JPH0866507A - Golf ball transporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a golf ball transporting device which is simple in construction and is surely capable of transporting golf balls. CONSTITUTION: This golf ball transporting device has a circular tubular pipe 15 which has a bore to allow the insertion of the golf balls 21, is provided with spiral projected lines 15A on its inner peripheral surface and rotates circumferentially and a rotational driving means which rotates this pipe 15 in its circumferential direction.

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,
In particular, the present invention relates to a golf ball transfer device installed therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large number of bats are provided in a golf driving range, and a distributor for distributing golf balls sequentially sent from the ball-sending line to the respective bats is provided from the ball-sending line and the line-sending line They are installed at the connection with the branch line that extends toward the bat.

At the branch line or the like, the golf ball is sent to the automatic tee-up device side while rolling in a pipe fixed at a slight inclination.

[0004]

However, since the surface of the golf ball has many irregularities, if the angle of inclination of the pipe is too small, it often stops without rolling in the pipe and the ball is not conveyed. The golf ball may get stuck in the golf ball, and in particular, a plurality of golf balls may stop in a row. If the angle of inclination of the pipe is increased to prevent this from happening, the position of the automatic tee-up device installed at the end of the pipe is lowered, and therefore the vertical stroke of the tee must be increased. The inconvenience occurs.

Instead of the natural rolling of this golf ball,
A method of blowing a golf ball by blowing air is adopted. However, in this method, noise is generated due to the inflow of air, and when a plurality of golf balls stop in a row, they may not move even if the air pressure is considerably increased.

Further, there is a method of using a screw made of a synthetic resin molded body or a brush to convey a golf ball. However, even with this method, there is noise, and when a screw made of a synthetic resin molded product is used, the rotation of the screw stops when the golf ball is caught between the carrier pipe on the carrier inlet side and the screw inserted inside. However, there is a problem in that the operability is poor, and when a brush is used, its abrasion powder adheres to the golf ball.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a golf ball carrier which has a simple structure and can reliably carry a golf ball.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has an inner diameter through which a golf ball is inserted, is provided with a spiral ridge on the inner peripheral surface, and rotates in the circumferential direction. For example, a circular tubular pipe made of synthetic resin or the like, and a rotation driving means made of, for example, a motor, a chain or a sprocket for rotating the pipe in the circumferential direction are provided, and the golf ball is rotated while the pipe is rotated. From one side to the other side of the opening.

[0009]

The present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and when a golf ball is inserted into a rotating circular pipe,
A golf ball having a large number of irregularities on its surface rolls reliably without stopping, and further, the projections promote the progress of the golf ball. Therefore, even if the pipe has little or no inclination, Transport is reliable.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a golf ball carrier according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a side view of the golf ball carrier, FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing a flow of collecting and distributing golf balls, and FIG. It is a system diagram which shows the flow of a golf ball.

First, the flow of collecting and distributing golf balls will be described with reference to FIG. The golf balls hit in the golf driving range are collected in the ball pit 2 by the ball collecting system 1, and the golf balls are thoroughly washed and dried by the plurality of washing devices 3. The dried golf balls are once collected in the next ball buffer 4 and sent to each of the bats by a plurality of ball sending devices 5 through a ball sending line 6. The golf ball not used at each bat is returned to the ball buffer 4 through the return line 7.

Next, the flow of the golf ball near the bat will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the ball throwing device 5
A large number of distributors 8 are installed at predetermined intervals in the middle of the ball-sending line 6 extending from the distribution line 8, and a predetermined amount or more of golf balls are stocked at the tip of a branch line 9 branched from the distributor 8. A ball box 10 is installed. Then, the golf balls are sent from the ball box 10 to the automatic tee-up device 11 one by one.

Behind this automatic tee-up device 11,
Operation disk 12 corresponding to each automatic tee-up device 11
Is installed and each operation disk 12 has a power line 1
3 and a data communication line 14 are connected to a central controller (not shown).

Next, the golf ball carrying device installed on the branch line 9 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Between the distributor 8 and the ball box 10, there is arranged a linearly extending circular pipe 15 made of, for example, a commercially available hard vinyl chloride pipe. The pipe 15 is horizontal or 1 The inclination is such that it becomes lower toward the ball box 10 side from the distributor 8 with a minute gradient of about / 100 (in the embodiment, it is arranged horizontally).

As shown in FIG. 2, a spiral ridge 15A is provided over the entire length of the inner peripheral surface of the pipe 15 by adhering and fixing a wire having a relatively large diameter.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pipe 15 is supported by bearings 16 at predetermined intervals so that the pipe 15 can be rotated as a whole along its circumferential direction, and at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral portion of the pipe 15. The sprocket 17a is attached.
A sprocket 17b is arranged so as to correspond to the sprocket 17a, and a chain 18 is stretched between them. The sprocket 17b is connected to a motor 20 via a gear group 19.

Therefore, the driving force of the motor 20 is the gear group 19,
It is transmitted to the pipe 15 through the sprocket 17b, the chain 18, and the sprocket 17a, and the pipe 15 rotates in an arbitrary direction. The rotation speed of the pipe 15 is not particularly limited and may be any rotation speed.

When the golf ball 21 is inserted into the rotating pipe 15 as described above, the lower surface of the golf ball 21 comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the rotating pipe 15, so that the golf ball 21 has its inner peripheral surface. It does not stop due to the rotational force of the surface, and it surely rolls in the direction of the arrow due to the pushing action of the protrusion 15A (see FIG. 2).

In this embodiment, the case where a sprocket or a chain is used as the pipe rotating mechanism has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other rotating mechanisms can be used.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the golf ball carrying device is applied to the branch line has been described, but it is also applicable to the other ball carrying lines described above.

[0022]

The present invention has the above-described structure. When a golf ball is inserted into a rotating circular pipe, a golf ball having a large number of irregularities on its surface will surely roll without stopping. Since the ridges move and the progress of the golf ball is promoted by the ridge, the golf ball can be reliably transported even if the pipe is provided with little or no inclination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a golf ball carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the golf ball carrier.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing a flow of collecting and distributing golf balls.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram showing the flow of a golf ball near the bat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 ball sending device 6 ball sending line 7 return line 9 branch line 10 ball box 11 automatic teeing device 15 pipe 15A ridge 16 bearing 17a, 17b sprocket 18 chain 19 gear group 20 motor 21 golf ball

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A circular pipe having an inner diameter through which a golf ball is inserted, a spiral projection provided on an inner peripheral surface thereof, and rotating in the circumferential direction, and a rotary drive rotating the pipe in the circumferential direction. And a means for transporting the golf ball from one opening side to the other opening side while rotating the pipe.