Patent ID: 8381710

Claim:
A paintball ejecting apparatus haying a body, a breech, and a barrel for ejecting paintballs through and out of said barrel, comprising: a paintball reservoir disposed in an other-than-top-of-body position; a paintball conduit coupling said paintball reservoir to said breech for facilitating transport of paintballs from said paintball reservoir to said breech; a movable paintball transport arrangement haying an actuator that provides paintball-moving force on at least some of said paintballs in said paintball reservoir, said movable paintball transport arrangement occupying a first position and automatically moves at least a first paintball from said paintball conduit into said breech if said breech is empty and open for receiving said at least first paintball, said movable paintball transport arrangement automatically ceasing moving another paintball into said breech after said at least first paintball is disposed in said breech, wherein said movable paintball transport arrangement occupies a second position when said movable paintball transport arrangement ceases moving paintballs into said breech; and a switch operatively activated by physical contact with said movable paintball transport arrangement, said movable paintball transport arrangement mechanically actuating said switch to provide electrical current to said actuator when said movable paintball transport arrangement occupies said first position, said movable paintball transport arrangement mechanically actuating said switch to cease providing the electrical current to said actuator when said movable paintball transport arrangement occupies said second position.