Flying disc launcher
AssigneeFranklin Sports, Inc.
InventorSeth Hochberg
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Abstract
A wheel-driven flying disc launcher for conventionally sized and weighted flying discs to achieve optimal velocity, lift and angular momentum for sustained flight. Flying discs having a diameter in the range of 15 cm to 28 cm and a weight in the range of 60 gm to 120 gm engage a spinning drive wheel having a diameter in the range of 10 to 25 cm for discharge through an annulus chute having a width substantially equal to the diameter of the flying disc to be launched and extending through an angle θ around the center of the drive wheel in the range of 45 to 80 degrees.
Claims17
A wheel-driven flying disc launcher for flying discs having a uniform diameter D1 within a range and weight W1 within a range, said launcher comprising:
- a housing having a base plate;
- a circular drive wheel having a center and a uniform diameter D2 within a range operatively mounted on said base plate;
- a motor connected to said drive wheel to rotate said drive wheel on said base plate;
- a power source operatively connected to said motor;
- a curvilinear wall concentric with said circular drive wheel attached to said base plate, said curvilinear wall being spaced apart from said drive wheel a distance substantially equal to D1;
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- an annulus discharge chute within a range formed between said curvilinear wall and said drive wheel and extending through an angle θ around the center of said drive wheel in the range of 45 to 80 degrees, said annulus discharge chute having an input for receiving a flying disc on said base plate and a discharge port for launching a flying disc from said base plate;
- whereby said drive wheel and said curvilinear wall impart optimal velocity, lift and angular momentum for sustained flight to a flying disc passing through said annulus discharge chute.
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