Toy gun

Abstract

A toy gun includes a barrel to be loaded with a number of soft projectiles, a firing bay, an exit passage, a motor-driven accelerator mechanism for accelerating the soft projectiles from the firing bay through the exit passage, a delivery mechanism for transferring the soft projectiles in the barrel to the firing bay, a motor-driven shunting mechanism for shunting the individual projectiles in the firing bay for engagement by the accelerator mechanism, a trigger mechanism, and electrical switches in circuit with the motor-driven accelerator mechanism and motor-driven shunting mechanism, the switches being manipulated by the trigger mechanism in use.

1 . A toy gun, comprising:
 a barrel to be loaded with a plurality of soft projectiles;   a firing bay;   an exit passage;   a motor-driven accelerator mechanism for accelerating the soft projectiles from the firing bay through the exit passage;   a delivery mechanism for transferring the soft projectiles in the barrel to the firing bay;   a motor-driven shunting mechanism for shunting the individual projectiles in the firing bay for engagement by the accelerator mechanism;   a trigger mechanism; and   electrical switches in circuit with the motor-driven accelerator mechanism and motor-driven shunting mechanism, the switches being manipulated by the trigger mechanism in use.   
   
   
       2 . The toy gun of  claim 1 , wherein the motor-driven accelerator mechanism comprises a pair of counter-rotating wheels between which the projectiles pass as the wheels engage with the projectiles. 
   
   
       3 . The toy gun of  claim 1 , wherein the delivery mechanism comprises a motor-driven gearbox, a crank driven by the gearbox, a reciprocal carriage driven by the crank and engaging the barrel to incrementally rotate the barrel at each reciprocation of the carriage. 
   
   
       4 . The toy gun of  claim 3 , wherein the barrel includes an array of notches individually engageable by the carriage. 
   
   
       5 . The toy gun of  claim 1 , wherein the shunting mechanism comprises a motor, a gearbox driven by the motor, a crank driven by the gearbox, and a reciprocal rod driven by the crank for engagement with the projectiles. 
   
   
       6 . The toy gun of  claim 4 , wherein the shunting mechanism comprises a reciprocal rod driven by the crank for engagement with the projectiles. 
   
   
       7 . The toy gun of  claim 6 , wherein the crank engages at one end portion to the carriage, and is attached at the other end portion to the reciprocal rod and wherein the gearbox is attached to the crank at a position between said one and other end portions. 
   
   
       8 . The toy gun of  claim 1 , wherein the switches comprise:
 a first switch engageable upon trigger depression to activate the motor-driven accelerator mechanism; and   a second switch engageable upon further trigger depression to activate the motor-driven shunting mechanism.   
   
   
       9 . The toy gun of  claim 7 , further comprising a third switch engageable by the crank to deactivate the motor-driven shunting mechanism.