Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs

Mechanical guns and projectors – Element – Means for feeding projectile or ejecting cartridge

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C124S080000, C124S032000, C124S071000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11331608

ABSTRACT:
A device10for illuminating luminescent paintballs before the paintballs are projected down the barrel of a paintball gun includes a conduit12configured to form a forty-five degree angle to promote the arranging of luminescent paintballs into a single row as the paintballs “fall” from an enclosure and into the conduit12to ultimately exit the conduit12and drop into a discharge mechanism, a plurality of ultraviolet lamps14that are positioned about an inner portion of the conduit12to illuminate the luminescent paintballs thereby urging the paintballs to “glow” in the dark, a “horseshoe” configured bracket16that disposes the lamps14at preselected portions of the conduit12that maximizes the exposure of the paintballs to ultraviolet light from the lamps14, a low voltage D.C. battery18and on-off switch20attached to an outer portion of the conduit12, and an inverter22also attached to an outer portion of the conduit12adjacent to the battery18, the battery18, on-off switch20and inverter22cooperating to provide a stepped up R.M.S. voltage to the lamps14.A hoper device50for illuminating luminescent paintballs before the paintballs are projected down the barrel of a paintball gun includes a hopper shell52, top and bottom rows54and56of ultraviolet lights 14 disposed at preselected portions of the shell52to maximize the exposure of the paintballs11to ultraviolet light emitted from the lights14, a pair of low voltage D.C. batteries58that supply power via a switch60to an inverter62which increases the voltage to a magnitude used by the lights14.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1389132 (1921-08-01), Galavan
patent: 1693368 (1928-11-01), Cherry
patent: 2113409 (1938-04-01), Niemeyer
patent: 3059373 (1962-10-01), Gardner
patent: 5311413 (1994-05-01), Farmer et al.
patent: 5415151 (1995-05-01), Fusi et al.
patent: 5762058 (1998-06-01), Cheng et al.
patent: 6048280 (2000-04-01), Palmer et al.
patent: 6082349 (2000-07-01), Cheng et al.
patent: 6134826 (2000-10-01), Mah
patent: 6298841 (2001-10-01), Cheng et al.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3899418

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.