Patent ID: 8079356

Claim:
An apparatus for loading projectiles, comprising: a projectile feed conduit able to supply at least a single projectile; a main body to which the projectile feed conduit is coupled; a receiving chamber formed in the main body for accepting at least a first projectile; a containing area formed in the main body to control the projectile before propulsion; a partitioning means that is generally planar and is interposed between the receiving chamber and the projectile feed conduit wherein the partition means is positioned in the main body above the containing area and is movable in between a first and a second position characterized in that in the first position, an aperture is exposed, such that a first projectile can pass from the feed conduit into the receiving chamber; and in the second position, the aperture is blocked, and the first projectile in the receiving chamber is positioned in the receiving area and is urged into the containing area by the generally planar partition means and is separated from a second projectile by the generally planar partitioning means located in the projectile feed conduit while the receiving chamber is sealed by the partition means wherein the partitioning means has an element extending into the receiving chamber which affects gas flow to the receiving chamber; an actuation means for alternatively moving the partitioning means between the first and second positions; and a biasing means that biases the partition means in the first position wherein the actuation means urges the partition means against the biasing of the biasing means into the second position.