Rotating barrel ball feeder

Abstract

A cylindrical barrel ( 1 ), mounted on an axis with one higher end and one lower end. The barrel is mounted at the lower end by a motor ( 5 ), and at the higher end by support rollers ( 8 ). The motor is mounted to a guide plate ( 7 ) which is mounted to a frame ( 2 ). The support rollers are mounted to the frame. The barrel has an opening ( 4 ) in the higher end for loading in balls, and two or more release chambers ( 3 ) located on the lower end of the barrel at the outermost edge of the barrel face.

I claim:  
     
         1 . In a device for automatically feeding balls into ball-throwing machines comprising a cylindrical barrel, rotates on an axis wherein said barrel has one higher end and one lower end, one opening on the higher end, at least two release chambers on the lower end wherein said release chambers are located at the outermost edge of the face of the barrel.