Gas regulator
AssigneeNPF Limited
InventorsJohn Ronald Rice, Nicholas John Marks
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Abstract
A gas regulator, relating in particular to a regulator for a gas or air cylinders, for supplying compressed air to a paintball gun or other compressed air powered projectile firing devices. A micro controller operably associated with the gas regulator is adapted to generate a shots remaining signal by receiving a pressure drop signal from a pressure transducer and a set of shot fired signals corresponding to the gas pressure drop signal. A method is also provided for generating the shots remaining signal using a second gas cylinder temperature signal, a temperature compensated shots remaining calibration constant and a gas regulator input pressure signal.
Claims14
A gas regulator for a compressed gas powered projectile firing device adapted to generate a shots remaining signal, the gas regulator comprising:
- a pressure transducer;
- and
- a microcontroller operably coupled to the pressure transducer, the microcontroller including:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory operably coupled to the processor and having program instructions stored therein, the processor being operable to execute the program instructions, the program instructions including:
- receiving first and second calibration gas pressure signals from the pressure transducer;
- receiving a shots fired signal;
- receiving a gas input pressure signal from the pressure transducer;
- and
- generating a shots remaining signal from the first and second calibration gas pressure signals, the gas input pressure signal, and the shots fired signal.
A gas regulator for a compressed gas powered projectile firing device adapted to generate a shots remaining signal, the gas regulator comprising:
- an input pressure transducer;
- an output pressure transducer;
- and
- a microcontroller operably coupled to the input pressure transducer and the output pressure transducer, the microcontroller including:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory operably coupled to the processor and having program instructions stored therein, the processor being operable to execute the program instructions, the program instructions including:
- receiving a first and second calibration gas pressure signal from the input pressure transducer;
- receiving a shots fired signal;
- receiving a gas output pressure signal from the output pressure transducer;
- receiving a gas input pressure signal from the input pressure transducer;
- and
- generating a shots remaining signal from the first and second calibration gas pressure signals, gas input pressure signal, gas output pressure signal, and the shots fired signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.