PAINTBALL DRIVE SYSTEM OF A PAINTBALL LOADER

摘要

A paintball drive system of a paintball loader and includes a board having a hole with which a driving ring is engaged. A gear ring is connected to the driving ring. A friction ring is located at the inside of the gear ring. A base is located beneath the board and has a cone which has an outlet and an entrance. A power unit is connected to one end of the loader and rotates the gear ring. The paintballs are received in the paintball loader and is moved by the friction ring which is driven by the gear ring to guide the paintballs to move through the entrance and be fed into the paintball gun via the outlet.

主权项

1. A paintball drive system of a paintball loader, the paintball drive system located in a paintball loader which has a top casing and a bottom casing, the paintball drive system comprising:
a floor board having a hole defined therethrough, said floor board including an inclined ramp extending from a periphery of the hole to provide a floor for a chamber arranged between the top casing and the bottom casing; a power unit mounted to an end of the floor board; a base located at an underside of the floor board at a position corresponding to the hole, a room being formed in a top of the base and configured to contain a quantity of paintballs therein, said base including a non-rotating cone extending from the top of the base at a center portion of the room, an outlet defined below a center of the non-rotating cone, a paintball way formed along a periphery of the non-rotating cone and communicating with the room, and a cover covering the outlet, wherein the non-rotating cone includes an entrance communicating between the paintball way and the outlet; a gear ring located in the room of the base and having teeth defined along an outside periphery thereof, the power unit engaged with the teeth to rotate the gear ring completely around the non-rotating cone; a friction ring located at an inside of the gear ring and adapted to rotate around the non-rotating cone along with the gear ring, said friction ring having multiple protrusions extending toward but not contacting the non-rotating cone, said protrusions configured to push the paintballs in the room toward the entrance as the friction ring is rotated; and a driving ring connected to the gear ring and configured to rotate with the gear ring so as to move the paintballs toward the entrance using a frictional force between the driving ring and the paintballs.