Ball pitching device with arm brake assembly

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1982-11-08

1984-07-10

Apley, Richard J.

Mechanical guns and projectors

Centrifugal

Mechanical

188 84, F41B 304

Patent

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044586566

ABSTRACT:
A ball pitching device having an arm brake assembly for a ball pitching machine is provided that rapidly decelerates the throwing arm of the machine once a ball has been released from the arm, thereby reducing unwanted oscillations of the throwing arm and prolonging the useful life of the pitching machine. The brake assembly includes a brake pad fixedly mounted to the throwing arm, and a generally arcuate brake shoe rotatable from a position wherein the throwing arm brake pad is frictionally engaged by the shoe once a ball has been released from the throwing arm, to a position spaced apart from the brake pad when the throwing arm is rotated for pitching of a ball.

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