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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2000
Thomas G. Kostiopoulos, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Airgun Designs, Inc., Wheeling, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides jam free paintball feeding systems for use with a paintball gun. Such paintball feeder systems include a feeder for feeding paintballs to a paintball gun which includes a first compliant moveable component, such as a rotating disk or conveyor belt, and a second compliant or non-compliant surface, the space between said first moveable component and said second component being less than the diameter of said paintballs to be fed to the paintball gun. The first moveable component includes a flexible material that is compliant to a paintball when said paintball contacts said first moveable component, such that said paintballs are frictionally engaged between said first moveable component and said second component. Additional aspects combine jam free feeders in storage containers, such as paintball hoppers, with the paintball feeding systems. Methods of feeding paintballs to a paintball gun by use of the paintball feeders of the invention are also provided.
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