US 12,138,672 B2
Projectile launcher
Tim Robb, Stamford, CT (US); Michael Hardy, Stamford, CT (US); Victor Ceci, Stamford, CT (US); Steve Bitondo, Stamford, CT (US); and Joseph Franzino, Stamford, CT (US)
Assigned to DiversiTech Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by DiversiTech Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,145.
Application 17/556,145 is a division of application No. 17/074,869, filed on Oct. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,203,047.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118488 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B08B 9/055 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); F41B 11/87 (2013.01)
CPC B08B 9/0558 (2013.01) [B08B 9/0551 (2013.01); B08B 9/0553 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); F41B 11/87 (2013.01); B08B 2209/055 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
causing a user to access an apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a body, a slide, and a gas gun, wherein the body includes a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is configured for connecting to the gas gun, wherein the second end portion is configured for connecting a tube end portion, wherein the body includes a breech chamber extending between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the breech chamber includes a port extending between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the slide is configured for moving over the body external to the breech chamber between the first end portion and the second end portion such that the slide is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein the open position has the port uncovered via the slide, wherein the closed position has the port covered via the slide, wherein the breech chamber terminates at an exit port, wherein the second end portion includes an exit nozzle connected to the exit port, wherein the exit nozzle comprises a nozzle body having a threaded end connected to the exit port and a hose-barb end, wherein (i) a hose-coupling is secured to the hose-barb end by a first hose clamp to have the second end portion connect to the tube end portion by inserting the tube end portion into the hose-coupling and tightening a second hose clamp or (ii) a nipple is secured to the hose-barb end by a first hose clamp, wherein the nipple has a terminal end smaller in diameter than the tube end portion such that the nipple is sealingly insertable into the tube end portion before activating the gas gun; and
enabling the user to:
couple the second end portion to the tube end portion;
insert a projectile into the breech chamber via the port based on the slide being in the open position;
move the slide from the open position to the closed position; and
activate the gas gun based on the body extending between the gas gun and the tube end portion while the first end portion is connected to the gas gun such that the projectile moves from the breech chamber into the tube end portion while the slide is in the closed position.