Patent ID: 8100119

Claim:
A paintball system for providing paintballs to a marker, the paintball system comprising: a barrel; a breach; a conduit for transmitting a plurality of paintballs, the conduit including an inner circumference larger than an outer circumference of a paintball of the plurality of paintballs to allow the plurality of paintballs to relatively freely move within the conduit; a gas supply for providing gas flow to the conduit; and a first seal positioned downstream from the gas supply and upstream from the barrel and the breach, the first seal sized and configured to form a seal with a paintball of the plurality of paintballs; an engagement surface of the first seal that at least partially engages a paintball of the plurality of paintballs, the seal including an inner circumference smaller than the outer circumference of the paintball of the plurality of paintballs to at least partially restrict movement of the plurality of paintballs and at least partially form an airtight seal with the paintball, the seal formed with the paintball causing an increase in pressure downstream from the gas supply and upstream from the first seal, the gas supply being configured to at least substantially stop gas flow into the conduit in response to the increased pressure caused by the seal formed with the paintball reaching a predetermined pressure; and a connector for connecting the system to a marker.