Compressed gas-powered projectile accelerator
AssigneeKEE Action Sports I LLC
InventorRobert K. Masse
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Abstract
A pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun is provided. The pneumatic assembly includes a valve stem, and a bolt slidably mounted on the valve stem. The bolt includes at least one bolt port arranged through a sidewall of the bolt. A sealing member is provided on the valve stem in communication with an inner surface of the bolt. The bolt slides from a rearward position to a forward position along the valve stem. Compressed gas flows through the bolt port and through the bolt aperture to fire a projectile when the bolt is in the forward position. A paintball gun incorporating the pneumatic assembly is also provided.
Claims8
A compressed gas gun, comprising:
- a stationary housing including a compressed gas receiving portion configured to receive compressed gas from a source of compressed gas;
- a housing passage arranged within the housing;
- a bolt having a bolt passage slidably arranged within the housing passage moveable between a rearward position and a forward position, the bolt having a bolt opening in a forward portion of the bolt, wherein movement of the bolt relative to the housing from the rearward position to the forward position opens a flow path providing communication between the compressed gas receiving portion of the housing and the bolt opening, the bolt having an increased diameter portion adjacent its rearward end;
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- a valve providing selective communication between a source of compressed gas and a forward facing portion of the bolt to move the bolt to a rearward position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.