Patent ID: 8118015

Claim:
A bottom feed magazine of a paintball gun, the bottom feed magazine comprising: a housing for storing a plurality of paintballs; a circular tray mounted to the housing; a hub rotatable within the circular tray about a central shaft fixed to the hub, the circular tray and the hub together defining an annular channel for receiving the paintballs dropped therein from the housing; a plurality of arms provided on the hub for driving the paintballs along the channel; and a tube comprising an inlet end extending into the channel and an outlet end extending generally upwards to a top wall of the housing; wherein the paintballs dropped into the channel are driven along the channel, pushed into the inlet end and up along the tube towards the outlet end as the hub rotates; wherein the tube comprises a generally horizontal section, a generally vertical section, and an upturning curved section extending between the horizontal and vertical sections.