US1606923A - Tee mold - Google Patents

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n Nov. 16 1926.

' 1,606,923 v. c CHRESTENSEN TEE MOLD Filed July 8, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

VIGGO C. CHRISTENSEN, QF FOLEY, ALABAMA.

TEE MOLD.

Application filed July 8,

1ng the hands of the user to the sand and the consequent moisture and sand deposit which results when tees are formed by hand.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whi ch Figure 1 illustrates a View in side elevation of a tee mold embodying the inventipn;

Eigure 2 illustrates a vertical sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a similar view with the ejector projected; and

Figure 4. illustrates a view in elevation partly in section of a tee.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the mold body or casing 5 is approximately conical in shape and of a size which will produce a tee of the desired dimensions. The molds may be made in different sizes, of course, in order that tees of different heights may be made, and a user may select a mold which will produce a tee suitable for his use. Preferably an annular flange 6 is secured on the outer wall of the body which will form an abutment or shoulder which will be engaged by the fingers of an operator in manipulating the mold. The cone is truncated and its end is open for the reception of a plunger rod 7, and the plunger rod has a knob or handle 8 at its outer end which may be pressed for forcing the 1926. Serial No. 121,216.

rod inwardly. A spring 9 encircling the rod has its end abutting the knob or handle and the end of the body, respectively, and the spring is operative to hold the plunger rod normally projected or elevated, as the parts appear in the position in which they are shown in the drawing.

A sleeve or guide 10 is located within the body at its upper end and the sleeve has an annular flange 11 at its lower end which en gages the inner wall of the body, whereas the upper end of the sleeve fits in the aperture at the upper end of the cone and, of course, the sleeve and the flange may be secured to the'body in any appropriate manner, as by soldering, spot welding or the like.

An ejecting plate 12 is secured to or carried by the inner end of the plunger rod and it is of a diameter which will cause it to engage the inner wall of the body, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position it is in condition to receive sand which may be applied to the interior of the body by thrusting the mold in the sand and forcing it down until the sand is properly packed. Thereafter, the plunger rod will be forced inwardly and the sand will be dislodged from the wall of the body and deposited on teeing ground for the reception of the golf ball.

A tee mold made in accordance with the invention and of proper material will withstand unusual wear, and as it is not cumbersome, can be carried by a player without inconvenience.

I claim:

In a tee mold, 'a hollow conical body, the said body having open ends, a sleeve in the small end of the body fitted to the internal wall thereof, an annular flange at the lower end of. the sleeve extending outwardly into engagement with the inner wall of the body, a plunger rod slidable in the sleeve, a handle on the outer end of the rod, a spring encircling the rod between the body and the handle and operative to hold the rod retracted, an ejector plate of a diameter equalling the internal diameter of the body at a location remote from the large end thereof and adapted to engage the internal wall whereby the outward movement of the rod is limited.

VIGGO G. CHRISTENSEN.

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