Helical path paintball delivery system
View Patent ↗This apparatus is a helical path paintball delivery system, comprising a structure with an internal helical type cavity that interfaces between a paintball marker with unique design characteristics preventing the use of alternative hoppers and any paintball hopper, regardless of manufacturer, providing a path for paintballs residing in a player's chosen hopper to flow freely from the hopper through the helical path paintball delivery connector into the firing chamber of the paintball marker.
1. A connector for facilitating non-linear transfer of paintballs between a paintball marker and a paintball hopper, the connector comprising:
a rigid body attached to a paintball marker and hopper through which paintballs flow;
a cavity through the body with a circular cross section that translates normal to a helical path through the body which allows for proper position, speed, and directional flow of paintballs; and
a pocket contiguous to the cavity that coordinates with physical characteristics of the paintball marker.
2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the helical path of the cavity has an inlet opening coincident to an exterior surface of the body and aligned collinearly to an axis of a paintball hopper outlet.
3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the inlet opening is positioned and sized to receive paintballs flowing from the hopper outlet into the cavity.
4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the cavity has an outlet opening coincident to an exterior surface of the body and aligned to a paintball marker inlet breach opening.
5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the circular cross section of the cavity has a diameter greater than a paintball.
6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the helical path of the cavity is a plurality of tangentially aligned curves between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the body.
7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the pocket is additional volume of the cavity residing within the body adjacent to the helical path of the cavity.
8. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the body includes a mounting element comprising a plurality of mounting elements which communicate with and secure a hopper outlet aligned to a helical path inlet opening and a helical path outlet opening is incident upon a marker inlet breach opening.
9. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the body encapsulates the cavity, mounting elements, and pocket as a unified component.
10. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the body is shaped to align with the paintball marker and hopper such that no interference exists and no permanent modification is required.