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US 2026/0098703 A1Published application
Enhanced Valve
OwnerCarl E. Caudle, Nathanel J. Caudle +1inventors
InventorsCarl E. Caudle, Nathanel J. Caudle, Michael Decker
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Abstract
Examples of devices and techniques provide a novel air gun that includes an initiating valve arranged to trigger a pneumatic main valve. An auxiliary compressed gas source controlled by the initiating valve is used to operate the main valve. The main valve controls the release of compressed gas from a primary compressed gas reservoir into the bore of the air gun to propel a projectile from the air gun.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an air gun configured to propel a projectile without combustion at a preselected velocity, the air gun including:
- a chamber of a barrel for queuing the projectile for transport into a bore of the barrel;
- a bore of the barrel coupled to the chamber for expelling the projectile at the preselected velocity;
- a source of compressed gas coupled to the chamber;
- a trigger mechanism arranged to cause a predetermined portion of the compressed gas to enter the chamber behind the projectile to expel the projectile at the preselected velocity through the bore when activated;
- at least one main valve disposed between the chamber and the source of compressed gas and arranged to open for a first limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated to introduce the predetermined portion of the compressed gas into the chamber behind the projectile;
- an auxiliary source of compressed gas arranged to open at least one main valve for the first limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated;
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- at least one initiating valve disposed between the auxiliary source of compressed gas and the at least one main valve and arranged to open for a second limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated to introduce a portion of the auxiliary source of compressed gas to the at least one main valve to open the at least one main valve for the first limited duration.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an air gun configured to propel a projectile without combustion at a preselected velocity, the air gun including:
- a barrel having a bore for expelling the projectile at the preselected velocity;
- a primary source of compressed gas coupled to the bore;
- a trigger mechanism arranged to cause a predetermined portion of the compressed gas of the primary source to enter the bore behind the projectile to expel the projectile at the preselected velocity through the bore when activated;
- a main valve disposed between the bore and the primary source of compressed gas and arranged to open for a first limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated to introduce the predetermined portion of the compressed gas of the primary source into the bore behind the projectile;
- an auxiliary source of compressed gas arranged to open the main valve for the first limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated;
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- an initiating valve disposed between the auxiliary source of compressed gas and the main valve and arranged to open for a second limited duration when the trigger mechanism is activated to introduce a portion of the auxiliary source of compressed gas to the main valve to open the main valve for the first limited duration.
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An air gun configured to propel a projectile without combustion, comprising:
- a barrel having a bore for expelling the projectile;
- a primary source of compressed gas coupled to the bore;
- a pneumatically triggered main valve disposed between the primary source of compressed gas and the bore and arranged to open for a first limited duration when triggered to introduce a first portion of compressed gas of the primary source of compressed gas into the bore behind the projectile;
- an auxiliary source of compressed gas coupled to the main valve;
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- an initiating valve disposed between the auxiliary source of compressed gas and the main valve and arranged to open for a second limited duration when activated to introduce a second portion of the compressed gas of the auxiliary source of compressed gas to the main valve to trigger the main valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.