Mechanical guns and projectors – Element – Magazine
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-11
2003-03-04
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Mechanical guns and projectors
Element
Magazine
Reexamination Certificate
active
06526955
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lacquer bullet gun feeding system, particularly to a lacquer bullet gun feeding system ensuring smooth feeding and reducing blocking of bullets.
2. Description of Related Art
In popular war games, war scenes of dueling parties are simulated, providing for interesting and exciting entertainment, which is appealing especially to young people. For these war games, lacquer bullet guns are used which are powered by compressed gas. Lacquer bullets that are loaded into a lacquer gun are taken along by compressed gas flow and pushed out. Lacquer bullets to be fired are placed in a storing case. For continuous firing, stored lacquer bullets fall successively into a feeding tube to be fired from within the lacquer bullet gun.
A conventional storing case and feeding system, as shown in
FIG. 3
, comprises: a storing case
10
, having a curved inner side; a feeding opening
11
at a lowermost location of the storing case
10
; and a feeding tube
12
, continuing from the feeding opening
11
.
For taking advantage of the conventional storing case and feeding system, the lacquer bullets have a round shape, thus rolling along the curved inner side of the storing case
10
, reaching the feeding opening
11
. Usually a user continually sways the lacquer bullet gun, stirring the lacquer bullets, so that the lacquer bullets by their own weight fall down from the feeding opening
11
. However, the lacquer bullets, being made of lacquer coated by glue, are light and readily stick together when falling down the feeding tube
12
. Also, several lacquer bullets may clump together at an edge of the feeding opening
11
, so that the feeding tube
12
is blocked and firing of lacquer bullets is interrupted, not permitting continuous firing. Then the user has to shake the lacquer bullet gun forcefully to free the lacquer bullets, allowing them to fall down the feeding tube
12
one by one, which is inconvenient for timing of a wargame.
A more advanced storing case and feeding system, as shown in
FIG. 4
, comprises: a storing case
20
, having a curved inner side; a feeding opening
21
at a lowermost location of the storing case
20
; a feeding tube
22
, continuing from the feeding opening
21
; a motor
23
on one side of the feeding tube
22
, driving a rotating movement of blades
25
; and a battery
24
, supplying the motor
23
with power.
When this storing case and feeding system is used, the motor
23
causes the blades
25
to rotate within the storing case
20
. By the continuous rotating movement of the blades
25
, the lacquer bullets successively fall down the feeding tube
22
. However, a regular motor has high power consumption. Once the battery
24
is exhausted, the blades
25
stop rotating, blocking the lacquer bullets, preventing the lacquer bullets from falling down the feeding tube
22
. Furthermore, since the blades
25
are placed within the storing case
20
, there is no way to accommodate a large number of lacquer bullets therein, otherwise the blades
25
easily block the lacquer bullets, not permitting continuous firing. Then the lacquer bullets have to be stirred manually using a finger to be freed from a blocked state, which is very inconvenient.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the main object of the present invention to provide a lacquer bullet gun feeding system which allows lacquer bullets smoothly to enter a feeding tube.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a lacquer bullet gun feeding system having a storing case with increased capacity where blocked states do not occur.
The present invention can be more fully understood by reference to the following description and accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5282454 (1994-02-01), Bell et al.
patent: 5947100 (1999-09-01), Anderson
patent: 6305367 (2001-10-01), Kotsiopoulos et al.
patent: 6415781 (2002-07-01), Perrone
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Ricci John A.
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