[0011] According to another aspect of the invention, the toy flour is provided with a gun barrel cover to close the opening of the holder.

[0012] According to another aspect of the invention, the push support has a withdrawal assistance portion arranged on one side of the opening of the push support.

[0013] According to another aspect of the invention, the thrust support comprises, arranged inside it, a positioning member for receiving the elastic element with insertion on this member.

[0014] According to another aspect of the invention, the magnetic element is provided with a receiving portion for receiving the positioning member and the elastic element.

[0015] According to another aspect of the invention, the gas cartridge holder comprises a gas cartridge part and a gas outlet part arranged at a front end of the gas cartridge part, and the holder magnetic attraction part is mounted, in a screwed manner, at a rear end of the gas cartridge part.

[0016] According to another aspect of the invention, the gas cartridge holder comprises a gas cartridge portion, a gas outlet portion arranged at a front end of the gas cartridge part, and a closing member mounted, in a screwed manner, at a rear end of the gas cartridge part, and the supporting magnetic attraction part is arranged outside the closing member.

[0017] According to another aspect of the invention, the magnetic element comprises a main body portion, a magnetic attraction hollow formed in a front end of the main body portion, and a magnetic attraction portion arranged in the magnetic attraction hollow.

[0018] According to another aspect of the invention, the opening of the holder has a length which is less than a length of the gas cartridge holder. Brief description of the drawings

[0019] [Fig-1] [Fig. 1] is a perspective view showing a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0020] [Fig.2] [Fig.2] is an exploded view showing the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, with a toy weapon shown in a hidden manner.

[0021] [Fig.3] [Fig.3] is a schematic view showing the removal of a gas cartridge according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] [Fig.4] [Fig.4] is another schematic view showing the removal of the cartridge from gas according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] [Fig.5] [Fig.5] is another schematic view showing the removal of the gas cartridge according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] [Fig.6] [Fig.6] is an exploded view showing a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] [Fig.7] [Fig.7] is a schematic view showing the implementation of a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] [Fig.8] [Fig.8] is a schematic view showing a toy gun structure according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] [Fig.9] [Fig.9] is a schematic view showing the operation of the fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] [Fig. 10] [Fig. 10] is a schematic view showing the removal of a gas cartridge according to the fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] [Fig. 11] [Fig. 11] is a schematic view showing an elastic structure of a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in the present invention, a toy gun 1 comprises a barrel portion 11 and a gas valve base 12 arranged inside the barrel portion 11, and a gas cartridge replacement structure mainly comprises:

[0032] a thrust support 2, which is movably arranged inside the barrel-forming part 11 and which is in communication with the gas valve-forming base 12;

[0033] an opening 21 of the support, which is formed in the thrust support 2;

[0034] a gas cartridge holder 3, which is arranged inside the thrust holder 2 and is detachable therefrom through the opening 21 of the holder and which receives a pressurized gas cartridge 4 therein, the gas cartridge holder 3 comprising a gas cartridge portion 31 and an outlet portion 32;

[0035] a support magnetic attraction part 5, which is arranged at a rear end of the gas cartridge part 31 of the gas cartridge holder 3; a magnetic element 6, which is movably arranged inside the thrust support 2 and is magnetically connected to the magnetic attraction part 5 of the support; and an elastic element 7, the elastic element 7 having one end fixed inside the thrust support 2 and an opposite end abutting and bearing against a side of the magnetic element 6 opposite the cartridge support 3.

[0036] A large-sized toy gun 1, such as a rifle, a submachine gun, a sniper rifle, and a shotgun, is taken as an example to illustrate the toy gun 1. The gas valve base 12 serves to supply pressurized gas to components related to firing bullets and to establish communication between the thrust holder 2, the gas outlet portion 32 of the gas cartridge holder 3, and the pressurized gas cartridge 4. In the present embodiment, the magnetic attraction portion 5 of the cartridge holder is a metal cap that is attractable by the magnetic member 6 to close the gas cartridge portion 31. The elastic member 7 is a compression spring.However, the configurations / structures of the components listed above are provided as examples of preferred embodiment and any other configurations / structures having similar functions are considered to be within the scope of the present invention, and not only limited to the examples listed above.

[0037] As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the present invention provides an arrangement that uses magnetic attraction to hold and fix the gas cartridge holder 3 inside the thrust holder 2, the magnetic member 6 being arranged inside the thrust holder 2 to attract and hold the support magnetic attraction portion 5 at one end of the gas cartridge holder 3 in position, and the elastic member 7 is arranged on a side of the magnetic member 6 that is opposite the gas cartridge holder 3 to use the spring force thereof to firmly support the magnetic member 6 so that the magnetic member 6 is firmly fixed to the support magnetic attraction portion 5, and attracts the same, and this, together with a wall of the thrust holder 2, fixes the gas cartridge holder 3 gas inside the thrust holder 2, thereby simplifying the structural arrangement and combination of the gas cartridge holder 3 and the thrust holder 2, and the arrangement of the opening of the thrust holder 21 is used to facilitate its removal for replacement.

[0038] To replace the pressurized gas cartridge 4, a user only needs to move, by pulling, the push holder 2 by means of the barrel portion 11 to expose the cartridge holder opening 21 to the outside of the toy gun 1, so that the gas cartridge holder 3 can be pushed inward and the magnetic member 6 is caused to compress the elastic member 7 to allow the gas cartridge holder 3 to move toward the holder opening 21, and the user is thus allowed to grasp, with his bare hand, the gas cartridge holder 3 through the holder opening 21, thereby separating or detaching the gas cartridge holder 3 from the magnetic member 6.Then, the magnetic attraction portion 5 of the holder is rotated so as to detach from the gas cartridge portion 31 to allow easy replacement of the pressurized gas cartridge 4 therein, thereby allowing the pressurized gas cartridge 4 to be easily and efficiently replaced.

[0039] As shown in [Fig. 6], a difference of the embodiment concerned is that the gas cartridge holder 3 comprises a gas cartridge part 31, a gas outlet part 32 arranged at a front end of the gas cartridge part 31, and a closure member 33 arranged, in a screwed manner, at a rear end of the gas cartridge part 31, and the magnetic attraction part 5 of the holder is mounted outside the closure member 33, and the magnetic member 6 comprises a main body part 61, a magnetic attraction recess 611 formed in a front end of the main body part 61, and a magnetic attraction part 62 arranged in the magnetic attraction recess 611. Based on the structure described above, a magnetic attraction structure between the gas cartridge holder 3 and the magnetic member 6 is arranged in a separable configuration from the main body.For example, the supporting magnetic attraction part 5 is removably attached, by forceful insertion, to an end wall 33 of the closure member and the magnetic attraction part 62 is removably mounted, by forceful insertion, in the magnetic attraction recess 611, which means that the supporting magnetic attraction part 5 is further mounted outside the closure member 33 and the magnetic attraction part 62 is further mounted in the magnetic attraction recess 611. In this way, the gas cartridge part 31 and the main body part 61 can be made of materials that are stronger or less expensive and do not exhibit magnetism, so that the flexibility of material selection is increased and the . ease of combination between gas cartridge holder 3 and thrust holder 2 is maintained.

[0040] As shown in [Fig.7], a difference of the embodiment concerned is that the pushing bracket 2 has a withdrawal assisting portion 211 arranged on one side of the bracket opening 21, and a length of the bracket opening 21 is less than a length of the gas cartridge bracket 3. In the present embodiment, the withdrawal assisting portion 211 is a curved notch formed on one side of the bracket opening 21 away from the magnetic member 6.To remove the cartridge holder 3, the user similarly moves the gas cartridge holder 3 to compress the elastic member 7 so as to expose one end of the gas cartridge holder 3 associated with the gas outlet portion 32 in the holder opening 21; a finger can be placed in the removal assistance portion 211 to pick up the gas cartridge holder 3, and the removal operation is easy and does not require the entire gas cartridge holder 3 to be located within the range of the holder opening 21, so as to be applicable to different sizes of the gas cartridge holder 3 and the pressurized gas cartridge 4.

[0041] As shown in Figures 8 to 10, a difference of the embodiment in question is that Flour-toy 1 has a gun barrel cover 14 for closing and covering the opening 21 of the holder. In the present embodiment, the gun barrel cover 14 is pivotally mounted on one side of the opening 21 of the holder. Based on the difference of the types of the toy gun 1, in the case where the toy gun 1 is provided with an opening portion 13 for imitating an ejection opening, the gun barrel cover 14 can be arranged on one side of the opening portion 13, so that the gun barrel cover 14 can normally function for dust protection, while to replace the pressurized gas cartridge 4, the user can simply open the gun barrel cover 14 and cause the opening 21 of the thrust support 2 to correspond, in position,to the opening portion 13 of the toy gun 1 (for some types of the toy gun 1, the opening portion 13 is normally aligned with the opening 21 of the holder and, in such a case, there is no need to move the push holder 2, to enable the gas cartridge holder 3 to be easily extracted or removed through the opening 21 of the holder and the opening portion 13, so that there is no need to remove the entire gas cartridge holder 3 or to reduce a range of movement of the gas cartridge holder 3, thereby further simplifying the operation of replacing the pressurized gas cartridge 4. ,

[0042] As shown in [Fig.l 1], which provides a sectional view of the thrust support 2, the embodiment concerned, which is similar to the previous embodiments, is different in that a positioning member 71 is arranged inside the thrust support 2 for receiving the elastic member 7 so as to be inserted thereon, and a receiving portion 63 is formed in the magnetic member 6 for receiving the positioning member 71 and the elastic member 7 therein. The positioning member 71 is an umbrella structure or a pillar structure for receiving the elastic member 7 for insertion thereon to prevent distortion during compression when a spring outer diameter is smaller than an inner diameter of the thrust support 2.The receiving portion 63 is formed as a cavity having an opening in a direction toward the positioning member 71, so that when constructing the magnetic member 6, it is possible to simultaneously form the receiving portion 63 in the magnetic member 6 so as to receive the positioning member 71 and the elastic member 7. An inner wall of the receiving portion 63 can be used to position and constrain the elastic member 7, and a longitudinal space required for the magnetic member 6 and the elastic member 7 (a longitudinal direction being defined as a mobility direction of the thrust support 2) can be reduced.

Claims

Claims

1. A gas cartridge replacement structure of a toy gun (1), the toy gun (1) comprising a barrel portion (11), and a gas valve base (12) which is arranged inside the barrel portion (11), the gas cartridge replacement structure mainly comprising: a pusher holder (2), which is movably arranged inside the barrel portion (11) and in communication with the gas valve base (12); a holder opening (21), which is formed in the pusher holder (2); a gas cartridge holder (3), which is arranged inside the pusher holder (2) so as to be detachable through the holder opening (21) for receiving and holding a pressurized gas cartridge (4) therein; a holder magnetic attraction portion (5), which is arranged at one end of the gas cartridge holder (3);a magnetic member (6), which is movably arranged inside the thrust holder (2) and is magnetically connected to the magnetic attraction part of the holder; and an elastic member (7), the elastic member (7) having one end fixed inside the thrust holder (2) and an opposite end which abuts against a side of the magnetic member (6) opposite the gas cartridge holder (3).;

2. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the toy gun (1) is provided with a gun barrel cover (14) for closing the holder opening (21).

3. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the pusher support (2) has a removal assist portion (211) arranged on one side of the opening of the pusher support (2).

4. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the thrust support (2) comprises, arranged inside it, a positioning member (71) for receiving the elastic element (7) with insertion on this member.

5. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the magnetic element (6) is provided with a receiving portion (63) for receiving the positioning member (71) and the elastic element (7).

6. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, wherein the gas cartridge holder (3) comprises a gas cartridge portion (31) and a gas outlet portion (32) arranged at a front end of the gas cartridge portion (31), and the holder magnetic attraction portion (5) is mounted, in a screwed manner, at a rear end of the gas cartridge portion (31).

7. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, wherein the gas cartridge holder (3) comprises a gas cartridge part (31), a gas outlet part (32) arranged at a front end of the gas cartridge part (31), and a closure member (33) mounted, in a screwed manner, at a rear end of the gas cartridge part (31), and the support magnetic attraction part (5) is arranged outside the closure member (33).

8. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic member (6) comprises a main body portion (61), a magnetic attraction recess (611) formed in a front end of the main body portion (61), and a magnetic attraction portion (62) arranged in the magnetic attraction recess (611).

9. A toy gun gas cartridge replacement structure (1) according to claim 1, wherein the holder opening (21) has a length that is less than a length of the gas cartridge holder (3).

Images