System Controller for Expelling Projectiles at Varying Safer Levels from a Projectile Accelerator

Abstract

A projectile accelerating control system that includes a projectile accelerator and/or associated projectile equipment configured to provisionally lower the velocity and/or energy level, where said provisionally lower level is below the set upper velocity and/or energy limit. One aspect or feature of said accelerating system includes a means that indicates the amount of reduction from the upper velocity and/or energy limit. The accelerating control system includes adjustment mechanisms and/or methods that allow the impact energy of a projectile to be reduced from the upper impact limit associated with the upper velocity and/or energy limit. The accelerating control system includes adjustment mechanisms and/or methods that include a controller configured to allow the selective selection of a velocity and/or energy levels that fall below a upper velocity setting and/or energy level. Where the said upper velocity setting and/or energy level is a setting or level that falls below the maximum velocity and/or the maximum energy level of the projectile accelerator.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A provisional energy controller for a projectile accelerator, comprising:
 a secondary controller configured to vary the accelerating function of said projectile accelerator, so the projectiles are expelled at reduced differing velocities that fall below an upper velocity setting, where said upper velocity setting falls below the maximum velocity of said projectile accelerator, and where said reduced differing velocities comprises expelling projectiles at reduced impact levels that are not consistent with the impact level of the upper velocity setting.   
     
     
         2 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more interruptions to the accelerating function of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         3 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more release members configured to interrupt the accelerating function of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         4 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more identifying members configured to visually state the configuration of the said controller of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         5 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more additional members that can be added to said projectile accelerator by removing the barrel or barrel members of the projectile accelerator to interrupt the accelerating function. 
     
     
         6 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more moveable barrel units added to said projectile accelerator as additional controllers. 
     
     
         7 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more barrel units that provisionally reduce the energy level of a projectile expelled from a projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         8 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more barrel units that are held in position by one or more springs. 
     
     
         9 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more barrel units that are configured to redirect the air flow of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         10 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more barrel units configured with indicators that show the level of variation to said accelerating function. 
     
     
         11 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more sleeves around the barrel that are configured as energy controllers. 
     
     
         12 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising configuring said energy controller as a removeable controller on said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         13 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising configuring said controller's initial position to be a reduced velocity setting below said upper velocity setting of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         14 . The energy controller for a projectile accelerator of  claim 1 , further comprising configuring said controller's initial position to be the upper velocity setting of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         15 . A projectile accelerator energy controller, comprising:
 a secondary controller configured to allow the alteration of the accelerating function of a projectile accelerator, so the projectiles are expelled at one or more varying energy levels that differ from a set upper energy level, where said varying energy levels are lower energy levels that fall below said upper energy level, where said upper energy level falls below the maximum energy level of said projectile accelerator, and where said secondary controller is removeable from said projectile accelerators.   
     
     
         16 . The projectile accelerator energy controller of  claim 15 , further comprising one or more positional controllers in communication with the barrel of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         17 . The projectile accelerator energy controller of  claim 15 , further comprising one or more releasing controls that alter the energy level of the expelled projectile. 
     
     
         18 . The projectile accelerator energy controller of  claim 15 , further comprising configuring said energy controller to alter the velocity of a projectile expelled from said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         19 . The projectile accelerator energy controller of  claim 15 , further comprising one or more velocity controllers in communication with the barrel of said projectile accelerator. 
     
     
         20 . The projectile accelerator energy controller of  claim 15 , further comprising one or more barrel units configured to vary the air flow of the accelerating function of a projectile accelerator.