JPH0411747Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a fully automatic golf practice device featuring a ball elevating device.

(Prior art) A ball collection and distribution device at a golf driving range collects the balls that have been hit into a lower ball pool on an inclined surface after they fall, and uses a special conveyor or the like to distribute the balls to the batter. After conveying the ball to the upper rear ball storage, the ball is distributed to the take-up device.

Conventionally, the special conveyor in the ball lifting device of this type of automatic ball collection and distribution device receives the golf ball in a bucket or puts it between the conveyors, making it a fairly large piece of equipment in terms of mechanism and safety measures. .

(Problems to be solved by the present invention) With such conventional technology, there is a demand for automation and unmanned operation not only in practice ranges with a large number of at-bats, but also in small-scale practice ranges with only a few at-bats. However, equipment costs were high and it was difficult to mechanize. The first objective of the present invention is to reduce equipment costs by employing a ball lifting device that is safe and has a simple mechanism.

Second, conventional special conveyors are made of balls or
There have been cases where the pieces of debris and the mud, grass, etc. attached to the ball get caught and cause the ball to malfunction, but the purpose of this invention is to solve this problem as well. The aim is to provide practice equipment.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a ball receiving net 1 stretched in front of the ball hitting direction, and an inclined surface 2 facing in one direction below the net 1.
A conveyance path 3 is formed at the lower end of the inclined surface 2 by a belt conveyor that rotates in one direction.
A lower ball reservoir 4 is provided at the end of the conveyance path 3, the lower ball reservoir 4 and the upper ball reservoir 6 for distributing balls are connected by a rising pipe 5, and the balls are delivered from the upper ball reservoir 6 to the automatic take-up device 8 through the distributing pipe 7. This is a fully automatic golf practice device, in which the rising pipe 5 is a pipe having an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the golf ball, and the ball is moved to the upper ball reservoir 6 by pressurized air generated by a blower 9 inside the rising pipe 5. It is characterized by being transported to.

(Embodiment) Next, to explain the illustrated embodiment, FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a fully automatic golf practice device, FIG. 2 is a sectional side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same. FIG.

1 in the figure is a ball receiving net, and behind the ball receiving net 1 there is a target 10 as shown in FIG.
and a backnet 11 are provided. In the illustrated embodiment, the back net 11 is provided on all sides and on the ceiling, and is used for golf practice within the net 11.

In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes an inclined surface, which is inclined from below the ball receiving net 1 toward the batting box 12 side.

3 in the figure is a conveyance path, using a conveyor,
It rotates toward the lowermost end of the inclined surface 2 in one direction.

In the figure, 4 is a lower ball reservoir, 6 is an upper ball reservoir 5, and a rising pipe connecting both. The lower ball reservoir 4 is configured to send balls one by one to the rising pipe 5 at regular intervals. When the balls are sent to the rising pipe 5, pressurized air is blown by a blower 9 connected to the lowermost end of the rising pipe 5, and the balls are transported to the upper ball reservoir 6.

The ball is thrown from the upper ball reservoir 6 according to gravity through a ball distribution pipe 7 to an automatic take-up device buried below near the batting box 12.

Note that 13 in the figure is a coin box with a built-in automatic control device.

(Effects of the present invention) Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it exhibits the following effects.

First, the ball is ejected from the automatic take-up device 8, and when it is hit, it hits the ball receiving net 1, falls onto the slope 2, and rolls down into the conveyance path 3. It is collected in a lower ball reservoir 4 through a conveyance path 3, and transported to an upper ball reservoir 6 by an ascending pipe 5.
The ball distribution pipe 7 returns to the automatic take-up device. Since the balls hit in this way circulate, it has become possible to provide a fully automatic golf practice device by controlling this.

Second, since the golf ball is raised in the rising pipe 5 by the pressurized air generated by the blower 9, there is no need to provide any power device or bucket in the rising pipe 5 itself. It has become possible to provide a ball lifting mechanism with an extremely simple structure and high safety.

Thirdly, since the pressurized air hits the ball, debris from the ball and foreign substances such as mud and grass that have adhered to it are blown away, and moisture is dried, which improves the effect of cleaning the ball and preventing damage to the equipment. be able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of the fully automatic golf practice device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same. 1... Ball receiving net, 2... Inclined surface, 3...
Conveyance path, 4... Lower ball reservoir, 5... Rising pipe, 6... Upper ball reservoir, 7... Ball distribution pipe, 8
...Teup device, 9...Blower, 10...
...Target, 11...Battle net, 12...Turn at bat,
13...Coin box with built-in automatic control device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A ball receiving net is stretched in front of the ball hitting direction, a sloped surface facing one direction is formed below the net, a conveyance path by a belt conveyor rotating in one direction is formed at the lower end of the slope, and the end of the conveyance path is formed. A lower ball reservoir is provided at the lower end of the rising pipe having an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the golf ball.
The upper end is connected to the upper ball reservoir, and the balls are conveyed to the upper ball reservoir by pressurized air generated by a blower in the rising pipe, and the balls are supplied from the upper ball reservoir to the automatic take-up device through the ball distribution pipe. Fully automatic golf practice device with special features.