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Application filed Dccemlior 23, 1886. Serial No. 222,346. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Daniel Rhodes, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have in5 vented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Guns or Toy Pistols; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which io it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

. Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation, partly broken away to show the spring 2o and the butterfly - stem with its diametrical pin. Fig. 2 is a plan view, broken away at the rear end to show the barrel and spring in the handle. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line a; ® of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view in 25 perspective of the butterfly. Fig. 5 is a side view and cross-section of a modification of the barrel shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of a modification of the trigger shown in perspective and in connection with 30 the barrel.

In the drawings, A represents the barrel, which is slotted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, or grooved, as shown in Fig. 5. The two slots or grooves a a run spirally 35 around the barrel and diametrically opposite to each other from the stop «'at the outer end to the points a².

B is the spring coiled within the barrel and resting with one end upon the bottom of a 40 groove, c, in the straight handle 0.

D is the trigger or lever fulcrumed at d on the handle, supported at the rear end by the upwardly-pressing spring E, and provided in front with the curved edge d' and rear cavi45 ties, d², thus forming awing, D', on each side.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I show a modified form of trigger, which consists of the tube M, having the bow m, cross-slot m', and diametrically-opposite end slots, m? m².

F represents the'buttcrfly toy, which is well 50 known to the public. In order to use this with my spring-gun, I apply the pin/, which passes through a diametrical hole of the stem /' near its free end. In order to re-enforce the stem where the pin is applied, I prefer to 55 employ a tube,/², which has opposite holes to register with that in the stem. The stem /'is placed in the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, so that its end will bear upon the top of the spring, while the pin / 60 will be in the opposite slots or grooves a a. The hand is then pressed upon the end of the stem, between the branches F' F', until the trigger-wings D' D' are lifted by the pin / and allowed to fall, so as to bring the ends of 65 said pin in the cavities d². The gun or pistol is then securely cocked, and the spring B under very considerable tension, which may be made more or less. When it is desired to propel the butterfly into the air, the rear end 70 of the trigger is pressed down, so as to lift the wings D' D', when the stored - up power in the spring B expels the butterfly from the barrel.