Ball pitching system

An improved system for hurling baseballs along a predefined arced trajectory of the type wherein a ball is hurled toward a batter, said improvement comprising:

• a frame adapted for positioning upon a support surface;
• an arm pivotally mounted to said frame and constructed for receiving a baseball on an end thereof for being hurled toward a batter;
• means securable to said frame for supplying compressed air for pivotal actuation of said arm from a first rest position into an arced position;
• a pneumatic cylinder coupled at a first end to said arm and at a second end to said frame and adapted for pivotally actuating said arm;
• means coupling said compressed air means to said pneumatic cylinder for the actuation thereof;
• a ball chute one end of which is disposed adjacent said arm and in close proximity to said end thereof constructed for receiving said baseball thereon in its rest position;
• means for retaining and discharging balls from said ball chute upon said end of said arm prior to the pivotal actuation thereof to hurl said baseball toward said batter;
• means for selectively actuating said pneumatic cylinder for hurling said balls positioned upon said pivotal arm by the pivotal actuation thereof from its rest position to its arced position in response to compressed air within said pneumatic cylinder;
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• a compression return chamber coupled to said pneumatic cylinder in flow communication therewith for receiving compressed air therefrom during the pivotal actuation of said arm and providing a return force to said arm to return it to its rest position from its arced position.