Mechanical guns and projectors – Centrifugal – Mechanical
Patent
1982-11-08
1985-06-25
Apley, Richard J.
Mechanical guns and projectors
Centrifugal
Mechanical
124 17, 273 26D, F41B 302
Patent
active
045247498
ABSTRACT:
An improved ball pitching machine is described which can be easily adjusted so as to vary the trajectory of pitched balls, while at the same time affording maximum protection to by-standers by virtue of a selectively openable housing having an adjustable ball-clearing outlet. In preferred forms, the machine includes an elongated, rotatable ball pitching arm having a concave ball-receiving hand adjacent the outer end thereof; the hand is adjustably secured to the arm in a manner permitting variance of the angle of inclination of the hand relative to the arm, thus allowing the machine to deliver lob-type or essentially straight pitches as desired. The housing has an adjustable cover for varying the effective dimensions of the ball-clearing outlet, so that the outlet size can be correlated to a desired adjustment of the pitching hand.
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Apley Richard J.
Browne William R.
Master Pitching Machine, Inc.
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