Projectile feed system

Apparatus for storing and dispensing spherical projectiles comprising a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a carrier mounted in the chamber, the carrier defining a plurality of pockets around its periphery and each pocket being capable of receiving from a lower portion of the chamber a spherical projectile fed by gravity from an upper portion of the chamber, the apparatus further comprising guide means to urge respective spherical projectiles from the pockets and into the outlet as a result of relative rotary movement between the carrier and the guide means, wherein the guide means are adapted to limit movement of spherical projectiles in contact therewith in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation.

Apparatus for storing and dispensing spherical projectiles comprising a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a carrier mounted in the chamber, the carrier being capable of receiving spherical projectiles fed by gravity from an upper portion of the chamber, the apparatus further comprising guide means to urge respective spherical projectiles form the carrier and into the outlet as a result of relative rotary movement between the carrier and the guide means, wherein the guide means are adapted to limit movement of spherical projectiles in contact therewith in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation.

Apparatus for storing and dispensing spherical projectiles comprising a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a carrier mounted in the chamber, the carrier being capable of receiving from a lower portion of the chamber spherical projectiles fed by gravity from an upper portion of the chamber, the apparatus further comprising guide means to urge respective spherical projectiles form the carrier and into the outlet as a result of relative rotary movement between the carrier and the guide means, wherein an alignment member is provided above the carrier, the alignment member serving to align the sphericl projectiles with respect to the carrier.

Apparatus for storing and dispensing spherical projectiles comprising a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a carrier mounted in the chamber, the carrier being capable of receiving from a lower portion of the chamber spherical projectiles fed by gravity from an upper portion of the chamber, the apparatus further comprising guide means to urge respective spherical projectiles form the carrier and into the outlet as a result of relative rotary movement between the carrier and the guide means, and a feed tube to which the spherical projectiles are fed by the carrier, the feed tube being arranged to convey the spherical projectiles to a delivery point.