Patent ID: 7096825
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bird launcher for hunt training, comprises: a housing formed generally as a square box-type of body with an open top; support bars extended widthwise from the upper corners of the sidewalls of the body; a controller mounted to one side of the housing for receiving signals transmitted from a remote controller; an operation assembly, including: an electromagnet for generating a magnetic force in response to the received signals; a moving shaft coupled to the electromagnet that moves in response to the magnetic force; an operating rod, coupled at one end to the moving shaft, wherein the operating rod is rotated to a predetermined angle by the moving shaft in response to the magnetic force; and an elastic spring mounted at a second end of the operating rod and positioned to place a restoring force of the elastic spring in opposition to the rotation of the operating rod to prevent an accidental rotation of the operating rod; a discharging assembly for launching a bird; including a plurality of springs to provide a restoring force to launch the bird; a plurality of guide rods, wherein each end of the plurality of guide rods is inserted into apertures formed at each end of each of the support bars, the plurality of guide rods being rotated toward the outside of the housing by the restoring force of the pair of the plurality of springs; a guide belt coupled to each of the plurality of guide rods, wherein the guide belt is discharged in a vertical direction through the open top of the housing when the plurality of guide rods are rotated toward the outside of the housing; and a fixing member, located on the bird launcher's longitudinal center line, for placing a holding pressure at an approximate one-half a length of the guide rods, the fixing member including a fixing arm for engaging the operating rod, wherein the discharging assembly is in a locked state when the fixing arm is engaged with operating rod; and a door mounted at one of a side or an end of the body of the housing, the door for inserting and removing a bird.