Football throwing machine

A football passing machine is configured to eject a prolate-spheroid-shaped football. The football passing machine includes a frame member, an adjustable launch surface mounted to the frame member, a ball magazine positioned above the adjustable launch surface that is configured to contain a plurali...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAFER FREDERICK D, WAGNER MATTHEW E, JACKSON DONALD B, WENTZ STEVEN R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMUSEMENTS APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING BALL GAMES BLASTING GAMES HEATING HUMAN NECESSITIES LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SPORTS TRAINING EQUIPMENT WEAPONS WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE ORCOMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A football passing machine is configured to eject a prolate-spheroid-shaped football. The football passing machine includes a frame member, an adjustable launch surface mounted to the frame member, a ball magazine positioned above the adjustable launch surface that is configured to contain a plurality of footballs, a moveable escapement arm that is configured to successively dispense footballs that are contained within the ball magazine onto the launch surface, a moveable ball carriage configured to move a football between a first point on the launch surface that is located directly beneath the ball magazine and a second point on the launch surface that is adjacent a football launch mechanism that is configured to eject a football from the football passing machine. An orientation of the adjustable launch surface is configured to be adjusted to change a launch angle of a football while the frame member and the ball magazine remain stationary.