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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:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tommy L Smith, Aurora, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 273201 ;
Abstract
A baseball batting range includes a plurality of pitching machines positioned for propelling baseballs toward corresponding batting stations. The range further includes a sloping floor and a sump where the batted baseballs are collected, and a conveyor which delivers the balls from the sump to a distribution hopper elevated with respect to the sump and the pitching machines. Gravity tube magazines fed from the distribution hopper hold a number of baseballs which are metered to the respective pitching machines. The sump and the distribution hopper are provided with agitators facilitating continuous movement of the baseballs.