Projectile loader and detent assembly for guns
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorKeith Milliman
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Abstract
A gas-powered gun includes a movable loader for moving projectiles into alignment with the barrel of the gun and a detent engageable with the loader for retaining a protectile in the firing position. The loader is provided with projectile ports for holding the projectiles, and the detent is engageable with each port as it moves into alignment with the barrel. The detent is slidably mounted within a detent holder, and the detent holder is connected to a source of pressurized gas. A gas passage extends through the detent, and when the gun is fired, pressurized gas flows through the detent and propels the projectile through the barrel.
Claims11
A gas-powered gun having a barrel and means for supplying pressurized gas and a projectile loader assembly therefor, the loader assembly comprising a loader having a plurality of projectile ports, the loader being movably mounted in the gun to permit the projectile ports to be aligned with the barrel, a detent holder connected to the gas-supplying means, a detent mounted in the detent holder in alignment with the barrel, the detent having an end portion which is engageable with the projectile ports of the loader, and means for urging the detent against the loader whereby the detent provides a retaining force on the loader when a projectile port is aligned with the barrel, the detent being provided with a gas passage therethrough whereby pressurized gas can flow from the detent holder to the projectile port when the gun is fired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.