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US2427490A
US2427490A US563772A US56377244A US2427490A US 2427490 A US2427490 A US 2427490A US 563772 A US563772 A US 563772A US 56377244 A US56377244 A US 56377244A US 2427490 A US2427490 A US 2427490A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41BWEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • Our invention relates to a pea shooter, and more particularly to a pea shooter which can shoot a continuous stream of peas.
  • a pea shooter constructed in accordance with our invention can be cheaply made of any of the well known plastic materials, and can be taken apart to readily clean it.
  • An object of our invention is to construct a pea shooter which can shoot peas, beans, or other small pellets, and which will continuously feed itself so that an uninterrupted stream of peas can 'be shot from it.
  • Another object of our invention is to provide a pea shooter which has interchangeable ammunition cartridges.
  • Fig. l is a cross-section of our pea shooter.
  • Fig. 2 is a bottom plan section View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.
  • the pea shooter housing member I has a bore 2 therein for the reception of a tubular barrel 3. All of the parts of our pea shooter are preferably constructed of any of the well lcnown plastics, for example, Lucite.
  • the barrel 3 has a reasonabli7 tight it in the bore; that is, the fit should be such that it would be substantially air-tight, but still removable from the body of the housing I.
  • a bore d which extends out to the outer end 5 but has a constriction S therein.
  • the hole Il in the end of the tube IG is necessary to allow a draft of air to pass through the tube IG when suction force is set up through the bore 4. However, to prevent peas from falling from the end of the tube I, we cause the end to be constricted, as shown at I3.
  • the tube Il! is constructed so that it has an oval form at its upper end I5. As shown in Fig. l, the bore 9 has at its outer extremity the oval shape I6 which tapers into a perfectly round shape I l.
  • the tube Il] is provided with an oval shape at its end I5 it can only be lled and the peas emitted by squeezing the oval shape into a round shape, thus permanently holding any peas in the tube.
  • the tube is forced into the port 49 it first passes into the oval shape I 6 but as this tapers into the round shape Il the two take on a round shape which will permit the peas to be ejected.
  • An operator of our pea shooter can have several tubes I8, all lled with peas, and as fast'as one tube is emptied it can be removed and a filled tube can be placed in use without substantially interrupting the operation of the pea shooter.
  • a housing member having a bore for the reception of a tubular barrel, a tubular barrel tting therein, said housing member having a mouthpiece and a bore connecting said mouthpiece with said barrel, a constriction in the last-mentioned bore, an ammunition magazine connecting on the lower side with said last mentioned bore whereby the passage of air through said bore and said barrel will draw said ammunition from said magazine and eject same from said barrel, and a port connecting with said bore,
  • a housing member having a bore for the reception of a tubular barrel, a tubular barrel fitting therein, said housing member having a mouthpiece and a bore connecting said mouthpiece with said barrel, a constriction in the last-mentioned bore, a bore connecting on the lower side with the end of said barrel for the reception of a tube, a tube in said bore for the positioning of a quantity of pellets, the outer end of said tube being constricted to prevent the pellets from falling out, said tube having the end inserted in said bore normally ovalshaped and said bore being tapered from an oval shape at its outer extremity to a round shape at its inner end.

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Sept. 16, 1947. o. BERRAYARZA ETAL PEA S HOOTER Filed Nov. 16, 1944 @wafdoJ aiented Sept. i6, gd'? NiED STATES if' ATENT OFFICE PEASHOOTER Application November 16, 1944, Serial No. 563,772
(Cl. 12A-12) 2 Claims.
Our invention relates to a pea shooter, and more particularly to a pea shooter which can shoot a continuous stream of peas.
A pea shooter constructed in accordance with our invention can be cheaply made of any of the well known plastic materials, and can be taken apart to readily clean it.
An object of our invention is to construct a pea shooter which can shoot peas, beans, or other small pellets, and which will continuously feed itself so that an uninterrupted stream of peas can 'be shot from it.
Another object of our invention is to provide a pea shooter which has interchangeable ammunition cartridges.
Other objects of our invention will be apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment thereof.
In the drawings:
Fig. l is a cross-section of our pea shooter.
Fig. 2 is a bottom plan section View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.
In the preferred form of our invention, the pea shooter housing member I has a bore 2 therein for the reception of a tubular barrel 3. All of the parts of our pea shooter are preferably constructed of any of the well lcnown plastics, for example, Lucite. The barrel 3 has a reasonabli7 tight it in the bore; that is, the fit should be such that it would be substantially air-tight, but still removable from the body of the housing I. At the end of the bore 2 is positioned a bore d which extends out to the outer end 5 but has a constriction S therein.
We prefer to form the end of the body I with a tapering form l to act as a mouthpiece, having lips 8 thereon to hold it between a persons teeth.
Extending from the bore l downwardly is a bore 9 which has an extended portion into which a tube it! is set. rEhe tube IB has a small hole I I at its lower end. 'The tube Hl is a tight t in the extension of the bore 9. Into the tube Ill are placed a line of peas I2.
The operation of our pea shooter is first to blow into the end 5 through the bore d and out through the barrel. The constriction 6 into the bore 4 causes the air thus blown to greatly accelerate its passage through the same. As the air passes over the top of the bore 9 it sucks one pea into the bore 4, where it is hurled by the pressure oi the air thereon out through the barrel 3. However, as the pea enters the barrel 3 it causes a back pressure which prevents a second pea from being sucked from the tube Ill until the rst pea has left the end of the barrel 3. This procedure prevents any jamming of the peas in the barrel and also spaces them apart as they are emitted from the barrel. The hole Il in the end of the tube IG is necessary to allow a draft of air to pass through the tube IG when suction force is set up through the bore 4. However, to prevent peas from falling from the end of the tube I, we cause the end to be constricted, as shown at I3.
To allow single shots to be made by our pea shooter, we provide a port I4 in the upper side of the body I which opens into the bore 4. When the port I4 is left open a suction will not draw a pea out of the tube Ill, and it is therefore necessary for the operator to place a finger over the port I4, thus blocking it 01T. Thus one pea can be ejected at one time, if desired, by holding a nger over the port I4.
The tube Il! is constructed so that it has an oval form at its upper end I5. As shown in Fig. l, the bore 9 has at its outer extremity the oval shape I6 which tapers into a perfectly round shape I l. When the tube Il] is provided with an oval shape at its end I5 it can only be lled and the peas emitted by squeezing the oval shape into a round shape, thus permanently holding any peas in the tube. However, when the tube is forced into the port 49 it first passes into the oval shape I 6 but as this tapers into the round shape Il the two take on a round shape which will permit the peas to be ejected.
An operator of our pea shooter can have several tubes I8, all lled with peas, and as fast'as one tube is emptied it can be removed and a filled tube can be placed in use without substantially interrupting the operation of the pea shooter.
While we have described the preferred embodiments of our invention, we are not limited t0 any of the details set forth, except as dened in the appended claims.
We claim:
l. In an article of the class described, a housing member having a bore for the reception of a tubular barrel, a tubular barrel tting therein, said housing member having a mouthpiece and a bore connecting said mouthpiece with said barrel, a constriction in the last-mentioned bore, an ammunition magazine connecting on the lower side with said last mentioned bore whereby the passage of air through said bore and said barrel will draw said ammunition from said magazine and eject same from said barrel, and a port connecting with said bore,
2. In an article of the class described, a housing member having a bore for the reception of a tubular barrel, a tubular barrel fitting therein, said housing member having a mouthpiece and a bore connecting said mouthpiece with said barrel, a constriction in the last-mentioned bore, a bore connecting on the lower side with the end of said barrel for the reception of a tube, a tube in said bore for the positioning of a quantity of pellets, the outer end of said tube being constricted to prevent the pellets from falling out, said tube having the end inserted in said bore normally ovalshaped and said bore being tapered from an oval shape at its outer extremity to a round shape at its inner end.
OSWALDO BERRAYARZA.
DONALD C. HILL.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,152,447 Sproull Sept. 7, 1915 2,297,947 Dreyer Oct. 6, 1942 2,357,951 Hale Sept. 12, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 161,298 Germany June 17, 1905 12,297 Great Britain A. D. 1890
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US2450830A (en) * 1945-09-26 1948-10-05 Edwin W Helberg Pea shooter
US2679838A (en) * 1951-01-16 1954-06-01 Thompson Josephus Projectile retaining blowgun
US3137287A (en) * 1962-05-24 1964-06-16 Arbun Rufo D De Repeating blow-gun
US3458204A (en) * 1966-01-10 1969-07-29 James B Wilson Golf ball feeding means
US5850826A (en) * 1996-09-05 1998-12-22 Guthrie; Christopher L. Paint ball blow gun device
US6588413B2 (en) * 2001-06-04 2003-07-08 Shogo Ohnishi Blowgun
US20060042615A1 (en) * 2004-08-24 2006-03-02 Gregory Stephan L Blow gun
US20070042870A1 (en) * 2005-06-23 2007-02-22 Bohman Patricia J Spirometer Toy
US20090159062A1 (en) * 2005-06-23 2009-06-25 Patricia Bohman Spirometer Toy
US20110132343A1 (en) * 2011-02-11 2011-06-09 Justin David Harrison Rapid fire blow gun toy
US20130042850A1 (en) * 2011-08-17 2013-02-21 Ronald P. Forster Bb peashooter
US20130180513A1 (en) * 2012-01-15 2013-07-18 Mark R. Foeller Multiple soft projectile blow gun
US20170167821A1 (en) * 2015-12-10 2017-06-15 Chani C Martin Apparatus for launching and indicating speed of projectiles impelled by the force of breath

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US2450830A (en) * 1945-09-26 1948-10-05 Edwin W Helberg Pea shooter
US2679838A (en) * 1951-01-16 1954-06-01 Thompson Josephus Projectile retaining blowgun
US3137287A (en) * 1962-05-24 1964-06-16 Arbun Rufo D De Repeating blow-gun
US3458204A (en) * 1966-01-10 1969-07-29 James B Wilson Golf ball feeding means
US5850826A (en) * 1996-09-05 1998-12-22 Guthrie; Christopher L. Paint ball blow gun device
US6588413B2 (en) * 2001-06-04 2003-07-08 Shogo Ohnishi Blowgun
US20060042615A1 (en) * 2004-08-24 2006-03-02 Gregory Stephan L Blow gun
US20070042870A1 (en) * 2005-06-23 2007-02-22 Bohman Patricia J Spirometer Toy
US20090159062A1 (en) * 2005-06-23 2009-06-25 Patricia Bohman Spirometer Toy
US20110132343A1 (en) * 2011-02-11 2011-06-09 Justin David Harrison Rapid fire blow gun toy
US8191542B2 (en) * 2011-02-11 2012-06-05 Justin David Harrison Rapid fire blow gun toy
US20130042850A1 (en) * 2011-08-17 2013-02-21 Ronald P. Forster Bb peashooter
US20130180513A1 (en) * 2012-01-15 2013-07-18 Mark R. Foeller Multiple soft projectile blow gun
US8893697B2 (en) * 2012-01-15 2014-11-25 Mark R Foeller Multiple soft projectile blow gun
US20170167821A1 (en) * 2015-12-10 2017-06-15 Chani C Martin Apparatus for launching and indicating speed of projectiles impelled by the force of breath

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