WATER BALLOON PISTOL

Description

The present invention relates to a water balloon pistol disposed to pump water into a balloon, close the balloon, and position the balloon in a discharge position, a dish being disposed to catch the balloon in order later on discharge of a trigger 35 to shoot off the balloon. The balloons are disposed on a ring which is rotary with the aid of the tensioning 38 of a rubber band in order to position empty balloons so that they can be filled when the filled balloon disappears.

The present invention has a tubular main tube 40, a barrel, with a gap on the underside which is disposed in the centre of the main barrel 40 and displays a third of the length of the main barrel, see Fig. 1 (the main barrel 40 is drawn with two straight lines and oblique hatching lines and the gap with two whole straight lines). A launching ring 30 and a loading ring 17 are disposed about the main barrel 40 on each end of the gap and both each have a catch 4, 11 which extends into the main barrel 40 through the gap. On the upper side of the launching ring 3 there is a dish 6 which is intended to catch the balloon 21 and on the catch 4 the one end of a rubber band 2 and on the underside of the launching ring 3 there is a hook catch 5. On the underside of the loading ring 17 there is a hook 10 which is intended to be caught by the hook catch 5. On the catch 11 of the loading ring 17 the ends of the pump 12 and the rubber band 14 are fixed. Further, a guard 9 is disposed on the loading ring 17. The guard 9 passes from the one side to the other in order to protect the hook 10, the trigger 35 and when the loading ring 17 is drawn forwards, it also protects the hook catch 5.

The main idea with the present invention is that it is to be fun to fire a water balloon at someone and just as much fun to be hit. Other types of pistol games have been tested and by many of them it is extremely painful to be hit. Others cannot be felt at all and for many of them quite a large amount of equipment is necessary for protection, which is absolutely not necessary with the present water balloon pistol. It is even more fun to wear shorts, which is also simpler.

The water pistol according to the present invention should preferably be manufactured from top quality aluminium and it must be simple to use. With a single pull of a handle 9 reciprocally, the pump 12 is to pump water into the balloon. When the balloon is full, it is to be closed, made ready to be discharged and at the same time the rubber band 2 of the balloon dish 6 is tensioned in order to be able to discharge the balloon.

First take a water bottle 26 and fill it with water, screw back the water bottle in place, take water balloons 21 and place them in a container 19 on a balloon ring 22 which is disposed on a balloon ring holder 34. Thereafter, a plastic/glass lid 20 is opened and the balloon ring holder 34 is placed on a magnet 23, the balloon ring 22 is twisted two revolutions in reverse so that a rubber band 38 is tensioned. Thereafter, the lid 20 is closed and with one hand on a pistol grip 13 the index finger is placed on a trigger 35 and pulls it obliquely upwards. With the other hand on a loading handle 9, the handle 9 is drawn forwards at a fixed speed all the way until it stops and then the handle 9 is drawn back all the way at a fixed speed until it stops.

What happens is that when the trigger 35 is pressed up, it releases a hook 10 and thereby the loading handle 9 can be drawn forwards for loading. In connection with drawing the handle 9 forwards the trigger 35 is to be released so that, with the aid of a spring 7, it is positioned correctly to catch the rear end of the hook 10 when the hook 10 comes back. When the handle 9 is drawn forwards, a loading ring 17 moves forwards and in connection with this an upper block 30 is opened and the pump 12 sucks in water at the same time as a first rubber band 14 is tensioned.

Just before the loading ring 17 reaches a launching ring 3 a hook catch 5 catches in the hook 10 so that when the handle 9 is drawn back the launching ring 3 accompanies it, at the same time as a second rubber band 2 is tensioned, see Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 1 shows one embodiment of a water balloon pistol.

Fig. 2 shows how the loading ring 17 moves, how the pump 12 sucks in water, how the hook catch 5 catches the hook 10 and how a first rubber band 14 is tensioned.

Fig. 3 shows how the hook 10 draws with it the launching ring 3, how the balloon dish 6 inclines backwards with the aid of a dish guide towards the web of the

component arm, how the balloon dish 6 pushes away a balloon holder and how a balloon 21 is filled.

Fig. 4 shows a magnification of those components which are small.

What happens now is that the first rubber band 14 is so tensioned that it can help in drawing back everything.

On its way back the pump 12 presses down a lower lock 30 so that the water flows out through a water tube 15 to the storage housing for water of the water tongue 32, with the result that the water is distributed by the water guide 31 and presses out the water tongue 33 until the hole in the water tongue is free, whereupon water is then sprayed out at a good pressure. During this time the front part of the tongue is so far forwards and inside the balloon 21 with the result that all water finds it way into the balloon, see Fig. 3.

What is novel about this type of balloon is that it is smaller than the usual water balloon model so that it will be able to break apart quicker and it has a top which works as a water lock. In the top there are two walls: a first wall 42 which is hollow and a second wall 41 which is openable. 40% of the second wall 41 is fixed on the inside of the first wall 42 and 60% of the second wall 41 is freely movable, see Fig. 4. When the water tongue 33 moves in through the hole of the first wall 42 it pushes away the 60% which is free on the other wall 41 so that the water can run into the balloon 21. When the tongue 33 sticks out, the pressure in the balloon 21 is so great that the water tries to get out and then the water presses back the 60% of the other wall 41 against the first wall 42 so that its hole is blocked and thereby the water is enclosed in the balloon 21. As soon as the pump 12 stops spraying water the spring 7' presses back the tongue to its position, see Fig. 4.

The balloon 21 is filled quickly and becomes quite heavy. The balloon is held up by a balloon holder 19 when the balloon lies on a positioning plate 37. While the balloon is being filled, the balloon dish 6 comes up to the balloon holder 19 and pushes it so that the balloon arrives in the balloon dish 6. The balloon holder returns with the aid of two springs 7" when the dish disappears. What happens then is that when the balloon has arrived in the balloon dish 6, a third rubber band 38 makes the balloon ring 22 rotate forwards and is stopped by a balloon ring stopper 36. The

balloon ring stopper 36 is a block which allows the ring 22 to turn in one direction but not back, see Fig. 4. The balloon ring stopper 36 stops the balloon ring 22 by stopping the head of the balloon, so every time a head falls down another head moves forwards and is stopped at the correct place, with the result that all of the balloons arrive straight in front of the tongue 33, which in turn entails that the empty balloon is already in position before the ready water filled balloon is fired away. This is good for the next time the water tongue 33 goes out, an empty balloon 21 is already in the correct position.

When the loading handle 9 is drawn further in the balloon dish guide 8 reaches up to the component arm 18. It is now the case that the further in you draw the loading handle 9, the more the arm 18 guides down the guide 8 so that the balloon dish 6 twists backwards, see Fig. 3. This is to protect the balloon so that it does not fall out when the pistol is pointed downwards.

When the loading handle 9 is drawn back, this implies that the second rubber band 2 is so tensioned that the handle must be held in position. Then it is held in position by the trigger 35, which means that the trigger holds the hook 10 which then holds the hook catch 14.

All you need to do now is aim and fire.

When the trigger 35 is pressed down, it presses down the back portion of the hook 10 so that the front portion is lifted up and then the second rubber band 2 draws towards itself the launching ring 3 at high speed. In connection with this the balloon 21 sits in the balloon dish 6, which means that it flies forward when the launching ring 3 reaches the rubber 43 of the barrel stopper 39.

Since the trigger 35 holds in the hook 10 the loading handle 9 goes nowhere until the trigger 35 is pressed up and draws the handle 9 once again forwards.

Reference list

1 rubber band catch 2 second rubber band

3 launching ring

4 rubber band catch

5 hook catch

6 balloon dish

7 spring

8 balloon dish guide 9 loading handle

10 hook

11 rubber band and pump catch

12 pump

13 pistol grip 14 first rubber band

15 water tube

16 water seal

17 loading ring

18 component arm 19 balloon holder

20 plastic/glass lid

21 balloon

22 balloon ring

23 magnet 24 pump tube

25 balloon holder tube

26 water bottle

27 water suction tube

28 air primer 29 outer shell

30 water lock

31 water guide valve

32 storage housing for water tongue

33 water tongue 34 balloon ring holder

35 trigger

36 balloon ring stopper

37 balloon positioning plate

38 third rubber band

39 barrel stopper

40 main barrel

41 water lock, inner wall

42 outer wall

43 rubber

+ Indicates that an object is fixed

• Indicates that an object is movable