Electronic display paintball loader with sensors

Abstract

A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs including a hopper body with a feed neck and sensors displaying information about the paintball loader's operating condition. Sensors are provided for sensing the force of the driven impeller, the quantity of paintballs or the open space inside the hopper body, the number of balls discharged from the container, the rate of discharge of the paintballs, the speed of discharge of the paintballs, and the available power supply for the loader operation.

1 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body with a feed neck;   a driven impeller mounted in the hopper body to drive paintballs through the feedneck;   a force sensor connected to the driven impeller, the force sensor including a signal output;   a display driver connected to the signal output;   a tension level display connected to the display driver.   
   
   
       2 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body;   a fill level sensor including a signal output;   a display driver connected to the signal output; and   a fill level display connected to the display driver.   
   
   
       3 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body;   a ball discharge sensor supported off of the bopper body, the ball discharge sensor including a signal output;   a display driver including an incremental counter connected to the signal output;   a discharge display connected to the display driver.   
   
   
       4 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body;   a ball discharge sensor supported off of the bopper body, the ball discharge sensor including a signal output;   a display driver including a timer, the display driver connected to the signal output;   a rate of fire display connected to the display driver.   
   
   
       5 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body;   a ball discharge sensor supported off of the bopper body, the ball discharge sensor including a signal output;   a display driver including a timer, the display driver connected to the signal output;   a speed of discharge display connected to the display driver.   
   
   
       6 . A paintball hopper apparatus for supplying paintballs, the apparatus comprising:
 a hopper body;   a battery supported off of the hopper body   a battery sensor including a signal output,   a display driver connected to the signal output;   a battery charge display connected to the display driver.