KR20100038860A

KR20100038860A - Putting practice apparatus

Info

Publication number: KR20100038860A
Application number: KR1020080098000A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 류광수
Original assignee: 류광수
Priority date: 2008-10-07
Filing date: 2008-10-07
Publication date: 2010-04-15

Abstract

Putting practice apparatus of the present invention has a green is formed on the upper surface, a golf ball feeder for supplying the golf balls one by one on the green front, a transport guide long hole is formed on the rear, both sides of the base panel is formed with a golf ball recovery ; A moving hole cup inserted into the conveying guide hole to slide along the conveying guide hole; And a hole cup transfer unit for transferring the moving hole cup.

According to the present invention, the putting practice can be adjusted more efficiently by changing the position of the hole cup freely to adjust the putting practice length.

In addition, since all the putt golf balls are automatically recovered and the golf balls are automatically supplied one by one on the green of the base panel, the user can conveniently practice putting.

Description

Putting Practice Device {PUTTING PRACTICE APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a putting practice apparatus, and more particularly, to a putting practice apparatus that can freely adjust the putting practice length by moving the position of the hole cup.

Golf is a sporting game in which a golf ball is put into a hole cup by using a club on the green. In a game, a player who puts a golf ball into the hole cup with the lowest score in a game wins.

Representative techniques for good golf include swinging and putting. The swing includes the direction of movement of the golf ball, the body movement during the swing, the central axis of the body during the swing, the goal setting during the swing, and the swing. It is a blow technique that considers the tempo and force distribution, and uses the centrifugal force according to the club's head weight.

Putting is to put the golf ball into the hole cup at a distance close to the hole cup, the golf ball in the hole cup by judging comprehensively the direction setting according to the state and shape of the green on the green of various shapes and the blow strength indicating the speed of the golf ball. Corresponds to the finish (finish) operation of golf putting.

Golf, which is recognized as a popular sport, scores 18 rounds and finishes the game by hole-in the final putt golf ball into the hole cup in a hole cup embedded in each hole. It is no exaggeration to say that putting accounts for more than 50% of actual golf.

The putting of golf is to push the golf ball on the green into the hole cup. To putt well, you can observe the slope of the green, the grain of the grass and the degree of bending of the green near the hole cup. Draw the putting line in your mind until the hole cup and putt.

When putting, keep the club face and the putting line at a right angle so that the golf ball can be sent to the putting line and adjust the strength of the hit properly.

Putting ability is an important factor that can reduce the number of hits, so it requires constant effort and training to maintain correct posture and putting sense.

Putter exerciser is a device that can practice putting in the room to maintain the correct posture and sense of putting. In actual putting, the ball can go straight or bent in the state of putting green, etc., but the basic of putting stroke is to send the ball in a straight line in the desired direction.

As described above requires a lot of practice to complete the putt bar, putters have been developed and used in a variety of types of putting practice apparatus to be installed in the room to practice putting.

Looking at the general structure of the practice putting apparatus used in the prior art, a lane of a shape gradually inclined from the putting position to the position of the hole cup while having a certain length is formed, the mat such as artificial turf is attached on this lane. And a fixed hole cup is installed on the mat.

However, in the conventional putting practice apparatus configured as described above, since the position of the hole cup is fixed, various types of putting exercises cannot be made while changing the position of the hole cup, and thus there is a limitation in that it does not satisfy various needs of users.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a putting practice apparatus that can execute the putting practice more efficiently because the putting practice length can be adjusted freely by changing the position of the hole cup.

Putting practice apparatus according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object is the green is formed on the upper surface, a golf ball feeder for supplying a golf ball on the front one by one green, a transport guide long hole is formed on the rear, both sides A base panel on which a golf ball recovery part is formed; A moving hole cup inserted into the conveying guide hole to slide along the conveying guide hole; And a hole cup transfer unit for transferring the moving hole cup.

Here, the green is formed to be inclined at both sides higher than the center line, that is, the green is formed in a substantially "V" shape when viewed from the front.

The golf ball feeder is a feed screw rotatably installed inside the base panel to sequentially supply the golf ball introduced through the golf ball recovery unit to the golf ball outlet of the base panel; A screw drive motor for rotating the feed screw; And a golf ball sensor for controlling the driving of the screw driving motor by sensing a golf ball exiting through the golf ball exit of the base panel.

The conveying guide hole is formed in the front-rear direction of the base panel.

Guide rails are formed on the inner wall of the transfer guide hole, and guide rails are formed on both sides of the moving hole cup to correspond to the guide rails.

The hole cup transfer unit is a drive pulley which is installed on the inner side of the base panel; A driven pulley installed on the other side of the base panel at a predetermined distance from the driving pulley; A wire fixed to the moving hole cup and connecting the driving pulley and the driven pulley; And a drive motor connected to the drive pulley to drive the drive pulley to move the wire in the forward and reverse directions.

A fixed auxiliary hole cup may be formed on the center line of the base panel, and a bunker may be formed on both sides of the fixed auxiliary hole cup.

On the other hand, the golf ball supplier according to another embodiment of the present invention is a cylinder rod which is installed to be elevated in the base panel so as to sequentially supply the golf ball introduced through the golf ball recovery unit to the golf ball outlet of the base panel ; And a golf ball sensor for controlling the driving of the screw driving motor by detecting a golf ball going through the golf ball exit of the base panel.

The hole cup transfer unit according to another embodiment of the present invention is rotatably installed in the base panel, the transfer screw screwed to the moving hole cup; And a screw driving motor for rotating the feed screw to feed the moving hole cup in the front-back direction.

As described above, according to the present invention, the putting practice length can be adjusted by freely changing the position of the hole cup, so that the putting practice can be executed more efficiently.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the putting practice apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a putting practice apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a golf ball feeder of Figure 1, Figure 4 shows a hole cup transfer unit of Figure 1 Longitudinal section.

1 to 4, the putting practice apparatus 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is formed with a green 111 on the upper surface, the golf ball feeder for supplying the golf ball (B) on the front one by one over the green A base panel 110 is provided, the transport guide long hole 115 is formed on the rear surface, the golf ball recovery unit 116 is formed on both sides; A moving hole cup 120 that is inserted into the transfer guide long hole 115 and slides along the transfer guide long hole 115; And a hole cup transfer unit 130 for transferring the moving hole cup 120.

The golf ball supply 113 is preferably installed on both sides of the front panel of the base panel 110 to be used with both right and left handed.

The LED display panel 117 is vertically installed on the rear surface of the base panel 110. The LED scoreboard 117 may display a game description or a score.

A scale 119 is formed around the transfer guide long hole 115 to configure the position of the moving hole cup 120 with the naked eye.

The green 111 is formed to be inclined at both sides higher than the center line L, and is formed in a substantially gentle "V" shape when viewed from the front.

The transfer guide long hole 115 is formed in the front-rear direction of the base panel 110.

A guide rail 115a is formed on an inner wall of the transfer guide long hole 115, and guide grooves 115b are formed on both sides of the moving hole cup 120 to correspond to the guide rail 115a.

The golf ball supply 113 is the base panel 110 to sequentially supply the golf ball (B) introduced through the golf ball recovery unit 116 to the golf ball outlet (G) of the base panel 110. A feed screw (113a) rotatably installed in the interior; A screw drive motor 113b for rotating the feed screw 113a; And a golf ball sensor 113c which senses the golf ball B exiting through the golf ball exit G of the base panel 110 and controls the driving of the screw driving motor 113b (see FIG. 3). ).

In such a configuration, when the screw driving motor 113b is driven to rotate the feed screw 113a, the golf ball B introduced through the golf ball recovery unit 116 is sequentially raised.

At this time, the golf ball sensor 113c operates to detect the golf ball B exiting through the golf ball outlet G of the base panel 110 to control the driving of the screw driving motor 113b.

The hole cup transfer unit 130 is a drive pulley 131 is installed on one side of the inside of the base panel 110; A driven pulley 133 installed on the other side of the base panel 110 at a predetermined distance from the driving pulley 131; A wire 135 fixed to the moving hole cup 120 and connecting the driving pulley 131 and the driven pulley 133; And a driving motor 137 connected to the driving pulley 131 to drive the driving pulley 131 to move the wire 135 in the forward / reverse direction (see FIG. 4).

A fixed auxiliary hole cup 120 'may be formed on the center line L of the base panel 110, and a bunker H may be formed on both sides of the fixed auxiliary hole cup 120' (see FIG. 1).

In this structure, since the fixed auxiliary hole cup 120 ′ is formed on the center line L of the base panel 110, the golf ball B is straight on the center line L on the green 111. You can practice putting.

If the putt golf ball (B) does not proceed in a straight line on the center line (L), golf ball (B) is composed of a structure that falls into the bunker (H).

Referring to the operation of the putting practice apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, the golf ball B is placed on the initial position 110a on the green 111 of the base panel 110, and the position of the movable hole cup 120 is driven by driving the hole cup transfer unit 130 by wireless or wired. Adjust

At this time, the scale 119 may be visually checked to move the position of the moving hole cup 120 to a desired position.

Looking at the operation of the hole cup transfer unit 130, when the power is applied to the screw drive motor 137 to drive the screw drive motor 137, the drive pulley 131 and the driven pulley 133 is rotated.

At this time, the wire 135 is pulled or pushed in the direction of the arrow, so that the moving hole cup 120 fixed to the wire 135 is moved along the wire 135.

When the position of the moving hole cup 120 is set, the user starts practicing (or playing) by putting the golf ball (B). Since the moving hole cup 120 is positioned behind the bunker H, it should be put in consideration of the inclined surface of the green 111.

The game progress description and scores are displayed on the LED scoreboard 117 so that the user can more easily understand the game progress.

Since the green 111 of the base panel 110 is inclined, the put golf ball B is dropped into the base panel 110 through the bunker H or the transfer guide long hole 115.

At this time, the golf ball (B) is collected toward the golf ball feeder 113 by the golf ball recovery unit 116 installed inclined.

The golf ball B gathered toward the golf ball feeder 113 is sequentially raised by the driving of the screw driving motor 113b and the rotation of the feed screw 113a.

At this time, the golf ball sensor 113c operates to control the driving of the screw driving motor 113b so that the golf ball B exiting through the golf ball exit G of the base panel 110 is supplied one by one.

On the other hand, the golf ball feeder and hole cup transfer unit may be configured in various ways as well as the above-described configuration, with reference to Figures 5 and 6 will be described another example of the present invention.

5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a golf ball supply according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the golf ball supply 213 according to another embodiment of the present invention sequentially returns the golf ball B introduced through the golf ball recovery unit 116 to the golf ball outlet of the base panel 110 ( A cylinder rod 213a installed to be elevated in the base panel 110 so as to be supplied to G); And a golf ball sensor 213b that senses the golf ball B exiting through the golf ball exit G of the base panel 110 and controls the driving of the cylinder rod 213a.

Here, the upper end of the cylinder rod 213a has a hemispherical transparent window (W) is formed and the golf ball (B) can be seated in the transparent window (W), the golf ball sensor (213b) is the transparent window ( W) penetrates the golf ball (B).

Figure 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a hole cup transfer unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the hole cup transfer unit 230 according to another embodiment of the present invention may be rotatably installed in the base panel 110, and a transfer screw 231 to which the movable hole cup 120 is screwed; And a screw driving motor 233 for rotating the transfer screw 231 to transfer the moving hole cup 120 in the front-rear direction. Here, the screw drive motor 233 may be a servo motor.

As such, the rights of the present invention are not limited to the embodiments described above, but are defined by the claims, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications within the scope of the claims. It is self evident.

1 is a perspective view showing a putting practice apparatus according to the present invention

2 is a plan view of FIG. 1

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the golf ball supply of Figure 1

Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the hole cup transfer unit of FIG.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a golf ball feeder according to another embodiment of the present invention

Figure 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a hole cup transfer unit according to another embodiment of the present invention

* Description of main parts

100: putting practice device

110: base panel

111: green

113,213: Golf Ball Feeder

113a: feed screw

113b: screw driven motor

113c: golf ball sensor

114a: cylinder rod

114b: golf ball sensor

115: transport guide slot

115a: guide rail

115b: guide groove

116: golf ball recovery unit

120: moving hole cup

120 ': fixed auxiliary hole cup

130,230: hole cup transfer unit

131: drive pulley

133: driven pulley

135: wire

137: drive motor

231: feed screw

233: screw driven motor

B: golf ball

L: center line

G: golf ball exit

H: bunker

Claims

Green 111 is formed on the upper surface, the golf ball feeder 113, 213 for supplying the golf ball (B) one by one on the front is provided, the transfer guide long hole 115 is formed on the rear, both sides The base panel 110, the golf ball recovery unit 116 is formed;

A moving hole cup 120 that is inserted into the transfer guide long hole 115 and slides along the transfer guide long hole 115; And

It includes a hole cup transfer unit 130, 230 for transferring the moving hole cup 120,

Putting practice device characterized in that the green (111) is inclined on both sides higher than the center line (L).

The method of claim 1,

The golf ball supply 113 is

The golf ball (B) introduced through the golf ball recovery unit 116 is rotatably installed in the base panel 110 to sequentially supply to the golf ball exit (G) of the base panel 110. A feed screw 113a;

A screw drive motor 113b for rotating the feed screw 113a; And

And a golf ball sensor (113c) for controlling the driving of the screw driving motor (113b) by detecting the golf ball (G) exiting through the golf ball exit (G) of the base panel (110); Putting Practice Device.

The method of claim 1,

The golf ball supply 213 is

The golf ball G introduced through the golf ball recovery unit 116 may be installed to be elevated in the base panel 110 so that the golf ball G may be sequentially supplied to the golf ball outlet G of the base panel 110. Cylinder rod 213a to be used; And

The golf ball sensor (213b) for controlling the driving of the cylinder rod (114a) by detecting the golf ball (B) exiting through the golf ball exit (G) of the base panel 110; Exercise device.

The method of claim 1,

The transfer guide long hole 115 is formed in the front and rear direction of the base panel 110,

A guide rail 115a is formed on an inner wall of the transfer guide hole 115, and guide grooves 115b are formed on both sides of the movable hole cup 120 to correspond to the guide rail 115a. Putting Practice Device.

The method of claim 1,

The hole cup transfer unit 130 is

A driving pulley 131 installed at an inner side of the base panel 110;

A driven pulley 133 installed on the other side of the base panel at a predetermined interval from the driving pulley;

A wire 135 fixed to the moving hole cup 120 and connecting the driving pulley 131 and the driven pulley 133; And

And a driving motor (137) connected to the driving pulley (131) to drive the driving pulley (131) to move the wire (135) in the forward and backward directions.

The method of claim 1,

The hole cup transfer unit 230 is

A feed screw 231 rotatably installed in the base panel 110 and to which the movable hole cup 120 is screwed; And

Putting practice device, characterized in that consisting of a screw drive motor 233 for rotating the transfer screw 231 to transfer the moving hole cup 120 in the front and rear direction.

The method of claim 1,

Putting practice device, characterized in that the fixed auxiliary hole cup 120 'is formed on the center line (L) of the base panel 110, the bunker (H) is formed on both sides of the fixed auxiliary hole cup (120').