Target-throwing device

Claim 1

IN THROWING APPARATUS FOR GENERALLY DISC-SHAPED TARGETS EQUIPPED WITH RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM WALLS THEREOF, A BASE, AN ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, A LATCHPROVIDING ELEMENT ON SAID BASE, A SPRING EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ARM AND ELEMENT OPERATIVE TO URGE SAID ARM AWAY FROM SAID ELEMENT, MOTOR MEANS ON SAID BASE FOR PIVOTING SAID ARM AGAINST THE URGING OF SAID SPRING AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELEMENT, A CHUTE SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE FOR PLACING A TARGET ON SAID ARM WHEN THE SAID ARM IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELEMENT, SAID CHUTE BEING EQUIPPED WITH BRACKET MEANS ADAPTED TO RESTRAIN SUCCEEDING TARGETS DURING THE PLACING OF A TARGET ON SAID ARM AND THEREAFTER PERMITTING PREDETERMINED MOVEMENT OF SAID SUCCEEDING TARGETS, SAID BRACKET MEANS AFTER SAID PREDETERMINED MOVEMENT RESTRAINING ALL BUT THE LEADING TARGET OF SAID SUCCEEDING TARGETS, SAID CHUTE BEING EQUIPPED WITH A GATE IN THE BOTTOM WALL THEREOF, SAID BRACKET MEANS BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID GATE AND EQUIPPED WITH UPSTANDING, SPACED-APART STOP ELEMENTS, ONE OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING EXTENSIBLE INTO SAID CHUTE INTO THE RECESS OF THE TARGET.