BB Loader
OwnerJames J. Esslingerinventor
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Abstract
An improved BB loader has a trough formed within a lateral extension of a tubular housing, so that a predetermined quantity of BB's may be quickly loaded into the trough from the reservoir in the housing. Thereafter, substantially the entire predetermined quantity of BB's may be dispensed out of the trough in the housing (substantially all at once and in a row) and through a chute mounted on the front of the housing. Preferably, the trough communicates with the reservoir through a longitudinal slot formed in the housing; the slot has a transverse width sufficient to accommodate one BB, while the trough has a transverse width to accommodate two BB's.
Claims7
A BB loader comprising a housing having a forward end and a rearward end and further having a reservoir therebetween for storage of BB's, the housing further having a longitudinal trough means formed therein laterally of the reservoir and in communication therewith, the trough means having an open forward end and a closed rearward end, and chute means carried by the forward end of the housing and in communication with the forward end of the trough means, whereby a substantially predetermined quantity of BB's may be loaded into the trough means from the reservoir, and whereby subsequently, substantially the entire predetermined quantity of BB's may be dispensed as a row out of the trough means and through the chute means, wherein the trough means comprises a longitudinal member carried on the side of the housing, the longitudinal member having a trough formed therein, the trough having a transverse width sufficient for two BB's side-by-side, and the housing having a longitudinal slot formed therein and communicating the reservoir with the trough, the longitudinal slot having a transverse width sufficeint to accommodate one BB.
A BB loader comprising a substantially cylindical tubular housing forming a reservoir for BB's and having a closed forward end and an open rearward end, a removable cap on the rearward end of the housing, whereby BB's may be loaded into the reservoir, the housing having a longitudinal member provided with a trough formed therein, the trough having an open forward end and a closed rearward end, the housing having a longitudinal slot formed therein, parallel to the trough and communicating the trough with the reservoir, the longitudinal slot having a transverse width sufficient for the passage of one BB, a tubular chute carried by the forward end of the housing and inclined upwardly relative thereto, the chute being in communication with the trough, the trough having a transverse width sufficient to accommondate two BB's side-by-side, the trough being in communication with the chute and further having a necked-down forward portion having a transverse width sufficient for the passage of just one BB, and a removable stop on the chute, whereby a substantially predetermined quantity of BB's may be loaded into the trough from the reservoir in the housing by orienting the housing so that the trough is substantially on the bottom thereof, whereby upon turning of the housing so that the trough is laterally disposed to one side of the housing, the quantity of BB's are available for dispensing, and whereby upon removal of the stop on the chute and elevating the rearward end of the housing, substantially the entire predetermined quantity of BB's may be dispensed out of the trough and through the chute.
In a BB loader, the combination of a housing including a reservoir having a longitudinal slot formed therein, a member carried by the housing laterally thereof, the member having a trough formed therein in communication with the slot, a lip overhanging the trough adjacent to the slot, whereby the slot has a transverse width to accommodate only one BB, the trough having a transverse width to accommodate at least two BB's, the trough further having a tapered necked-down portion forming a channel to accommodate only one BB, and chute means in communication with the necked-down portion of the trough to dispense the BB's substantially in a row out of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.