Mechanical guns and projectors – Element – Magazine
Patent
1996-05-28
1998-08-18
Ricci, John A.
Mechanical guns and projectors
Element
Magazine
124 82, 89 3317, 221258, 221259, 221277, F41B 1102
Patent
active
057946060
ABSTRACT:
A feed mechanism for use with a paintball gun having an infeed tube for receiving paintballs that are to be fired from the paintball gun. The feed mechanism includes a storage container, a feeder tube, a feed structure, an electric motor and a switch for automatically stopping the electric motor. The storage container holds paintballs and has a bottom wall with a feeder opening therein. The feeder tube is connected to the infeed tube so as to form a feed path. The feed structure has a passage that extends between the feeder opening of the storage container and the feeder tube. The passage is defined in part by a first surface secured to the periphery of a first wheel and a second surface secured to the periphery of a second wheel. The first and second surfaces have a spacing therebetween that is smaller than the diameter of the paintballs. The first and second surfaces are composed of a deformable material that grips paintballs at the feeder opening. The electric motor rotates the first wheel towards the feeder tube so as to move paintballs gripped by the first and second surfaces through the passage and into the feeder tube. The switch automatically stops the electric motor when there is a jam in the feed path.
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