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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Ronald Rice, Stafford, GB;
Nicholas John Marks, Staffordshire, GB;
Fraser Colley, Wolverhampton, GB;
Assignee:
NPF Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B 1/102 ;
Abstract
A paintball feed system ( ) comprises flexible detent beams ( ) that flex about first and second support points ( ) such that they allow a paintball ( ) to pass from a hopper ( ) into a feed tube ( ) leading to a paintball marker's breech ( ) under it's own weight when flexing about the first support point ( ). The beams ( ) are rigid enough, when flexing about the second support pint ( ), to prevent the return of the paintball ( ) back into the hopper ( ) from the feed tube ( ).