Improvements to a device and method for training, directing and repeating bat movements performed while batting

Abstract

The improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action have been designed both mechanically and automatically. Mechanically, structural elements have been modified and incorporated in order to enable two players, alternately and independently from each other, to perform their work routines without varying the specifications established for each player in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action, and to enable a left-handed batter and a right-handed batter to train in the same device and under their respective specifications without affecting each other's settings. Another object of the improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action is automatize the displacement of a ball from the carousel-basket to the contact area between the bat and the ball by incorporating mechanical and electronic elements.

1 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action, characterized by the modification of a plurality of mechanical elements; a first vertical axis ( 34 ) including a left seating plate ( 75   i ) and a right seating plate ( 75  D); a sliding ramp ( 56 ) and its support plate ( 38 ), upper arm ( 48 ), lower arm ( 50 ), upper platform ( 52 ) and lower platform ( 54 ). These modified elements are incorporated to a left sliding platform ( 56   i ) and dually incorporated to a right sliding platform ( 56  D). Also are incorporated in another design and configuration a plurality of mechanical and automatic components as improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action: a carousel-basket ( 97 ), a conveyance canal ( 57 ), a stem ( 69 ), an activating cable ( 67 ), an activating lever ( 77 ), a timer ( 83 ), two acoustic or visual alarm elements ( 79 ), a deflecting element ( 73 ), two brackets ( 93 ) and three diameter adjusters ( 89 ). 
     
     
         2 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by a modified vertical axis ( 34 ) incorporating a left seating plate ( 75  I) located in the upper end left side ( 34  A) and a right seating plate ( 75  D) located in the upper end right side ( 34  A). 
     
     
         3 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by simultaneously incorporating a first vertical axis ( 34 ) and a second vertical axis ( 43 ). 
     
     
         4 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by the incorporation of a left seating plate ( 75   i ) connected to the upper end left side ( 34  A) of the first vertical axis ( 34 ) by two brackets ( 93 ). 
     
     
         5 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a right seating plate ( 75  D) connected to the upper end right side ( 43  A) of the second vertical axis ( 43 ) by two brackets ( 93 ). 
     
     
         6 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by the modification of the left support plate structure ( 38  I) shaped as a parallelogram and dimensions of 50 cm wide in its upper end, 40 cm wide in its lower end and 30 cm high; the incorporation of a second support plate ( 38  D) shaped as a parallelogram and dimensions of 50 cm wide in its upper end, 40 cm wide in its lower end and 30 cm high. 
     
     
         7 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by a modified left upper arm ( 48   i ) formed by two integral bars 20 to 30 cm long in its left side and two composite bars formed by two pieces, each 10 to 15 cm long, parallel to each other and perpendicular to the left support plate ( 38  I); also incorporating a right upper arm ( 48  D) formed by two integral bars 20 to 30 cm long in its right side of and two composite bars formed by two pieces, each 10 to 15 cm long, parallel to each other and perpendicular to the right support plate ( 38  D). 
     
     
         8 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by a modified left lower arm ( 50  I) with three bars with a length of 20 to 30 cm parallel to each other and perpendicularly connected to the left support plate ( 38  I), and incorporating a lower right arm ( 50  D) with three bars with a length of 20 to 30 cm parallel to each other and perpendicularly connected to the right support plate ( 38  D). 
     
     
         9 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by a modified left upper platform ( 52 ) structure divided in a straight portion ( 52  B) with a length of 90 cm and a curved portion ( 52  A) with a length of 60 cm. 
     
     
         10 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating the right upper platform structure divided in a straight portion ( 25  B) with a length of 90 cm and a curved portion ( 25  A) with a length of 60 cm. 
     
     
         11 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a spiral shaped carousel-basket ( 97 ) ball container located in the upper end of the first vertical axis ( 34 ), located in the upper end of the second vertical axis ( 43 ), or located in the point uniting the upper end ( 34  A) of the first vertical axis ( 34 ) and the upper end ( 43  A) of the second vertical axis ( 43 ). 
     
     
         12 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a conveyance canal ( 57 ), subdivided in a master canal ( 57  M), a left lateral canal ( 57  I) and a right lateral canal ( 57  D), wherein the master canal ( 57  M) is connected by means of a coupling ring ( 71 ) to the expulsion ring ( 53 ) of the carousel-basket ( 97 ). 
     
     
         13 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by including a deflecting element ( 73 ) in the conveyance canal ( 57 ) located in the end of the master canal ( 57  M). 
     
     
         14 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a left lateral canal ( 57  I) from the deflecting element ( 73 ) of the conveyance canal ( 57 ) to the penetration ring ( 37  I) of the left upper platform ( 52 ). 
     
     
         15 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by including a right lateral canal ( 57  D) from the deflecting element ( 73 ) of the conveyance canal ( 57 ) to the penetration ring ( 37  D) of the right upper platform ( 25 ). 
     
     
         16 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a penetration ring ( 37  I) in the left upper platform ( 52 ) and a penetration ring ( 37  D) in the right upper platform ( 25 ). 
     
     
         17 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating an activating lever ( 77 ) placed 5 cm under the upper end ( 34  A) of the first vertical axis ( 34 ), or placed 5 cm under the upper end ( 43  A) of the second vertical axis ( 43 ). 
     
     
         18 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a stem ( 69 ) located in the expulsion ring ( 53 ) of the carousel-basket ( 97 ). 
     
     
         19 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating an activating cable ( 67 ) connected in its end A to a stem ( 69 ) and its end B connected to the activating lever ( 77 ). 
     
     
         20 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a timer ( 83 ) in the expulsion ring ( 53 ) of the carousel-basket ( 97 ). 
     
     
         21 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by including an acoustic or visual alarm device ( 79 ) in the penetration ring ( 37  I) of the left upper platform ( 52 ) and an acoustic or visual alarm device ( 79 ) in the penetration ring ( 37  D) of the right upper platform ( 25 ). 
     
     
         22 . Improvements in the device and method for training, directing and repeating batting movements while performing the batting action according to  claim 1 , characterized by incorporating a diameter adjuster ( 89 ) in the expulsion ring ( 53 ) of the carousel-basket ( 97 ), another diameter adjuster ( 89 ) in the penetration ring ( 37  I) of the left upper platform ( 52 ) and a diameter adjuster ( 89 ) in the penetration ring ( 37  D) of the right upper platform ( 25 ).