A - Human Necessities – 63 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
63
B
124/10, 273/197
A63B 69/40 (2006.01) A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1229633
"Pitching Machine" ABSTRACT This invention is intended to provide batters an oppor- tunity to improve their hand/eye coordination by batting at pitches which closely simulate actual game pitches in both speed and trajectory. An arm member is moved in a generally horizontal plane so that one end of the arm member approaches a batter. The end of the arm is fitted with a resilient ex- tension which, in turn, has a ball fixedly attached to its free end. The arm may be raised, lowered, extended and re- retracted in any desired combination thereby moving the ball t oward, and past, the batter. By varying the speed of the ball, its elevation in the vertical plane and its position in the horizontal plane, any desired pitch may be duplicated. The ball may be positioned horizontally and vertically by cams and cam-followers which position the arm member in elevation and length. Speed of the ball may be controlled by a motor/ gear arrangement which moves the arm toward the batter at any desired speed. In its simplest form, the arm member is merely rotated about a vertical post member driven by the motor. The invention may also include means for damping the ball after it has been batted and may be controlled by computer means.
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Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Mcclenny Carl O.
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