Paintball marker loading and feeding system
AssigneeSteven Craig Herron
InventorMichael Allan Isabelle
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Abstract
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.
Claims36
A magazine for storing and feeding paintballs to a paintball marker, said magazine comprising:
- a paintball container adapted to hold paintballs, said container comprising at least one aperture located near a first end of said container;
- a gate, resiliently biased to cover said aperture;
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- closure means to at least partially cover said first end and a second end of said container.
A receiver to load a paintball marker with paintballs from a magazine, said receiver comprising:
- an opening in communication with a feed neck, said opening being adapted to receive and enclose a first end of said magazine;
- at least one guide means within said opening to guide insertion of said magazine into said opening;
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- gate opening means to open said magazine, allowing paintballs to move towards said feed neck.
A loading and feeding assembly for a paintball marker comprising:
- a magazine adapted to hold paintballs, said magazine comprising a gate biased to close at least one aperture in said magazine, and at least one magazine guide means;
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- a receiver mountable on said marker, said receiver comprising:
- an opening adapted to enclose a front end of said magazine;
- receiver guide means within said opening corresponding to said guide means on said magazine;
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- gate opening means within said opening to open said magazine by moving said gate away from said aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.