United States Patent 1 Osojnak (11) Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent: 4,723,532 Feb, 9, 1988 [54] FOOTBALL THROWING MACHINE [75] Inventor: Boris M. Osojnak, Bountiful, Utah [73] Assignee: Bonatex Ine,, Bountiful, Utah [21] Appl. No: 874,482 (22) Filed: Jun, 16, 1986 [51] Int, cus F418 15/00 [32] US. (24/78; 124/48; 124/82 [58] Field of Search... . 124/18, 48, 50, 51 R, 124/81, 82; 273/55 B [56] References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,310,746. 2/1943. Parker etal v- 124/48 X 31116730 1/1964. Tingley mn 124/48 X 44026261 5/1977 Paulson et a. 124/78 4193,591 3/1980. Paulson ~ 124/81 X 4.352.348 10/1982. Griffich 124/81 RX 4424969 1/1984 Dumas 273/85 B 4460173 7/1984 Dumas 124/50 X 4596230 6/1986 Grif Primary Examiner—Dave W. Arola Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Robert R. Finch (7) ABSTRACT A machine for repetitively throwing footballs by means of spaced apart confronting surfaces of spinning wheels. ‘The machine includes a magazine with clamps for hold- ing a plurality of footballs fixed in predetermined align- ‘ment for transfer for eventual throwing. A transfer arm is disclosed for sequentially transferring successive balls from the magazine to the throwing wheels while contin- uuously holding them against misalignment until engage- ment by the throwing wheels. Several components of the machine are pivoted about a common axis to enable ball transfer without letting go of the balls. An opera- tor’s station and controls are provided so an operator can control all functions of the machine without touch- ing the balls. 124/78 7 Claims, 16 Drawing Figures4,723,532 Sheet 1 of 7 US. Patent — Feb. 9, 1988 FIG. 1 FIG 2US. Patent — Feb. 9, 1988 Sheet 2 of 7 4,723,532 FIG. 3