Pneumatic Gun Shooting Simulator With Piston-Triggered Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for simulating live fire in pneumatic guns are prone to inadvertent activations due to sensitivity issues, limiting their reliability and accuracy in training and gaming scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A shooting simulation device for pneumatic guns featuring a housing, a piston with a head and shaft, an illuminator, and an input device that activates the illuminator in response to the piston's movement into a firing position, using a biasing element to ensure accurate and reliable trigger response.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the light emitting device is made sufficiently sensitive to be activated by the irrupt movement alone, then the device can simulate live fire without additional mechanisms, but this sensitivity leads to inadvertent activations when the gun is handled
Solution Approach 1:
A piston is introduced as an intermediary mechanical element between the trigger and the light emitting device. The piston converts the trigger pull motion into a distinct mechanical action that reliably activates the light emitting device only when the trigger is pulled, not during normal handling. This intermediary mechanism filters out spurious activations while maintaining reliable trigger response.
2Ease of manufacture
If dry firing is used to improve shooting techniques, then ammunition expense and range facility requirements are eliminated, but the mechanical upset of recoil and firearm cycling are not simulated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses light emission (analogous to color change) from the light emitting device to simulate the visual feedback of live fire. The illuminator emits light to indicate when the trigger is pulled, providing visual feedback that enhances the realism of dry firing training while maintaining the cost and convenience benefits of ammunition-free operation.
3Ease of operation
If the considered bullet impact point is used as a mere assumption in dry firing, then training can be performed without live ammunition, but the user's ability to evaluate performance and improve skills is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The light emitting device provides immediate visual feedback to the user when the trigger is pulled. This feedback mechanism allows the user to evaluate their trigger control and timing skills accurately, transforming dry firing from a mere assumption exercise into a measurable training activity that provides precise performance evaluation data.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device accurately and reliably simulates live fire by activating the illuminator only when the trigger is pulled, enhancing training and gaming experiences by providing precise feedback.
Implementation Method 1
a biasing element positioned between the head of the piston and the input device biasing the piston toward the ready position
Implementation Method 2
an illuminator in the housing... The illuminator may direct light, such as infrared light, out of a distal end of the housing
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AI summary
A shooting simulation device for pneumatic guns, including a housing having a proximal end attachable to or formed integrally with an end of a barrel of a gun, a piston having a head and a shaft, the head being slidable within the proximal end of the housing between a ready position and a firing position, and the shaft configured to extend into the end of the barrel of the gun, an illuminator in the housing, and an input device in the housing for activating the illuminator in response to an impact from the head of the piston in the firing position.