Projectile launcher able to launch an object using a hammer
AssigneeReal Action Paintball (RAP4), Inc.
InventorOmar Alonso Macy
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Abstract
A projectile launching device such as a paintball gun capable of firing a paintball using a hammer is disclosed. The paintball gun, in one embodiment, includes a bolt, a valve, and a hammer wherein the bolt has an air channel and is able to move within a bolt chamber. The valve, which is situated in a firing control chamber arranged in parallel to the bolt chamber, controls pressurized gas. The hammer, in one aspect, includes a pivot hole capable of hosting a pivot pin which facilitates a swing motion for the hammer. When the hammer swings around the pivot hole, the hammer contacts the valve whereby a portion of the pressurized gas is release. The bolt further includes a hammer reset element which is able to reset the hammer to a ready for firing position during a launch process.
Claims19
A projectile launching device comprising:
- a bolt having an air channel for launching a projectile and a hammer groove, and configured to be able to move within a bolt chamber;
- a valve coupled to the air channel of the bolt and having a valve pin configured to have a physical shape substantially like a single piece metal rod with a first end situated at approximately one end of the rod and a second end situated approximately at opposite end of the first end, the first end able to control amount of pressurized gas flowing into the air channel, and configured to be situated in a firing control chamber which is arranged in parallel to the bolt chamber;
- a hammer having a pivot hole for hosting a pivot pin and configured to create a swing motion of the hammer around the pivot hole and to allow at least a portion of the hammer to pass through the hammer groove of the bolt during the swing motion before the hammer strikes the second end to release a predefined amount of pressurized gas to launch a paintball;
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- an auto-op lever having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the auto-op lever is triggerable by repositioning movement of the bolt and the second end of the auto-op lever is capable of releasing the hammer in response to movement of the first end of auto-op lever when a full-auto firing mode is selected.
A method of launching a paintball comprising:
- releasing a hammer from a ready to fire position;
- allowing the hammer to swing around a pivot pin passing through one end of the hammer;
- facilitating a striking portion of the hammer to swing into a bolt chamber and a hammer groove of a bolt in response to an elastic element;
- hitting a first end of a valve pin of a valve with the striking portion of the hammer and shifting a second end of the valve pin which is opposite end of the first end of a valve pin which is structured approximately as a longitudinal single piece bar in a predefined distance permitting pressurized gas to flow into a middle portion of a bolt;
- releasing a predefined amount of pressurized gas before the striking portion of the hammer retracts from the valve pin;
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- launching a paintball via the portion of pressurized gas channeled through a bolt;
- providing an auto-op lever having a first end and a second end;
- triggering the first end of the auto-op lever by repositioning movement of the bolt;
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- releasing the hammer from the second end of the auto-op lever in response to movement of the first end of the auto-op lever when a full-auto firing mode is selected.
A paintball launcher comprising:
- a bolt having an air channel for launching a paintball, wherein the bolt includes a hammer groove;
- a valve coupled to the air channel of the bolt and having a valve pin configured to have a physical shape substantially like a single piece metal rod with a first end situated at approximately one end of the rod and a second end situated approximately at opposite end of the first end, the first end able to control flow of pressurized gas between the air channel and a pressurized gas canister, and configured to be situated in a firing control chamber which is arranged in parallel to the bolt chamber;
- a hammer having a pivot hole for hosting a pivot pin and configured to create a swing motion of the hammer around the pivot hole and allowing at least a portion of the hammer to pass through the hammer groove during the swing motion before the hammer strikes the second end to release a predefined amount of pressurized gas to launch a paintball;
- an auto-op lever having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the auto-op lever is triggerable by repositioning movement of the bolt and the second end of the auto-op lever is capable of releasing the hammer in response to movement of the first end of auto-op lever when a full-auto firing mode is selected;
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- an operation switch coupled to the hammer and configured to allow an operator to select from one of a single firing mode and a full-auto firing mode for paintball launching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.