JPH10127846A - Apparatus for performing automatically moving up and down of golf tee and feeding of ball - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform to move up and down a tee and to feed a ball by a single motor by an apparatus wherein the ball is placed on a lower end tee by rocking a shoot by one pin through rotation of a disk in one direction and the tee is projected by pushing up a tee pushing-up plate by another pin through rotation of the disk in another direction. SOLUTION: When a switch 23 is turned on, a driving disk 4 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction and a shoot pushing-up pin 7 is hooked on a hooking member of a shoot 6 to push up the shoot 6 and a ball 16 is undone from a stopper 15 and is rotatably moved and placed on a tee 8. When no existence of the ball 16 at the apex is detected by a sensor 24 for existence of the ball, a driving disk 4 is rotatably moved in the clockwise direction and the shoot pushing-up pin 7 pushes the shoot 6 downward and a spring plate 18 is displaced downward and passes through the shoot 6 and rotated downward. In addition, the tee pushing-up pin 5 pushes up a tee pushing-up plate 12 to the uppermost position to project out the tee 8 upward from an opening 13 of a base stage 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tee raising and lowering device and a ball supply device disposed below the ground surface, and for raising and lowering the tee and supplying the ball so that the tee on which the ball is placed can project upward from the ground surface opening. It relates to a device that performs automatically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. Hei 5-15979, when there is no longer a golf ball on a rising tee, a supply lever, which has placed a ball on a receiving portion instead of descending a lifting lever, is used. The stopper piece ascended closed the supply port of the ball, the ball was rolled on an empty tee descending from the opening by the inclination of the raised receiving portion, and the golf ball was loaded by continuing rotation of the crank. 2. Description of the Related Art A golf auto tee-up device in which a tee returns to a predetermined position, completes one cycle of operation, and returns to a standby state is known.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional apparatus uses two motors to move the tee up and down and supply the balls by a link mechanism, there is a problem that the structure is complicated and expensive. .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems by disposing a tee elevating device and a ball supply device below the ground surface, and placing the tee on which the ball is placed above the ground surface opening. In a device that automatically raises and lowers the tee so that it can protrude and supplies the ball, two pins are fixed to a disk that rotates vertically by driving a motor, and the disk rotates in one direction. The golf ball chute is swung with one pin, the ball is placed on the tee located at the lower end, and the tee push-up plate on which the tee is fixed is pushed up from below with the other pin by rotating the disc in the other direction. Is projected from the ground surface opening.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. Reference numeral 1 denotes a ground surface base, and a driving disk 4 which is normally and reversely rotated by a motor 3 is vertically disposed in a hollow casing 2 installed below the pedestal. A chute push-up pin 7 for pushing up 6 is projected horizontally. Reference numeral 8 denotes a tee, and 9 denotes a tee support, which is fixed to a tee push-up plate 12 that moves up and down along columns 10 and 11 erected on the front surface of the driving disk 4. An opening 13 through which the tee 8 enters and exits is formed in the base 1. The chute 6 swings up and down about a shaft 14. 15 is a stopper for the tip ball 16, 17 is an engaging member with the chute push-up pin 7 protruding from the side of the chute 6, 18 is a bullet plate supporting the lower surface of the chute 6, and 19 is a pin for preventing the chute 6 from running out. It is. An upper end position detection sensor 20, an intermediate position detection sensor 21, and a lower end position detection sensor 22 of the tee push-up plate 12 are attached to the side surface of the housing 2. 2
3 is a switch of the motor 3, 24 is a ball presence / absence detection sensor of the chute 6, 25 is a ball presence / absence detection sensor on the tee 8, 26 is a table on which the player rides, and 27 is a chute 2
The stopper for the second ball.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tee push-up pin 5 is located at the position A and the tee 8 is located at the lowermost end. At this time, the chute push-up pin 7 is trying to push up the chute 6. When the switch 23 is turned on in this state, the driving disk 4 rotates counterclockwise, and the tee push-up pin 5 comes to the position of A 'as shown in FIG. 3, while the tee push-up plate 12 keeps the same state. doing. During this time, the chute push-up pin 7 engages with the engaging member 17 of the chute 6 to push up the chute 6. The ball 16 at the tip is rolled and placed on the tee 8 after coming off the stopper 15. Next ball is stopper 2
Stopped at 7. Since the chute push-up pin 7 further rises and comes off the engagement member 17,
The chute 6 returns to its original position under its own weight, and the impact at that time makes the clogging of the ball normal. Ball detection sensor 24
When the motor 3 detects that the ball 16 at the end has disappeared, the motor 3 rotates the driving disk 4 in the clockwise direction, and the chute push-up pin 7 presses the chute 6 downward to displace the bullet 18 to the chute 6. And rotate downward. The tee push-up pin 5 pushes up the tee push-up plate 12 to the uppermost position as shown in FIG.
Protruding upward. When this state is detected by the tee push-up plate upper end position detection sensor 20, the motor 3 is rotated counterclockwise by a motor control device (not shown). When the intermediate position detection sensor 21 detects the tee push-up plate, the motor 3 is again rotated clockwise to raise the tee 8. This operation is repeated, so that when the tee 8 is positioned at the desired height, the player switches off the switch 23.
Is turned off, the motor 3 stops, and the tee 8 stops at that position. When the ball presence / absence detection sensor 25 detects that there is no more ball on the tee 8, the motor 3 rotates counterclockwise, returns to the state of FIG. 1, and stops.

[0007] The above operation is repeated, but after the second time, the height of the tee 8 is stored in the motor control device and automatically stops at the initially set height.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a tee raising and lowering device and a ball supply device are provided below the ground surface, and the tee on which the ball is placed can be projected upward from the ground surface opening, and the tee is automatically moved up and down and the ball is supplied. In this device, two pins are fixed to a disk that rotates vertically by driving a motor, and the golf ball chute is swung by one pin by one-way rotation of the disk to move the golf ball chute to the lower end. The ball is placed on the tee that is located, and the tee push-up plate, to which the tee is fixed by the other pin, is pushed up from below by rotating the disc in the other direction, so that the tee projects from the ground surface opening.
The tees can be moved up and down and the balls can be supplied by the individual motors, so that the overall configuration can be simplified and manufactured at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view immediately before a chute push-up pin pushes up a chute in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view in which a chute push-up pin of FIG. 1 is removed.

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view when the tee push-up pin of FIG. 3 pushes up the tee to an uppermost end.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 base 2 hollow housing 3 motor 4 drive disk 5 tee push-up pin 6 chute 7 chute push-up pin 8 tee 9 tee support base 10, 11 column 12 tee push-up plate 13 opening 14 shaft 15 stopper 16 tip ball 17 engagement Member 18 Elastic plate 19 Pin for preventing lateral runout of chute 20 Sensor for detecting upper end position of tee push-up plate 21 Sensor for detecting middle position of tee push-up plate 22 Sensor for detecting lower end position of tee push-up plate 23 Switch 24 Sensor for detecting ball presence / absence of chutes 25 tee Upper ball detection sensor 26 Stand on which player rides 27 Stopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tee raising and lowering device and a ball supply device are provided below the ground surface, so that the tee on which the ball is placed can protrude above the ground surface opening, and the tee is automatically moved up and down and the ball is supplied. In this device, two pins are fixed to a disk that rotates vertically by driving a motor, and the golf ball chute is swung by one pin by one-way rotation of the disk, and is positioned at the lower end. The ball is placed on the tee and the disc is rotated in the other direction. The tee push-up plate that fixes the tee with the other pin is pushed up from below to automatically raise and lower the golf tee so that the tee projects from the ground surface opening and supply the ball. Equipment to perform 2. A sensor for detecting that the tee has protruded to the surface of the ground, a control device for rotating the disk forward and backward by a detection signal of the sensor, and a control device for raising and lowering the tee. The apparatus for automatically moving up and down a golf tee and supplying a ball according to claim 1, further comprising a manual switch for stopping the golf tee. 3. A golf ball chute in which the engagement member and one pin of the disc pass after being engaged and return the golf ball chute to its original position by its own weight, thereby preventing the ball from being clogged by the impact. Item 2. An apparatus for automatically raising and lowering a golf tee and supplying a ball according to Item 1.