US1007161A - Ball-trap. - Google Patents

Description

E. H. WALTER.

BALL TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1,1911.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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EDWARD H. WALTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALL-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed March 1, 1911. Serial No. 611,707.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. IVALTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Traps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention, while broadly relating to that type of game, wherein the principal element employed is a projectile, usually in the form of a ball, and wherein such projectile is to be thrown upward from the ground, either for the purpose of being more readily struck by a bat, or that it may be caused to fall upon, or in any of a series of suitably numbered squares, or compartments, or at, or near a goal station, or post, yet more particularly relates to the device by which the said projectile is thrown upward, which device is commonly known as a trap, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of the type named, which shall be both simple in its construction, and efficient in its action, and to such ends the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts, or elements comprised therein, substantially as is hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, as it appears when in position for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base of the device, the throwing arm, or lever detached therefrom, and, Fig. 41 is a detached detail view, to show the means employed to strengthen the throwing arm, or lever.

Similar letters, and numerals in the several figures of the drawings denote similar parts.

As has been hereinbefore stated, one of the objects, and in fact the main object of the present invention has been to provide a simple, durable device, of the class named, and with this end in view, I have preferably constructed my improved trap entirely of steel wire, and in few parts, whereby, as will be apparent from the following described construction of the device, taken in connection with the drawings, I am enabled to produce a trap, which while meeting to the full the requirements, last above set forth is both neat, and graceful in appearance, and effective in its action.

In carrying my invention into practice, I

provide a base 1 which is to support the throwing arm, or lever, and which consists essentially in a single piece of steel wire, herein shown as curved into the form of a circle, and at points 2 and 3 the opposite ends of said wire are sharply bent, and extend thence in contact, each with the other, to points 1 and 5, at, or near the center of the circle, at which points said ends are again bent sharply, the one upwardly to form a support, or standard 6, the extreme top of which is formed into an eye 7, to provide a pivotal point for the throwing arm,

or lever, as will be hereinafter set forth. The opposite end of the wire, which forms the base, is at the point 5, bent downwardly, to form a stud 8, which is, by the player, pressed into the ground to hold the base securely at any desired place.

I preferably clamp the portions 9, and 10, of the wire which forms the base, between the points 2, and 3, 4, and 5, at which said wire is bent as hereinbefore stated, together firmly by clamps l1, and 12, see Figs. 1, and 3, and by which the entire base is caused to permanently retain its form, and rigidity.

Upon the standard 6, of the base 1, I mount a pivoted swinging arm, or lever 13, the same consisting essentially in a single piece of steel wire one end of which is provided with an eye 14, to receive one end of the pivot upon which said arm, or lever is mounted as will be presently explained, and from said eye 14, the wire extends to a point 15, at which point it is bent upwardly, and backwardly and extends thence parallel with the portion upon the end of which, the eye 1 1, is formed and above and past said eye, to a point 16, at which it is curved laterally into the form of a circle of small diameter, to a point 17 adjacent to the point 16, at which such circle started, and from said point 17, the wire extends backward, in a plane parallel with that part of said wire that lies between the points 15, and 16, and is, at its extreme end formed into an eye, 18 to receive the opposite end of the pivot, upon which said arm, or lever 13, is mounted. The eyes 1d, and 18, of the lever 13, are arranged at opposite sides of the eye 7 in the standard 6, and in alinement with such eye 7, to receive a pivotal bolt 19, which extends through said alining eyes, and is provided with a screw threaded portion to receive a nut 20, by which said bolt 19 is held in position.

to said Fig. 2 it will be readily apparent, I

that such ball will be thrown in the direction of the arrow 6, by a blow upon the free I upwardly projecting portion of said base,

end of said lever 13, in the direction indicated by the arrow at, and since it is by this method of action that my device is to be operated, when in use further description of its operation, is not necessary herein.

In Fig. 4, I show a portion of the lever 13, the forward end, as provided immediately back of the circular ball receiving portion, with a clamp 21, which is placed upon, and holds the parallel portions of the wire, which forms the lever rigidly in position as shown in said Fig. 41. I have also, in Figs. 1, and 2, indicated by dotted lines like clamps 22, 23, and 24.

Further description of the present device is not necessary to clearly set forth the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof, or to indicate its mode of operation.

While I have herein shown the base as being formed in a circle, it is to be understood that such base may be in any other desired form, as for instance in the form of a square, a diamond, a star, etc.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to pivot a swinging arm, or lever upon a support, for the purpose of throwing a projectile into the air, and I therefore do not broadly claim such a device.

Having thus described my invention I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a trap for balls a base consisting of a single piece of wire bent at suitable points to provide an enlarged portion to rest upon the ground an upwardly projecting portion to provide a support for a lever and a downwardly projecting portion to enter the ground to hold the base in fixed position, in combination with a lever hinged to the substantially as described.

2. In a trap for balls a lever consisting of a single piece of wire provided at each end with an eye to receive a pivot and bent intermediate of said eyes to provide at opposite sides respectively of its support a circular portion to hold a ball and an arm by which it is operated, in combination with a supporting base to which said lever is hinged, substantially as described.

3. In a trap for balls a lever consisting of a single piece of wire provided at each end with an eye to receive a pivot and bent intermediate of said eyes to provide at opposite sides respectively of its support a circular portion to hold a ball and an arm by which it is operated, in combination with a base consisting of a single piece of wire bent at suitable points to provide an enlarged portion to rest upon the ground an up wardly projecting portion to which the lever is hinge-d and a downwardly projecting portion to enter the ground to hold the device in a fixed position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnessesfl EDWARD I-I. WALTER.

I/Vitnesses:

WM. H. H. KNIGHT, JAs. D. lVINoHnLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). c3

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