Patent ID: 9557136
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F41B

Claim:
1. A paintball loader adapted to be mounted on a paintball marker, said loader comprising: a paintball storage compartment for holding a supply of paintballs, an outlet through which a paintball may pass in a feeding direction into a paintball marker on which the loader is mounted, a frame supporting a paintball feeding arrangement for actively feeding paintballs in said compartment through said outlet, said feeding arrangement having one or several points of entry for receiving a paintball, a supporting plate, having a front end, facing an intended firing direction, and a rear end opposite said front end, and at least two abutments, a suspension member having a first end operatively connected to a central region of said supporting plate and a second end operatively connected to said frame, said suspension member being spring loaded to press said supporting plate against said abutments in a direction substantially opposite said feeding direction, wherein said supporting plate is depressable against a force of said spring loaded suspension member, for moving said supporting plate in the feeding direction from a first position, in which said supporting plate is pressed against said abutments and serves to guide paintballs in said compartment towards said points of entry, to a second, depressed position in which the entire plate is moved in said feeding direction completely beyond said points of entry.