Ball pitching machine
AssigneeCloudgate Corp.
InventorSeong Jun KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a ball pitching machine. The ball pitching machine includes a lower frame, an upper frame disposed on the lower frame, a ball introduction pipe configured to introduce a ball, a pitching unit configured to pitch a ball introduced through the ball introduction pipe, and a first pitching angle control unit coupled to the pitching unit, and configured to control the vertical pitching angle of the pitching unit. The first pitching angle control unit controls the location of the pitching unit so that the trajectory of a ball pitched by the pitching unit passes through a virtual pivot axis spaced apart from a body.
Claims17
A ball pitching machine, comprising:
- a lower frame;
- an upper frame disposed on the lower frame;
- a ball introduction pipe configured to introduce a ball;
- a pitching unit configured to pitch a ball introduced through the ball introduction pipe;
- and
- a first pitching angle control unit coupled to the pitching unit, and configured to control a vertical pitching angle of the pitching unit;
- wherein the first pitching angle control unit moves the pitching unit around a first virtual pivot axis located outside the ball pitching machine.
A ball pitching machine, comprising:
- a lower frame;
- an upper frame disposed on the lower frame;
- a ball introduction pipe configured to introduce a ball;
- a pitching unit configured to pitch a ball introduced through the ball introduction pipe;
- and
- a second pitching angle control unit coupled to the pitching unit, and configured to control a horizontal pitching angle of the pitching unit;
- wherein the second pitching angle control unit comprises a first horizontal control guide and a second horizontal control guide, and moves the pitching unit around a virtual horizontal pivot axis located outside the ball pitching machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.