EP2637753A1 - Automatischer tee- und golfballpositionierer für golfplätze - Google Patents

Automatischer tee- und golfballpositionierer für golfplätze

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EP2637753A1
EP2637753A1 EP11782452.4A EP11782452A EP2637753A1 EP 2637753 A1 EP2637753 A1 EP 2637753A1 EP 11782452 A EP11782452 A EP 11782452A EP 2637753 A1 EP2637753 A1 EP 2637753A1
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tee
shuttle
ball
clamp
golf
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Gérard Dubois
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B57/00—Golfing accessories
    • A63B57/0006—Automatic teeing devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B57/00—Golfing accessories
    • A63B57/0037—Devices for inserting or extracting tees

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  • the present invention relates to a portable ergonomic instrument allowing a golf player to stay upright and use only one hand to ground a tee and position a golf ball in balance on a desired height, each departure of hole, on a golf course.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve a manually controlled device to file an earth golf tee and automatically distribute a golf ball on it, which can be manipulated with one hand by the player in a standing position without having to to bend down or to squat.
  • a second object of the invention is to provide a device to file a tee in the ground and position a ball on a precise height depending on the club that will be used.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device to file a tee in the ground and position a ball on it, which is practical, functional and compact.
  • the instrument is portable and can be stored in a bag of golf clubs
  • the instrument measures a sufficient length so that it can be manipulated to perform all functions to achieve the expected result: ball on tee stuck in the ground at the right height, by a player in a standing position the instrument is designed so that all the controls are accessible by the player with one hand, said hand being placed on the upper end of the instrument
  • the instrument allows to position each ball at the desired height, depending on the club used for the swing of the hole
  • the instrument is equipped with a wheel accessible in a standing position, which makes it possible to program the desired ball height
  • An alternative to this technical solution is to use a single type of tee, for all the heights of the ball to obtain, which ensures automatic distribution of a tee from a tees store, controlled by the player from the top end of the instrument.
  • the different actions to be performed by the player in a standing position are: file the instrument in the ground, take a tee in the store, insert it into the upper hole, or operate a power button, operate a knob to adjust the desired bale height, press an unlock button with a finger, lift the shuttle tube until it comes to a high stop, lower the shuttle tube until it comes to the bottom stop, refit the shuttle tube to return to intermediate stop, and continue the ascent to defile the instrument from the ground.
  • FIG. 2 represents the front view of the instrument
  • FIG. 8 shows a front view with skin, the upper part of the instrument
  • FIG. 9 shows a rear view with skin, the upper part of the instrument
  • Figure 12 shows a sectional view of the jaws of the clamp
  • FIG. 13 represents a partial right-hand view of the lower part of
  • FIG. 14 represents a partial front view of the lower part of the instrument, at the level of the clamp
  • FIG. 15 shows a partial sectional view of the lower part of
  • FIGS. 16 to 25 represent the clamp, the shuttle, the tee and the ball, at each stage of the cycle
  • FIG. 18 shows a tee and a ball powered
  • Figure 21 shows the collet returned to the starting position and the end of the grounding phase of the tee
  • FIG. 23 shows a section at the latch of the clamp arm on the shuttle in the rest position, the lock is unlocked
  • FIG. 24 shows a section at the clamp of the clamp arm on the shuttle in the upper ball feed position, the lock is locked -
  • Figure 25 shows a section at the latch of the clamp arm on the shuttle at the opening of the clamp arm is the phase of
  • FIGS. 26 to 33 show the principle of the unlocking / locking system of the shuttle, at different stages of the cycle.
  • FIG. 30 shows the phase of the recording of the earth tee, with password lock without locking
  • FIG. 31 represents the end of the display phase
  • FIG. 32 represents the pre-phase of locking with displacement
  • the instrument consists mainly of: a main body, a shuttle, a holding clip, a ball height adjustment system and an unlocking system / start and end of cycle lock.
  • the instrument operates in a vertical position.
  • the reference position taken into account in the description below, will be the operating position, that is to say the vertical device, stuck in the ground up to the level of the stop (14).
  • the main body consists of a handle (10), a tees magazine (11), a golf ball magazine (Bn), two plugs (13) allowing the apparatus to to stand vertical once stuck in the ground and better stability around the vertical axis, a stop (14) which allows to correctly position the apparatus, a fixed lardon (17), which closes the store of balls (12) and guides the ball (B) during the positioning cycle.
  • a finger-stop (18) of the body (10) will control the opening of the clamp.
  • a pin (19) of the body (10) will provide the anti-rotation and the limit switches of the shuttle (20).
  • the tube-shaped shuttle slides in the shaft (10) along its axis
  • a lumen (22a) receives a pin (19) integral with the body (10) to provide anti-rotation and limit the stroke of the shuttle (20) relative to the body (10).
  • a hole (25) acting as a keeper allows the locking of the holding clamp (P).
  • the interior of the shuttle (20) can be used as a magazine (60) of tees (Tn), for automatic feeding of the tee (T), the unit output is caused by exerting a force on the control knob (65). ), located in the pommel (21), actuated with a finger of the hand, the hand on the pommel, and connected to a rod (64), itself connected by the articulation (63) to a retaining finger ( 61), itself rotatable about the axis (62) of the shuttle (20), which causes the pivoting of the finger (61) thus freeing the column of the tees which will be stopped in its race under the effect gravity when the first tee is retained by the jaws (37) and (38) of the clamp (P), a spring (66) ensures the return of the finger (61) in the closed magazine starting position.
  • the holding clip (P) keeps the tee (T) and the ball (B) during part of the operation.
  • the holding clip (P) can slide on the shuttle (20), it consists of a slide (30) and two arms (31) and (32).
  • the arms (31) and (32) are articulated relative to the slide around the axes (33) and (34).
  • a nipple (35) secured to the slide (30) circulates in the light (22a) of the shuttle (20) to ensure the anti-rotation of the clamp relative to the shuttle (20).
  • a spring (36) connects the two arms (31) and (32) and closes the clamp.
  • the arms (31) and (32) are of particular shapes: the jaws (37) and (38) for holding the tee (T) in a vertical position and their central portion (31) and (32) to hold the ball once powered.
  • the shuttle (20) In the rest position or starting position of the cycle, the shuttle (20) is locked relative to the main body (10).
  • the operation begins at this position, by the choice of the height (H) of ball adapted to the club used.
  • the tee to be used is taken from the magazine (11) and manually introduced into the upper orifice (26a) of the shuttle (20) if one opts for use with use of tee of different length, according to the heights (H) of ball.
  • By gravity it opens from the lower orifice (26b) of the shuttle (20) and is introduced between the jaws (37) and (38) open of the retaining clip which recenter and retain it by its head, in position vertical, thanks to the lugs (39) and (40) of the jaw (37).
  • an action on the control button (65), allows the feeding of a tee (T) between the jaws (37) and (38).
  • the ball height adjustment system (H) is located just below the knob (21) and accessible by hand on it.
  • a nipple screw (52) of the wheel (50) circulates in a slot (22b) ensuring the maintenance of the wheel (50) along the longitudinal axis of the shuttle (20) and the limitation of its rotation.
  • the wheel (50) is locked in rotation according to different preferred positions, by means of a ball lock.
  • a ball (53) under the pressure of a spring (54) housed radially in the wheel (50), is housed in cavities (55) of the shuttle (20). Each position corresponds to a desired ball height.
  • the height of the ball (H) is ensured by the race of the shuttle.
  • the desired final ball height (H) is achieved by the low end of the shuttle (20).
  • the low end of stroke is achieved by a stepped stop (56) fixed in the upper part of the body (10), on which the finger (51) comes into contact.
  • a stepped stop (56) fixed in the upper part of the body (10), on which the finger (51) comes into contact.
  • Each floor corresponds to a particular ball height (H).
  • the unlocking / locking system of start and end of cycle is carried out by the planes (23) of the shuttle (20), a spring wire (57) fixed on the stepped stop (56), itself fixed on the main body (10), a movable unlocking latch (27), an unlocking rod (28) and a button (29).
  • the rod is located inside the shuttle tube (20), it passes through the lights (22c) and (22d).
  • the unlocking takes place following a pressure on the button (29), which through the rod (28) moves the unlocking bolt (27), which taking into account its sloping caliper shape (27a), releases the spring wire (57) of the notches (24).
  • the operation of the instrument is as follows: The release of the lock (57) by pressing the button (29) allows the movement of the shuttle (20) exerting a force from bottom to top.
  • the shuttle (20) is released from the jaws (37) and (38) of the clamp, which under the action of the spring (36) clamp the cylindrical portion (Ta) of the tee rod (T). ).
  • the parallel lugs (39) and (40) make it possible to maintain the altitude of the tee (T), despite the evolutionary shape of its stem in the upper part (Tb), since its
  • the shuttle (20) releases the opening of the bale magazine (12), which allows a bale (B) to take place in the arms (31) and (32) of the clamp (P). in high position above the tee (T), it is guided by the bacon oblique pan (17) and stopped by the arms (31) and (32) of adapted form.
  • the following balls (Bn) are accumulated.
  • the stability of the clamp is provided by the cylindrical shape of the upper portions (44) and (45) of the arms (31) and (32), which surround the shuttle (20).
  • the jaws (37) and (38) pinch the shuttle (20) which passes through the clamp (P), under the effect of the spring (36).
  • the tee-ball assembly ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) remains stable during this grounding phase, as it is pinched between the opposing forces exerted by the thrust of the shuttle (20) on the ball (B) and the reaction of the earth on the tee (T), and the annular sections of the tee (T) - ball (B) and ball (B) -navette (20) interfaces.
  • the race is over when the finger (SI) comes into contact with the stepped stop (56).
  • the apparatus can be unlocked from the ground by continuing the effort upwards on the pommel (21) and stuck away by the player who now has both hands available to perform his swing.

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FR1004409A FR2967358B1 (fr) 2010-11-12 2010-11-12 Positionneur automatique, ergomique et portable, de tees de golf et de balles de golf en equilibre dessus a hauteur programmable ; manipulable debout d'une seule main, pour les parcours de golf
PCT/FR2011/000551 WO2012062974A1 (fr) 2010-11-12 2011-10-14 Positionneur automatique de tee et de balle de golf, pour parcours de golf

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DK2637753T3 (en) 2014-12-15
CA2817299A1 (fr) 2012-05-18
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US8926442B2 (en) 2015-01-06
CA2817299C (fr) 2015-09-01

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