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Flashlight-coin throwing gun
Assignee: KION MOOLSAN Co Ltd A CORP OF KOREA
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Filing: 1988-10-07
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Granted: 1990-03-20
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Expires: 2008-10-07
Abstract
Abstract A flashlight-coin throwing gun has a revolver-shaped main body formed by uniting separable main bodies, each having a gunbarrel portion and a handle portion. Within the main body is a percussion mechanism for throwing a coin through the gunbarrel. A coin loading assembly delivers coins to be thrown. A trigger operably connected to the throwing mechanism initiates its operation. A light bulb operably connected to the trigger projects light in the same direction as a coil is thrown.
Inventors
- 👤 Myung-wan Kim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 10:21
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D1/00; G07D1/02; G07D1/08; F; F21; F21L; F21L2/00; F41; F41B; F41B7/00; F41B7/003
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun comprising: a revolver-shaped main body formed by uniting separable main bodies each having a gunbarrel portion and a handle portion; means within said main body for throwing a coin through said gunbarrel porition; a coin loading assembly for delivering coins to said means for throwing; a trigger operably connected to said means for throwing for initiating its operation; and lighting means operably connected to said trigger and to a switch separate from said trigger for selectively projecting a light in the same direction as a coin is thrown upon actuation of said trigger when said switch selects said lighting means;
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun comprising: a revolver-shaped main body formed by uniting separable main bodies each having a gunbarrel portion and a handle portion; means within said main body for throwing a coin through said gunbarrel porition; a coin loading assembly for delivering coins to said means for throwing; a trigger operably connected to said means for throwing for initiating its operation; and lighting means operably connected to said trigger and to a switch separate from said trigger for selectively projecting a light in the same direction as a coin is thrown upon actuation of said trigger when said switch selects said lighting means;
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 1 further comprising light signal means operably connected to said coin loading assembly for signalling that said coin loading assembly needs filling.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 1 in which a gunbarrel slot, a reflecting mirror groove and the walls of a coin loading chamber are formed in the gunbarrel portion of the separable main bodies, a trigger receiving part and a battery chamber are integrated in the handle portion and the revolver-shaped main body 1 is formed by the combination thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 1 wherein the coin loading assembly comprises an elastic plate slidingly mounted for reciprocal movement on a spring in response to coins stacked on the elastic plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
62 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 4 wherein the coin loading assembly further comprises a projection on the elastic plate, a switch in the gunbarrel portion that is actuated by said projection and a signal light that illuminates upon actuation of the switch in said gunbarrel portion to signal that the coin loading assembly needs to be filled with coins.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 5 further comprising a transparent opening and closing plate in the gunbarrel portion through which the signal light may be observed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
113 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 1 wherein the coin throwing means comprises: an interlocking plate having a projecting bar and being mounted for rotation on an axis within the main body; a striking plate for striking coins that is mounted on he same axis for rotation at the same time as the interlocking plate rotates; elastic means operably connected to said interlocking plate for urging the interlocking plate and the striking plate to rotate to strike a coin; and a percussion lever operably connected to the trigger for transmitting trigger motion to the interlocking plate and causing displacement of the interlocking plate to tension and then release the elastic means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun comprising: a revolver-shaped main body formed by uniting separable main bodies each having a gunbarrel portion and a handle portion; means within said main body for throwing a coin through said gunbarrel portion; a coin loading assembly for deivering coins to said means for throwing; a trigger operably connected to said means for throwing for initiating its operation; lighting means operably connected to said trigger for projecting a light in the same direction as a coin is thrown; and electric alarm means operably connected to said means for throwing for signaling the throwing of a coin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
100 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun comprising: a revolver-shaped main body formed by uniting separable main bodies each having a gunbarrel portion and a handle portion; means within said main body for throwing a coin through said gunbarrel portion; a coin loading assembly for deivering coins to said means for throwing; a trigger operably connected to said means for throwing for initiating its operation; lighting means operably connected to said trigger for projecting a light in the same direction as a coin is thrown; and electric alarm means operably connected to said means for throwing for signaling the throwing of a coin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 8 further comprising means for switching the gun between a flashlight mode in which the alarm means is disabled and no coins are thrown and a throwing mode in which either the alarm sounds or the lighting means is illuminated while a coin is being thrown.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
A flashlight-coin throwing gun as recited in claim 9 wherein the alarm means and the lighting means are selectively controlled in the throwing mode by a change-over switch and each, when selected, is made to turn on and off by a trigger switch operably connected to the trigger.
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2001-03-19 | 2001-09-18 | 2002-03-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |