Abstract:
A pellet gun feeder aligns at least one pellet with the breech of a pellet gun, such as a pellet pistol or a pellet rifle, and places at least one pellet in the pellet gun for use or to be discharged therefrom.

Description:
This invention relates to a gun feeder and more particularly to a pellet gun feeder for use in loading pellets in a pellet gun so that the pellets may be properly positioned. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     A pellet gun is powered by compressed air and discharges a projectile from the barrel of a pistol pellet gun or a rifle pellet gun by a trigger activating a source of compressed air to force the pellet down the barrel, out of the barrel and at a target. The target may be a practice target in the form of paper or a solid target. The target may also be an actual target when the pellet gun is used for pest control. 
     A number of pellet guns are single shot guns, which guns are breech loaded with one pellet at a time. Since the pellets can be awkward to handle and load, selecting a single pellet from a group of pellets to load into the pistol pellet gun or the rifle pellet gun can be difficult. A device to simplify such a loading procedure can provide great advantages. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Among the many objectives of the present invention is the provision of a pellet gun feeder for loading a pellet into a breech loading pellet gun. 
     Another objective of the present invention is the provision of a pellet gun feeder, to organize pellets for loading into a pellet gun. 
     These system and other objectives of the invention (which other objectives become clear by consideration of the specification, claims and drawings as a whole) are met by providing a pellet gun feeder which aligns at least one pellet with the breech of a pellet gun, such as a pellet pistol or a pellet rifle, and places at least one pellet in the pellet gun for use. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  depicts an exploded perspective view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 2  depicts an assembled perspective view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 3  depicts a top plan view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 4  depicts a right plan view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 5  depicts a front plan view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 6  depicts a left plan view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 7  depicts a bottom plan view of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
         FIG. 8  depicts a right plan, exploded view of pellet gun feeder  100  in cross-section based on  FIG. 4 . 
         FIG. 9  depicts a side cross-section view of a top portion  122  for feeder body  120  of pellet gun feeder  100  based on  FIG. 8 . 
         FIG. 10  depicts a side cross-section view of a bottom portion  130  for feeder body  120  of pellet gun feeder  100  based on  FIG. 8 . 
         FIG. 11  depicts a perspective view of pellet gun feeder  100  approaching a rifle breech  164 . 
         FIG. 12  depicts a block diagram of pellet gun feeder  100 . 
     
    
    
     Throughout the figures of the drawings, where the same part appears in more than one figure of the drawings, the same number is applied thereto. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Reference will now be made in detail to several embodiments of the invention that are illustrated in accompanying drawings. Whenever possible, the same or similar reference numerals are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts or steps. The drawings are in simplified form and are not to precise scale. For purposes of convenience and clarity only, directional terms such as top, bottom, left, right, up, over, above, below, beneath, rear, and front, may be used with respect to the drawings. These and similar to directional terms are not to be construed to limit the scope of the invention in any manner. The words attach, connect, couple, and similar terms with their inflectional morphemes do not necessarily denote direct or intermediate connections, but may also include connections through mediate elements or devices. 
     A pellet gun feeder includes a feeder body receiving a feeder rod. The feeder body is a tubular device capable of receiving a line of pellets for a pellet gun therein. At a loading end of the feeder body for the pellet gun feeder is a side slot. Over the side slot is placed a flexible slot tube. Part of the flexible slot tube extends into the hollow interior of the feeder body sufficiently to contact a pellet within the feeder body. 
     Also on the feeder body is a flexible end tube to partially close the end of the feeder body and contain pellets within the feeder body until placement of a pellet in a pellet gun from the pellet gun feeder is desired. The flexible end tube cooperates with the feeder body to form an expelling end, oppositely disposed from the loading end and the side slot. So pellets are placed one at a time into the feeder tube adjacent to the slot. The flexible slot tube and the flexible end tube combine to act as a holding means and cooperate to hold the pellets in the feeder tube until placing of at least one pellet into a pellet gun is desired. 
     The feeder rod then slides into the feeder body to contact the pellets therein and drive a pellet into the breech of a pellet gun. The interaction of the feeder rod, feeder body, and the pellets act as a feeding means. The gun may then discharge the pellet at a desired target. The pellet gun feeder then permits the pellet gun to be loaded or reloaded efficiently. 
     Taking  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 3 ,  FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 5 ,  FIG. 6 , and  FIG. 7  into consideration, the structure of pellet gun feeder  100  can be clearly seen. Pellet gun feeder  100  has feeder rod  102  and feeder body  120 . Feeder body  120  has loading aperture  152  which is at the tip of pellet chamber  154 , pellet chamber  154  (as seen in  FIG. 8 ) making the feeder body  120  a tubular member. Feeder rod  102  has rod head  142  and rod shaft  144 . 
     Rod shaft  144  inserts into loading aperture  152  and may extend the length of pellet chamber  154  (as seen in  FIG. 8 ). Rod head  142  prevents rod shaft  144  from extending too far into pellet chamber  154 . Also rod head  142  allows an easy access point for the user to grasp the rod shaft  144  and remove it from pellet chamber  154  to load more pellets  162  (as seen in  FIG. 8 ). Feeder body  120  has feeding aperture  158 , through which pellets  162  leave pellet chamber  154  (as seen in  FIG. 8 ) and are loaded into pellet rifle gun  160  (as seen in  FIG. 11 ). 
     Adding  FIG. 8 ,  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  to the consideration, the loading of at least one pellet  162  and preferably a series of pellets  162  into pellet gun feeder  100  can be clearly seen. The user inserts pellet  162  into pellet chamber  154  and pellet  162  drops or is placed into the pellet chamber  154 . The user then inserts rod shaft  144  through loading aperture  152  and into pellet chamber  154 . The user grasps rod head  142  to push the rod shaft  144  into the pellet chamber  154 . The rod shaft  144  pushes the pellets  162  throughout the length of the pellet chamber  154  until they are stopped by another pellet  162  or the pellet  162  exits the pellet chamber  154  through feeding aperture  158 . 
     The function of flexible end tube or flexible body sleeve  150  can be clearly seen. Pellets  162  are loaded into pellet chamber  154 . Flexible body sleeve  150  forms a tip at the end of feeder body  120 . Flexible body sleeve  150  holds a single pellet  162  at the tip until feeder rod  102  pushes the pellet  162  into the breech of the pellet rifle gun  160  (as seen in  FIG. 11 ). 
     Flexible slot sleeve  156  and side slot  166  cooperate to maintain feeder rod  102  and pellets  162  in place within the pellet chamber  154 . Top portion  122  of feeder body  120  has side slot  166 . Flexible slot sleeve  156  is wrapped around feeder body  120  and covers side slot  166 . Flexible slot sleeve  156  is made of any suitable flexible material. Pellets  162  are loaded into pellet chamber  154  with or without the assistance of feeder rod  102 . Flexible slot sleeve  156  protrudes through side slot  166  so as to decrease the diameter of pellet chamber  154 . This protrusion maintains pellets  162  and feeder rod  102  in pellet chamber  154  so that neither fall out of the pellet chamber  154  during transport. 
     Clarification of the above discussion is found by considering  FIG. 11 . With pellet rifle gun  160  and rifle breech  164  depicted in phantom, rifle breech  164  is exposed. Pellet gun feeder  100  approaches rifle breech  164  with pellet  162 . Pressure on rod head  142  moves feeder rod  102 , which ejects pellet  162  from feeder body  120  and flexible body sleeve  150  into rifle breech  164 . Top portion  122  of feeder body  120  receives feeder rod  102 , which is held therein by flexible slot sleeve  156 , while flexible body sleeve  150  holds pellet  162  in feeder body  120 , until the pellet  162  feeds into rifle breech  164 . 
     Turning now to  FIG. 12 , the flexibility of pellet gun feeder  100  becomes clear. A breech loading pellet gun  170 , whether it is a rifle or a pistol, receives pellets  162  from pellet gun feeder  100  into the gun breech  172 . More particularly, flexible body sleeve  150  is inserted into rifle breech  164 . Then feeder rod  102  is pressed into feeder body  120  by flexible slot sleeve  156  which holds feeder rod  102  and permits pressure on pellet  162 , to insert the same into gun breech  172 . This method also applies to rifle breech  164  of  FIG. 11 . Until a pellet  162  passes the flexible slot sleeve  156 , the pellet  162  is releasably secured thereby. As feeder rod  102  contacts flexible slot sleeve  156 , releasable friction holds feeder rod  102  in a desired position. 
     In the event that the breech loading pellet gun  170  is a multi shot or repeating gun, more than one of pellet  162  may be inserted therein. In the event that the breech loading pellet gun  170  is a single shot gun, pellet  162  may be inserted therein more efficiently. Pellet gun feeder  100  permits a series of pellets  162  to be loaded into breech loading pellet gun  170  more efficiently, whether it is a pistol, a rifle, a single shot, or multi shot repeater. 
     This application—taken as a whole with the specification, claims, abstract, and drawings—provides sufficient information for a person having ordinary skill in the art to practice the invention disclosed and claimed herein. Any measures necessary to practice this invention are well within the skill of a person having ordinary skill in this art after that person has made a careful study of this disclosure. 
     Because of this disclosure and solely because of this disclosure, modification of this method and apparatus can become clear to a person having ordinary skill in this particular art. Such modifications are clearly covered by this disclosure.