Paintball guns

• US 6,860,259 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Issued: 03/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Npf Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Npf Ltd.
• Inventors: Rice, John Ronald, Marks, Nicholas John
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Teri P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holzen, Stephen A.
• Application Number:
  US10/856,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20040216727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 277 Days
• Field of Search: 124/77, 124/56, 124/71, 124/73, 124/72, 124/74, 42/84
• US Class Current: 124/77
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/06 Electric or electromechanical safeties F41A17/04, F41A17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/01 Counting means indicating the number of shots fired
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/64 for automatic or burst-firing mode
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/66 Electronic shot-velocity control F41A19/65 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/67 Burst limiters
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 11/00 Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 11/57 Electronic or electric systems for feeding or loading F41B11/53 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 11/62 with pressure supplied by a gas cartridge
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 11/71 Electric or electronic control systems, e.g. for safety purposes
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 11/723 for controlling gas pressure for firing the projectile only

Abstract

An electronically controlled pneumatic paintball gun, comprising means for monitoring and/or controlling one or more parameters of the gun'"'"'s operation and alphanumeric display means for displaying data related to said monitoring or control on a display panel integral with the gun.

Claims

1. A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:

a body;

a trigger operatively connected to the body;

a switch upon which the trigger acts;

a pneumatic control system operatively connected to the switch, the pneumatic control system configured to control the firing of one or more paintballs from the paintball gun; and

a processor in communication with the switch and the pneumatic control system, the processor electronically monitoring valve dwell time of the pneumatic control system.