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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk P. Guidry, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael F. Levert, Jr., Suager Land, TX (US);
Kyle A. Sommerfeld, Houston, TX (US);
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A ball launcher system is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a ball launcher having a rotatable sleeve installed within an internal bore of a hollow body. The hollow body has ball chutes extending from an external surface to the internal bore. The rotatable sleeve has one or more holes that can be sequentially aligned with the ball chutes by rotation of the sleeve to enable balls within the ball chutes to pass sequentially into a well through the one or more holes. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.