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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Lurker Paintball, Llc, Hockessin, DE (US);
Ryan C. Kenaley, Hockessin, DE (US);
Steven M. Lynam, Fitchburg, WI (US);
LURKER PAINTBALL, LLC, Hockessin, DE (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic projectile launcher with improved valve opening and closing characteristics includes a trigger mechanism in communication with a valve assembly, preferably through pneumatic or mechanical means. This valve assembly consists of at least two members; the first is used to seal a single projectile in a barrel tube so as to accelerate the projectile with a gas pulse ('bolt'). The second member of the assembly is a valve member which controls the release of said gas pulse. The aforementioned pulse that propels the projectile out of the barrel ('forward') also acts on a face of the valve member opposite the projectile, translating the valve member rearward to the original, closed position.