JPH06296722A - Golf exercise device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a golf exercise device which can be made thin by mounting a tee movable up and down by reciprocation of a movable body on an inclination surface of the movable body which reciprocates horizontally, and providing drive means to reciprocate the movable body and guide bodies to guide up and down motion of the tee. CONSTITUTION:A tee 6 movable up and down in accordance with reciprocation of a movable body 3 is mounted on an inclination surface 2 of the movable body 3 having the inclination surface 2 at an upper surface to reciprocate horizontally, and drive means 8, 9, 10 to reciprocate the movable body 3 and guide bodies 7a, 7b to guide up and down motion of the tee 6 are provided. A ball supply device is provided with a ball supply port formed on the lower side, and a ball discharge port 12 formed to be opened toward a ball receiving part of the tee 6 on the upper side, and cylindrical guide members 13a, 13b are provided. As a pusher member 16 is moved forward, a shutter member is moved by restoration force of a tension spring to close the ball supply port. The pusher member 16 pushes a golf ball 15 along the cylindrical guide members 13a, 13b to discharge it onto the tee 6 which is stand-by at a down position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf training device installed in, for example, a golf practice field, and more particularly to a golf training device suitable for thinning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 5 and 6 are sectional views for explaining a conventional golf training apparatus.

In the figure, 100 is an upper plate, 101 is a lower plate, and 10
Reference numeral 2 denotes a tubular body which is attached to the upper plate 100 side and opens upward, 103 denotes a tee that moves up and down in the tubular body 102, 104 denotes a screw screw connected to the lower portion of the tee 103, and 105 denotes the screw screw 104. The meshed gear is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 106 denotes a rotating body arranged near the cylindrical body 102, which is a ball holding recess 10 opened toward the peripheral surface.
It has a plurality of 7. Reference numeral 108 denotes a regulation guide that supplies the golf ball 109 to the rotating body 106 and prevents the golf ball 109 from falling off the rotating body 106 while the rotating body 106 is moving.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the tee 103 is in the lower limit position, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the tee 103 is in the upper limit position.

The golf ball 109 is the regulation guide 10 described above.
The balls are supplied one by one to the ball holding concave portion 107 of the rotating body 106 by the guide of No. 8 and are driven by the driving of the rotating body 106.
Moved to 3. And screw 104 and gear 1
The cooperation of 05 causes the tee 103 to rise to the position shown in FIG. When the golf ball 109 is hit, the gear 10
The reverse rotation of 5 causes the tee 103 to descend to the standby position shown in FIG.

[0007]

By the way, according to this conventional golf training device, the screw 1 is attached to the lower part of the tee 103.
Since 04 is attached in a vertical state and the screw 103 is vertically moved together with the tee 103, the interval T between the upper plate 100 and the lower plate 101 is inevitably increased, and the device is enlarged. Such a large distance T between the upper plate 100 and the lower plate 101 is not preferable because the floor part of the driving range becomes thick when the device is installed in a golf driving range or the like.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a golf practice apparatus which can be made thinner.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a movable body which has an inclined surface on its upper surface and reciprocates in the horizontal direction, and is mounted on the inclined surface of the movable body. A tee that moves up and down as the moving body reciprocates, a drive unit that reciprocates the moving body, and a guide body that guides the vertical movement of the tee. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a tee which vertically moves up and down between a lowered position and a raised position, and a tee ball which has a ball supply port formed on the lower side and is lowered on the upper side. A ball discharge port opened toward the receiving portion side is provided, and a cylindrical guide member that is inclined between the ball supply port and the ball discharge port, and reciprocates in the guide member in conjunction with the vertical movement of the tee. A push-up member that moves and pushes up the golf ball supplied from the ball supply port of the guide member to the ball discharge port, and reciprocates in conjunction with the reciprocating motion of the push-up member, and when the push-up member is not in the standby position, A shutter member for closing the ball supply port is provided.

[0011]

As described above, the present invention has a mechanism in which the tee is vertically moved by the moving body which reciprocates in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the screw is vertically arranged and vertically moved as in the conventional case. It can be made much thinner than the ones.

Further, as described above, the present invention has a mechanism for supplying the golf ball by the inclined guide member and the push-up member, so that it can be made thinner than the conventional one that supplies the golf ball by the rotating body. it can.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a tee lifting device of a golf practice device according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a ball supply device of the golf practice device, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views of the ball supply device.

The golf training apparatus according to the present invention is roughly composed of a tee lifting device shown in FIG. 1 and a ball supplying device shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, the tee lifting device will be described with reference to FIG. A substantially triangular moving body 3 having an inclined surface 2 on its upper surface is mounted on the base 1 so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction. Two rollers 4a and 4b are rotatably mounted on the inclined surface 2 of the moving body 3 at a predetermined interval, and both rollers 4a and 4b are connected by a connecting body 5 to form a connecting body 5. A tee 6 is attached on top of the. Guide bodies 7a and 7b are provided upright on at least both sides of the tee 6 to guide the vertical movement of the tee 6.

A nut 8 is fixed to a part of the moving body 3, and a screw 9 arranged horizontally is screwed into the nut 8.
The base end of the screw 9 is connected to a motor 10 capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions.

In this tee lifting device, the motor 10
Is driven to rotate the screw 9, the moving body 3 reciprocates in the horizontal direction, and accordingly, the tee 2 moves up and down. Therefore, the rising limit position of the tee 2 can be adjusted by controlling the rotation speed of the motor 10.

The two rollers 4a and 4b and the guide body 7
By means of a and 7b, the tee 2 is always vertically moved in the vertical direction.

Next, the ball supply device will be described.
In this ball supply device, a ball supply port 11 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is formed on the lower side, and a ball discharge port opened toward the ball receiving portion side of the tee 6 (see FIG. 2) lowered to the upper side. 12 is formed, and a cylindrical guide member 13 (13a, 13b) that is inclined from the lower side to the upper side is provided.

The tubular guide member 13 is composed of a movable guide member 13a arranged on the upper side and a fixed guide member 13b arranged on the lower side.
13b are connected by a pin 14.

Golf balls 15 are supplied into the cylindrical guide member 13 one by one from the ball supply port 11.
A push-up member 16 that pushes up to the ball discharge port 12 is reciprocally arranged. A tip end of a screw screw 17 is connected to the push-up member 16, a gear 18 is meshed with the base end of the screw screw 17 as shown in FIG. 3, and the gear 18 is rotationally driven by a motor 19.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a shirt member 20 is slidably arranged outside the ball supply port 11, and the ball supply port 11 is provided in the shirt member 20.
A protrusion 21 that protrudes inside the cylindrical guide member 13 through the
A spring hook 22 is formed on the opposite side of the protrusion 21. A tension spring 23 is hooked on the spring hook 22 to constantly elastically bias the shirt member 20 in the closing direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the push-up member 16 engages with the protrusion 21 while the screw screw 17 is reversely rotated to retract the push-up member 16 to the standby position. The shatter member 20 moves against the elasticity of the ball and opens the ball supply port 11. At this opening, one golf ball 15 rolls into the guide member 13, is positioned in front of the push-up member 16, and is in a standby state.

Next, when the screw member 17 is rotated in the forward direction to move the push-up member 16 forward, the shutter member 20 is also moved.
Moves due to the restoring force of the tension spring 23 and closes the ball supply port 11 as shown in FIG. The push-up member 16 pushes up the golf ball 15 along the slanted tubular guide member 13 and discharges it through the ball discharge port 12 onto the tee 6 waiting in the lowered position. At this time, the ball outlet 1
The upper end of the guide body 7 a facing the golf ball 2 functions as a stopper for the golf ball 15.

In this way, the golf ball 15 has a tee 6
When placed on the tee 6, the tee 6 is moved up to a predetermined position by the tee lifting device, and the movable guide member 13a is moved.
2 falls down in a substantially horizontal state around the pin 14 as shown by a broken line in FIG. The movable guide member 13a is driven by, for example, a motor or a cam mechanism.

By repeating such an operation, the golf balls 15 are supplied onto the tee 6 one by one.

In the above embodiment, the case where the moving body reciprocates in the straight direction is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a rotating body that rotates in the horizontal direction is used as the moving body. It is also possible to use At this time, the moving body may rotate in one direction or may reciprocally rotate at a constant angle.

[0028]

As described above, the present invention has a mechanism in which the tee is moved up and down by a moving body that reciprocates in the horizontal direction. Therefore, as in the conventional case, the screw is arranged vertically and the screw is moved up and down. It can be made much thinner than the moving one.

Further, as described above, the present invention has a mechanism for supplying the golf ball by the inclined guide member and the push-up member, so that it can be made thinner than the conventional one which supplies the golf ball by the rotating body. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a tee lifting device of a golf practice device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a ball supply device of the golf practice device.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a ball supply device of the golf practice device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a ball supply device of the golf practice device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional golf training device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional golf training device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Base 2 Inclined Surface 3 Moving Body 6 Tee 7a, 7b Guide Body 8 Nut 9 Screw 10 Motor 11 Ball Supply Port 12 Ball Discharge Port 13 Cylindrical Guide Member 15 Golf Ball 16 Pushup Member 17 Screw Screw 18 Gear 19 Motor 20 Shutter Member 21 protrusion 23 tension spring

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A moving body that has an inclined surface on its upper surface and moves in the horizontal direction, and a tee that is placed on the inclined surface of the moving body and moves up and down as the moving body moves. A golf practice apparatus comprising: a driving unit that drives a moving body; and a guide body that guides the vertical movement of the tee. 2. A tee that vertically moves up and down between a lowered position and a raised position, and a ball discharge port that is formed on the lower side and is opened toward the ball receiving portion side of the tee that descends on the upper side. An outlet is provided, and a cylindrical guide member that is inclined between the ball supply port and the ball discharge port, and reciprocates in the guide member in conjunction with the vertical movement of the tee, from the ball supply port of the guide member. A push-up member that pushes up the supplied golf ball to the ball discharge port, and a shutter member that reciprocates in conjunction with the reciprocating movement of the push-up member and closes the ball supply port when the push-up member is not in the standby position. A golf practice device characterized by being provided.