Mechanical guns and projectors – Centrifugal – Mechanical
Patent
1995-07-31
1997-10-14
Ricci, John A.
Mechanical guns and projectors
Centrifugal
Mechanical
124 32, 124 36, A63B 6940
Patent
active
056761201
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical device for throwing projectiles is disclosed which is disposed on a ground surface to throw variously-sized balls to a practicing basketball shooter or a practicing baseball hitter. The device includes an elongated base disposed on the ground surface, a pivoting arm which is attached to the base and which throws the ball, and an electromechanical solenoid whose actuation causes the arm to pivot and throw the ball. When the device is used for basketball practice shooting, a frame is disposed on the ground and around the device, and the frame includes a pole, a backboard secured to the pole, and a rim extending perpendicular from the backboard. A plurality of support arms are attached to the frame, and the arms include an integrally attached net which is disposed around the backboard for collecting thrown basketballs and directing them to the device. When the device is used by practicing baseball hitters, an elongated batting cage is disposed on the ground with the device located at a first end of the cage and the practicing hitter stationed at a second end of the cage in order to hit baseballs thrown by the device. The mechanical device can be further used to throw projectiles, such as aluminum cans, upwardly from the ground and into the air for use as targets by practicing target shooters.
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Atwell George C.
Ricci John A.
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