Mechanical guns and projectors – Fluid pressure – Having common supply to plural projector barrels
Reexamination Certificate
2002-01-08
2004-02-10
Poon, Peter M (Department: 3643)
Mechanical guns and projectors
Fluid pressure
Having common supply to plural projector barrels
C273S368000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06688299
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shooting game apparatus, in particular to the shooting game apparatus in which a bullet is delivered from a bullet supplying apparatus to a shooting apparatus using relatively low pressured compressed air and shot from the shooting apparatus using relatively high pressed compressed air.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Generally, a shooing game playing by hitting a target with a shooting apparatus such as a gun or a bow has been widely enjoyed so far and moreover computer simulation shooting game is getting developed recently. Among those shooting games, a shooting game using compressed air has been mostly enjoyed because vibration or explosion sound generated when a bullet is shot from the shooting apparatus gives truthfulness to gamers. Further, in case that a target is a premium such as a doll, gamers can more enjoy the game because they have a lot of choice on the premium and get the premium on the spot when the target is hit.
However, there are problems relating to a conventional shooting game apparatus using compressed air. The compressed air generated by air compressor is directly supplied to a plurality of shooting apparatuses, so that pressure of the compressed air supplied to the shooting apparatus can be varied depending on number of the shooting apparatuses and distance between the shooting apparatuses and the air compressor. Thus, pressures supplied to each of the shooting apparatuses can be different from each other. As a result, it is difficult to expect reliable launching rapidity or straight forwarding of bullets.
Further, moisture generated by the air compressor that is installed into the shooting game apparatus is collected in a catch vessel. Accordingly, in case that the moisture collected in the catch vessel is not removed at a proper time, water is flowing over into the shooting game apparatus, so that the apparatus is easily rusted away. To avoid rusting of compartments of the shooting game apparatus and keep clean it, dewater must be regularly performed. By the way, it takes a lot of maintenance time and cost to dewater the shooting game apparatus.
Still further, conventional bullet supply apparatus could not rapidly supply a lot of bullets to a shooting apparatus due to small capacity of magazine that stores bullets. Further, operation of the bullet supply apparatus is not stable and the bullet supply apparatus is easily out of order because mechanical mechanism of the conventional bullet supply apparatus is so complicated as well as the bullet supply apparatus operates in response to on-off operation of solenoid. The bullet is delivered from the magazine to the shooting apparatus using the compressed air, so that delivering path is so long. Therefore, the bullet could not be smoothly transferred in case there is height difference between a position of the shooting apparatus and a position of the bullet supply apparatus.
Further, the bullet used in the shooting game apparatus using the compressed air is easily broken or smashed, so that size of the bullet become smaller than the standardized size. On the other hand, shape of the bullet that is initially spherical is deteriorated to become oval far from the standardized shape because the bullet is crashed against the inside wall of the shooting apparatus or a target. The conventional bullet supply apparatus could not sort the deteriorated or broken bullet, so that a plurality of problems happened.
Further, the conventional shooting game apparatus needs so many compartments such as a spool that is installed into the shooting apparatus and moves a bullet, a solenoid which operates the spool, and a compressed air transferring tube that transfers compressed air to a solenoid valve, so that manufacturing cost of the shooting game apparatus was high. Further, assembly work of the apparatus is difficult and productivity is low because mechanism of the conventional shooting game apparatus is complicated. Further, reliability of the conventional shooting game apparatus is low because the solenoid electrically operated or the compressed air transferring tube can easily be out of order due to careless of a gamer or a user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus which is capable of supplying compressed air at uniform pressure to a plurality of shooting apparatuses regardless of number of shooting apparatuses or a distance between the shooting apparatuses and air compressor.
It is, therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus that is capable of reducing maintenance time and cost by automatically drying moisture generated by an air compressor that is installed into the shooting game apparatus.
It is, therefore, further another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus that is capable of continuously supplying a lot of bullets to a shooting apparatus at regular intervals.
It is, therefore, still another object of the present invention is to provide a trouble free shooting game apparatus that has simple structure.
It is, therefore, still further another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus having a bullet supply apparatus that is capable of stably supplying bullets to a shooting apparatus.
It is, therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus having a bullet supply apparatus that is capable of supplying only normal bullets having standardized shape and size to a shooting apparatus by sorting bullets to remove abnormal bullets.
It is, therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus having a bullet sorting apparatus that is capable of removing abnormal or damaged bullets that have sizes smaller or bigger than the normal bullets.
It is, therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus having a motor overload prevention apparatus that is capable of smoothly transferring rotary power of a motor to a rotating shaft and protecting a motor from being damaged by suppressing overload of the motor when a motor is not rotated.
It is, therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus that can be easily assembled due to its simple structure. Therefore productivity and reliability of the shooting apparatus will be raised and not be easily malfunctioned.
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shooting game apparatus having a housing, an air compressor installed in the housing, and at least one shooting apparatus for shooting a bullet using compressed air supplied from the air compressor, comprising: a bullet shooting pressure supplying means for supplying relatively high pressure using compressed air generated by the air compressor to the shooting apparatus so as to shoot a bullet; a bullet delivering pressure supplying means for supplying relatively low pressure using compressed air generated by the air compressor to deliver a bullet so as to the shooting apparatus; and a controller which is electrically connected to the air compressor, the shooting apparatus, the bullet shooting pressure supplying means and the bullet delivering pressure supplying means for controlling thereof.
In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, the bullet shooting pressure supplying means includes a bullet shooting pressure adjusting valve that is installed on a bullet shooting pressure transferring tube connecting the air compressor with the shooting apparatus for adjusting pressure of the compressed air to be supplied to the shooting apparatus.
In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, the bullet shooting pressure supplying means further includes an auxiliary tank that is installed between the air compressor and the bullet shooting pressure adjusting valve for temporarily storing compressed air distributed by the air compressor.
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Andamiro Co., Ltd.
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Parsley David J
Poon Peter M
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