EP 0968740 A2 20000105 - Gravity distributor of balls, particularly for tennis practice
Title (en)
Gravity distributor of balls, particularly for tennis practice
Title (de)
Schwerkraftausnutzender Verteiler von Bällen, insbesondere für Tennis
Title (fr)
Distributeur par gravité de balles, en particulier pour le tennis
Publication
Application
Priority
IT BO980408 A 19980702
Abstract (en)
A distributor of balls, includes a hopper (6) for containing a suitable number of balls (P), which are discharged one by one by means (7,9) controlled by the player or automatically by other means (12,13). There are means (11) for electric feeding of the discharging means and of control means, and there are means (15) for conveying the ball, cyclically discharged from the hopper, to the proper height and for making the same ball fall, due to gravity force, in front and beside the player, so that the he/she can volley the falling ball or hit the ball on the rebound, in order to exercise correct tennis strokes. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63B 69/40 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63B 69/40 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0968740 A2 20000105; EP 0968740 A3 20000412; AU 3794799 A 20000120; IT 1304452 B1 20010319; IT BO980408 A1 20000102
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99109203 A 19990519; AU 3794799 A 19990701; IT BO980408 A 19980702