Paintball guns
AssigneeNPF Limited
InventorsJohn Ronald Rice, Nicholas John Marks
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Abstract
An electronically controlled pneumatic paintball gun. The paintball gun includes an apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling one or more paramaters of the gun's operation. The gun also includes a system for providing information to a user related to the monitoring or control, including but note limited to firing mode, valve dwell time, ambient temperature, whether the gun is in live or safe mode, whether or not a fault has been detected, maximum rate of fire, battery status, and combinations thereof.
Claims45
A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a gun body;
- a pneumatic system within the gun body for firing one or more paintballs;
- a processor in communication with the pneumatic system, the processor monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic system;
- and
- means for providing to a user information concerning at least one operating parameter of the pneumatic system.
A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a gun body;
- a pneumatic system within the body for firing one or more paintballs;
- means for electronically monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic system's operation;
- and
- a display for providing information concerning at least one operating parameter of the pneumatic system.
A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a body;
- a pneumatic system within the body for firing one or more paintballs;
- means for monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic system's operation;
- and
- means for informing a user of the pneumatic paintball gun about information concerning at least one operating parameter of the pneumatic system.
A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a trigger;
- a switch actuable by the trigger;
- a pneumatic system operatively connected to the switch for firing one or more paintballs;
- a processor in communication with the switch for controlling and monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic system;
- and
- means for providing information to a user about at least one operating parameter of the pneumatic system.
A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:
- a body
- a trigger operatively connected to the body;
- a switch upon which the trigger acts;
- a pneumatic control system operatively connected to the switch, the pneumatic control system configured to control the firing of one or more paintballs from the paintball gun;
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- a processor in communication with the switch and the pneumatic system, the processor monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.