Mechanical guns and projectors – Centrifugal – Mechanical
Patent
1988-07-14
1989-08-29
Reese, Randolph A.
Mechanical guns and projectors
Centrifugal
Mechanical
124 17, 124 34, 124 36, 124 50, 273 26D, F41B 304, A63B 6940
Patent
active
048607177
ABSTRACT:
A self-loading, remotely operable and variable, portable ball thrower. An arm with a hand attached thereto is, in the uncocked position, tensioned by an elastic biasing element, such as surgical tubing, in the forward direction. An individual batter, operator, can, by means of a cocking handle, operate the arm in the rearward direction, pick up a ball from a self-loading trough, and reset the arm in the cocked position. Assuming a natural batter's stance, the batter may then, with his or her foot, release the cocking handle thereby allowing the elastic biasing element to draw, with ever increasing speed, the arm towards the uncocked position. Upon reaching the uncocked position, the ball is released in a fluid throwing manner in a consistent angle towards the batter. The invention enables the batter to raise and lower the pitch in the batting zone by placing the cocking handle in one of a number of adjustment holes so that the batter may practice low or high pitches or different batters of different heights may rapidly adjust the pitch for their needs. Additionally, the device enables the individual batter to throw fly balls, strikes, or grounders. The device is easily disassembled and assembled, is lightweight and portable.
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Powell Richard
Powell, Jr. Bert L.
Powell/Teeple Enterprises, Inc.
Reese Randolph A.
Ricci John A.
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