Air Gun Magazine Loading Device with Rotating Elevator Ring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magazine loading devices for air guns are not capable of automatic sorting and loading of pellets directly into the magazine, and they do not provide a space for pellets to move sideways and fall into the magazine.
Innovation Solution
A magazine loading device comprising a stationary unit with a pellet sorter and a rotating unit, an elevator ring, which creates a space for pellets to fall into the magazine by rotating and bisecting the pellet sorter holes, allowing pellets to move into the air gun magazine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual insertion of pellets into the magazine is used, then the device complexity is low, but the productivity is low and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine loading device allows pellets to automatically fall into the magazine through gravity when the elevator ring rotates to the loading position, eliminating the need for mechanical pushing mechanisms. The device serves itself by using the natural gravitational force to complete the loading action, thus achieving automatic loading with minimal mechanical complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The elevator ring is designed to rotate between a storage position and a loading position, dynamically changing the alignment between pellet sorter holes and magazine holes. This dynamic repositioning enables the transition from pellet storage to automatic loading, improving productivity without requiring complex automated feeding mechanisms
2Extent of automation
If existing magazine loading devices are used, then the device structure is simple, but they cannot provide automatic sorting and loading of pellets directly into the magazine
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine is inserted into the magazine interface, which is nested within the stationary unit. The pellet sorter holes are positioned to align with magazine holes when the elevator ring rotates to the loading position. This nested arrangement allows automatic sorting and loading functionality while maintaining a compact and relatively simple device structure
Solution Approach 2:
The elevator ring acts as an intermediary mechanism between the pellet storage area and the magazine. By rotating the elevator ring, pellets are automatically transferred from the pellet sorter through the intermediary action of the elevator ring directly into the magazine, achieving automatic sorting and loading without complex feeding mechanisms
3Ease of operation
If no space is provided for pellet movement, then the device structure is compact, but pellets cannot fall through the loading device into the magazine
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine interface includes a base plate with holes positioned to receive pellets, and the elevator ring creates a space that allows pellets to fall freely under gravity from the pellet sorter holes into the magazine holes. This gravitational equipotential path enables easy pellet loading while maintaining a compact device volume by utilizing vertical space efficiently
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables automatic sorting and loading of pellets into the air gun magazine, providing faster and easier reloading with the ability to accommodate pellets of different dimensions.
Implementation Method 1
allowing the pellets to move in the direction of the raised section where the pellets fall through the holes into the air gun magazine
Data Source
AI summary
An air gun magazine loading device is disclosed. The device comprises a pellet sorter including a plurality of undercuts proximal to its outer edge, a magazine interface having a base plate including a plurality of holes and a raised section with plurality of undercuts, and an elevator ring with one or more ramps at its upper surface. The pellet sorter forms a plurality of round holes in a closed position to sort a plurality of pellets into the round holes. The magazine interface positions the magazine holes in-line with the holes in the pellet sorter. The elevator ring is rotated to raise the pellet sorter to an open position and bisects the round holes, thereby creating a space for the pellets and allowing the pellets to move in the direction of the raised section where the pellets directly fall through the holes into the air gun magazine or open area.