Ring airfoil style paintball and launcher

a paintball and launcher technology, applied in the field of projectiles, can solve the problems of limited distance at which a paintball can be effectively launched, poor accuracy of the paintball, short range, etc., and achieve the effects of reducing the launch energy, and reducing the probability of injury

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-31
FLATAU & VANEK
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[0015] The ring airfoil style paintball of the invention has numerous benefits and advantages. Among others, the ring airfoil style paintball has a true flight path and travels farther than standard spherical paintballs when the same launch energy ...

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These factors have limited the distance at which a paintball can be effectively launched.
Thus, one desiring to mark an object must close to within the projectiles relatively short range, which is sometimes not possible and is always inconvenient.
Several problems contribute to the short range and poor accuracy of the paintball.
First, the s...

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[0028] The invention is a ring airfoil style paintball and a launcher therefor. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough description of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the invention.

[0029]FIG. 1 illustrates a ring airfoil style paintball 20 in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. As illustrated, the ring airfoil style paintball 20 has a ring airfoil shape. In particular, the paintball 20 has a body 22 which is generally annular, thus defining a central passage 24 leading from a nose 26 to a tail 28. As illustrated, the nose 26 comprises a generally forward section of the body 22, while the tail 28 comprises a generally rear section of the body 22, when considering the direction of flight of ...

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A ring airfoil style paintball comprises a ring airfoil carrying a marking agent. The marking agent is located in one more compartments of a body of the ring airfoil. In one embodiment, marking agent is located in an annular ring in a nose section of the body, or in a plurality of spherical compartments in the nose section of the body. In one embodiment, the ring airfoil style paintball is connected to a sabot when launched. Cartridges comprising a sabot containing the ring airfoil style paintball are launched from a launcher. In one embodiment, the cartridges are launched with a compressed air charged. The launcher includes a magazine for sequentially delivering cartridges for launch. A stripper associated with the launcher strips the sabot from the ring airfoil paintball, and an ejector ejects the stripped sabot from the launcher.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. ______, filed Jan. 9, 2003.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a projectile for delivering a marking agent. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The sport of paintball has experienced tremendous growth. In this sport, targets (generally opposing players) are marked with paint delivered by a “paintball.” The present state of the art paintball is a three gram hollow spherical projectile, usually made of gelatin, and filled with a glycol based pigment. These paintballs are launched from compressed air or carbon dioxide powered devices at velocities not exceeding three hundred feet per second. [0004] The present invention is directed at overcoming two major limitations of present, state of the art paintballs: short range and poor accuracy. These factors have limited the distance at which a paintball can be effectively launched. Thus, one desiring to mark a...

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IPC IPC(8): F41B11/62F42B6/10F42B10/02F42B10/36F42B12/40
CPCF41B11/62F42B6/10F42B12/40F42B10/36F42B10/02
Inventor FLATAU, ABRAHAMVANEK, CHESTER F.
Owner FLATAU & VANEK
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