KR19990011336A - Golf ball automatic tee-up device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic tee-up device that automatically puts golf balls (1) moved along the supply line to the rubber tee (51) one by one, the base plate to form a frame of a predetermined shape horizontally and vertically ( 10) and the support plate 20, the drive motor 30 is mounted to the outside of the support plate 20 in the horizontal direction, and the drive shaft 31 of the drive motor 30 is lifted and rotated a predetermined trajectory Lifting operation unit 40 and the lifting guide bar 52 for guiding the rubber tee 51 to wander through the entrance hole 11 formed in the base plate 10 and the lifting guide bar 52 As it consists of the tee up and down platform 50 to move up and down along with the operation of the lifting operation unit 40, because a separate tee height adjustment mechanism is unnecessary and lightweight, and the overall volume has a significantly small structure, When it is buried in a multi-storey indoor and outdoor golf practice ground Not only the ball is easy, but also the damage of the deck plate 81 supporting the concrete 82 can be minimized, thereby maintaining the safety of the structure itself, and thus significantly reducing the construction cost, so that golf is highly applicable at the time of construction. It relates to a ball automatic tee-up device.

Description

Golf ball automatic tee-up device

The present invention relates to a golf ball automatic tee-up device that automatically puts the golf balls moved along the supply line on the rubber tee (one), in particular, if there is no golf ball on the rubber tee to recognize itself from the golf ball supply box The present invention relates to a golf ball automatic tee-up device that receives golf balls one by one and automatically places them on the upper end of the rubber tee.

Today, golf is in the limelight as popular sports, and its population is growing at a rapid pace. In response to this trend, the construction of indoor and outdoor golf practice ranges with advanced automation facilities for providing convenience to users has recently been spreading.

Among them, the most representative automation facility is the golf ball tee-up machine. The golf ball tee-up device has already been studied and put into practical use in various forms, a typical automatic tee-up device currently being distributed in indoor and outdoor golf practice range is as shown in FIG.

The automatic tee-up apparatus includes a support plate 100 having a guide rail 101 formed in a vertical direction on one side and a chute 102 formed in a horizontal direction on an upper side thereof, and a driving motor mounted to the outside of the support plate 100. (110), the ratchet-type golf ball transfer drum (120) and disc-shaped stop position detection mechanism (130) and the crank (140) which are coupled to the drive shaft (111) of the drive motor (110) and rotate together; Rubber tee 151 is provided at the top and the tee height lifting platform 150 is installed on the guide rail 101, the tee height adjustment is located on the opposite side of the guide rail 101 driven by the chain 161 The mechanism 160, one end is hinged to the link plate 163 connected to the sprocket 162 of the chain 161, the other end is hinged to the tee-up platform 150, the center portion of the crank ( It consists of a large crank bar 170 hinged to the 140.

The tee height adjustment mechanism 160 is provided with a separate drive motor (not shown) for driving the chain 161, and the tip portion of the golf ball transfer drum 120 is moved by the chute 102 A drum spring 121 for transporting the golf balls 1 one by one is attached, and the stop position detecting mechanism 130 has a groove 131 formed at a disc edge and a stop position at one side of the support plate 100. Detecting sensor 132 is attached, the coupling portion of the crank bar 170 hinged to the crank 140 and the pin 164 of the link plate 163, respectively, the crank 140 and the chain 161 Long holes 171 are formed to be operable at the time of rotational driving.

When the conventional automatic tee-up device detects the absence of the golf ball 1 by a sensor (not shown) provided in the tee-up platform 150, the driving motor 110 is operated, and the driving shaft 111 The rotational force transmitted by the golf ball transfer drum 120 and the stop position detection mechanism 130 and the crank 140 to interlock. The crank 140 rotates the crank bar 170 around the pin 164 on the tee height adjustment mechanism 160 until the pin 164 of the crank 140 reaches the bottom dead center. The tip of the tee lift platform 150 is lowered, and at the same time, the golf ball transfer drum 120 is also rotated to hold the golf ball 1 of the uppermost end that has entered the chute 102 with the drum spring 121. Then it is to be placed on the top of the rubber tee 151.

In this case, the stop position detection sensor 132 detects the groove 131 to stop the rotation of the driving motor 110.

In addition, when the rubber tee 151 reaches the top dead center, the tee height can be adjusted according to the user's operation. That is, when the tee height adjustment switch (not shown) provided on the outside of the device is pressed, the chain 161 of the tee height adjustment mechanism 160 is driven to rotate the sprocket 162, the sprocket The link plate 163 connected to the 162 moves the crank bar 170 to change the stroke of the crank bar 170 so that the height of the rubber tee 151 can be adjusted. When the user reaches the desired tee height, the set state is maintained by releasing the tee height adjustment switch, and is typically configured to have a stroke of about 35 mm.

On the other hand, if one golf ball (1) exits from the chute 102, the golf ball counter sensor (not shown) to detect the absence of the golf ball 1, supplying a golf ball as shown in FIG. One golf ball 1 is transferred from the box 60. All the sensors presented above are controlled by a control panel (not shown) of the operation stand.

However, the conventional golf ball automatic tee-up device requires a separate drive motor for adjusting the tee height in addition to the drive motor 110 for lifting the rubber tee 151, the structure of the tee height adjustment mechanism 160 Not only is very complicated, but the device itself is a large weight body is not suitable for laying on the concrete floor of the multi-layer indoor and outdoor golf practice range, there was a problem that the excessive construction cost accordingly.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, it is easy to bury the construction of indoor and outdoor golf practice designed in a multi-layered mini-volume, and the construction cost is significantly reduced, thereby high applicability in actual construction The purpose is to provide a golf ball automatic tee-up device.

1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the overall configuration of the golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 2a to 2c is a step showing a rubber tee rise of the golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 2a is a cross-sectional view showing the operating state when the rubber tee is lowered and positioned at the lower limit after detecting that the golf ball is not placed,

2B is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state when the lifting lowering operation portion is rotated 90 degrees by the drive motor;

FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state when the lifting activator rotates 180 ° upward by the driving motor to reach the upper limit point of the rubber tee;

Figure 3 is a state of use of the golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is an installation state showing a buried state of the golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 5 is a side view schematically showing a golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the prior art.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

T; Golf ball automatic tee up device 1; Golf ball

10; Base plate 11; Entrance

20; Base plate 30; Driving motor

31; Drive shaft 40; Lifting operation part

41; Crank 42; Inner groove

43; Guide rail 44; bearing

45; Sensing plate 46; Position sensor

50; Tee lift platform 51; Rubber tee

52; Lifting bar 53; Tea holder

54; Detection sensor 60; Golf Ball Supply Box

61; Chute 62; Feed rail

63; Outlet 64; Up switch

65; Down switch 66; Artificial grass mat

70; Case 80; H Beam

81; Deck plate 82; concrete

83; Concrete deck

Golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a base plate and a support plate to form a predetermined shape of the frame horizontally and vertically, a drive motor mounted in the horizontal direction on the outside of the support plate, A lift operation part connected to a drive shaft of the drive motor to lift and rotate a predetermined trajectory, a lift guide bar for guiding the rubber tee to wander through an entrance hole formed in the base plate, and the lift operation along the lift guide bar. It is composed of a tee-up platform that moves up and down with the operation of wealth.

The elevating operation part comprises a crank fixed in a vertical direction with respect to the drive shaft, a guide rail fixed to one side of the tee-up platform and a bearing coupled to the distal end of the crank to move along the inner groove of the guide rail. It is done.

In addition, after detecting whether the golf ball is placed on the upper end of the rubber tee on the bottom of the tee-up platform, if there is no golf ball detection sensor for controlling to start the moving down of the tee-up platform by the operation of the drive motor Characterized in that installed.

In addition, the lower end of the support plate to detect the lower limit position of the tee-up platform by the light blocking whether the sensing plate formed on one side of the guide rail to control to start the movement of the tee-up platform by the operation of the drive motor. Position control sensor is characterized in that it is attached.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2a, golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus according to the present invention is a base plate 10 and the support plate 20 to form a predetermined shape of the frame horizontally and vertically, and the support plate of the A drive motor 30 mounted in the horizontal direction on the outside, a lift operation part 40 connected to the drive shaft 31 of the drive motor 30 to lift and rotate a predetermined trajectory, and the base plate 10. Lifting guide bar 52 for guiding the rubber tee 51 to wander through the formed entrance hole 11, and along with the lifting guide bar 52 up and down with the operation of the lifting operation unit 40 It consists of the tee-up platform 50 which moves.

The base plate 10 is arranged horizontally, and the support plate 20 is welded after bending the upper and lower ends to bring the upper bent surface of the support plate 20 into contact with the bottom surface of the base plate 10. . The drive motor 30 is fastened in a direction perpendicular to the outer wall of the support plate 20, and the drive shaft 31 penetrates the support plate 20 to protrude toward the inner side.

As the driving motor 30, it is preferable to use a stepping motor or the like capable of controlling the angle, phase, and speed according to the input pulse signal.

One end of the rectangular rod-shaped crank 41 is fitted on the driving shaft 31 in the vertical direction with respect to the driving shaft 31, and the lifting operation part 40 has a horizontal direction on one side of the tee-up lifting platform 50. The guide rail 43 for forming the inner groove 42 is welded, and the bearing 44 is axially coupled to the front end of the crank 41 so that the outer circumferential surface of the bearing 44 is formed of the guide rail 43. The inner groove 42 is assembled to contact the upper and lower surfaces. Alternatively, although not shown in the drawing, as a means to replace the bearing 44, a shaft pin may be formed at the tip of the crank 41, and the roller may be hinged to the shaft pin.

In addition, the tee up platform 50 is assembled on the lifting guide bar 52 fixed between the upper and lower bending surfaces of the support plate 20 to move up and down along the lifting guide bar 52, The rubber tee 51 is assembled to the upper surface so that it can be replaced by the tee holder 53 which is screw-assembled, and whether the golf ball 1 is put in the upper end through the hollow part of the rubber tee 51, or not. A detection sensor 54 is attached to the bottom surface of the tee lift platform 50 so as to detect the movement.

In addition, a sensing plate 45 is formed at one side of the guide rail 43, and a lower limit of the tee lift platform 50 is provided at one lower end of the side wall surface of the support plate 20 by light blocking of the sensing plate 45. Position control sensor 46 is attached to detect the position.

Referring to the continuous automatic tee-up process by the golf ball automatic tee-up apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration as follows.

Figure 2a shows the operating state when the rubber tee 51 is lowered and positioned at the lower limit after detecting that the golf ball 1 is not placed, Figure 2b is lifted by the drive motor 30 The operating state when the operating part 40 is rotated by 90 degrees is shown, and FIG. 2C shows that the lifting and lowering operation part 40 is rotated 180 degrees upward by the driving motor 30 so that the rubber tee 51 is the upper limit point. It shows the operating state when it reaches to each.

When the user swings the golf ball 1 lying on the rubber tee 51 located at the top dead center and recognizes that the golf ball 1 is not present in the rubber tee 51 by the sensor 54, The drive motor 30 is operated in the forward direction by the control of the controller connected to the detection sensor 54 to start the downward movement of the tee-up platform 50. FIG. 2A shows that the detection plate 45 of the guide rail 43 is interposed between the light emitting part and the light receiving part of the position control sensor 46 to block the light while the descending movement is continued, and at the same time, descending to the bottom dead center is completed and in the reverse direction. The drive motor 30 is shown to be stopped to rotate. In this case, the bearing 44 of the crank 41 rotated downward is located at the center of the guide rail 43 so that the crank 41 and the guide rail 43 are orthogonal to each other. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, one golf ball 1 exits the golf ball supply box 60 and is supplied into the entrance hole 11 of the base plate 10 by the chute 61. Two golf balls 1 are maintained on the top of the rubber tee 51 and the tee-up platform 50 ascends continuously as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C. When the crank 41 receives the rotational force of the driving motor 30, the bearing 44 is slid along the inner groove 42 of the guide rail 43, so that the tee lift platform 50 is rotated. It is operated to ascend along the lifting guide bar (52).

When the position of the rubber tee 51 reaches the top dead center, the rotation of the driving motor 30 is stopped, and the tee-up platform 50 while the golf ball 1 is placed on the upper end of the rubber tee 51. The stop of the golf ball 1 is detected by the sensor 54 attached to the bottom surface. However, when the user hits the golf ball 1, the detection sensor 54 detects the absence of the golf ball 1 and starts the descent again in the state as shown in FIG. 1) is converted into a state capable of accommodating, and the golf ball 1 is continuously teeed up continuously as the lifting movement is repeated repeatedly.

On the other hand, if the user wants to adjust the tee height of the rubber tee 51 according to the user's habit by controlling the rotation angle by converting the input pulse signal of the drive motor 30 by the operation of the external switch is set in stages Can maintain the desired tee height.

In the drawing, since the driving motor 30 rotates within a 180 ° range, the height of the rubber tee 51 corresponds to the maximum, and if the rotation angle is controlled to be smaller than this, the rubber tee 51 The height of the will be lowered.

Figure 3 shows the state of use of the golf ball automatic tee-up device (T) according to the present invention. Golf ball automatic tee up device (T) of the present invention is buried under the artificial grass mat 66, after the golf balls 1 stored in the golf ball supply box 60 is arranged in a line along the transfer rail 62, It can be easily applied to the golf ball supply portion that is discharged one by one through the outlet (63) to roll down toward the entrance hole 11 of the base plate 10 along the chute (Chute) (61). Here, reference numerals 64 and 65 denote up / down switches for adjusting the tee height of the rubber tee 51 to suit the user's habit.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a golf ball automatic tee-up device (T) according to the present invention buried in the concrete floor 83 of the multi-layer indoor and outdoor golf practice range. The floor structure of a general multi-layer indoor and outdoor golf practice range is placed on the H-Beam (80) arranged horizontally at a predetermined interval on the deck plate (81) bent regularly, and then to a predetermined height thereon It is formed by pouring concrete (82). At this time, by providing a space portion for embedding the golf ball automatic tee-up device (T) in a desired position and inserting and fixing the case 70, the device (70) is installed into the case 70, and The artificial turf mat 66 is covered up.

The effects of the present invention that can be expected by the configuration and action as described above are as follows.

Golf ball automatic tee-up device according to the present invention does not need a separate tee height adjustment mechanism is light weight and has a structure greatly reduced in total volume, occupies a small buried space, and is also embedded in a multi-layer indoor and outdoor golf practice ground already built In addition to easy construction, damage to the deck plate 81 supporting the concrete 82 can be minimized, thereby maintaining the safety of the structure itself, and significantly reducing construction costs. There is an advantage.

Claims (4)

A base plate and a support plate forming a frame of a predetermined shape horizontally and vertically, a drive motor mounted horizontally on the outside of the support plate, and a lift operation unit connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor to lift and rotate a predetermined trajectory; And a lifting guide bar for guiding the rubber tee to wander through the entrance hole formed in the base plate, and a tee lifting platform configured to move up and down with the operation of the lifting operation unit along the lifting guide bar. According to claim 1, The lifting operation unit is coupled to the crank fixed in the vertical direction with respect to the drive shaft, the guide rail fixed to one side of the tee-up platform, and the front end of the crank is moved along the inner groove of the guide rail Golf ball automatic tee-up device, characterized in that consisting of a bearing. According to claim 1, On the bottom of the tee-up platform is to detect whether or not the golf ball is placed on the upper end of the rubber tee and control to start the moving down of the tee-up platform by the operation of the drive motor in the absence of a golf ball Golf ball automatic tee-up device characterized in that the sensor installed for. According to claim 1, The lower end of the support plate detects the lower limit position of the tee-up platform by light blocking whether the sensing plate formed on one side of the guide rail to start the movement of the tee-up platform by the operation of the drive motor Golf ball automatic tee-up device characterized in that attached to the position control sensor for controlling so that.