Electronics system for use with projectile firing devices
AssigneeBrass Eagle, LLC
InventorBenjamin M. Williams
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Abstract
A universal electronics system has a body adapted to be removably mounted at the muzzle end of the barrel of almost any paintball marker. A pair of spaced detector units signal the time it takes for a paintball to pass through a portion of the body. A muzzle velocity calculating device converts the detector signals to a muzzle velocity, which is displayed on a display screen. The universal electronics system may further comprise a ball counter, a player counter, a clock, a chronometer that records elapsed time, a timer for recording time remaining in a game, and a thermometer. All of the data can be displayed on the display screen.
Claims28
An electronics system for use with a paintball marker, the electronics system comprising:
- a body adapted to be removably mounted to the muzzle end of the barrel of a paintball marker, the body defining a tubular path for paintballs to travel therethrough;
- an optical detector assembly carried by the body and adapted to detect the time required for a paintball to move through a portion of the tubular path;
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- a muzzle velocity calculating device operatively connected to the optical detector assembly for calculating the muzzle velocity of the paintball.
A chronograph for use with a projectile firing device, the chronograph comprising:
- a body defining a tubular path for projectiles from the projectile firing device to travel therethrough, the body adapted to be mounted to the muzzle end of the barrel of the projectile firing device with the tubular path in the body in alignment with the barrel of the projectile firing device;
- a projectile muzzle velocity detecting device carried by the body for detecting the velocity of projectiles passing through the body;
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- an integral display screen that displays the muzzle velocity of the projectile as detected by the muzzle velocity detecting device.
A self-contained electronics system for use with a projectile firing device, the electronics system comprising:
- a body adapted to be removably mounted to the muzzle end of the barrel of the projectile firing device, the body defining a tubular path for projectiles to travel therethrough;
- a detector assembly carried by the body and adapted to detect the time required for a projectile to move through a portion of the tubular path;
- a muzzle velocity calculating device operatively connected to the detector assembly for calculating the muzzle velocity of the projectile;
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- a display screen supported on the body and operatively connected to the muzzle velocity calculating device for displaying the muzzle velocity of the projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.