Multi-Wheel Serving Machine

The invention relates to the technical field of serving machines, in particular to a multi-wheel serving machine.

As people's living standards continue to improve, more and more people recognize the importance of having a good physical quality, and gradually strengthen a variety of sports exercise, so various kinds of ball sports products have gained an increasingly broad market; most people will use serving machine for practice to alleviate workload of staff to pick up and serve balls, and they can follow the exercise machine to practice playing the ball, so as to effectively improve competitive level and achieve purpose of exercise.

The serving machine in prior art usually serve in the form of serving breaking balls to directions of up, down, left or right, the form of which is less difficult, difficult actions such as inside pitch and outshoot are easy for beginners to learn, but for the athletes, professional players or other trainers with high requirement, it's difficult to meet requirements of their daily training, and they can not break through to do further strengthened practice, to achieve the desired training effect and improvement.

The purpose of the invention aims to provide a multi-wheel serving machine, to solve one of problems in prior art.

In order to realize above purpose, the invention provides a multi-wheel serving machine, comprising

a serving member, which is provided on the mounting base; the serving member is provided with a serving channel, and a plurality of openings connecting with the serving channel are provided on outer wall of the serving member; and a plurality of serve driving components are provided around outer wall of the serving member and disposed in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of the openings, respectively; serve driving components include serving wheels and serving wheel of each serve driving component extends into the serving channel at least partially from an opening, and a serving position is formed among peripheral walls of a plurality of serving wheels;

Optionally, the serve driving component further comprises a mounting bracket and a driving unit; the mounting bracket is disposed on outer wall of the serving member, and the driving unit is disposed on the mounting bracket, and output end of the driving unit is connected to the serving wheels for driving serving wheels to rotate.

Optionally, the serve driving component further comprises an adjusting base; the driving unit is disposed on the adjusting base, and the adjusting base is disposed on the mounting bracket and is capable of being moved relative to the mounting bracket in a direction closer to or farther away from serving position when adjusted for adjusting the distance among a plurality of the serving wheels.

Optionally, the adjusting base and the mounting bracket are provided with adjusting slots and mounting holes respectively or with mounting holes and adjusting slots respectively, the adjusting slots being provided in correspondence with the mounting holes; the adjusting slots and mounting holes pass through locking members, the locking members being used for locking or unlocking the adjusting base and being capable of moving the adjusting base in a direction closer to or farther away from the serving position when the adjusting base is loosened.

Optionally, the serving member is rotatably disposed on the mounting base for a plurality of the serve driving component to rotate about an axis of the serving member to adjust position.

Optionally, on opposite sides of the mounting base are provided with a ball outlet tube and a ball inlet tube respectively, and the ball outlet tube and the ball inlet tube are arranged in a coaxial manner; ball outlet end and ball inlet end of the serving member are rotatably connected to the ball outlet tube and the ball inlet tube, respectively, and the ball inlet tube is connected to a ball inlet guide tube.

Optionally, the invention also includes a locking component; the locking component is used to lock or loosen the serving member and to adjust positions of a plurality of the serve driving components when the serving member is loosened.

Optionally, the serving member is provided with at least one adjustment plate, and the adjustment plate is provided with an arc-shaped slot around axis of the serving member; the mounting base is provided with a through-hole on a side of the arc-shaped slot; the locking component comprises a second screw and a second nut; screw rod of the second screw passes through the arc-shaped slot and through-hole in sequence and is in threaded connection with the second nut.

Optionally, a support tube is vertically provided at top of the support frame, and a rotating tube is provided at bottom of the mounting base, the rotating tube being rotatably connected to the support tube, so that the mounting base can be rotated left or right relative to the support frame.

Optionally, the multi-wheel serving machine further comprises a base plate disposed on the support frame, two support plates are symmetrically disposed on the base plate, and lower end of the mounting base is rotatably connected to two support plates via a rotating shaft; each support plate is provided with an arc-shaped long slot around the rotating shaft, and lower end of the mounting base is provided with a fourth screw, screw rod of the fourth screw passes through the arc-shaped long slot and is in threaded connection with fourth nut; when the fourth nut is loosened, the mounting base can rotate up and down about the rotating shaft relative to the support frame.

Compared with the prior art, one or more technical solutions of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the invention has at least one of following technical effects:

. By adjusting rotation speed of a plurality of serving wheels, a plurality of serving wheelsrub against respective surfaces of the balls at the serving positionto propel the ball to be released outwards, so as to serve various different breaking balls, such as sinker, inside pitch, outshoot, up-and-down floater (butterfly pitch), drop ball, and other difficult action-changing balls, so as to make serve of serving machine more close to the way of real people serving the ball to satisfy sports players' desired playing and catching ball interest, and to achieve the training effect that trainers want to improve ball skills.

. The adjusting base is disposed on the mounting bracket and is capable of being moved relative to the mounting bracket in a direction closer to or farther away from the serving position when adjusted for adjusting the distance among a plurality of the serving wheels, so as to realize serving balls with different sizes, such as baseball, tennis, softball, table tennis and so on, which has wide application ranges and has a very high degree of practicability.

. The serving member is rotatably disposed on the mounting base for a plurality of the serve driving components to rotate around an axis of the serving member to adjust position, so as to adjust the position of a plurality of serving wheels, and different types of breaking balls can be released by changing the position of a plurality of serving wheels, which further enriches serving types of the serving machine.

. Brief Description of Accompany Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiment of the invention, the accompanying drawings to be used in the description of the embodiment or prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, only partial embodiment of the invention are shown and the actual structure is not limited thereto. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained based on the drawings of the invention with non-creative labor.

is structural diagram of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the invention;

is sectional view of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the invention;

is structural diagram of hidden protective cover of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the invention;

is exploded view of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the invention;

As shown in the accompanying drawings:

Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below, and embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar symbols throughout indicate same or similar elements or elements having same or similar functions. The embodiments described below by reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as a limitation of the invention.

In the description of the invention, it is to be understood that the terms “length”, “width”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, and the like indicate orientation or positional relationships based on those shown in the accompanying drawings, solely for the purpose of facilitating the description of the invention and simplifying the description and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore are not to be construed as limitations of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms “first” and “second” are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined with the terms “first” and “second” may expressly or implicitly include one or more such features. In the description of the invention, “a plurality of” means two or more, unless otherwise expressly and specifically limited.

In the description of the embodiments of the invention, it should be further noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms “mounted”, “linked”, “connected” and “fixed” should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of above terms in the invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In one embodiment of the invention, with reference toto, it provides a multi-wheel serving machine, comprising a support frame, a mounting base, a serving member, and serve driving components.

Wherein, with reference toand, the mounting baseis provided on the support frame.

Wherein, with reference toand, the serving memberis provided on the mounting base; the serving memberis provided with a serving channel, and two ends of the serving channelare provided with a ball outlet endand a ball inlet endrespectively; a plurality of openingsconnecting with the serving channelare provided on outer wall of the serving member.

Wherein, with reference toand, a plurality of serve driving componentsare provided around outer wall of the serving memberand disposed in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of the openings, respectively; serve driving componentsinclude serving wheelsand serving wheelof each serve driving componentextends into the serving channelat least partially from an opening, and a serving positionis formed among peripheral walls of a plurality of serving wheels;

Compared with the prior art, one or more technical solutions of the multi-wheel serving machine provided by the embodiment has at least one of following technical effects:

With reference toand, when in operation, the ball enters the serving channelfrom the ball inlet endand moves to the serving position(among a plurality of serving wheels), and the serving wheelsof a plurality of serve driving componentsrotate to propel the ball to be released toward the ball outlet endto realize the serving.

With reference toand, by adjusting rotation speed of a plurality of serving wheels, a plurality of serving wheelsrub against respective surfaces of the balls at the serving positionto propel the ball to be released outwards, so as to serving various different breaking balls, such as sinker, inside pitch, outshoot, up-and-down floater (butterfly pitch), drop ball, and other difficult action-changing balls, so as to make serve of serving machine more close to the way of real people serving the ball to satisfy sports players' desired playing and catching ball interest, and to achieve the training effect that trainers want to improve ball skills.

In another embodiment, with reference to, the serve driving componentfurther comprises a mounting bracketand a driving unit; the mounting bracketis disposed on outer wall of the serving member, and the driving unitis disposed on the mounting bracket, and output end of the driving unitis connected to center of the serving wheelsfor driving serving wheelsto rotate. Wherein, the driving unitcan be a motor, and when working, output end of the motor drives the serving wheelsto rotate, which is a simple structure.

In another embodiment, with reference to, the serve driving componentfurther comprises an adjusting base; the driving unitis fixedly disposed on the adjusting base, and output end of the driving unitpasses through the adjusting baseand is fixedly connected to center of the serving wheel.

Further, with reference toand, the adjusting baseis disposed on the mounting bracketand is capable of being moved relative to the mounting bracketin a direction closer to or farther away from serving positionwhen adjusted for adjusting the distance among a plurality of the serving wheels, so as to realize serving balls with different sizes, such as baseball, tennis, softball, table tennis and so on, which has wide application ranges and has a very high degree of practicability.

Further, with reference toand, the adjusting baseand the mounting bracketare provided with adjusting slotsand mounting holesrespectively or with mounting holesand adjusting slotsrespectively, the adjusting slotsbeing provided in correspondence with the mounting holes; the adjusting slotsand mounting holesare disposed through locking members (not shown in the drawings), the locking members being used for locking or unlocking the adjusting baseand being capable of moving the adjusting basein a direction closer to or farther away from the serving positionwhen the adjusting baseis loosened, which is simple in structure.

With reference to, when the mounting holesare threaded holes, the locking members are bolts, screw rods of the bolts pass through the adjusting slotsand are in threaded connection with the mounting holes; width of nut of the bolt is larger than width of the adjusting slot, which is used for locking the adjusting basewhen the bolt is loosened, and is used to release the adjusting basewhen the bolt is loosened. The locking member includes a first screw (not shown in the drawings) and a first nut (not shown in the drawings), screw rod of the first screw passes through the mounting holeand the adjusting slotin sequence and is in threaded connection with the first nut, the nut of the first screw is larger than the mounting hole, and width of the first nut is larger than width of the adjusting slot. When adjusting, loosening the first nut to push the adjusting basealong the adjusting slotin a direction close to or away from the serving positionto adjust the distance among a plurality of serving wheels; after adjusting to a suitable position, tightening the first nut, fixing the adjusting baseand the serve driving componentsto the mounting bracket, which is simple to operate and convenient to adjust.

In a specific embodiment, with reference to, on two opposite sides of the adjusting baseare provided with at least one mounting hole, the mounting bracketis provided with at least two adjusting slots, two adjusting slotsare respectively provided in correspondence with two mounting holes, and each of the locking members is disposed through one of the mounting holesand one of the adjusting slots.

Further, with reference to, on opposite sides of the adjusting baseare symmetrically provided with adjustment plates, each of two adjustment platesis provided with at least one mounting hole, the mounting bracketis symmetrically provided with two vertical plates, the adjusting baseis disposed between two vertical plates, and two vertical platesare provided with at least one adjusting slot, and a plurality of adjusting slotsare provided in correspondence with a plurality of mounting holes, respectively.

In some embodiments, one side of the adjusting baseis slidably connected to the mounting bracket, other side of the adjusting baseis provided with at least one mounting hole, and the mounting bracketis provided with at least one adjusting slot, the adjusting slotsbeing provided in correspondence with the mounting holes.

Further, with reference toand, the serve driving componentalso includes protective coversdisposed on the mounting bracket, each of the protective coveris disposed covering outside of a serving wheel; the protective coversplay a protective role to avoid the user's hand from accidentally touching the serving wheelswhen the serving wheelsare rotating, which has high safety.

In another embodiment, referring to, the serve driving componentfurther includes a speed-control switch, which is provided on outer wall of the mounting bracketand is electrically connected to the driving unitfor adjusting rotation speed of the driving unit. When working, the speed-control switchof each serve driving componentindividually adjusts the rotation speed of its driving unit, thereby adjusting the rotation speed of the serving wheel, so that a plurality of serving wheelsrub against respective surfaces of the balls at the serving positionto propel the ball, so as to serve various different breaking balls; the use of the speed-control switchfor speed regulation is simple and convenient for the user to use. Wherein, the speed-control switchis a mature prior art, such as speed-control switchof a fan.

Further, with reference to, the serve driving componentalso includes a speed-control digital display, which is provided on outer wall of the mounting bracketand is electrically connected to the driving unitfor displaying rotation speed of the serving wheels. By setting the speed-control digital display, a user can visualize the rotation speed of the serving wheelsof each serve driving component. Wherein, the speed-control digital displayis mature prior art.

Wherein, the serve driving componentsmay be provided in two, three or more numbers, and the number of serve driving componentsmay be set according to the actual production demand. In a specific embodiment, the serve driving componentsare provided as four, and four serve driving componentsare provided above, below, to the left and to the right of the serving member, respectively.

In another embodiment, referring toand, the serving memberis rotatably disposed on the mounting basefor a plurality of serve driving componentsto rotate around an axis of the serving memberto adjust the position, i.e., when the serving memberrotates relative to the mounting base, it drives a plurality of serve driving componentsto rotate around the axis of the serving memberto adjust positions of a plurality of serving driving components, thereby adjusting positions of a plurality of serving wheels, and different types of breaking balls can be released by changing the position of a plurality of serving wheels, which further enriches serving types of the serving machine. Wherein, the serving membermay be rotated 360° relative to the mounting base.