JPH0137649Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention mainly relates to the improvement of a stroke counter for counting the number of strokes in golf competitions, and is used in the field of manufacturing technology industry for this type of product. It is.

(Prior art) By the way, when it is necessary to add up the number of strokes for each hole by sequentially hitting the ball through 18 holes, such as in a golf tournament, the number of strokes for each hole is recorded on a scorecard. Keep it
It is inconvenient to add up the results after the competition is over, and furthermore, there is a drawback that recording errors on scorecards or counting errors are likely to occur.

In addition, a counter (for example, Utility Model Application No. 52-15966) has been proposed in which a counting display section for the number of strokes "1 to 9" and a decimal numerical display section are arranged separately, but in this case, the display The decimal value and “1”
There are inconveniences such as having to count and judge the total number of points by adding up the display scale up to "9", and there is also a lack of record display of the number of points scored for each hole and the lack of operability. This type of counter has a serious drawback.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) The present invention can reliably and easily display the count in one unit (hole) and the total count in a plurality of required units (holes). It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable stroke counter that makes it easy to read each numerical value and has excellent operability.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The portable stroke counter of the present invention has a count display section for each unit, which includes a ones digit and a tens digit, and a one digit and a tens digit. A pair of numerical display parts consisting of a plurality of total count display parts each having a hundred digit display part, and a numerical value "1" is sequentially and simultaneously added to each of the numerical display parts for each operation. A numerical value addition mechanism that displays each of the added values, a zero return mechanism that restores the numerical value displayed on the count display section of the one unit to the numerical value "0", and a numerical value displayed on the total count display section of the plurality of units. and a zero return mechanism that returns the value to the numerical value "0", and both of the above zero return mechanisms are arranged and configured separately and independently from each other, and are configured to be operated to return to zero separately and independently. This is a characteristic feature.

(Function) Therefore, in the configuration of the present invention, there is a count display section for one unit (hole) and a plurality of required units (holes).
The number "1" is displayed on each of the total count display parts for each operation.
are added and displayed sequentially and simultaneously, thereby simultaneously displaying the numerical value in one unit and the total counted value in the required plural units, and making it possible to return the numerical values in both units to zero independently of each other. . In addition, the numbers displayed in both units above are
Numerical values added sequentially for each operation are displayed, and by reading the displayed numerical values as they are, it is possible to know the numerical value (score) in that unit.

(Example) Hereinafter, this invention will be described in detail based on example diagrams.

In Figs. 1 to 3, 1 is the main body case of the stroke counter, and a pair of left and right numerical display parts 2 and 3 formed from a through hole or a transparent plate are arranged in the center of the upper surface of the case. ing. 4 is a numerical value addition that sequentially and simultaneously adds the numerical value "1" to each numerical display position corresponding to each position of the pair of numerical display parts 2 and 3 for each operation, and displays the added numerical value. mechanism, 5 and 6 are the numerical display section 2,
This is a zero return mechanism that individually returns the numerical values displayed in each of the numbers 3 to 0. However,
Either side of the numerical display sections 2 and 3 on the main body case is a unit count display section (display section 3 on the right in the illustration), which shows the numbers of strokes in one hole, the ones digit 3a and the tens digit. 3b, and either side is a total count display section for each unit (display section 2 on the left in the illustration), which displays the total number of strokes for each hole in the ones' digit 2a and the tens's digit. 2b and hundreds digit 2c
and both display sections 2 and 3.
The display positions of the ones digits 2a, 3a and the tens digits 2b, 3b are arranged on the same line on the left and right when viewed from the top (FIG. 1). Further, the numerical value addition mechanism 4 is composed of two counting wheel mechanisms disposed in the main body case 1 so as to be interlocked with each other at left and right positions corresponding to the positions of both display sections 2 and 3 of the main body case. ing. That is, to explain the counting wheel mechanism disposed on the count display section 3 side of one unit, 7 is a rotating shaft fitted on a horizontal fixed shaft 7a installed in the front-rear direction of the main body case 1, and 8 is a rotating shaft fitted on the horizontal fixed shaft 7a installed in the front-rear direction of the main body case 1. It is a ratchet wheel for numerical display fitted on the rotating shaft, and on the rotating shaft 7 there are two claws for displaying the one's digit 3a and the tens' digit 3b in the count display section of one unit. The cars 8a and 8b are fitted individually, and numbers "0" to "9" are marked on their circumferential surfaces.
Numerical values up to are marked at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and furthermore, a ratchet wheel 8a for displaying the ones digit is appropriately fixed to the rotating shaft 7, and the other ratchet wheel 8b is attached to the ratchet wheel 8b as described later. Except when the wheel 8a is rotated to return to zero, it is engaged so that it can rotate only in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Reference numerals 9 and 9 denote hooks for rotating the ratchet wheel 8, which are respectively pivotally supported on the rotating shafts 7 on both the front and rear sides of the ratchet wheel 8. A claw body 11 for rotating the ratchet wheels 8a, 8b counterclockwise is pivotally supported, and the operating tip of the claw body is supported by a spring 12.
The spring elasticity of the ratchet wheels 8a and 8b constantly urges them to rotate toward the engaging recesses 13 and 14 formed at the side ends of the ratchet wheels 8a and 8b. Further, ten engaging recesses 13 and 14 of each ratchet wheel are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and one of the engaging recesses 13 of the ratchet wheel 8a displaying the ones digit has a pawl body 11. Although the working tip 11a is always engaged, the other working tip 11b of the claw body 11 is not always engaged with the engagement recess 14 in the ratchet wheel 8 that displays the tens digit.
That is, the other operating tip portion 11b described above is the ratchet wheel 8b.
The ratchet wheel 8b engages with the engagement recess 14 just before the ratchet wheel 8a, which displays the ones digit, rotates once, and when the ratchet wheel 8a rotates once, the ratchet wheel 8b rotates only one pitch. This relationship means that when the number displayed at the one's digit 3a position of the display section 3 is "9", the engaging recess that engages with the working tip 11a of the claw body is formed deeper than the other engaging recesses. (not shown), the working tip 11a and the other working tip 1
1b and 1b can be further rotated so that both tips thereof can be simultaneously engaged with the engagement recesses 13 and 14 of both ratchet wheels.
a and 8b are rotated by one pitch at the same time, but at this time, the numerical value "0" is displayed in the display position of the ones digit 3a, and the numerical value "0" is displayed in the display position of the tens digit 3b, for example. The number obtained by adding the numerical value "1" to the number "1" is displayed, and the number "10" is displayed on the display section. 15 is the above hook 9,9
This lever is inserted into a support hole 1a formed at the center of the upper surface of the main body case 1 in a vertically movable manner, and its upper end 15a is connected to the support hole 1a formed in the center of the upper surface of the main body case 1. It projects outward from the hole 1a, and its lower end 15b is engaged with a leaf spring 16 having upward elasticity. Further, the operation lever 15 has a hook 9,
Left and right engaging pieces 15c, 15c, which can be fitted and engaged, respectively, are provided in the engaging recess 9a formed in the vicinity of the pivot portion 9. Therefore, the operating lever 15 is pushed up by the leaf spring 16. When the hooks 9, 9 are rotated clockwise via the engagement pieces 15c, 15c, the levers are rotated clockwise through the engagement pieces 15c.
When pushed down against the elasticity of the hooks 9 and 6, these are provided so as to be rotated counterclockwise. At the left and right sides near the lower end of the hook, so that the hook can be rotated by one pitch in the counterclockwise direction,
Stoppers 17 and 18 are provided, respectively, to restrict the swinging of the hook. In addition, the zero return mechanism 6 disposed on the side of the count display section 3 of one unit includes a stopper mechanism that prevents the ratchet wheel 8 from reversing in the clockwise direction, and a stopper mechanism that releases the restriction by the stopper mechanism and returns the ratchet wheel 8 to zero. 8
It is comprised of a reversing mechanism for a ratchet wheel 8 that causes the count display section 3 to display the numerical value "0" marked at a and 8b, respectively. That is, between the rotating shaft 7 on the horizontal fixed shaft 7a and the inner wall of the main body case 1,
A rope 20 that rotates the rotating shaft clockwise by the tensile elasticity of the spring 19 is stretched, and the rope rotates as the ratchet wheel 8a rotates counterclockwise by pressing down the operating lever 15. They are wound around the shaft 7 one after another to increase the clockwise rotational force of the rotating shaft 7 described above. Therefore, the engagement recesses 13 of the ratchet wheels 8a and 8b,
In the normal state, the lower end stopper 21a of the reset lever 21 is engaged with any of the recesses other than the required locations in the recesses 14, that is, the engagement recesses in which the working tips 11a and 11b of the claws engage. , the stopper is biased by the elasticity of the spring 22 so as to be pulled toward the axis of the horizontal fixed shaft 7a, and therefore, in the above-mentioned normal state, the rotating shaft 7 cannot be reversed in the clockwise direction. , is blocked via a ratchet wheel 8a fixed to the rotating shaft. Furthermore, the upper part of the reset lever 21 is fitted into a support hole 1b formed on the right side of the upper surface of the main body case 1 so as to be movable up and down, and the upper end part 22b is provided to protrude outward from the support hole 1b. Therefore, by pushing down the upper end against the elasticity of the spring 22 and disengaging the lower end stopper 21a from the engagement recesses 13 and 14 of both ratchet wheels, the rotating shaft 7 can be moved to the above-mentioned position. It is reversed clockwise by the rope 20. In addition, the above-mentioned rotating shaft 7
This reversal continues until the ratchet wheel 8a, which displays the ones digit, returns to the state before the counterclockwise rotation. is displayed at the digit 3a display position,
In addition, the horizontal fixed shaft 7a and the rotating shaft 7 are arranged so that the numerical value "0" on the ratchet wheel 8b that displays the tens digit is also displayed at the display position of the tens digit 3b in the count display section.
Further, a suitable stopper and a trailing mechanism (not shown) are interposed between the rotating shaft 7 and the ratchet wheel 8b displaying the tens digit.

Furthermore, since the counting wheel mechanism provided on the side of the total count display section 2 of each unit has approximately the same configuration as that provided on the side of the count display section 3 of one unit described above, The same numerals with a '' are used to indicate each component of the steering wheel mechanism. However, since the counting wheel mechanism disposed on the total count display section 2 side is provided so as to be interlocked with other counting wheel mechanisms by the vertical movement of the operating lever 15, its operating direction is They are opposite to each other. Furthermore, since this mechanism is provided with many ratchet wheels 8c for displaying the hundreds digit 2c, correspondingly, the pawl body 11' is provided with the ratchet wheels 8c.
A large number of working tips 11c' are provided that can be engaged with the engagement recesses 23 formed in the shape of the engagement concave portion 23 formed at the top of the screen.
The number "9" marked in a' and 8b' is displayed on the display section 2.
The difference is that the ratchet wheel is provided so as to engage with the engagement recess 23 of the ratchet wheel only when displayed at each display position of both girders 2a and 2b.

Also, a zero return mechanism 6 for returning the numerical value displayed on the one-unit count display section 3 to the numerical value "0".
and the zero return mechanism 5 that returns the numerical value displayed on the total count display section 2 of the plurality of units to the numerical value "0" are arranged separately and independently from each other. , 3 can be returned to zero individually.

Although the numerical value addition mechanism and the zero return mechanism in the above-described embodiments are mechanically configured, an electronic configuration may be adopted instead of these configurations. That is, in this case, FIGS. 4 and 5
As shown in the figure, this is advantageous in that the overall shape of the main body case ₁₁ can be significantly reduced in weight and size. Furthermore, one unit count display section 3 ₁
and the total count display section ₂₁ of each unit can be arranged in close proximity to each other, as shown in FIG.
₂ , it becomes possible to incorporate multiple sets of stroke counter functions. That is, the figure shows a case in which a stroke counter for four people is configured. In addition, the reference numeral 15 ₁ is an operation button corresponding to the operation lever 15 in the above-described embodiment, and 22
Reference numeral ₁ indicates a reset button corresponding to the reset lever 21, and the reset button is individually operated so that the numerical values displayed on each of the above-mentioned display sections 2 ₁ and 3 ₁ can be reset to zero separately. It is arranged.

The stroke counter of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration is mainly used as a counter for golf competitions, especially for beginners. That is, for example, when the operating lever 15 (operating button 15 ₁ ) corresponding to the number of strokes is moved down for each number of strokes, the corresponding numerical values are displayed on both display sections 2, 3, _{2 1} , 3 ₁
are displayed simultaneously on each of them. Next, each time play for one unit, that is, one hole, is completed, the reset lever 21 for the count display section 3, ₃₁ for one unit is reset.
If only the reset bobbin 22 ₁ is moved down to return the numerical value on the display to zero, the number of strokes at the next hole can be counted in the same way. However, since the required plurality of units, that is, the number of strokes for each hole, are sequentially added and displayed on the total count display sections 2 and ₂₁ ,
The total number of strokes during play or after all holes are completed can be easily determined by reading the numerical value displayed on the display.

In addition, as shown in Figure 5, in cases where multiple stroke counter functions are built into the main body case, it is possible to individually count the number of strokes of multiple players with a single counter. Therefore, more accurate count display can be performed.

(Effects of the present invention) When the structure of the present invention is used, both display parts 2, 3,
Adds the numerical value "1" to 2 ₁ and 3 ₁ sequentially and simultaneously and displays the added values, respectively, and returns the numerical values displayed on both display sections to zero independently and independently. Therefore, it is possible to display the count in one unit and the total count in multiple required units reliably and easily, and the respective zero return operations are facilitated, making it easier to read and read the displayed numerical values. This has excellent effects such as significantly improving operability. In addition, the counter of the present invention, like the conventional counter described above, displays the numerical value "1 to 9" on the display section (for example, the numerical value "6"),
The user adds up the decimal value displayed on the decimal value display (i.e., on a decimal scale, for example, the number "20") and the counted value (for example,
It has an excellent practical effect in that it eliminates the inconvenience of having to check the numerical value "26", and it also reliably eliminates problems such as easy counting errors. Furthermore, when you want to reset the numerical value on one side of the display to zero, you only need to touch the reset lever (or reset button) dedicated to that display. As a result of adopting a mechanism that displays the numerical value "10" on the decimal numerical display section when the numerical value on the display section of "1 to 9" becomes "10", when the numerical value on both display sections is reset to zero, both displays It is necessary to break the mechanical engagement relationship between the parts, and therefore, this operation can eliminate the trouble in use such as having to perform the zero return operation and the mechanical cutoff operation at the same time. At the same time, since the operability is significantly improved, it does not interfere with playing golf, etc., and has excellent practical effects, especially when used by beginners.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a plan view of a stroke counter, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a partially cutaway plan view showing the main parts thereof. A partially cutaway front view, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show other embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the stroke counter when the internal mechanism is configured electronically, and FIG. 5 is the same. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a stroke counter having a plurality of counter functions whose internal mechanism is configured electronically. 2, 2 ₁ ... Total count display section, 3, 3 ₁ ... Count display section, 2a, 3a... Ones digit, 2b, 3b... Tens digit, 2c... Hundreds digit, 4... Numerical value Addition mechanism, 5
... Zero return mechanism for the total count display section, 6... Zero return mechanism for the count display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A count display section for each unit, which has a display section for a ones digit and a tens digit, and a total count display section for multiple units, which has a display section for a ones digit, a tens digit, and a hundreds digit. a pair of numeric display sections, a numeric addition mechanism that sequentially and simultaneously adds a numeric value "1" to each of the numeric display sections for each operation and displays the added numeric values, and a count display for each unit. a zero return mechanism that returns the numerical value displayed on the section to the numerical value "0"; and a zero return mechanism that returns the numerical value displayed on the total count display section of the plurality of units to the numerical value "0", and the above-mentioned Both zero return mechanisms are arranged and configured independently from each other,
A portable stroke counter characterized in that it is configured to be operated to return to zero separately and independently.