CN111420376A

CN111420376A - Golf club head measuring device and method

Info

Publication number: CN111420376A
Application number: CN201910019500.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋槐耘
Original assignee: Fusheng Precision Co Ltd
Current assignee: Fusheng Precision Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-09
Filing date: 2019-01-09
Publication date: 2020-07-17
Also published as: TW202026047A

Abstract

A golf club head measuring device and method thereof, comprising: a carrier table; the fixing piece is positioned at one end of the bearing table and is provided with a clamping seat and a pressing tool which can be clamped mutually; the bracket is positioned at the other end opposite to the bearing table and provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite, and a guide rail is arranged between the first end and the second end; the knocking module is provided with a sliding seat, the sliding seat can be combined with the guide rail in a sliding manner, the sliding seat is provided with a rotating shaft and a ratchet wheel coaxial with the rotating shaft, the knocking module is provided with a clamping and abutting piece, the clamping and abutting piece moves in the axial direction of the ratchet wheel through a control element to clamp and abut against the ratchet wheel, and the rotating shaft is connected with a knocking piece through a cantilever; and a pushing module electrically connected to the control element, wherein the pushing module has a pushing member opposite to the cantilever of the knocking module.

Description

Golf club head measuring device and method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a measuring device, and more particularly, to a measuring device and a measuring method for a golf club head.

Background

In general, when the flexibility of the face of the golf club head is measured, the flexibility of the face is measured by manually striking the golf club head, but the measurement takes a long time, and the measurement may vary depending on the measurement of the face by different persons and may cause measurement errors due to human errors.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a golf club head measuring device and method thereof, which can automate the measurement.

The golf club head measuring device of the present invention comprises: a carrier table; the fixing piece is positioned at one end of the bearing table and is provided with a clamping seat and a pressing tool which can be clamped mutually; the bracket is positioned at the other end opposite to the bearing table and provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite, and a guide rail is arranged between the first end and the second end; the knocking module is provided with a sliding seat, the sliding seat can be combined with the guide rail in a sliding manner, the sliding seat is provided with a rotating shaft and a ratchet wheel coaxial with the rotating shaft, the knocking module is provided with a clamping and abutting piece, the clamping and abutting piece moves in the axial direction of the ratchet wheel through a control element to clamp and abut against the ratchet wheel, and the rotating shaft is connected with a knocking piece through a cantilever; and a pushing module electrically connected to the control element, wherein the pushing module has a pushing member opposite to the cantilever of the knocking module.

The golf club head measuring method of the present invention comprises: fixing a piece to be tested of a golf club on the fixing piece, so that the hitting surface of the head of the piece to be tested of the golf club faces the knocking module positioned on the bracket; the control element of the knocking module is used for controlling the pushing piece of the pushing module to push the knocking module, so that the cantilever rotates to a preset height by taking the rotating shaft as an axis, and the clamping piece is used for clamping the ratchet wheel corresponding to the preset height; and enabling the cantilever and the knocking piece to freely swing to knock the ball head.

Therefore, according to the golf club head measuring device and method, the control element is arranged on the knocking module, the control element generates signals to control the pushing and supporting piece of the pushing and supporting module to push the cantilever of the knocking module, and the clamping and supporting piece of the knocking module to clamp the ratchet, so that the knocking piece can automatically vertically swing to knock the club head at a preset height to simulate different force ways to knock the club head to measure flexibility, the difference in interpretation caused by manual measurement can be avoided, and the effects of improving the measuring efficiency and the measuring accuracy are achieved.

Wherein, a clamping space is arranged between the top end and the bottom end of the clamping seat, and the pressing tool is screwed on the top end of the clamping seat through a screw piece so as to enable the pressing tool to be positioned in the clamping space. Therefore, the golf club testing piece can be stably fixed between the pressing tool and the clamping seat.

The periphery of the ratchet wheel is adjacent to the lower end of the sliding seat and sequentially provided with a first ratchet, a second ratchet and a third ratchet, and the clamping and abutting piece is clamped and abutted against the first ratchet, the second ratchet or the third ratchet. Therefore, the effect of simulating the influence of knocking the ball head by different forces can be achieved by vertically swinging and knocking the ball head from different preset heights.

The golf club head measuring device also comprises a correcting module, wherein the correcting module is provided with a sliding seat, the sliding seat can be combined with the guide rail in a sliding way, the sliding seat is provided with a ball head aligning part, the ball head aligning part is provided with three protruding aligning pins, and a plane formed by connecting the tips of the three aligning pins and a knocking surface of the knocking piece are positioned on the same extending plane. Therefore, the striking piece can strike the striking surface of the ball head on average, and measurement errors caused by uneven force application are avoided.

The golf club head measuring method further comprises the step of adjusting the club head to be attached to the three alignment pins of the correction module so as to align the striking module located on the support. Therefore, the striking piece can strike the striking surface of the ball head on average, and measurement errors caused by uneven force application are avoided.

The cantilever is rotated to a position which is 45 degrees relative to the natural sag to enable the knocking piece to sag and knock the ball head, the flexibility is measured repeatedly for three times, the cantilever is rotated to a position which is 30 degrees relative to the natural sag to enable the knocking piece to sag and knock the ball head, the flexibility is measured repeatedly for three times, the cantilever is rotated to a position which is 15 degrees relative to the natural sag to enable the knocking piece to sag and knock the ball head, and the flexibility is measured repeatedly for three times. Therefore, the effect of simulating the influence of knocking the ball head by different forces can be achieved by vertically swinging and knocking the ball head from different preset heights.

Wherein, the knocking piece freely swings at the speed of 0.65-1.3 m/s to knock the ball head. Therefore, the effect of improving the measurement accuracy is achieved.

Wherein the time for the knocking piece to contact the ball head is 220-264 mu s. Therefore, the effect of improving the measurement accuracy is achieved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a golf club head measuring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial structural diagram of a calibration module of the measuring device of a golf club head according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a partial structure diagram of the alignment cantilever of the pushing module of the measuring device of golf club head of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial view of the structure of the engaging member and the ratchet of the measuring device of the golf club head of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of the free pendulum motion of the striking element for striking the head of the golf club head measuring device of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals

(present invention)

1 bearing table

2 fixing part

21 holder 22 tamp

23 screw member

3 support

31 first end 32 second end

33 guide rail

4 strike module

41 two arms of sliding seat 42

43 rotating shaft 44 cantilever

45 plexor 451 measuring unit

452 knocking surface 46 ratchet

461 ratchet 461a first ratchet

461b second ratchet teeth 461c third ratchet teeth

47 engaging member 471 control element

5 pushing module

51 push-against piece 52 connecting arm

53 drive device

6 correction module

61 sliding seat 62 ball head contraposition part

621 aligning needle 622 laser sight

S clamping space

(Prior Art)

9 golf ball to be measured 91 head.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below:

all directions or similar expressions such as "front", "back", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "side", etc. are mainly used to refer to the directions of the drawings, and are only used to assist the description and understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not used to limit the present invention.

The terms "coupled," "combined," and "assembled" as used herein include the form in which the components are separated without damage after being connected or the components are not separated after being connected, and are selected by one of ordinary skill in the art according to the material or assembly requirement of the components to be connected.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of a golf club head measuring device according to the present invention includes a bearing platform 1, two opposite ends of the bearing platform 1 may respectively have a fixing member 2 and a support 3, the support 3 is combined with a striking module 4 and a pushing module 5, one end of a golf club to-be-measured 9 is fixed to the fixing member 2, and a ball head 91 at the other end of the golf club to-be-measured 9 is opposite to the striking module 4 located on the support 3, so that the striking module 4 is pushed by the pushing module 5 to strike the ball head 91 for measurement.

For example, the fixing member 2 can fix the to-be-tested piece 9 of the golf club head by clamping or snapping, in this embodiment, the fixing member 2 has a clamping seat 21 and a pressing tool 22 that can be clamped with each other, a clamping space S is formed between the top end and the bottom end of the clamping seat 21, and the pressing tool 22 is screwed to the top end of the clamping seat 21 through a screw 23, so that the pressing tool 22 is located in the clamping space S, and thus, the screw 23 can be rotated to control the pressing tool 22 to move towards the bottom end in the clamping space S to press against the clamping seat 21.

The bracket 3 has a first end 31 and a second end 32 opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the carrier 1, a guide rail 33 is disposed between the first end 31 and the second end 32, and the guide rail 33 is used for slidably coupling the knocking module 4. For example, the guide rail 33 can be two guide rods connecting the first end 31 and the second end 32, and the knocking module 4 can be combined with the two guide rods, so that the knocking module 4 can slide between the first end 31 and the second end 32.

Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, the striking module 4 has a sliding seat 41, the sliding seat 41 is slidably combined with the guide rail 33, the lower end of the sliding seat 41 may have two arms 42 formed by extending, a rotating shaft 43 is pivotally connected between the two arms 42, and two ends of the rotating shaft 43 are connected with a striking element 45 through a cantilever 44, so that the sliding seat 41 can slide up and down on the guide rail 33 to adjust the height of the striking element 45, the striking element 45 can align with the ball head 91 of the golf ball to-be-tested piece 9, and the striking element 45 can vertically swing from a predetermined height with the rotating shaft 43 as an axis to strike the ball head 91. The striking element 45 has a measuring unit 451, the measuring unit 451 can be electrically connected to a computer or a computer (not shown), when the striking element 45 strikes the ball head 91, the time from the striking element 45 contacting the ball head 91 to rebounding away from the ball head 91 can be recorded by the measuring unit 451, so as to measure the flexibility of the ball head 91.

The knocking module 4 may have a ratchet 46 coaxial with the rotating shaft 43 and a clamping member 47 axially clamped against the ratchet 46, in particular, the ratchet 46 may rotate along with the rotating shaft 43, and the periphery of the ratchet 46 has a plurality of ratchet teeth 461, through the clamping member 47 clamping against one of the plurality of ratchet teeth 461, the knocking member 45 may be positioned at a predetermined height at which the knocking member 45 starts to dangle, for example, the number of the ratchet teeth 461 may be set according to the user's requirement to position the knocking member 45 at different predetermined heights, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the periphery of the ratchet 46 has three ratchet teeth 461, the three ratchet teeth 461 can correspond to three predetermined heights at which the striking element 45 starts to swing vertically, for example, the periphery of the ratchet 46, starting from the lower end of the sliding seat 41, can sequentially have a first ratchet 461a, a second ratchet 461b and a third ratchet 461c, when the clamping element 47 is clamped against the first ratchet 461a, the second ratchet 461b or the third ratchet 461c, the cantilever 44 and the striking element 45 can be raised to three predetermined heights of 45 °, 30 ° or 15 ° with respect to the natural vertical axis by using the rotating shaft 43 as the axis, and accordingly, the striking element 91 can swing vertically from different predetermined heights to simulate the impact of striking the ball 91 with different forces.

In addition, the locking member 47 can be set by a control element 471 to move forward in the axial direction of the ratchet 46 to lock one of the three ratchet teeth 461 so as to position the cantilever 44 and the knocking member 45 at a predetermined height for beginning to swing, and the locking member 47 can be moved back in the axial direction of the ratchet 46 so as not to lock one of the three ratchet teeth 461, so that the knocking member 45 swings from the predetermined height.

Referring to fig. 4, the pushing module 5 has a pushing element 51, and the pushing element 51 is opposite to the cantilever 44 of the knocking module 4, so that the pushing element 51 can push the cantilever 44 and the knocking element 45 to rotate to the predetermined height around the rotating shaft 43. In this embodiment, the pushing element 51 may be connected to a driving device 53 through a connecting arm 52, the driving device 53 may be a motor to drive the connecting arm 52 to rotate, for example, the connecting arm 52 may rotate towards the suspension arm 44 to push the pushing element 51 against the suspension arm 44, or the connecting arm 52 may rotate away from the suspension arm 44 to allow the suspension arm 44 to swing freely. The driving device 53 can be electrically connected to the control element 471 of the knocking module 4, so that the control element 471 can simultaneously control the pushing module 5 to push the cantilever 44 and the knocking element 45 to the predetermined height, and the engaging element 47 moves forward to engage with the corresponding ratchet 461, thereby automatically positioning the knocking element 45 to the predetermined height.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in order to further ensure the accuracy of the measurement value of the striking element 45 impacting the ball head 91, the golf club head measuring device of the present invention may further include a calibration module 6, the calibration module 6 has a sliding seat 61, the sliding seat 61 is slidably coupled to the guide rail 33, the sliding seat 61 has a ball positioning portion 62, the ball positioning portion 62 of the sliding seat 61 can be adjusted to be positioned on the ball head 91 to calibrate the position of the ball head 91, in detail, the ball positioning portion 62 has three alignment pins 621 protruding toward the ball head 91, the plane formed by the connecting tips of the three alignment pins 621 is located on the same extending plane as the striking surface 452 of the striking element 45, accordingly, the geometric center of the striking surface 621 of the ball head 91 can be adjusted to be positioned on the tips of the three alignment pins 621, the sliding seat 61 of the calibration module 6 is removed, then, the sliding seat 41 of the knocking module 4 is adjusted to enable the knocking piece 45 to align to the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91, so that the striking surface 452 of the knocking piece 45 can be attached to the ball head 91, the knocking piece 45 can averagely impact the striking surface of the ball head 91, and the effect of measuring errors caused by uneven force application is avoided. In addition, the ball aligning portion 62 may further have a laser sight 622 for further precisely positioning the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball 91, so as to avoid errors caused by human eye recognition.

With the above structure, the golf club head measuring device of the present invention can perform a golf club head measuring method, please refer to fig. 1, 6, and 7, wherein one end of the to-be-measured piece 9 of the golf club is fixed in the clamping space S of the fixing member 2, and the screw 23 is rotated to control the pressing tool 22 to move toward the sole end in the clamping space S, so as to press the to-be-measured piece 9 of the golf club between the pressing tool 22 and the clamping seat 21, so that the striking surface of the ball head 91 at the other end of the to-be-measured piece 9 of the golf club is located on the striking piece 45, in particular, the sliding seat 41 of the striking module 4 can slide on the guide rail 33, so that the striking piece 45 is located on the striking surface of the ball head 91, especially, at the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91. The control element 471 of the knocking module 4 controls the abutting element 51 of the abutting module 5 to push the cantilever 44 of the knocking module 4 and the knocking element 45 to rotate to the predetermined height around the rotating shaft 43, and then controls the engaging element 47 to engage with the ratchet 461 at the predetermined height, thereby simulating the knocking force to be measured.

Referring to fig. 8, when the engaging member 47 does not engage the ratchet 461, the cantilever 44 and the knocking member 45 can freely swing to knock the ball 91, so that the time from the time the knocking member 45 contacts the ball 91 to the time the knocking member 45 bounces off the ball 91 can be recorded by the measuring unit 451 of the knocking member 45, so as to measure the flexibility of the ball 91.

Preferably, the knocking member 45 can be swung at a speed of 0.65-1.3 m/s to knock the ball 91, in this embodiment, the pushing and supporting member 51 pushes the cantilever 44 to be lifted to a position of 45 ° with respect to the natural swing, so that the knocking member 45 swings to knock the ball 91, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility, the pushing and supporting member 51 is further pushed to a position of 30 ° of the cantilever 44, so that the knocking member 45 swings to knock the ball 91, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility, and the pushing and supporting member 51 is further pushed to a position of 15 ° of the cantilever 44, so that the knocking member 45 swings to knock the ball 91, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility, whereby the time of the knocking member 45 contacting the ball 91, measured by the measuring unit 451 of the knocking member 45, can fall within 220-220 μ s. Accordingly, the flexibility of the golf club head 91 can be accurately measured, the difference between the measurement result of the measurement method of the present invention and the standard value is 0.3 μ s, and the difference between the measurement result of the conventional manual striking measurement and the standard value is 1.7 μ s, which shows that the error of each measurement performed by the measurement method of the golf club head measurement device of the present invention is small, i.e., the accuracy is better than that of the manual striking measurement, and the measurement method performed by the measurement device of the golf club head of the present invention can perform about 650 measurements of the golf club object within 10 hours, and the conventional manual striking measurement only performs about 350 measurements of the golf club object within 10 hours, which shows that the measurement method performed by the measurement device of the present invention has better efficiency than that of the manual striking measurement.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, before the striking surface of the ball head 91 is located on the striking member 45, a calibration step may be performed on the position of the ball head 91, the alignment portion 62 of the sliding seat 61 may be adjusted to be aligned with the ball head 91, after the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91 is adjusted to be aligned with the tips of the three alignment pins 621, the sliding seat 61 of the calibration module 6 is removed, and the sliding seat 41 of the striking module 4 is adjusted to enable the striking member 45 to be aligned with the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91, thereby having an effect of further accurately positioning the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91.

In summary, the golf club head measuring device and method of the present invention uses the control element of the striking module, and the control element generates a signal to control the pushing member of the pushing module to push the cantilever of the striking module, and to control the clamping member of the striking module to clamp the ratchet, so that the striking member can automatically vertically swing at a predetermined height to strike the club head, thereby simulating different forces to strike the club head to measure flexibility, avoiding differences in interpretation caused by manual measurement, and improving measurement efficiency and measurement accuracy.

Although the present invention has been disclosed with reference to the above preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A golf club head measuring device, comprising:

a carrier table;

the fixing piece is positioned at one end of the bearing table and is provided with a clamping seat and a pressing tool which can be clamped mutually;

the bracket is positioned at the other end opposite to the bearing table and provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite, and a guide rail is arranged between the first end and the second end;

the knocking module is provided with a sliding seat, the sliding seat can be combined with the guide rail in a sliding manner, the sliding seat is provided with a rotating shaft and a ratchet wheel coaxial with the rotating shaft, the knocking module is provided with a clamping and abutting piece, the clamping and abutting piece moves in the axial direction of the ratchet wheel through a control element to clamp and abut against the ratchet wheel, and the rotating shaft is connected with a knocking piece through a cantilever; and

and the pushing module is electrically connected with the control element and is provided with a pushing piece, and the pushing piece is opposite to the cantilever of the knocking module.

2. The golf club head measuring device of claim 1, wherein a clamping space is provided between the top end and the bottom end of the holder, and the presser is screwed to the top end of the holder by a screw member so that the presser is located in the clamping space.

3. The golf club head measuring device of claim 1, wherein the periphery of the ratchet wheel is provided with a first ratchet, a second ratchet and a third ratchet in sequence from the lower end of the sliding seat, and the engaging member engages with the first ratchet, the second ratchet or the third ratchet.

4. The device for measuring the golf club head according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a calibration module having a sliding seat slidably coupled to the guide rail, the sliding seat having a ball aligning portion, the ball aligning portion having three protruding alignment pins, the plane formed by connecting the tips of the three alignment pins and a striking surface of the striking member being located on the same extension plane.

5. A measuring method using the golf club head measuring device according to claim 4, comprising:

fixing a piece to be tested of the golf club on the fixing piece, so that the hitting surface of the head of the piece to be tested of the golf club is positioned on the hitting piece;

the control element of the knocking module is used for controlling the pushing piece of the pushing module to push the knocking module, so that the cantilever rotates to a preset height by taking the rotating shaft as an axis, and the clamping piece is used for clamping the ratchet wheel corresponding to the preset height; and

so that the cantilever and the knocking piece freely swing to knock the ball head.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising adjusting three alignment pins of the ball head to fit the calibration module to align with the striking face.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the cantilever is rotated to a position at 45 ° relative to natural sag to cause the plexor member to sag against the ball and the measurements are repeated three times to measure flexibility, the cantilever is rotated to a position at 30 ° relative to natural sag to cause the plexor member to sag against the ball and the measurements are repeated three times to measure flexibility, the cantilever is rotated to a position at 15 ° relative to natural sag to cause the plexor member to sag against the ball and the measurements are repeated three times to measure flexibility.

8. The measuring method according to claim 5, wherein the striking member is freely swung at a speed of 0.65 to 1.3 m/s to strike the ball head.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the contact time of the striking element with the ball head is 220-264 μ s.