Ball pitching apparatus

A ball feeding apparatus for an automatic ball pitching machine, comprising:

• a power drive means for driving the machine;
• a ball de-jammer means operated by the power drive means for preventing the clogging of balls being delivered to a ball throwing arm,
• a ball container having a stationary sloping floor member for holding a plurality of balls for delivery to said ball de-jammer means which is adjacent said container;
• said ball de-jammer means having a ball de-jammer operated by the drive means to engage balls for preventing jamming of balls to a ball feed channel to allow at least one ball to be supplied from the ball container at predetermined intervals;
• said de-jammer means having a tilting floor member movable between horizontal rest and inclined positions to selectively roll balls to a ball feed channel;
• said de-jammer means having a horizontally reciprocating member to engage and remove balls so as to prevent a plurality of balls in the ball container from engaging and jamming a ball which is to be released by the tilting action of said tilting floor member upon operation of the de-jammer means by the power drive means.