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EP2783182B1
EP2783182B1 EP12799606.4A EP12799606A EP2783182B1 EP 2783182 B1 EP2783182 B1 EP 2783182B1 EP 12799606 A EP12799606 A EP 12799606A EP 2783182 B1 EP2783182 B1 EP 2783182B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A33/00—Adaptations for training; Gun simulators
    • F41A33/02—Light- or radiation-emitting guns ; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B11/00—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
    • F41B11/50—Magazines for compressed-gas guns; Arrangements for feeding or loading projectiles from magazines
    • F41B11/57—Electronic or electric systems for feeding or loading
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B11/00—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
    • F41B11/70—Details not provided for in F41B11/50 or F41B11/60
    • F41B11/71—Electric or electronic control systems, e.g. for safety purposes

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  • weapon means any weapon used in role-playing games, tactical activities and sports simulation games or military tactics. More specifically, the term weapon comprise weapons for softair, paintball, lasertag, and that are constituted by guns and bombs, real firearms as those normally supplied for example, to the police or the armed forces.
  • the present invention relates to the gaming simulation of tactical or military events and particularly refers to the weapons. More in detail, the present invention relates to a multifunctional weapon and its control system.
  • the lasertag is a team-based military simulation.
  • the activity simulates, using special equipment, fighting with faithful replicas of firearms.
  • the lasertag can be made both indoors and outdoors. According to the environment where it takes place and the type of gaming system, they can change engagement tactics and objectives to conquer.
  • the equipments and weapons used are based on the use of projectors of directional electromagnetic beams (typically laser or infrared) and detectors of said beams. In particular, when a beam strikes a player who wears special detectors, this is eliminated.
  • the weapons also include electronic control circuits and a system of communications between them and an operation center that verifies when a player is hit, the firing mode, the type of weapon, the type of damage created, the game mode and other things.
  • the softair is also a team based military tactic simulations for fun-recreation activity.
  • the softair is distinguished by the use of air weapons. They are like a real weapon and they shoot shot for variable distances. Such a shoot, or firing, takes place by compressed gas, of an electric motor or a loaded spring.
  • the shots instead, may be composed by plastic materials, by inert or biocompatible materials, by biodegradable materials or metals.
  • the weapons to perform the different types of games are different and not compatible.
  • the weapons for softair and paintball have similar construction and shot activation (having similar shots, even if of different conformation), totally different is the case of the weapons for lasertag whose functionality is purely electronic components and whose consequent is very different from others.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the above drawbacks by providing weapons suitable for the various types of games and simulations named above.
  • a particular object is to make available a weapon capable to shoot projectiles and also electromagnetic beams.
  • Another object is that the transition from one type of shot to another can take place without having to physically modify the weapons.
  • a further object is that the aforementioned types of shot can be activated simultaneously.
  • the weapon may be of the type using bullets and that may include a shaped body in which may be present a barrel where to place the bullets before the shot.
  • the barrel may have a first opening at one end for the output of bullets with the shot.
  • To the shaped body may also be coupled at least one magazine of shots, at least one movement acting on the bullets to shot them through the first opening, and at least one trigger to activate the movement.
  • the weapon may include at least one projector of an electromagnetic directioned beam that can be coupled laterally to the shaped body in such a way to not bar the first opening of the barrel.
  • the weapon may also comprise at least one electronic control circuit which can be operatively connected at least to the trigger, the movement and to the projector for controlling at least the activation of the movement and of the projector.
  • a normal weapon or a toy weapon of the type for softair or paintball may also be used for the lasertag adding the necessary components. Said components advantageously not prevent the use of the weapon for the expected use without modifying it.
  • the electronic circuit may advantageously be coupled with selection means for alternately controlling the exclusive activation of the movement, the exclusive activation of the projector or the combined activation of the movement and of the projector.
  • FIG. 1 represents a weapon according to the invention in a schematic view.
  • a weapon 1 of the type firing shots is described. On the figure is represented a gun, but it is evident that this must not be considered in a limiting sense.
  • This patent in fact, also refers to other types of weapons such as, for example, rifles and machine guns.
  • such a weapon 1 can be of the type used for softair and for paintball.
  • it comprises a shaped body 2 in which is present a firing barrel 3 where take place bullets that, after the firing, go out the barrel by an opening 5 presents at one end 6 of the barrel 3.
  • the shaped body 2 To the shaped body 2 are coupled elements that are functional to the firing of the bullets.
  • the bullets may be of various types. In particular, they may be of the type used for firearms or for toy weapons. In this last case they can be made by plastic or metal, and/or the type breakable and filled with paint or gelatin.
  • the movement 8 can be made with many different technologies without driving away from the object of the present invention.
  • it may be constituted by a piston 8a driven by an electric motor 8b, by a pressurized gas or by a pre-loaded spring.
  • the weapon 1 also includes a trigger 9 for the activation of the movement 8 so as to control the fire.
  • the weapon 1 has all the characteristics to be effectively used by the armed forces, the police or, in the case of toy weapons, softair and in paintball.
  • the number of triggers, of barrels, of magazine for bullets, as well as all the characteristics set out are not limitative elements for different embodiments of the invention according to which, for example, they can be present multiple magazines or multiple barrels each equipped with a respective magazine and a respective movement and, in case, own triggers.
  • the weapon 1 also comprises a projector 10 of an electromagnetic directional beam constituted, for example, by a laser beam or by an infrared beam.
  • the projector 10 is advantageously laterally coupled to the shaped body 2 of the weapon 1.
  • the weapon 1 of the invention also includes a projector 10 to be used for the lasertag.
  • This projector is coupled laterally to the weapon 1 so as to not bar the barrel 3 with particular reference to the opening 5.
  • the weapon 1 can be used indifferently for the softair, the paintball or the lasertag without need to make change to it.
  • a normal firearm can be advantageously used for the lasertag.
  • the weapon 1 of the invention also includes an electronic control circuit 11. It is operatively connected to the trigger 9, to the movement 8 and to the projector 10 to detect the activation of the trigger 9 and consequently activate the projector 10 or the movement 8.
  • the electronic control circuit 11 also comprises selection means 12 for controlling the type of shot activated.
  • selection means 12 typically but not necessarily constituted by a selector, instruct the electronic circuit 11 in activating, as a result of the pressure of the trigger 9, the movement 8 or the projector 10.
  • the same selector 12 has a position to which corresponds, as a result of the pressure of the trigger 9, the simultaneous or in combination activation of both the movement 8 as the projector 10.
  • the electronic control circuit 11 being programmed to pre-set different combined firing sequences. For example, it is possible to allow blust away in which a bullet and a preset number of electromagnetic beams are combined.
  • the technical progress of the weapon 1 of the invention which is usable simultaneously for different types of military drill and games such as softair, paintball and lasertag.
  • the cost that has to face the user, or the organization, is therefore tight if compared to what happens in the known art.
  • the transition from one mode to another is easy being through the selection means 12 avoiding to physically modify in any way the weapon 1.
  • the police or the military forces can use the normal supplied weapons to execute the tactic simulations with the lasertag technology. Even in this last case, if the bullets are of the simunition type, it is possible their use in combination with the laser beam.
  • the weapon 1 allows also to create new game and simulation modality by activating different shooting sequences of bullets and electromagnetic beams.
  • the number of electronic control circuits and of projectors must not be considered limitative for different embodiments where, for example, the projectors are different in number from one and are of a different type (for example, some projectors can be of the laser type and other of the infrared type).
  • the weapon 1 comprises an electric energy storage 15, typically constituted by a pack-batteries, with which powering the projector 10 and the electronic control circuit 11.
  • the same electric energy storage 15 may also be used to powering it.
  • the number of electric energy storages is not limitative. For example, there may be multiple distinct electric energy storages each dedicated to powering a specific piece of the weapon of the invention.
  • At least one of the electric energy storages 15, and the electronic control circuit 11 are housed in a special container 16.
  • the latter can be coupled to the weapon 1 or to the body of the user who uses the weapon 1. This allows, advantageously, to make the gun lighter and allow also to provide a larger electric storage body and then with an increased life.
  • the trigger 9, the movement 8 and the projector 10 there is a connection.
  • a connection is made by means of electronic circuit portions 20 for the wireless connection.
  • a first circuit portion 21 is allocate on the electronic control circuit 11 and a second 22 is placed on the body 2 of the weapon 1.
  • Said second circuit portion 22 is also wiring connected to the trigger 9, the movement 8 and the projector 10.
  • these circuit portions 20, 21 and 22 are made by bluetooth elements, but this should not be considered limiting for different embodiments of the invention where, for example, the circuit portions are of WiFi type.
  • each element the trigger, the movement and the projector
  • each element is provided with its own independent circuit portion for the wireless connection to the electronic control circuit.
  • connection can be advantageously made by wiring means specially when the control circuit is physically coupled to the body of the weapon.
  • the weapon 1 is also provided with a plurality of sensors to detect electromagnetic beams coupled to the user and which are not represented in the figures. They are, in particular, coupled to different parts of the user's body and each have a unique identification code as well as a circuit for wireless connection to a central control unit and/or to the control circuit 11 of the weapon 1.
  • Said sensors allow, vantageously, not only to detect if the user has been shot, but also what portion of the body has been hit. This allows to calculate a plurality of statistics on the efficiency of each player as well as to establish the type of the virtual injury caused. As a consequence they are activatable various game modality between which it is possible to imagine that the shot users are not taken out only because they are shot, as in the known art, but conditioning said status on the base of which portion of the user body was shot.
  • Such a kit comprises the projector 10 of an directional electromagnetic beam and coupling means to the projector 10 to the body 2 of the weapon 1.
  • Such coupling means are also designed to allow the lateral coupling to said body 2 so the opening 5 of the barrel 3 remains unbarred.
  • the same kit also includes the electronic control circuit 11 and connecting means of the latter to the trigger 9, the movement 8 and the projector 10.
  • the weapon 1 can be planed multigame, allowing to practice both the lasertag that the softair or paintball, or it can be obtained by modifying, with the kit of the invention, a weapon designed for softair or paintball.
  • the weapon of the invention overcomes the prior art drawbacks being suitable for various types of game and tactic simulations as described above.

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Claims (8)

  1. Arme, du type tirant des balles, comprenant un corps mis en forme (2) où il y a un canon (3) où placer lesdites balles avant de tirer et comportant une première ouverture (5) à une extrémité (6) pour la sortie desdites balles avec le tir, audit corps mis en forme (2) étant raccordés :
    - au moins un magasin (7) desdites balles ;
    - au moins un mouvement (8) agissant sur lesdites balles pour les tirer à travers ladite première ouverture (5) ;
    - au moins une gâchette (9) pour activer ledit mouvement (8),
    l'arme comprenant :
    - au moins un projecteur (10) d'un faisceau électromagnétique directionnel raccordé à un côté latéral dudit corps mis en forme (2) pour que ladite première ouverture (5) reste ouverte ;
    - au moins un circuit de commande électronique (11) fonctionnellement connecté audit mouvement (8) et audit projecteur (10) pour contrôler au moins l'activation dudit mouvement (8) et dudit projecteur (10) ;
    - un moyen de sélection (12) connecté audit circuit électronique (11) pour commander :
    - l'activation exclusive dudit mouvement (8) ;
    - l'activation exclusive dudit projecteur (10) ;
    - l'activation combinée dudit mouvement (8) et dudit projecteur (10).
  2. Arme selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit moyen de sélection (12) comprend au moins un sélecteur.
  3. Arme selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend au moins un stockage d'énergie électrique (15) pour au moins alimenter ledit projecteur (8) et ledit circuit de commande électronique (11).
  4. Arme selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend au moins un contenant (16) pour ledit accumulateur (15) et pour ledit circuit de commande électronique (11).
  5. Arme selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit circuit de commande électronique (11) comprend au moins une partie à circuit (20) pour la connexion sans fil au moins audit projecteur (8), à ladite gâchette (9) et audit mouvement (10).
  6. Arme selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un ou plusieurs capteurs pour détecter ledit faisceau, pouvant être couplés au corps de l'utilisateur et fonctionnellement connectés audit circuit de commande électronique (11).
  7. Kit pour modifier une arme (1) du type tirant des balles, ladite arme (1) comprenant un corps mis en forme (2) où il y a un canon (3) où placer lesdites balles avant de tirer et comportant une première ouverture (5) à une extrémité (6) pour la sortie desdites balles avec le tir, audit corps mis en forme (2) étant raccordés :
    - au moins un magasin (7) desdites balles ;
    - au moins un mouvement (8) agissant sur lesdites balles pour les tirer à travers ladite première ouverture (5) ;
    - au moins une gâchette (9) pour activer ledit mouvement (8),
    ledit kit comprenant :
    - au moins un projecteur (10) d'un faisceau électromagnétique directionnel ;
    - un moyen d'accrochage pour accoupler ledit projecteur (10) latéralement audit corps mis en forme (2) pour que ladite première ouverture (5) reste ouverte ;
    - au moins un circuit de commande électronique (11) ;
    - un moyen de connexion dudit circuit de commande électronique (11) au moins audit mouvement (8) et audit projecteur (10) pour commander au moins l'activation dudit mouvement (8) et dudit projecteur (10) ;
    - un moyen de sélection (12) connecté audit circuit électronique (11) pour commander :
    - l'activation exclusive dudit mouvement (8) ;
    - l'activation exclusive dudit projecteur (10) ;
    - l'activation combinée dudit mouvement (8) et dudit projecteur (10).
  8. Kit selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de sélection (12) comprend au moins un sélecteur.
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