A compressed gas gun including a housing and a bolt movable within a passage in the housing. Movement of the bolt relative to the housing opens a flow path for firing a projectile.

A compressed gas gun including a housing and a bolt movable within a passage in the housing. Movement of the bolt relative to the housing opens a flow path for firing a projectile.

An anti-chop system for mechanical paintball markers includes an optical sensor in the breech that detects presence of a properly seated paintball in the breech for launch. When such a paintball is not detected, a control circuit communicates with an actuatable structure that physically communicates with a paintball marker component that moves as part of the firing and launch of a paintball. For example, such an actuatable structure is a lever arm that communicates with the bolt or trigger to prevent the firing operation of the paintball marker when a paintball is not ready for launch.

An anti-chop system for mechanical paintball markers includes an optical sensor in the breech that detects presence of a properly seated paintball in the breech for launch. When such a paintball is not detected, a control circuit communicates with an actuatable structure that physically communicates with a paintball marker component that moves as part of the firing and launch of a paintball. For example, such an actuatable structure is a lever arm that communicates with the bolt or trigger to prevent the firing operation of the paintball marker when a paintball is not ready for launch.

A projectile launching apparatus for launching a projectile, such as a pellet, a BB bullet, an arrow, a dart and a paintball includes a linear motion converter driven by a motor, a piston coupled to the linear motion converter and reciprocally movable within a cylinder, a gas spring and a breech assembly. The piston compresses a gas within the cylinder, after which the compressed gas expands in the barrel of the breech assembly for launching the projectile. Breech assembly includes a breech, a bolt, and bolt barrel cam, which rotate with the gas spring to allow a projectile to enter the breech and then to seal the bolt in the breech before the gas spring releases its stored energy to launch the projectile. In another embodiment, the bolt is coupled with a magnet instead of a cam.

A projectile launching apparatus for launching a projectile, such as a pellet, a BB bullet, an arrow, a dart and a paintball includes a linear motion converter driven by a motor, a piston coupled to the linear motion converter and reciprocally movable within a cylinder, a gas spring and a breech assembly. The piston compresses a gas within the cylinder, after which the compressed gas expands in the barrel of the breech assembly for launching the projectile. Breech assembly includes a breech, a bolt, and bolt barrel cam, which rotate with the gas spring to allow a projectile to enter the breech and then to seal the bolt in the breech before the gas spring releases its stored energy to launch the projectile. In another embodiment, the bolt is coupled with a magnet instead of a cam.

A toy firearm includes: a hollow firearm body; a cartridge module separably coupled in front of the firearm body to store a plurality of BB bullets to be fired; a gas discharge module to supply introduced gas to the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module by sequential control using a solenoid valve; an electrical sound module electrically connected to the gas discharge module to generate an electrical high voltage sound for a predetermined time with respect to a point in time of firing the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module; and a gas tank disposed in a grip of the firearm body to temporarily store the gas and supply the stored gas to the gas discharge module, wherein the cartridge module includes a pair of barrels arranged side by side at a predetermined angle along front and rear sides.

A toy firearm includes: a hollow firearm body; a cartridge module separably coupled in front of the firearm body to store a plurality of BB bullets to be fired; a gas discharge module to supply introduced gas to the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module by sequential control using a solenoid valve; an electrical sound module electrically connected to the gas discharge module to generate an electrical high voltage sound for a predetermined time with respect to a point in time of firing the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module; and a gas tank disposed in a grip of the firearm body to temporarily store the gas and supply the stored gas to the gas discharge module, wherein the cartridge module includes a pair of barrels arranged side by side at a predetermined angle along front and rear sides.

A projectile launching system for pneumatically launching projectiles is disclosed. The projectile launching system includes a nozzle that is positioned within an engine body and movable between a rearward, loading position and a forward, firing position. A valve stem contained within the engine body is moveable to selectively control the discharge of pressurized gas to propel the projectile. The movement of the valve stem controls the supply of pressurized air to move the nozzle to the rearward, loading position upon firing of a projectile. A trigger assembly is used to selectively control the venting of pressurized air to atmosphere to control the movement of the valve stem within the projectile launching system.

A projectile launching system for pneumatically launching projectiles is disclosed. The projectile launching system includes a nozzle that is positioned within an engine body and movable between a rearward, loading position and a forward, firing position. A valve stem contained within the engine body is moveable to selectively control the discharge of pressurized gas to propel the projectile. The movement of the valve stem controls the supply of pressurized air to move the nozzle to the rearward, loading position upon firing of a projectile. A trigger assembly is used to selectively control the venting of pressurized air to atmosphere to control the movement of the valve stem within the projectile launching system.