Table tennis ball serving device

Details Table tennis ball serving device Table tennis ball serving device

1988-01-13

1990-04-17

Coven, Edward M.

Amusement devices: games

Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...

Target

A63B 3900

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049173804

ABSTRACT:
A portable, automatic serving device for table tennis is provided which includes a robot server and ball capture net. The robot includes a serving head which is mounted for rotation with respect to the body along a plurality of axes. The head is provided with balls from a passageway in the robot operatively connected between the head and the base of the robot. A collapsible net is provided for capturing balls returned by a player. The robot is positioned within and cooperates with the net so that return balls are fed automatically to the head. The robot is operated by three motors, which may be controlled individually to serve sequentially a plurality of balls to a player for practice or for sport. The robot construction provides for a variety of ball delivery techniques, all of which are controlled simply during operation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3911888 (1975-10-01), Harvath
patent: 4559918 (1985-12-01), Ballerin et al.

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