Patent ID: 8196571

Claim:
An apparatus for launching a granular substance, the apparatus comprising: a continuous passage configured to channel bursts of air discharged from an air gun to the apparatus outlet the passage having a substantially consistent diameter; the air gun comprising a gun barrel through which the bursts of air discharge; a loading chamber disposed within the passage, the loading chamber configured to contain and temporarily store an amount of a granular substance during a time period between discharges of bursts of air from the air gun, the base of the loading chamber formed from a declivity of the passage; a recess connected to the loading chamber and located externally to the passage, the recess configured to receive the granular substance, temporarily store the granular substance by allowing the granular substance to rest on walls of the recess and on the granular substance in the loading chamber, and dispense the granular substance into the loading chamber after a discharge of a burst of air from the air gun; and a top of the recess remaining substantially level with a top of the barrel of the air gun.