Patent ID: 7966999

Claim:
A paintball loader system comprising: a) at least one paintball storage compartment to store paintballs; b) mounted within said at least one paintball storage compartment, at least one rotatable auger structured and arranged to convey paintballs from said at least one paintball storage compartment to at least one ball passage leading to at least one paintball gun; and c) at least one rotator structured and arranged to rotate said at least one rotatable auger; d) wherein said at least one rotatable auger comprises at least one axial translator structured and arranged to assist axial translation of said at least one rotatable auger along at least one axis of rotation between at least one first auger position and at least one second auger position; e) wherein said at least one axial translator comprises at least one positional biaser, comprising at least one biasing force, structured and arranged to positionally bias said at least one rotatable auger toward said at least one first position; and f) wherein such at least one biasing force is structured and arranged to urge at least one first paintball toward the at least one paintball gun.