JPH0647121A - Golf driving range facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable installation of a golf driving range above a factory or the like only if there is a large site, even with an obstacle such as a factory existing in that area, and to automatically collect driven golf balls. CONSTITUTION:A floor structure 10 provided above a factory 50 or the like has an opening 16 and(/or) a channeled portion 15 provided in the floor surface 101 thereof. The floor surface 101 is tilted so that golf balls falling down the floor surface 101 enter the opening 16 and(/or) the channeled portion 15 and the floor structure includes a teeing ground 20 provided at a position of the same height as the floor surface 101 or a higher position, a net 30 for preventing the golf balls from going out of the floor surface 101, and a golf ball collecting device 40 communicating with the opening 16 and(/or) channeled portion 15 of the floor surface 101.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention has a large site area, but most of the area is covered by factories, warehouses, parking lots, ponds, rivers, rough terrain, wetlands, etc. (hereinafter referred to as factories). The present invention relates to a driving range facility suitable for being installed in an occupied area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a golf driving range requires a large site area, and if a large area of the site is occupied by factories, etc., a driving range facility should be installed. I couldn't do it.

[0003]

As a result of earnest research, the present inventor constructed a floor structure corresponding to the ground of a golf driving range in the sky above a factory or the like. If there is, it has been found that a relatively small strength, lightweight thing that is sufficient to withstand a golf ball that is hit and falls on the floor surface and a load sufficient to carry several maintenance personnel, and completed the present invention. .

In other words, the present invention provides a golf driving range facility that allows a golf driving range to be installed above a large site area even if there is an obstacle such as a factory within the area. .

Further, the present invention provides a golf driving range facility capable of automatically collecting golf balls hit at the golf driving range.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the golf driving range equipment of the present invention is a floor structure provided in the sky of a factory or the like, in which an opening and / or a groove is provided on the floor surface. At the same time, the golf ball that has fallen on the floor surface can flow into the opening and / or the groove,
What the floor surface is inclined, a ball striking place provided at the same height as or higher than the floor surface, a ball-proof net for preventing the golf ball from jumping out from the floor surface, A golf ball recovery device communicating with the opening and / or groove on the floor surface.

[0007] In the present invention, the floor structure is a generic term for a floor plate and pillars, beams and the like for supporting the floor plate, which are known building floor structures and known bridges (girder bridges, truss bridges, arch bridges,
Floor structures are included (including suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges). In addition, it is preferable that the floor structure includes a floor plate having a large number of ventilation holes that are not larger than the outer diameter of the golf ball to improve ventilation. Further, the floor plate is preferably made of a wire mesh made of a wire mesh by framed welding, punching, weaving, and the like, and from the viewpoint of noise prevention, aesthetic improvement, etc., a porous rubber plate, a porous water-permeable artificial turf on the floor plate, Fiber nets may be laid.

[0008] The ball-proof net is usually a side net which is continuously stretched around the outer circumference of the floor surface like a fence except for the area in front of the hitting yard, and, if necessary, from above the hitting yard to the ceiling. As described above, the ceiling net is continuously connected to the upper end of the side net.

The golf ball collecting apparatus uses a collecting path such as a collecting cylinder to collect the golf ball that has flowed into the opening and / or the groove on the floor surface, through gravity, hydraulic force, pneumatic pressure or negative pressure, or a combination thereof. Is sent to a predetermined place.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The golf driving range equipment of the present invention comprises a floor structure 10, a ball striking place 20, a ball net 30, and a golf ball collecting device 40.

The floor structure 10 is installed above the factory 50, and has six support columns 11, four support main beams 12 connected to each support column 11, and each support main beam 12. A large number of support branch beams 13 connected to each other, and twelve frame enclosures 141 supported and fixed to each main support beam 12 and each support branch beam 13.
However, the wire net floor plate 14 having the ventilation holes 140 that are not larger than the outer diameter of the golf ball (not shown) and the main supporting beams 1 are provided.
2 and two groove plates 15 supported and fixed to each of the support branch beams 13. The surface of the twelve wire mesh floorboards 14 is
Forming the floor surface 101 of the floor structure 10 and also the floor surface 1
01 is inclined so as to go down toward the ball striking place 20 as a whole, and is also inclined so as to go down toward the gates 51, 51 of the factory 50.

The ball striking place 20 is a place where a player hits a golf ball, and is provided at a position higher than the floor surface 101. The ball-preventing net 30 is provided around the supporting columns 12 like a fence except for the front of the ball-striking station 20, and a side-surface net 31 connected to the outer periphery of the floor surface 101 and above the ball-striking station 20. The ceiling net 32 is connected to the upper end of the side net 31 like a ceiling.

The golf ball collecting device 40 includes the groove plates 1
5 is provided with a collecting cylinder 41 that communicates from the opening 16 provided at the lowest part of the opening 5 to a ball reservoir (not shown), and conveys the golf ball entering the opening 16 to the ball reservoir by gravity, hydraulic force, or the like. is there.

[0014]

Therefore, the floor surface 10 is hit by the ball striking station 20.
The golf ball that has dropped to No. 1 has an inclined floor surface 101.
Will be collected by rolling through the groove 15, the opening 16 and the golf ball collecting device 40.

[0015]

According to the present invention, even if there is an obstacle such as a factory, it can be constructed above the obstacle, so that the land purchase cost can be dispensed with. Further, according to the present invention, the floor structure is
As long as the floor structure has ventilation, it is light in weight and does not require relatively high strength, so the construction cost is relatively low and it can be constructed in a short period of time. Further, according to the present invention, golf balls falling on the floor surface can be collected without the need for manual labor, so that maintenance and operation costs are low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Floor Structure 101 Floor Surface 14 Floor Board 140 Ventilation Hole 15 Groove 16 Opening 20 Ball Hitting Ground 30 Ball Net 40 Golf Ball Collection Device 50 Factory etc.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A floor structure provided in the sky of a factory or the like, wherein an opening and / or a groove is provided on the floor surface, and a golf ball dropped on the floor surface is provided with the opening and / or the golf ball. The floor surface is inclined so that it can flow into the groove, the ball striking point provided at the same height as or higher than the floor surface, and the golf ball not to fly out from the floor surface. A golf driving range facility, comprising: the ball-preventing net described above; and a golf ball recovery device communicating with the opening and / or groove on the floor surface. 2. The golf driving range facility according to claim 1, wherein the floor structure includes a floor plate having a large number of ventilation holes that are not larger than the outer diameter of the golf ball to improve ventilation.