Repeater launcher and ring airfoil
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1. A launcher for annular flying rings, each ring having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, and the launcher comprising:
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a magazine assembly supported within the housing and formed with a plurality of cells, each cell sized to receive an annular flying ring for launching from the launcher;
a launching mechanism secured within the housing, the launching mechanism comprising an indexing assembly coupled to the magazine assembly and including an indexing tab that engages a cam formed on the magazine assembly for selectively indexing the magazine through a plurality of positions, wherein in each position one of the plurality of cells is aligned with a launch chuck, andthe launch chuck moveable with respect to the magazine assembly to engage a ring disposed in the one cell, the launch chuck further coupled to a source of launching energy to launch the ring with both translational and rotational energy.
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Abstract
A launcher for a ring airfoil includes a magazine assembly holding a plurality of ring airfoils. The magazine assembly is coupled to a launching mechanism, and the launching mechanism provides an indexing motion to the magazine assembly. In use, the setting action of the launching mechanism indexes the magazine assembly allowing a ring airfoil to engage with the launching mechanism for subsequent launching. Additional ring airfoils may be launched by repeated actuation of the launching mechanism without reloading the magazine assembly with ring airfoils.
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1. A launcher for annular flying rings, each ring having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, and the launcher comprising:
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a housing; a magazine assembly supported within the housing and formed with a plurality of cells, each cell sized to receive an annular flying ring for launching from the launcher; a launching mechanism secured within the housing, the launching mechanism comprising an indexing assembly coupled to the magazine assembly and including an indexing tab that engages a cam formed on the magazine assembly for selectively indexing the magazine through a plurality of positions, wherein in each position one of the plurality of cells is aligned with a launch chuck, and the launch chuck moveable with respect to the magazine assembly to engage a ring disposed in the one cell, the launch chuck further coupled to a source of launching energy to launch the ring with both translational and rotational energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A toy ring launcher comprising:
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a housing; a magazine assembly journally supported within the housing on an axle and comprising; a cylinder supported on the axle, the cylinder formed to include a plurality of apertures disposed about its circumference and each aperture sized to receive a ring; an indexing cam supported on and engaging the axle; a launching mechanism secured within the housing and comprising; a barrel shaft slideable within the housing along a launching direction, the shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end formed with an axially extending helical slot, a collar disposed over the first end and axially slideable along the shaft, a launch chuck disposed over the first end and axially slideable along the shaft, the launch chuck further formed with a tab member engaging the slot, a spring disposed over the shaft and between the collar and the launch chuck, a retainer secured to an axial end of the shaft for retaining the chuck, spring and collar on the shaft, and an indexing assembly slideable between a first position and a second position within the housing along the direction of flight and comprising a tab engaging the collar for limiting sliding motion of the collar in a first direction, a latch engaging the launch chuck for limiting sliding motion of the launch chuck in a second direction and an indexing pin engaging the indexing cam, and wherein movement of the shaft in the first direction engages the collar with the tab and further compresses the spring between the launch chuck and the collar, the spring retained in a compressed state by engagement of the latch with the launch chuck, and movement of the shaft in the second direction engages the indexing pin with the indexing cam for indexing one of the plurality of cells to a launch position and the launch chuck with an annular ring disposed within the one cell. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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