Patent ID: 8402959

Claim:
A paintball loader comprising: a loader body having an exit tube; a drive assembly including a drive member that rotates about an axis and has at least one fin affixed thereto for moving a paintball toward the exit tube, the drive member having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a motor that rotates a drive shaft; and at least one first magnet, having a first polarity, connected to the drive shaft and at least one second magnet, having the same polarity as the at least one first magnet, connected to the drive member, the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet arranged in a circumferential direction of the drive member about the axis, such that rotation of the drive shaft causes the at least one first magnet to be brought in proximity to the at least one second magnet, causing the at least one magnet to repel the at least one second magnet, thereby providing a force to rotate the drive member to move a paintball toward the exit tube.