Paintball gun barrel system
AssigneeMethod Development Products LLC
InventorsJerod BUSHMAN, John CHAMBERS
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods relate to barrel arrangements for use with paintball guns. The barrel arrangement includes an insert that may be tubular and selectable by a user to have an inside bore diameter to provide desired fit with a paintball. An external barrel receives the insert and is attachable to a frame of the paintball gun. An externally mounted resilient band around an outside circumference of the external barrel facilitates centering and retention of the insert within the external barrel. Specifically, the external barrel includes a set of apertures through which extensions on an inside surface of the resilient band protrude into biasing contact with an outside surface of the insert.
Claims20
A barrel assembly for a paintball gun, comprising:
- an external barrel having a threaded end for mating with a body of the paintball gun and at least one set of radial apertures disposed around a circumference of the external barrel;
- an insert that is tubular shaped and disposed inside of the external barrel;
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- at least one resilient band disposed around the external barrel and having extensions along an inside surface of the at least one resilient band that protrude through the at least one set of radial apertures and are urged into contact with the insert.
A method of assembling a barrel assembly for a paintball gun, comprising:
- providing an external barrel having a threaded end for mating with a body of the paintball gun and at least one set of radial apertures disposed around a circumference of the external barrel;
- disposing an insert that is tubular shaped inside of the external barrel;
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- disposing at least one resilient band around the external barrel such that extensions along an inside surface of the at least one resilient band protrude through the at least one set of radial apertures and are urged into contact with the insert.
A paintball gun, comprising:
- a body;
- a hopper coupled to the body for carrying paintballs to be fed into the body;
- a tank coupled to the body for supply of compressed gas to project the paintballs;
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- a barrel assembly coupled to the body, the barrel assembly including:
- an external barrel having a threaded end for mating with the body and at least one set of radial apertures disposed around a circumference of the external barrel;
- an insert that is tubular shaped and disposed inside of the external barrel;
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- at least one resilient band disposed around the external barrel and having extensions along an inside surface of the at least one resilient band that protrude through the at least one set of radial apertures and are urged into contact with the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.