Baseball pitching machine
OwnerGrace Liaoinventor
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Abstract
A baseball pitching machine includes a support portion on which a case is mounted for accommodating a friction wheel operatively coupled to a motor. A tube is mounted to the case and defines a ball passage in communication with the case. The tube includes a straight shooting section and an angled feeding section having an inlet opening to which a cap is connected. The cap is normally closed to prevent foreign objects from entering the pitching machine. A detection member is mounted in the inlet opening of the feeding section and is actuateable by opening the cap to give off an audio warning via a speaker. The cap has stop plates for prevents the ball from directly traveling to the shooting section before the cap is closed.
Claims7
A pitching machine comprising:
- a support portion;
- a case mounted on the support portion and defining an interior space for accommodating a friction wheel operatively coupled to a motor;
- a tube mounted to the case and defining a ball passage in communication with the interior space of the case, the tube comprising a shooting section corresponding in position to the case and a feeding section having an inlet opening extending upward for receiving a ball, the shooting section having a front open end through which a ball is shot;
- a cap rotatably mounted to the feeding section for openably closing the inlet opening;
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- a detection member mounted in the feeding section and actuateable by the cap to give off a warning via a warning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.