Patent ID: 6213112
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
In a paint ball gun including a propelling bolt for directing an air flow to propel a paint ball, the improvement comprising:(a) the propelling bolt having a modified exterior and interior to increase air flow against a dischargeable paint ball and to decrease the area of contact of the air flow against the paint ball;(b) the propelling bolt having an exterior surface shaped to permit the propelling bolt to be received into the paint ball gun and having a distal end which is reduced in diameter relative to a cylinder defining the exterior surface of the bolt;(c) the propelling bolt further including a torpedo within the cylinder and spaced inwardly therefrom and extending toward a proximal end of the bolt;(d) the propelling bolt having a rounded cross-section in a transverse plane; and(e) the torpedo and cylinder defining an airflow space therebetween to allow air flow through the paint ball gun.