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Class 124/37 - Plunger release


Subclass of Class 124 - Mechanical guns and projectors
Definition: Devices and mechanism, for releasing a plunger which is
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 11/06/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7292065Enhanced passgate structures for reducing leakage current
Enhanced passgate structures for use in low-voltage systems are presented in which the operational speed of the passgate structures is maximized, while minimizing leakage current when the structure is turned “OFF.” In one arrangement, the VT of the pa...
11/06/2007
7028682Sports ball launcher
A ground-based ball launcher for inflated-ball sports practice provides an impulse that propels the ball upwardly in a trajectory of pre-adjustable angle and velocity so as to obtain a desired maximum height and landing distance offset from the launcher. An optional...
04/18/2006
6843241Soft toss pitching machine
A pitching machine that includes a support frame, a ball tube assembly adapted to store and launch the ball. The ball tube assembly is multi-curved and configure such that the ball rolls in the ball tube assembly due to gravity towards a ball rest end for launching....
01/18/2005
6752682Hand-launched toy rocket
A cylindrical toy rocket that measures at least 8-inches long and 2½ inches in diameter. The rocket has a weighted rubber nose cone that is mounted on an inner slide tube that fits inside the rocket's main body tube in contact with a compression spring. At least th...
06/22/2004
6612298Safety for sporting pellet or air guns
A new safety that is incorporated to a sporting pellet or air gun by which the accidental firing of the gun is prevented even when the gun is loaded, making it necessary to remove it in order to fire the gun. This safety includes a square bulky button wit...
09/02/2003
6572435Controllable confetti launcher
A confetti launcher is provided and includes a housing for storing the confetti, a rotatable actuator coupled to the housing, and a spring biased movable member disposed within an interior of the housing for ejecting the confetti. The movable member is po...
06/03/2003
6352070Safety for sporting pellet or air rifles
The present invention is a safety formed in a sporting pellet or air rifle which prevents the accidental firing of the rifle even when it is loaded. The safety utilizes a loading pull lever, a crescent-shaped portion positioned generally at the middle of ...
03/05/2002
6112733Intrusion apparatus
An intrusion apparatus for safely propelling a non-lethal diversionary device into a structure through a barrier. The intrusion apparatus comprises an extension device adapted to be gripped by an individual and being movable generally towards the barrier ...
09/05/2000
6019096Portable lightweight volley ball setting machine with mechanical timer
A machine for tossing or set ting a volleyball into the air, to aid in practice of spiking the ball, includes a cylindrical housing with a ball exit opening at one end, with legs to set the housing on the ground with the exit opening facing upward. A ball...
02/01/2000
5975068Toy gun having a retractable sight
A toy gun having a pneumatic projectile launcher for launching a foam projectile and a retractable sighting mechanism which automatically raises to an operative viewing position when the gun is cocked. The pneumatic launcher having a plunger is concealed ...
11/02/1999
5884615Dual mode ammunition loading air or gas-powered gun
A dual mode ammunition loading air or gas-powered gun. The gun is conceived for shooting manually loaded small bullets shot by shot, or for alternatively acting as a repeating weapon for spherical ammunition (2) fed from a loader (4), dispensed one by one...
03/23/1999
5842907Radio-controlled toy missile launcher
A radio-controlled toy missile launcher with missile launch mount having a first end mounted on a chassis and a second end movable upward and downward. The missile launch mount has at least one missile projector accommodating a missile. A supporting membe...
12/01/1998
5690089Mechanical hand grenade launcher
A mechanical hand grenade launcher comprised of a launch tube and spring-ven plunger for propelling a hand grenade to a target area. At the aft end of the launcher is a charging handle that when pulled rearward compresses a spring within the launcher tub...
11/25/1997
5456036Animal scent dispensing pistol assembly
An animal scent dispensing pistol assembly for dispensing scent for attracting animals comprising a pistol including a barrel having a sealed base end, an opened tip end, and a bored intermediate portion therebetween; a handle extended from the barrel; a ...
10/10/1995
5253873Variable force projector and catcher
A spring-operated plunger type ball shooter is disclosed having a ball catcher and holder at one end and a twist grip trigger at the other end. The shooter is designed for the playing of games and includes a gravity actuated elevation indicator and a spri...
10/19/1993
5221081Batting trainer apparatus
A mounting plate includes a plurality of support cylinders mounted orthogonally to the mounting plate, wherein each support cylinder is arranged to receive a baseball at its upper end. Each cylinder is of a tubular construction to accommodate the baseball...
06/22/1993
5156137Projectile launcher
A projectile launching device is disclosed herein having, in its simplest form, a single elongated launching tube or barrel, onto the rearward end of which is pivotally mounted a lever assembly having a latch member and a release member coupled to one ano...
10/20/1992
5033446Scent projectile missile and launcher
This invention relates to a device and method for better enabling outdoors-people to see more wild animals up more closely by helping to cover up or mask their human scent at a greater distance. In the method of the present invention the outdoorsman arriv...
07/23/1991
4865318Ball tossing device
A ball tossing device includes a tossing mechanism and a foot pedal assembly which is manually depressible for actuating the tossing mechanism to toss a ball upwardly into the air so that it can be hit with a bat. The tossing mechanism includes a timer as...
09/12/1989
4850129Bait forming gun
A bait forming gun is set forth for the formation of bait associated with fishing. A tray containing a dough-like bait composition is positioned for accepting a forward portion barrel of the gun wherein previously a fishing hook has been inserted through ...
07/25/1989
4732134Projectile slide-pushers for cross bows
Projectile slide-pushers for crossbows. These slide-pushers are made of rigid material and each has a bottom surface conforming to upper outer surface of a crossbow barrel. A common surface on the projectile slide-pusher functions as both a projectile pus...
03/22/1988
4688539Missile-launching weapon
An improved missile-launching weapon for launching either an arrow-type missile, a slug-type missile, or a plurality of shot-type pellets is provided. The weapon includes springs mounted in cooperation with pivotally mounted lever arms such that the lever...
08/25/1987
4665885Missile-throwing weapon
A weapon for propelling missiles, such as arrows, quarrels and the like, which looks like a sub-machine gun and is characterized by a compact missile-propelling assembly which is co-planar with the stock, contrary to the long bow which extends transversel...
05/19/1987
4649893Compressed-air weapon with piston rod hook element and counter-hook engagement system
In a compressed-air weapon, for the simplification of original production and repair and for the simplification of stockholding it is proposed that the trigger, the counter-hook-engagement system, the trigger return spring and the trigger safety catch sys...
03/17/1987
4642066Toy vehicle launcher and sound generator
An apparatus for launching toy vehicles utilizes a hexagonal magazine, rotatably mounted on a frame, having a plurality of pairs of open-ended chambers therein. The magazine is rotated to align a pair of chambers having toy vehicles therein with, respecti...
02/10/1987
4474308Tablet ejector
A tablet or pill ejector is disclosed consisting of at least three detachably secured sections in the general shape of a pen. The front end of the device is provided with a hole communicating with axially aligned bores formed longitudinally in the section...
10/02/1984
4291663Ball throwing machine
A machine for throwing a ball with a cylindrical aperture. The machine comprises an arrangement for mounting a rod which carries the ball and which is rotatably mounted to fall from an initial vertical position to a selected angular position after a prese...
09/29/1981
4227508Toy automatic pistol for ping pong balls
A toy pistol for shooting ping pong balls having a frame with a barrel portion at the forward end and a handle extending downward from the rearward end, a magazine extending upward and rearward therefrom, a ram movable along longitudinal guide member in t...
10/14/1980
4225140Target-type shooting toy
A target-type shooting toy having a target area in the rear of a housing and a transparent front wall having a swivel socket in the lower portion to mount swivelly a projectile guide member including a barrel and a projectile return channel, a handle and ...
09/30/1980
4148310Device for protection against sexual assault
A device for personal protection against sexual assault. The device consists of a tube which is closed at one end open at the other and adapted to be located in an orifice in the body of a person, a weapon, such as a pointed shaft, in the tube, means in t...
04/10/1979
4089318Spring type article projecting device
A spring type article projecting device for propelling an object, at a target, is disclosed. The device comprises a stock, a handle and a striker head housing that includes a striker plate actuated by a striker pin. A force deflector member, pivotally mou...
05/16/1978
4068668Ear lobe piercing device
An ear lobe piercing device for piercing an ear lobe with a stud, said device having means for holding an ear lobe to numb same prior to insertion of a stud into the lobe, said device further having a plunger for holding the stud, a trigger for both actua...
01/17/1978
4067309Air gun with trigger mechanism therefor
A trigger mechanism for an air gun with a cocking mechanism has a trigger and a trigger lever, actuated by the trigger, which retains a tensioned member of the air gun. The trigger lever is coupled with the cocking mechanism by intermediate members in suc...
01/10/1978
4036203Elastic band type toy cannon
A toy cannon is disclosed which incorporates an elongate cylindrical barrel. A projectile is hurled by the cannon by inserting it at the mouth of the barrel. Inside the barrel, a plunger travels at the urging of rubber bands which are mounted on the exter...
07/19/1977
4026288Syringe injecting device
A syringe injecting device comprising a body with a slideway therein which receives a syringe carriage biased into one position by a spring and reciprocal in said slideway. A handle extends from the body and there is a communication between the carriage f...
05/31/1977
4016854Spring type bottle cap pistol
A pistol to propel and spin ring-like projectiles such as bottle caps. An impeller is released by a trigger and an off-center mounted hammer strikes and propels the bottle caps with a spin. As the bottle cap exits from the barrel of the gun, a wall mounte...
04/12/1977
3949731Spring type spear fishing guns
There is disclosed in the present application a spear fishing gun assembly adapted to project toward a target either a captive spear or a free spear depending upon the circumstances. The captive spear is projected a distance of up to approximately nine fe...
04/13/1976
 
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