| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 124045000 | Magazine | 62 |
| 20090301456 | Loading Pellets in Pellet Guns - Loading pellets into a pellet gun, whether it is of breech or break barrel design, is often a frustrating and difficult procedure, especially when done with the fingers. The pellets are small and hard to handle. Various embodiments of a dispenser for dispensing pellets to a breech design or a break barrel design pellet gun without touching them are described. The frustration and other difficulties usually encountered by pellet gun users are avoided by the dispensers delivering the pellets directly to pellet guns. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20130068207 | PERCUSSION AND MAGAZINE REVOLVING DEVICE OF TOY GRENADE LAUNCHER - A percussion and magazine revolving device of toy grenade launcher includes a magazine. The magazine forms annularly arranged cylindrical accommodation chambers receiving therein grenades and has a circumference along which holding pegs are arranged. A release plate is attached to the magazine and forms a pawl for selective engagement with the holding pegs. A trigger and a percussion mechanism coupled to the trigger are arranged on a carrier seat. The percussion mechanism has a top edge o which a drive bar is mounted. The magazine is rotated to compress an elastic element arranged therein. When the trigger is pulled, the percussion mechanism is caused to fire one grenade, and at the same time, the drive bar pushes the release plate away to make the pawl disengaging the holding pegs, thereby allowing the magazine to rotate an angle for being ready to fire the next grenade. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20110056468 | Paint ball feeding buffer device - A paint ball feeding buffer device, especially used for a paint-ball gun, is a magazine which loads a plurality of paint balls and provides for firing continuously. The magazine includes a roll-up device which restricts a stroke of an elastic advancing device, and the roll-up device is provided with a damping device which allows an initial stroke of the advancing device to be buffered, so as to prevent the paint balls from being squeezed, deformed, and ejected, by pressure which is released instantly. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100037879 | Positive fit "lever" feed adapter for paintball gun - A positive fit feed adapter for use between a paintball loader and a paintball gun. The feed adapter includes a threaded connector formed on either the paintball gun or the paintball loader. The threaded connector includes a plurality of expansion slots that allow the outer diameter of the connector to expand or compress. The feed adapter further includes a collet having an internally threaded surface that is tapered from a first end to a second end. When the feed tube from the other of the paintball gun and the paintball loader is inserted into the threaded connector, the collet is tightened along the external threads to reduce the diameter of the connector to provide a positive fit between the paintball gun and the paintball loader. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090173330 | PAINT BALL LOADER HOUSING - A paint ball loader housing for supporting various paint ball loader systems. The housing may include a detachable top portion and adapters to further support various paint ball loading systems. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110303206 | MAGAZINE - A magazine of the present invention includes a main body and a plug member. The main body is formed with a trough and a recess. The recess has a lateral opening, a top portion and a bottom portion. The recess is provided to receive an air cartridge between the top portion and the bottom portion. The lateral opening is used for the air cartridge being put therethrough. The main body is formed with a hole passing through the bottom portion and communicating with the recess. A diameter of the hole is smaller than a maximum diameter of the air cartridge. The plug member is screwed into the hole so as to press the air cartridge. Accordingly, the plug member gradually presses the air cartridge by screw action. Once the plug member is completely screwed into the hole, the air cartridge is fixed in the recess. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20090255521 | PAINT BALL GUN HAVING PAINT BALL DISPENSER WITH SNAP CONNECTOR - A paint ball gun is disclosed including a dispenser having a locking connector designed to lockingly engage a locking connector on a gun feed tube or one end of a hollow connecting member. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20120060810 | BULLET LOADER FOR TOY GUN - A bullet loader for inserting toy bullets into a magazine is disclosed to include a housing having a bullet chamber, opposing inlet and outlet and a bullet passage in communication between the bullet chamber and the outlet, a press-control device having a press knob and a plunger extended from the press knob and inserted into the bullet chamber and terminating in a repeatedly curved lower plunger portion for pushing toy bullets out of the bullet passage into the outlet, a movable block coupled to the plunger in and horizontally reciprocatable by the repeatedly curved lower plunger portion to turn over storage toy bullets upon a vertical reciprocating motion of the plunger relative to the housing. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120312288 | PEST CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus to project toward a tree to disburse a pheromone, comprising: a releaser removably adjacent to a capsule via an extension; whereby said releaser and said capsule are disposed adjacent to each other in a deployable state, then the releaser separates from the capsule but is still connected via said extension whereby inertia causes said releaser to move away from said capsule into an attachment state, and related methods of applying a pheromone onto a tree branch. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20110226226 | PAINTBALL MARKER LOADING AND FEEDING SYSTEM - An assembly for rapid loading and feeding of paintballs in a paintball marker comprises a receiver mountable on the marker, having an opening to receive and secure a magazine carrying paintballs, and a gate opening mechanism to open the magazine, releasing the paintballs. An ejection mechanism to clear a magazine from the opening may also be provided. The magazine comprises a resiliently biased gate means to protect the paintballs until the magazine is inserted into the receiver. The magazine may be opened to refill it with paintballs, and may be disassembled for cleaning or maintenance. | 09-22-2011 |
| 124048000 | Rotary | 8 |
| 20100095942 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader which feeds paintballs to a paintball marker has a rotor body and a drive motor for rotating the rotor body. The paintball loader can include a latch member for selectively securing an upper shell member to a lower shell member. The paintball loader can include a ramp member inside the upper and lower shell members. The ramp member moves between a first or flattened position and a second or raised position to facilitate operation of the loader. The components of the loader are designed so that assembly/disassembly is performed with few, if any, tools to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090151710 | Ammunition chain for toy projectiles - A link for a toy ammunition chain made up of a plurality of links hinged together side-by-side in articulated fashion includes a cylindrical body adapted to receive a soft projectile. A first hinge component extends laterally from the body and has a pair of hinge pins. A second hinge component extends laterally from the body at a position opposite the first hinge component and has a pair of recesses each for pivotally receiving a hinge pin of an adjacent link in the chain. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20080257327 | ROTARY TRANSFER DEVICE FOR A PAINTBALL MARKER - The rotary transfer device assembly of the present invention has a cylindrical-shaped rotary transfer device, which rotates about a central shaft. About the circumference of the rotary transfer device are a number of chambers, each of which can accept a single projectile as it passes through a feed aperture. As the rotary transfer device rotates, it transports the projectiles from the feed aperture to the breech from where the projectile can be launched from the barrel of the launching device. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090211562 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader for supplying a plurality of substantially similar paintballs a paintball marker. The loader comprises a housing adapted to receive the plurality of paintballs, the housing defining a feeder tube in a base thereof, the feeder tube dimensioned to allow single passage of the paintballs, a paintball receiving member comprising an elongate receiving channel spiraling radially outward in a direction of rotation from the feeder hole and having an outlet adjacent the feeder tube, the channel comprising a pair of opposing side walls spaced to allow single passage of the paintballs, and a feeder arm positioned across at least a portion of the channel walls such that the feeder arm comes into contact with one of the plurality of the paintballs when in the channel. The channel is rotatable relative to the feeder arm about the feeder hole in the direction of rotation. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110041823 | TOY DART MAGAZINE APPARATUS - A toy dart magazine apparatus that includes a housing divided into a drum portion and a clip portion, and a wheel structure rotatably mounted to the drum portion. The wheel has four portions, two spaced apart portions having peripheral recesses for receiving the darts and storing them until they are “fired” by a launcher to which the dart magazine apparatus is mounted. A third portion having a smooth circumference and a smaller diameter than the two recess bearing portions wherein the third portion separates the two spaced apart portions. The fourth portion of the wheel has a larger diameter than the two recess bearing portions and is positioned adjoining one of the two recess bearing portions for aligning the darts relative to the wheel. The wheel also includes an opening in the third portion leading to a chamber in a hollow support of the wheel. A spring-biased knob is mounted on a shaft that also mounts the wheel. Both the knob and the wheel have axially align protrusions that may engage each other to allow the wheel to be rotationally adjusted to correct any jam or misalignment of the darts stored on the wheel. A flexible arm and a pusher structure are also included with the magazine apparatus and are connected to a constant force spring, where the flexible arm and a portion of the constant force spring are lodged in the chamber of the hollow support during a dart loading process of the wheel, and the constant force spring uncoils when the wheel is rotated during the loading process. The constant force spring biases the wheel to feed the darts from both the drum and the clip to a firing position at the end of the clip located in the launcher, but the constant force spring is insufficient to discharge the darts when the magazine is not connected to the launcher. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20080236558 | PAINTBALL LOADER SYSTEMS - A paintball loader system designed to efficiently deliver paintballs to a paintball gun. The drive mechanism is a screw-type design comprising a resilient auger. A microcontroller is programmed to automatically adjust the rotation of the auger based on data from multiple sensor points within the loader. The auger is mounted such that both rotational axial movements are enabled during operation. The axial movement of the auger is used to maintain a constant force on the paintballs awaiting loading within the paintball gun. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090314272 | Cylindrical magazine for discharging projectiles for toy guns - A preloadable, swappable and reloadable cylindrical magazine for rubber band and slingshot guns. Exhausted magazines can be replaced in seconds, allowing extended shooting. The release mechanism of projectiles is self-contained; no trigger as it is understood is required, making it particularly suitable in the design of Gatling guns. Hooks in front and fingers at rear engage energized projectiles. The rotation of the magazine causes fingers to tilt forward and projectiles to free themselves by sliding up the tilted fingers without outside disturbances, assuring the best shooting accuracy ever. A pawl and a ratchet wheel control the rotation of magazines. Depending on how long the pawl is disengaged, single shots or continuous firing is equally easy to execute. The successive firing rate is determined by how fast the magazine can rotate. Modular design allows through combinations of components numerous configurations for different sizes and numbers of elastic bands and various designs of toy guns. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090139507 | Magazine for air gun having rotary clip - There has been a problem that a projected part of a rear part of a pellet gets stuck with an end side of an attachment wall and rotation is interrupted when a rotary clip moves from a hit pin concave to an end side (i.e., attachment wall) of a magazine main body if the rear end of a pellet in a bore projects from a bore. In order to resolve the problem, there is proposed a magazine main body | 06-04-2009 |
| 124049000 | Gravity fed | 4 |
| 20110290226 | PAINTBALL LOADER - Some embodiments are directed to a paintball loader having a diverter member supported within a housing of the loader. The diverter member can limit the number of paintballs which enter an outlet passageway leading to a marker inlet. In some embodiments, diverter member can have projections and channels formed in a bottom surface thereof to control the number of paintballs that can simultaneously enter the entrance to the outlet passageway. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20090090343 | Spherical Projectile Reloading System - A reloading system for dispensing spherical projectiles is disclosed. The reloading system has a removable cartridge that removes from a base unit attached to a spherical projectile device. Upon insertion of the cartridge, a sliding gate on the removable cartridge permits direct feed of the projectiles to the projectile device. An ejection mechanism releases the cartridge for insertion of another cartridge. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090283082 | FAST-LOAD LID ASSEMBLY FOR PAINTBALL - A lid assembly for a paintball hopper is disclosed, which reduces the paintball reload time. The lid assembly has an outer ring dimensioned to fit over a loading opening of the paintball hopper. A barrier member, such as an elastic membrane or plurality of flanges, is disposed across the inner perimeter of the outer ring such that the loading opening is substantially sealed. Also, a securing member is provided for securing the outer ring to the paintball hopper. A paintball hopper formed with the lid assembly described above is disclosed as well. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110073092 | HOPPER STRUCTURE OF PAINTBALL MARKER - A hopper structure of a paintball marker includes a hopper body, a paintball holder, an upper cover, and first and second connecting elements. The hopper body has opposite first and second pivot portions. The first pivot portion has opposite and mutually communicating first pivot holes. The second pivot portion has opposite and mutually communicating second pivot holes. After a third pivot portion of the paintball holder is received in the first pivot portion, a fourth pivot portion of the upper cover is received in the second pivot portion. Thus, the paintball holder and the upper cover are stacked vertically on the hopper body. The upper cover, the paintball holder, and the hopper body are pivotally connected by the first and second connecting elements such that the assembled hopper structure is conveniently opened and closed and will not fall apart when accidentally dropped to the ground or hit during use. | 03-31-2011 |
| 124510100 | Mechanical projectile feed | 40 |
| 20100154765 | MAGAZINE FOR A FIREARM | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120216785 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader, more specifically a paintball loader which rapidly and forcibly feeds paintballs to a paintball marker, comprises a rotor body having at least one rotor fin, and a drive motor for rotating said rotor body in a first direction. The paintball loader has a central outlet located radially inwards of the tip of the rotor fin and an abutment body arranged to interact with the at least one rotor fin. When the rotor body is rotated, a paintball, located in a space formed between the at least one rotor fin and the abutment body, is pushed out of the paintball loader through the central outlet. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20090056690 | Magazine ejector structure for air gun - A magazine has a magazine body provided with a rotary clip, and the magazine body comprises an ejector member capable of movement, an ejector elastic member provided on the ejector member and being capable of expansion and contraction, and an engagement indent section capable of being engaged with a magazine catch at the time of loading the magazine into the air gun body, and the air gun body has a magazine ejector structure with the magazine catch that is urged by a catch elastic member to the magazine holding section and capable of engaging with the engagement indent section of the magazine, and a stopper that is capable of pressing part of the ejector member. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090266349 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader, more specifically a paintball loader which rapidly and forcibly feeds paintballs to a paintball marker, comprises a rotor body ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090235909 | Paint ball gun with rotatable ball receiving member - A pain ball gun includes a ball receiving member rotatably received in the top tube of the paint ball gun and the ball receiving member includes a space defined therein which communicates with a receiving hole so that paint balls drop into the space via the receiving hole. The ball receiving member is connected with a rotary unit which is controlled by operation of the trigger powered by a power unit which introduces pressurized air to activate the rotary unit which rotates the ball receiving member. The receiving hole communicates with a hopper to receive a paint ball and pressurized air cannot enter into the ball receiving member when the ball receiving member is in the first position. The receiving hole is sealed and pressurized air enters into the ball receiving member to shoot the paint ball when the ball receiving member is in the second position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120227722 | Paintball loader - The paintball loader of the present invention includes a housing having a hopper for holding a supply of paintballs. An outlet tube connected to the hopper is adapted to be connected to the inlet tube of a paintball gun. Located within the hopper is an electric motor-operated agitator capable of directing paintballs within the hopper toward the outlet tube so that the paintballs can pass through the outlet tube and into the inlet tube of the paintball gun. A sensing system located at least partially within the outlet tube senses the movement of paintballs through the outlet tube. The sensing system includes a rotatable wheel having a plurality of angularly spaced apart radially extending members. The wheel is rotatably mounted relative to the outlet tube such that paintballs passing through the tube engage the radially extending members and cause the wheel to rotate. A plurality of magnets carried by the wheel pass by a Hall effect sensor mounted on the housing as the wheel is rotated. This causes an electronic circuit associated with the Hall effect sensor to activate the electric motor to operate the agitator. In addition, a magnet fixed to the housing and capable of interacting with the plurality of magnets carried by the wheel stops the wheel from rotating unless it is engaged by a moving paintball. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20100126485 | Electronic display paintball loader with sensors - A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs including a hopper body with a feed neck and sensors displaying information about the paintball loader's operating condition. Sensors are provided for sensing the force of the driven impeller, the quantity of paintballs or the open space inside the hopper body, the number of balls discharged from the container, the rate of discharge of the paintballs, the speed of discharge of the paintballs, and the available power supply for the loader operation. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090000608 | DRIVE CONE FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - A drive cone for use on a paintball loader for loading paintballs into a conventional paintball gun. The drive cone is located at a bottom portion of the container and is rotated by a motor. The drive cone includes at least one fin which forms a gap for which a plurality of paintballs may fit. The drive cone feeds the paintballs into an exit tube located at the bottom of the container which feeds into the paintball gun. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090178659 | SELF REGULATION PAINTBALL AGITATOR SYSTEM - A paintball agitator for use with a paintball loader is provided, as is a paintball loader incorporating the paintball agitator. The paintball agitator includes a rotatable shaft having a drive end and a second end opposite the drive end. A base portion is provided adjacent the second end of the shaft. The base portion is rotatable with the shaft. At least one fin is pivotally attached to the base portion. The at least one fin is rotatable in combination with the base portion and the shaft. The paintball agitator further includes at least one adapted to detect movement of the at least one fin. A controller may be provided in communication with the sensor to control operation of the paintball loader. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090025700 | DEVICE FOR STORING PROJECTILE BALLS AND FEEDING THEM INTO THE PROJECTILE CHAMBER OF A GUN - The invention relates to a device for feeding ball-like ammunition, so-called paint balls, into the projectile chamber of a sporting arm. The magazine is arranged separately from the arm and is connected to same by a feeder tube. A feeder driven by a motor feeds the balls from the ball container into the feeder tube. Traction from the motor is transmitted via a connection or clutch which can consist of a flexible member and a transmission element. Protrusions are arranged on both the flexible member and the transmission element, which come to bear on each other for transmitting traction. The protrusions are at least partially flexible, so that the transmitted force is limited. This way, explosion of the balls from excessive pressure is prevented. In addition, the feeder is detachably connected to the drive element by means of a bayonet-like connection to facilitate the cleaning of the ball container. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20110220086 | PAINTBALL LOADER SYSTEMS - A paintball loader system designed to efficiently deliver paintballs to a paintball gun. The drive mechanism is a screw-type design comprising a resilient auger. A microcontroller is programmed to automatically adjust the rotation of the auger based on data from multiple sensor points within the loader. The auger is mounted such that both rotational axial movements are enabled during operation. The axial movement of the auger is used to maintain a constant force on the paintballs awaiting loading within the paintball gun. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20090050126 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING LOADER FOR PAINTBALL MARKER AS A CONSOLIDATED DISPLAY AND RELAY CENTER - Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending and receiving data. Wireless voice communications among paintball players is possible via associated headsets. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090241929 | Paintball gun loading methods and apparatus - Methods, apparatus, systems, and kits for loading paintballs into a feed tube of a paintball gun are disclosed. A loader includes a chamber for holding paintballs, a feed mechanism having a rotational feeder within the chamber that feeds paintballs from the chamber along a feed channel when rotating to fill the feed tube, and a drive mechanism that drives the rotational feeder of the feed mechanism, ceases to drive the rotational feeder responsive to stoppage of the rotational feeder, and periodically attempts to rotate the stopped rotational feeder. Paintballs are loaded from a loader into a feed tube of a paintball gun by driving a rotational feeder within the loader, the rotational feeder configured within the loader to feed paintballs into the feed tube when rotating, ceasing to drive the rotational feeder responsive to stoppage of the rotational feeder, and periodically attempting to rotate the stopped rotational feeder. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090255522 | PELLET GUN FEEDER - A pellet gun feeder aligns at least one pellet with the breech of a pellet gun, such as a pellet pistol or a pellet rifle, and places at least one pellet in the pellet gun for use or to be discharged therefrom. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20120103316 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader which feeds paintballs to a paintball marker has a rotor body and a drive motor for rotating the rotor body. The paintball loader can include a latch member for selectively securing an upper shell member to a lower shell member. The paintball loader can include a ramp member inside the upper and lower shell members. The ramp member moves between a first or flattened position and a second or raised position to facilitate operation of the loader. The components of the loader are designed so that assembly/disassembly is performed with few, if any, tools to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110056470 | Paintball Hopper With Integrated Imaging System - Hoppers and similar loading systems have an integrated imaging system for still and/or video capture, display and/or networked transmission. The imaging system allows real time capture, display and/or transmission live paintball play action from the point of view of the player. Images can be transmitted to team mates in proximity with a corresponding imaging system and/or to off field personnel. Such image transmission from the perspective of the hopper held by the player permits coordination of on field activities among the team members or by an off field coach. In tournament play, the real time video transmission can be broadcast through the off field systems for display to a local audience or streamed to an internet audience. Recordable media within each hopper system permit the recorded images to be stored for later analysis. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056469 | ROULETTE WHEEL-TYPE FUNNEL DEVICE FOR USE WITH HOPPER OF PAINTBALL MARKER - A roulette wheel-type funnel device for use with a hopper of a paintball marker is configured according to the hopper and essentially includes a funnel body and a roulette wheel. The funnel body is formed therein with a receiving chamber connected with a ball channel. The ball channel is in tangential communication with the receiving chamber so as to form a smooth guide path. A covering plate formed adjacent to an inlet of the ball channel and has an inclined surface and extends into the receiving chamber. The roulette wheel has a sloped surface formed with at least one fin. The roulette wheel is driven to rotate by a motor and facilitates rolling of paintballs. With the ball channel being in tangential communication with the receiving chamber and forming the smooth guide path, the paintballs are fed easily and smoothly into the ball channel and prevented from being stuck. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100258101 | Wireless projectile loader system - A wireless projectile loader system is provided. The system includes at least one sensor for detecting a firing operation of a compressed gas gun and sending a signal to a wireless transmitter. The system further includes a wireless transmitter in communication with the at least one sensor, the wireless transmitter adapted to send a wireless signal in response to the sensor detecting a firing operation. The system further includes at least one wireless receiver for receiving the wireless signal in communication with a motor of a projectile loader and adapted to operate the motor in response to the signal transmitted by the transmitter. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110023858 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR FEEDING BALLS INTO THE PROJECTILE CHAMBER OF A HANDGUN - A device for storing projectile balls and feeding the balls into a projectile chamber of a gun is provided. A ball container includes a feeder positioned within the ball container for feeding balls into a feeder tube. A motor is configured to supply drive energy to the feeder. Operation of the motor is controlled as a function of the movement of the balls in the feeder tube. A spring element having a storage capacity is configured to store at least some drive energy of the motor. A slip clutch is configured to dissipate drive energy of the motor that exceeds the storage capacity of the spring element. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110067681 | PAINTBALL LOADER REMOVABLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A loader for storing and delivering paintballs to a paintball marker comprising a removable drive unit. The drive unit is arranged within a cartridge configured to be received into a cavity provided within the body of the loader. This arrangement provides for the quick removal of the drive system from the loader, facilitating ease of repair, replacement, or upgrading of the drive unit. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20100000505 | BB gun loading device - A BB gun loading device includes a feeder, a loading unit, a power breaker, and an ejection unit. The loading unit includes a worm, a driven pulley, and a motor. The worm is inserted into the feeder and coupled to the driven pulley which is driven by the motor to rotate. The rotation of the driven pulley links the worm to load BB balls in the feeder for shooting. The power breaker is adapted to cut off power supply. The ejection unit includes a press rod and a touch switch. By pressing the press rod, the touch switch is activated to link the worm to move backward so as to clear the jammed chamber. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110186025 | WIRELESS PROJECTILE LOADER SYSTEM - A wireless projectile loader system is provided. The system includes at least one sensor for detecting a firing operation of a compressed gas gun and sending a signal to a wireless transmitter. The system further includes a wireless transmitter in communication with the at least one sensor, the wireless transmitter adapted to send a wireless signal in response to the sensor detecting a firing operation. The system further includes at least one wireless receiver for receiving the wireless signal in communication with a motor of a projectile loader and adapted to operate the motor in response to the signal transmitted by the transmitter. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20080216805 | MECHANICAL DRIVE ASSIST FOR ACTIVE FEED PAINTBALL LOADER - An active feed paintball loader for supplying paintballs to a paintball marker. The loader includes a container for storing a plurality of paintballs. An outfeed tube on the container is connected to an inlet tube on the marker. The loader further includes a drive shaft, a feeder rotatably disposed in the container for feeding paintballs into the outfeed tube, and a drive spring having first and second ends. The first end is engaged to the feeder to provide a driving force to rotate the feeder within the container. The second end is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft operates to wind the drive spring to maintain sufficient tension on the drive spring to maintain a paintball stack in the outfeed tube. The loader further includes a mechanical drive handle accessible externally of the loader and connected to the drive shaft to manually wind the drive spring. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20110011386 | BOTTOM FEED MAGAZINE OF PAINTBALL GUN - A bottom feed magazine of a paintball gun includes a housing for storing a plurality of paintballs. A circular tray is mounted to the housing. A hub is rotatable about a shaft within the circular tray at a center thereof. The circular tray and the hub together define an annular channel for receiving paintballs dropped therein from the housing. A plurality of arms is provided on the hub for driving the paintballs along the channel. A tube has an inlet end extending into the channel and an outlet end extending generally upwards to a top wall of the housing. When the central hub rotates, the paintballs in the channel are driven along the channel, into the inlet end and pushed up along the tube towards the outlet end. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20120042862 | MECHANICAL DRIVE ASSIST FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - An paintball loader for supplying paintballs to a paintball marker is provided. The loader includes a container for storing a plurality of paintballs. An outfeed tube on the container is connected to an inlet tube on the marker. The loader further includes a drive shaft, and a feeder rotatably disposed in the container for feeding paintballs into the outfeed tube. The loader further includes a mechanical drive handle accessible externally of the loader and connected to the drive shaft to manually wind the drive spring. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120060811 | Bottom Loading Paintball Feed System - A paintball propelling device capable of propelling paintballs using bottom feed magazine is disclosed. The paintball propelling device, in one embodiment, includes a receiver and a bottom feed magazine. The receiver, for example, has a top surface facing upward and a bottom surface facing downward at the ground, wherein the bottom surface of the receiver includes a bottom feed port. The bottom feed magazine provides paintballs to the receiver via a bottom feed port of the receiver. The bottom feed magazine, in one aspect, includes a feed tube, an L-shaped tube, and one-way paintball stopper. The feed tube transfers the paintballs from the bottom or floor of the bottom feed magazine to the top of the bottom feed magazine. The L-shaped tube assists to transfer paintballs from paintball reservoir to the feed tube. The one-way paintball stopper is configured to hold paintballs from leaving the feed tube back to the paintball reservoir. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20090133680 | MAGNETIC DRIVE BYPASS SYSTEM FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - A drive system for a regulating the rotation of a drive system or agitator in a paintball loader is disclosed. It is designed to regulate the rotation of a feeder, especially during a jam or when projectiles in a hopper become misaligned. This allows a user to quickly and effectively clear a jam and resume or continue rapid fire without damaging projectiles, the loader or the paintball marker. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20120125303 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader for use on a paintball gun for feeding paintballs is provided. The paintball loader includes a container for holding a plurality of paintballs, a paintball agitator rotatably mounted in the container, the paintball agitator including at least two fins extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the fins spaced apart from each other forming a gap therebetween large enough to accommodate more than one paintball. At least two paintballs are positioned in the gap between the fins. A motor is configured to rotate the paintball agitator. The container includes an exit tube exiting from the bottom portion of the container and leading to an inlet tube of the paintball gun. A microprocessor in communication with a sensor may also be provided for controlling the motor. A deflector for deflecting paintballs may also be provided, the deflector movably attached to the interior surface of the container. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20090056691 | DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FEED OF A PAINTBALL LOADER - The present invention is directed to a ball feed mechanism and associated method for use in a paintball loader. The ball feed mechanism includes a feeder which conveys or impels balls toward a feed neck, and a drive member which is concentric with the feeder. The feeder is coupled to the drive member. An electric motor is used to rotate the drive member which in turn causes the feeder to rotate. The feed mechanism includes sensors which detect the motion of the feeder and the drive member. A controller determines the position of the feeder relative to the drive member and actuates a motor when necessary. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20120227723 | PAINTBALL MARKER AND LOADER SYSTEM - Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending and receiving data. Wireless voice communications among paintball players is possible via associated headsets. There is also disclosed paintball equipment and methods for controlling both the firing and loading mechanism of paintball equipment. Current systems or mechanisms have individual and discrete electronic control systems for firing operations, e.g. located in the paintball gun itself, and loading operations, e.g. located inside the paintball loader. The present disclosure unifies the electronic control of said firing and loader operations into a single electronic circuit board located on either the paintball gun or paintball loader. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120272940 | PAINTBALL LOADER DRIVE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a ball feed mechanism and associated method for use in a paintball loader. The ball feed mechanism includes a feeder which conveys or impels balls toward a feed neck, and a drive member which is concentric with the feeder. The feeder is coupled to the drive member. An electric motor is used to rotate the drive member which in turn causes the feeder to rotate. The feed mechanism includes sensors which detect the motion of the feeder and the drive member. A controller determines the position of the feeder relative to the drive member and actuates a motor when necessary. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285434 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING BALLS INTO THE BALL CHAMBER OF A HANDGUN - The invention relates to a device for feeding projectile balls into the ball chamber of a handgun, especially into the ball chamber of a paintball gun, having a ball container with an outlet port, a feeder tube between the outlet port and the ball chamber, and an essentially cylindrical feeder with an axis for feeding the balls from the ball container to the feeder tube. The device comprises a flexible element that is disposed inside the ball container adjacent to the outlet port. A first end of the flexible element is fixed to the ball container and the flexible element is essentially rigid in the direction of the axis. Balls that are not in the correct position when approaching the outlet port are deflected back into the ball container, instead of hitting the edge of the outlet port. This way, jamming of the balls and explosion by excessive pressure are prevented. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120285433 | Toy Gun - A toy gun that includes a dart ejecting device and a magazine for loading darts and shells is disclosed herein. The gun also includes a shell ejecting device having a driving mechanism and a shell ejecting mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a handle, a linkage through the center of the magazine, and a sliding piece, each of which are joined together in sequence. Other modifications and features suitable for practice therewith, and methods and means of operating the device, are also disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 124052000 | Spring | 6 |
| 20090235910 | Air gun and magazine for air gun - According to the present invention, by providing an extremely simple member such as a partition wall having a microscopic hole section, it is possible to reliably reduce the speed of a bullet to within a fixed speed, even a complicated decompression device such as a regulator is not provided. As a result, manufacturing time for the air gun is shortened, it is possible to lower manufacturing cost, and there is the effect of improving the manufacturing efficiency. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120125304 | TOY LAUNCHER APPARATUS WITH FIXED LOADABLE MAGAZINE - A toy launcher apparatus for discharging soft foam projectiles, the apparatus having a housing, a projectile launching assembly including a launching tube and a launching spring, a trigger and a cocking assembly. The apparatus also includes a magazine container for storing a stack of projectiles and having a projectile receiving opening to enable loading of projectiles into the magazine container without removing the magazine container from the housing. This is accomplished by the apparatus having a horizontal panel operatively connected to the magazine container's upper portion and movable between a first position where the panel is retracted and does not block the projectile receiving opening and a second position where the panel blocks the projectile receiving opening during a cocking cycle of the cocking assembly. The apparatus also includes a vertical panel movable between first and second positions, where in the first position the panel blocks a breech of the apparatus to prevent jamming of projectiles, and when in the second position the breech is unblocked or opened for loading. The apparatus further includes a projectile loader that is also movable between first and second positions, such that when moving from the first position to the second position the projectile loader inserts a projectile into the open breech. During a cocking cycle, when the launching spring is compressed and captured, the horizontal panel, the vertical panel and the projectile loader move between their two positions. At all other times of play a user is allowed to load the magazine at any time a user desires without removing the magazine from the remainder of the apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20110030667 | AUTO-LOADING BULLET MAGAZINE FOR TOY GUN - An auto-loading bullet magazine includes a magazine unit defining therein a bullet chamber and a bullet-loading passage; a bullet loading unit, which has a bullet-shifting wheel mounted near the inlet of the bullet-loading passage for shifting bullets from the bullet chamber into the bullet-loading passage, a ratchet wheel and a first spiral spring that is coupled between the bullet-shifting wheel and the ratchet wheel for enabling the ratchet wheel to rotate the bullet-shifting wheel; and a power input unit, which includes a reel for rotating the ratchet wheel in one single direction, a pull rope for a user to pull to rotate the reel and a second spiral spring coupled to the reel for reversing the reel. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110259312 | PROJECTILE-LOADING ASSEMBLY FOR AIR-POWERED GUN - A projectile-loading assembly ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120160225 | MAGAZINE CLEARING MECHANISM FOR SPHERICAL BULLETS - The present invention provides a mechanism for a magazine for spherical bullets able to rapidly clear bullets from the internal space of a retaining tube, thereby quickly preparing for reloading of bullets. The present invention primarily consists of a winding wheel operationally driving a drive device through a relational disposition therebetween, and uses a pullback cord fitted to the drive device to effect a rapid pulling operation, thereby swiftly driving the winding wheel to enable clearing of the internal space of the retaining tube and speedily completing preparation for reloading of bullets. | 06-28-2012 |
| 124053000 | Having cut-off | 1 |
| 20090320817 | Bullet-Loading Assembly for a Toy Gun - A bullet-loading assembly is mounted on a toy gun. The toy gun has a body and a triggering assembly. The body has a handgrip, an outer chamber, a seal, a bullet chamber, a guiding slot and a bottle chamber. The triggering assembly has a bolt, a trigger, a hammer, a linking bar and a link. The bullet-loading assembly has a barrel, a bullet passageway, a magazine and a limiting member. The barrel is mounted on the body and has a rear end and a bore. The bullet passageway is defined through the handgrip and is located adjacent to the barrel. The limiting member is mounted securely around the barrel and has a limit formed located in front of the axis of the bullet passageway and presses against an uppermost ball bullet in the bullet passageway to prevent more than one ball bullet from entering the bullet chamber. | 12-31-2009 |
| 124530500 | Fluid projectile feed | 1 |
| 20120180771 | PAINTBALL SYSTEM - A paintball system may include a marker and delivery system configured to deliver paintballs to the marker. The delivery system may include a conduit and a gas supply. The gas supply may be configured to provide gas flow to the conduit, which may propel paintballs in the conduit to the marker. The gas supply may be configured to dynamically alter the gas flow to the conduit. The delivery system may include a first seal sized and configured to form a seal with at least one of the paintballs in the conduit. | 07-19-2012 |
