Crosman Corporation

The Coleman Company, Inc.

Keith L Milliman

Thomas E Hughes

Gary F Ebert

A gun includes a pivoting barrel assembly, a trigger/hammer double action firing mechanism, and a barrel/inline valve mechanism for firing projectiles. The pivoting barrel assembly includes a projectile-holding rotatable cylinder and an indexing mechanism for rotating the cylinder when the trigger is pulled. A hammer is cocked by a hammer link which is operatively connected to the trigger, and a cam on the hammer lifts the hammer link out of engagement with the hammer when the hammer reaches its cocked position. The valve mechanism includes a valve stem which is slidably mounted in a valve body. A pin portion on the valve stem extends through a valve seal and a valve seal retainer, and the valve seal retainer is retained in the valve body by retainer pins which extend through the body into a groove in the valve seal retainer. A detent housing is connected to the valve body, and a detent is slidably mounted with the detent housing. The detent is engageable with projectile chambers in the cylinder.

Gun with pivoting barrel, rotary ammunition cylinder, and double action

A gun is provided with a removable rotary ammunition clip assembly and a slidably mounted barrel to permit the clip assembly to be removed if a pellet jams in a position partially out of the clip and partially in the barrel. The clip assembly is an integral unit and includes a cylindrical loader which is rotatably mounted on the clip housing, an index lever and pawl for rotating the loader, and a transfer bar for translating sliding movement of the trigger into pivoting movement of the index lever. Sliding movement of the trigger moves the trigger link against a hammer for cocking the hammer, and the trigger link moves a hammer latch out of a latching position in which it will engage the hammer to prevent accidental discharge.

Gun with removable rotary ammunition clip

An air gun includes a valve assembly with a sliding baffle for limiting the maximum velocity and energy which can be provided by the gun. The valve assembly includes a valve body which has a pressure reservoir, an air passage, and a valve seat between the pressure reservoir and the air passage. A valve normally closes the valve seat to hold pressure in the pressure reservoir and is moved away from the valve seat when the gun is fired. A bleed opening in the valve body connects the air passage to the outside of the valve body, and an exhaust opening connects the air passage to the barrel of the gun. The baffle is slidably mounted in the air passage and is movable between a first position in which the bleed opening is restricted and the exhaust opening is unobstructed and a second position is which the exhaust opening is restricted and the bleed opening is substantially unobstructed.

Air gun with baffle for limiting maximum velocity

A gun includes a frame and a pivoting barrel assembly which is releasably latched in a firing position by a pair of flexible and resilient latches on the barrel assembly which engage shoulders on the frame. A trigger is slidably mounted on the frame for movement between a rest position and a firing position. A projectile loader is mounted on the frame at the breech end of the barrel assembly for movement between a loading position and a firing position. The loader is provided with an opening which is aligned with a magazine in the frame when the loader is in the loading position and is aligned with the bore of the barrel assembly when the loader is in the firing position. A camming ramp on the trigger is engageable with the loader for moving the loader between the loading and firing positions as the trigger moves between the rest and firing positions. A trigger interlock is movably mounted on the frame and engages the trigger when the barrel assembly is out of the firing position for preventing the trigger from moving to the firing position. The trigger interlock is moved out of engagement with the trigger by the barrel assembly when the barrel assembly moves to the firing position.

Gun with pivoting barrel, projectile loader, and trigger interlock

A gun is provided with a pivoting barrel and a cocking and retaining lever which cocks the hammer and retains the barrel in the firing position. When the lever moves to the unlocking position, the barrel is released and the hammer is cocked. When the barrel is loaded, the barrel is pivoted back to the firing position and the lever is moved to the position to retain the barrel.

Gun with pivoting barrel and lever for retaining barrel in position or

A gas gun includes a pressure regulator assembly which controls the velocity of projectiles fired by the gun by adjusting the pressure within the gas chamber of the gun. The regulator assembly includes a spring-biased piston which is slidable within a gas seal between a source of pressurized gas and the gas chamber. The piston is movable between a first position in which gas can flow from the source of pressurized gas to the gas chamber and a second position in which gas is prevented from flowing from the source of pressurized gas to the gas chamber. The force exerted on the piston by the spring can be adjusted to control the gas pressure at which the piston moves to its second position.

Pressure-regulated gas gun

A gunstock is provided with a cheekpiece which can be adjusted laterally and vertically relative to the gunstock. A pair of cams with eccentric pins are threadedly mounted on threaded studs on the gunstock, and each eccentric pin extends into a slot in the cheekpiece. When the cams are rotated on the studs, the eccentric pins move up or down and to the right or left to adjust the cheekpiece. The cheekpiece is held on the gunstock by a bolt which extends through the cheekpiece into a nut which is slidably mounted in a transverse slot in the gunstock.

Adjustable cheekpiece for gunstock

A gas-powered gun includes a movable loader for moving projectiles into alignment with the barrel of the gun and a detent engageable with the loader for retaining a protectile in the firing position. The loader is provided with projectile ports for holding the projectiles, and the detent is engageable with each port as it moves into alignment with the barrel. The detent is slidably mounted within a detent holder, and the detent holder is connected to a source of pressurized gas. A gas passage extends through the detent, and when the gun is fired, pressurized gas flows through the detent and propels the projectile through the barrel.

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Fairport, NY, United States of America

Keith L Milliman