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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 31, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lorenzo J Ponza, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
124-1 ; 124 81 ; 124 / ;
Abstract
A ball throwing machine which includes a pair of rotary discs supported for rotation in angularly opposed relation so as to laterally engage a ball and effect propulsion thereof, each disc being composed of a back-up plate with an annular groove and a flat resilient section thereover, the discs being mounted on connected shafts enabling rotation by a single prime mover, and being capable of offset connection so that the ball will be engaged by the discs at different radial positions.