Procedure and device for feeding balls into the projectile chamber of a handgun
AssigneeKEE Action Sports I LLC
InventorHeddies Andresen
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Abstract
A device for storing projectile balls and feeding the balls into a projectile chamber of a gun is provided. A ball container includes a feeder positioned within the ball container for feeding balls into a feeder tube. A motor is configured to supply drive energy to the feeder. Operation of the motor is controlled as a function of the movement of the balls in the feeder tube. A spring element having a storage capacity is configured to store at least some drive energy of the motor. A slip clutch is configured to dissipate drive energy of the motor that exceeds the storage capacity of the spring element.
Claims8
A device for storing projectile balls and feeding the balls into a projectile chamber of a gun, comprising:
- a ball container;
- a feeder positioned within the ball container for feeding balls into a feeder tube;
- a motor configured to supply drive energy to the feeder, wherein operation of the motor is controlled as a function of the movement of balls in the feeder tube;
- a spring element having a storage capacity and configured to store at least some drive energy of the motor;
- and,
- a slip clutch in communication with the feeder and configured to dissipate drive energy of the motor that exceeds the storage capacity of the spring element.
A procedure for feeding projectile balls to the projectile chamber of a paintball gun, whereby projectile balls are fed by means of a motor from a ball container through a feeder tube into a projectile chamber of a paintball gun, the motor is controlled as a function of the movement of projectile balls in the feeder tube, drive energy supplied by the motor may be stored in a spring element having a storage capacity, and whereby the drive energy that exceeds the storage capacity of the spring element is dissipated via a slip clutch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.