Ball throwing machine

Claim 1

IN A BALL THROWING MACHINE INCLUDING A FRAME, A THROWING ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOTION IN A VERTICAL PLANE BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL COCKED POSITION AND A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DISCHARGE POSITION, RESILIENT MEANS TO MOVE SAID ARM UPWARDLY IN THROWING MOTION TOWARD THE DISCHARGE POSITION, AND MEANS TO MOVE THE ARM DOWNWARDLY TO THE COCKED POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) MEANS TO SUPPORT A ROW OF BALLS FOR MOVEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION, (B) A VERTICAL MEMBER SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT THE END OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS TOWARD WHICH SAID BALLS MOVE, (C) A CROSS MEMBER THE LENGTH OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE DIAMETER OF ONE OF SAID BALLS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID VERTICAL MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS, (D) FIRST AND SECOND STOP MEMBERS SECURED TO THE ENDS OF SAID CROSS MEMBER AND EXTENDING ABOVE THE SAME SAID SUPPORT MEANS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE DIAMETER OF ONE OF SAID BALLS, SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER BEING SECURED TO THE END OF SAID CROSS MEMBER NEAREST THE ABOVE MENTIONED END OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID SECOND STOP MEMBER BEING SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CROSS MEMBER, (E) MEANS TO TILT SAID CROSS MEMBER WHEREBY SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER CONTACTS AND RETAINS A BALL ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS UNTIL THE THROWING ARM REACHES ITS COCKED POSITION WHEREUPON SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER RELEASES SAID BALL WHILE SAID SECOND STOP MEMBER RETAINS ANOTHER BALL, AND (F) MEANS TO DELIVER THE BALL RELEASED BY SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER TO THE THROWING ARM.