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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Paul M. Ciesiun, Manhattan, IL (US);
Inventor:
Paul M. Ciesiun, Manhattan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hopper devicefor illuminating luminescent paintballs before the paintballs are projected down the barrel of a paintball gun includes a hopper shell, top and bottom rowsandof ultraviolet lightsdisposed at preselected portions of the shellto maximize the exposure of the paintballsto ultraviolet light emitted from the lights, a pair of low voltage D.C. batteriesthat supply power via a switchto an inverterwhich increases the voltage to a magnitude used by the lights