Pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun
AssigneeSmart Parts, Inc.
InventorDanial Jones
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Abstract
A pneumatic assembly preferably includes a compressed gas storage area, a firing valve, and a bolt arranged along substantially the same horizontal axis. A valve retainer, a compressed gas storage area housing, and a bolt assembly are preferably arranged to form a substantially contiguous assembly housing. The firing valve is preferably configured to open when gas pressure is applied to a surface area thereof through a control valve. The bolt is preferably configured to move to a closed position before the firing valve is actuated. The control valve is preferably an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve in response to a trigger pull of a paintball gun.
Claims11
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber located within said housing;
- a pneumatic assembly disposed within said chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage area, and a bolt, wherein the bolt is configured to be disposed in a closed position before a launching sequence is initiated;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber located within said housing;
- a pneumatic assembly disposed within said chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage area, and a bolt;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve, wherein the firing valve is configured to be actuated by selectively supplying compressed gas to a second surface area, said second surface area being larger than an opposing first surface area, wherein the first surface area receives a constant supply of compressed gas.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber located within said housing;
- a pneumatic assembly disposed within said chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage area, and a bolt, wherein a rearward surface area of the bolt is larger than a forward surface area of the bolt, and wherein compressed gas supplied to the rearward surface area of the bolt causes the bolt to close by overcoming a force provided by the compressed gas on the forward surface area of the bolt;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber located within said housing;
- a pneumatic assembly disposed within said chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage area, and a bolt;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve, wherein the firing valve is configured having a second surface area larger than a first surface area, wherein the first surface area is configured to continuously receive a supply of compressed gas while the gun is pressurized, and wherein said second surface area is configured to selectively receive a supply of compressed gas from the electro-pneumatic valve to operate the firing valve by overcoming a force created by the compressed gas on the first surface area.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber located within said housing;
- a pneumatic assembly disposed within said chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage area, and a bolt, wherein the bolt comprises a first surface area larger than a second surface area, wherein the second surface area is configured to continuously receive a supply of compressed gas while the gun is pressurized, and wherein the first surface area is configured to receive a supply of compressed gas to operate the bolt by overcoming a force of the compressed gas on the second surface area;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a substantially longitudinally arranged chamber disposed through a housing of said paintball gun from a rearward end to a breech end;
- an in-line pneumatic assembly located within said chamber, said in-line pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage chamber, and a bolt assembly arranged together in a substantially contiguous assembly housing;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve, wherein said firing valve comprises a first surface area and a second surface area, wherein said first surface area is smaller than the second surface area, and wherein said electro-pneumatic valve is configured to selectively supply compressed gas to the second surface area to actuate the firing valve.
An electro-pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a substantially longitudinally arranged chamber disposed through a housing of said paintball gun from a rearward end to a breech end;
- an in-line pneumatic assembly located within said chamber, said in-line pneumatic assembly comprising a firing valve, a compressed gas storage chamber, and a bolt assembly arranged together in a substantially contiguous assembly housing, wherein said bolt assembly comprises a bolt cylinder and a bolt, wherein said bolt comprises a first surface area and a second surface area, and wherein said second surface area is smaller than said first surface area;
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- an electro-pneumatic valve configured to actuate the firing valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.