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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Klaus Sommer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John Clemons, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Wolfgang Jacobsen, Koln, DE;
Ing Kurt Pirk, Koln, DE;
Arthur Zerbe, Burscheid, DE;
Werner Konig, Leverkusen, DE;
Berthold Justen, Burscheid, DE;
Jurgen Giesselmann, Overath, DE;
William Wasserberger, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Raymond Edwards, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Muskegon, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for throwing balls with specific throwing parameters with the aid of a pendulum. The device consists of a pendulum having a free end which is suspended so as to be movable about an axis, characterized in that a holding device for the ball is located at the free end of the pendulum shaft and can release the ball in response to an electrical signal.