KR20100084999A - Auto hole-cup mat for golf putting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic hole-cup mat for golf putting is provided to automatically collect a golf ball which is putted to the hole-cup into a putting place regardless of the height of hole-cup and to offer a user simple structure. CONSTITUTION: An automatic hole-cup mat for golf putting includes: a hole-cup main body(200) in which a side wall and a rear wall are respectively formed at both sides and rear part of ground surface and which induces the golf ball into an entrance since the floor surface is formed to be tilted to the entrance of the rear wall; a solenoid(300) in which a hitting bar is built in the hole-cup main body to penetrate the entrance of the rear wall; and a detection sensor(212) which senses the progressive direction of the golf ball putted in the hole-cup main body.

Description

Auto hole-cup mat for golf putting

The present invention relates to an automatic hole cup mat for golf putting, and more particularly, to an automatic hole cup mat for golf putting so that the putt golf ball is automatically recovered.

In general, putting in golf puts the ball on the green using a putter into the hole cup, and it is the most difficult and important among golf because it is necessary to hit the ball carefully after grasping the condition of the green slope and bend. Will cost. However, in order to practice on the field, it was difficult to meet various realistic conditions, so it was necessary to have an environment in which a gap could be practiced indoors.

Many putting practice apparatuses for putting practice have been developed. Briefly describing the structure of such a conventional putting practice apparatus, a green portion having a predetermined length and gradually inclined from the putting position to the position of the hole cup has a predetermined length. On this grip part, a mat made of artificial turf or carpet is laid. And, the side and the rear portion of the green portion is formed with a wall protruded upward so that the putt golf ball does not bounce to the outside.

However, in the structure of the putting practice apparatus, there was a hassle that the user has to directly collect the golf ball put toward the hole cup.

Therefore, in order to eliminate such a hassle, there is also a device formed in the groove to form a passage for recovering the golf ball putt on one side edge of the green portion to the putting position, in this structure, the ball moved along the passage to the putting place Since it is collected at the end of the passage without returning, it is inconvenient to pick up the golf ball from the passageway of the groove again and put it back to the putting place in order to putt again.

In addition, such a passage must have an inclination more than a predetermined angle in order to recover the golf ball. That is, since the inclination for moving the ball can be formed only when the position of the hole cup is always higher than the putting place, there is a disadvantage in that the actual situation such as green where the position of the hole cup is lower than the putting place or flat is not reproduced.

Therefore, in order to overcome this disadvantage, conventionally, a gear method using a motor that hits a golf ball entering a hole cup and automatically returns to a putting place has been disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0245787.

Putting exerciser according to the gear method using the motor briefly described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, the inclined guide portion on the bottom surface of the hole cup (2) which is provided with a predetermined inclination angle on the rather long green portion (1) When the golf ball is inserted along the (2a), the push switch 10 to operate the push switching from the weight; The power supply switch 11 is formed on the inner surface of the hole cup (2), the switching operation of the contact point and the push switch 10 and the switching operation of the on / off to enable the power supply of the power supply according to the pressing operation Wow; A motor 12 having a shaft gear 12a and driven according to an on-switching operation of the power supply switch 11; A rotary gear 13 engaged with the shaft gear 12a and rotating according to the driving of the motor 12; A reduction gear 14 engaged with the rotary gear 13 to reduce the driving force of the motor 12 at an appropriate speed; The lower end surface is formed with a plurality of engaging protrusions (15a) of a predetermined interval, and one side end of the lower end to have a contact rod (15b), the drive gear that rotates in accordance with the driving force transmitted from the reduction gear (14) 15); An operating lever 16 which moves forward and backward according to the rotation of the drive gear 15 to automatically return the golf ball inserted into the hole cup 2 to the putting position; A spring 17 having a predetermined elasticity to allow forward movement of the operating lever 16 when the drive gear 15 is rotated; A power cut-off switch 18 for switching the driving gear 15 to form a contact with a contact rod formed on the bottom thereof when the drive gear 15 rotates at a predetermined angle (360 degrees) to cut off the power supplied to the motor 12; Etc.

When briefly describing the operation of the conventional putting practice, the putt golf ball enters the inside of the hole cup (2) and at the same time press the push switch 10 formed on the bottom surface of the hole cup (2) to operate the motor 12 The motor 12 rotates the rotary gear 13, the reduction gear 14, and the drive gear 15 sequentially as the shaft gear 12a installed at the end thereof, wherein the drive gear 15 The engaging protrusion 15a is detached from the gear gear 16e formed on one side of the left rod 16b of the actuating lever 16 and at the same time, the actuating lever 16 understands the elastic force of the spring 17. After the forward movement to the hole cup 2, the operating surface 16a hits the golf ball entering the hole cup 2, so that the golf ball is automatically returned to the putting place.

However, this conventional putting practice is very complicated golf ball return device is installed around the hole cup (2), the operation lever 16 to hit the golf ball in the hole cup (2) using the elastic force of the spring (17) As the number of times used increases, the return force of the golf ball is reduced due to the decrease in the elasticity of the spring 17, and the golf ball is not automatically returned to the putting place, but also a lot of inconvenience due to the noise of the machine sound and the blow sound of the golf ball. In addition to the golfer had a problem that can not focus on putting.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the golf ball put toward the hole cup is automatically recovered to the putting place irrespective of the height of the hole cup, while the structure is simple and the operation noise It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic hole cup mat for golf putting that is reduced as much as possible.

The above-mentioned object is, in the automatic hole cup mat for golf putting, side walls and rear wall portions protruding from both side portions and rear portions of the bottom surface are formed, and the bottom surface is formed to be inclined toward the opening side of the rear wall portion to guide the golf ball to the opening side. A hole cup body; A solenoid embedded in the hole cup main body and installed to penetrate through the opening of the rear wall part while the striking bar moved by the magnetic force; And the hole cup body is achieved by an automatic hole cup mat for golf putting, characterized in that it comprises a; sensing unit for detecting the direction of the put golf ball.

The solenoid may include a main body embedded in the hole cup main body; A switch lever rotatably installed on the main body and protruding through an opening of a rear wall part; A switch switched as the golf ball contacts the switch lever; A core supplied with power by switching of the switch to generate a magnetic force; A striking bar installed through the core and striking the golf ball while being moved by a magnetic force, and at the same time, the striking bar is returned to its original state by the elastic means at the same time as the magnetic force disappears after the striking; And an adjustment lever capable of adjusting the magnetic force strength of the core.

In addition, a packing for absorbing shock and vibration is installed at the end of the hitting bar, and the sensing part is sensed by a golf ball formed at a predetermined size on the bottom surface of the hole cup body so that the opening of the rear wall part is located within the area. It is preferable that the sensing plate is configured as a switching sensor or a sensing sensor installed in the front of the rear wall portion close to the opening.

According to the automatic hole cup mat for golf putting according to the present invention, by using the automatic hole cup mat to detect whether the putt golf ball is accurately rolled toward the hole cup, and visually or hearing or visual and hearing to improve the realism of the putting It can be, because the putt golf ball is automatically recovered to the putting place by the solenoid, and also has the advantage that the occurrence of operating noise during the recovery of the golf ball to the maximum.

In addition, the solenoid of the present invention not only simplifies the structure and structure of the automatic hole cup mat, but also can reduce the volume and size of the automatic hole cup mat, and the solenoid is provided through its own internal power source without using a separate external power source. By operating it is easy to install and store, move, it is possible to adjust the speed of the recovered golf ball, that is, to adjust the moving distance of the golf ball has the advantage that the golf ball can be automatically recovered at various putting distances.

And, by installing the packing of the rubber material in the front end of the actuator configured to hit the golf ball directly to the solenoid it is possible to prevent the noise generated by the hit of the golf ball during the recovery of the golf ball.

1 is a partial perspective view showing a conventional putting exerciser.
FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view illustrating the golf ball feedback device according to FIG. 1.
3 is a perspective view showing an automatic hole cup mat according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram of a solenoid configured in the automatic hole cup mat of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a side configuration showing the operating state of the automatic hole cup mat according to the present invention, Figure 5a is a state in which the golf ball is in contact, Figure 5b is a view of the state hitting the golf ball.

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

Figures 3 to 5b are views showing the configuration of the golf putting automatic hole cup mat according to the present invention.

The automatic hole cup mat 100 of the present invention is installed and used on a carpet or mat indoors, and includes a hole cup body 200 and a solenoid 300 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hole cup main body 200 has a pair of side wall portions 220 and a rear wall portion 210 protruding at a predetermined height from both side portions and the rear portions of the bottom surface 230, respectively. The hole cup main body 200 is formed in a shape in which the front portion and the upper portion thereof are opened. Therefore, the put golf ball 500 enters the inside of the hole cup body 200 through the opened front portion of the hole cup body 200, while the golf ball 500 is formed by both side wall portions 220 and the rear wall portion 210. Departure is prevented.

In addition, an opening portion 211 is formed in the front center portion of the rear wall portion 210 so that the front end portion of the switch lever 320 and the striking bar 350 of the solenoid 300, which will be described later, is formed to protrude. At least one sensing sensor 212 may be configured as an example of a sensing unit to be described later around 211. In this case, the detection sensor 212 may be configured as an infrared sensor or an optical sensor.

In addition, the rear wall 210 may be selectively provided with an LED 213 or a speaker 214 that outputs sound according to the detection signal of the sensing unit, but more preferably maximizes the visual and auditory effects. It is good to install the LED 213 and the speaker 214 on the upper surface of the rear wall 210 that can be. Accordingly, the LED 213 is turned on according to the moving direction of the putter golf ball 500 to visually express the batting direction, and sound is provided through the speaker 214 to visually express the batting direction. The same realism and realism can be provided. In particular, the sound provided through the speaker 214 may be the same as the sound produced when the golf ball 500 enters the hole cup, such as "blue" or "Nice" or "Nice Shot", "Good" or "Good Shot". By providing various voices, the realism and realism can be greatly increased. At this time, the LED 213 or the speaker 214 formed as described above may be implemented in various forms, such as, but not limited to a variety of forms, such as a display window, the installation place is also not limited to the rear wall portion 210 in various places It is obvious that it can be installed.

On the other hand, the upper surface of the rear wall portion 210 is formed with a storage groove 215 that can accommodate and store the golf ball 500.

In addition, the bottom surface 230 is a front bottom surface (hereinafter referred to as "bottom surface") from the opened front portion to the approximately middle portion of the bottom surface 230 is formed to be inclined upward, and the middle of the bottom surface 230 The rear bottom surface from the portion to the rear wall portion is formed to be inclined downward. At this time, the downwardly inclined rear bottom surface (hereinafter referred to as "induction inclined surface") is formed to be curved to be inclined downward toward the opening 211 side formed in the front center portion of the rear wall portion 210, the golf ball entering the induction slope surface 231 All of the 500 is guided to the opening 211 side of the rear wall portion 210.

A pair of hole cup guides 232 spaced apart at a distance corresponding to the diameter of the actual hole cup are formed at the center of the front of the inclined surface 231, that is, at the center of the bottom surface 230 of the hole cup main body 200, and both hole cup guides 232. On the bottom surface between the) is formed a sensing plate 233 which is an example of the sensing unit for detecting the golf ball 500 passing between the two hole cup guide line 232.

Meanwhile, the sensing unit may include a sensing plate 233 made of a piezoelectric sensor or a piezoelectric switch or a touch screen or a touch pad on the bottom surface between the hole cup guide lines 232, or the rear wall portion 210 as described above. A plurality of detection sensors 212 may be configured around the opening 211, and the detection sensors 212 should also be installed between the hole cup guide lines 232. Therefore, when the putt golf ball 500 enters the hole cup main body 200, it detects whether or not the virtual hole cup is correctly proceeded to the opening 211 side of the rear wall part 210, and the LED 213 or the speaker ( 214 or the LED 213 and the speaker 214 at the same time to accurately indicate the direction of the golf ball 500 it is possible to give a sense of realism and realism such as putting on the actual green. Meanwhile, in the present invention, as an example of the sensing unit, both the sensing plate 233 installed on the bottom surface 230 of the hole cup body 200 and the sensing sensor 212 provided around the opening 211 of the rear wall 210 are all configured. It is shown as an example.

In addition, the bottom surface 230 and the inclined surface 231 of the hole cup main body 200 are preferably used without installing a mat or the like, in some cases, the bottom surface 230 and the induction of the hole cup main body 200. By installing a separate mat also on the inclined surface 231, it is possible to prevent the generation of noise caused by the cloud of the golf ball 500 in advance.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the solenoid 300 is implemented through a main body 310 installed to be embedded in the rear wall portion 210 of the hole cup main body 200, and the front portion of the main body 310 has a rear wall portion. By being exposed to the outside through the opening 211 of the 210, the front end of the switch lever 320 and the striking bar 350 of the solenoid 300 to be described later is installed to protrude to the outside through the opening 211.

As shown in FIG. 4, the solenoid 300 is rotatably installed in the main body 310 embedded in the rear wall portion 210 of the hole cup main body 200 and the front portion of the main body 310. Switch lever 320 protruding outward through the opening 211 of the rear wall portion 210, and is installed on one side of the main body 310 is switched as the golf ball 500 in contact with the switch lever 320 A switch 330 that is turned on, a core 340 that is powered by on-switching of the switch 330 to generate a magnetic force, and is installed through the core 340 and moved by the magnetic force to switch Control the magnetic force strength of the striking bar 350 and the core 340 to strike the golf ball 500 in contact with the lever 320 and return to its original state by the elastic means at the same time as the disappearance of the magnetic force after the strike The lever 370 is configured.

The main body 310 is a size that can be built in the rear wall portion 210, is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, the circuit board 360 is fixed to the upper surface of the main body 310, the circuit board ( The control lever 370 for adjusting the magnetic force strength of the core 340 is detachably connected and connected to the 360 as a connector.

The switch lever 320 is the upper end is hinged to the front upper side of the main body 310, the lower end is rotatably provided as a clockwork, the rear of the switch lever 320 is a switch 330 installed in the main body 310 Since the switch lever 320 is rotated to the outside of the opening 211 of the rear wall portion 210 to maintain the initial state. In this state, the putt golf ball 500 is guided to the opening 211 side of the rear wall portion 210 by the inclined slope 231, and when the switch lever 320 is pressed, the switch lever 320 opens the opening 211. While rotating inward, the switch 330 is pressed to be switched on. At this time, although not shown inside the switch 330, as the spring is compressed, the golf ball 500 is spaced apart from the switch lever 320 and at the same time the internal spring is tensioned to turn off the switch 330 (OFF) ).

The core 340 is a hollow member installed at the center portion of the main body 310, and a coil 341 is wound on an outer surface thereof, and an impact bar 350 is installed inside the core 340. When the current flows through the coil 341 by the supplied power, the core 340 generates a magnetic force, and the strike bar 350 moves forward in the core 340 by the magnetic force.

The impact bar 350 is formed of a round bar consisting of the front portion of the small diameter and the rear portion of the large diameter. In particular, the tip portion of the hitting bar 350 penetrates the core 340 and the main body 310 to protrude toward the opening 211 of the rear wall portion 210 to contact the switch lever 320 with the golf ball 500. As a direct hitting portion, a packing 351 made of a rubber material is installed at the tip of the striking bar 350 to suppress the occurrence of the striking sound at the time of striking. In this case, the packing 351 may be formed of any material other than rubber as long as it absorbs shock and vibration while hitting the golf ball 500 while suppressing the generation of the hitting sound. In addition, an outwardly protruding support plate 352 is formed at the rear end of the striking bar 350 protruding to the rear portion of the core 340, and a strike between the support plate 352 and the core 340 or the main body 310. An elastic means (hereinafter referred to as a "spring") made of a compression coil spring is fitted on the bar 350 so as to be supported by the support plate 352 and the core 340 or the main body 310. Therefore, the striking bar 350 which is moved forward by the magnetic force is quickly moved to the rear by the elastic force of the spring 353 which is compressed at the same time as the disappearance of the magnetic force is returned.

The solenoid 300 may use both an internal and an external power source, but more preferably, the battery 380 is mounted on the bottom surface of the main body 310 of the solenoid 300 to use an internal power source. As such, since the internal power using the battery 380 does not need an electric cord as in the case of external power, the movement and installation of the automatic hole cup mat 100 is free, and thus, the automatic hole cup mat 100 can be easily installed anywhere. It becomes usable.

On the other hand, the automatic hole cup mat 100 configured as described above is controlled by the controller 400 in its overall operation.

The operation of the automatic hole cup mat according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, after the automatic hole cup mat 100 of the present invention is installed in a carpet or mat, the user puts the golf ball 500 toward the automatic hole cup mat 100 at a putting place on the carpet or mat.

Then, the put golf ball 500 is entered into the hole cup main body 200 as shown in Figure 5a, when the golf ball 500 is accurately clouded toward the opening 211 of the rear wall 210, the hole cup body The detection plate 233 installed on the bottom surface 230 of the 200 and the detection sensor 212 installed around the opening 211 of the rear wall 210 detect and output a corresponding signal to the control unit 400. do. Then, the control unit 400 turns on the LED 213 on the rear wall portion 210 on the assumption that the putt golf ball 500 is correctly inserted into the virtual hole cup and at the same time the golf ball 500 through the speaker 214. ) Provides a variety of sound effects such as "Ding" or "Nice" or "Nice Shot", "Good" or "Good Shot", such as the sound when entering the hole cup. Therefore, the user can imply that the golf ball 500 putt is correctly inserted into the hole cup, so that the user can feel the realism and realism as in the actual green.

On the other hand, the golf ball 500 sensed by the sensing unit 212, 233 proceeds to the opening 211 side of the rear wall portion 210 is exactly in contact with the switch lever 320 of the solenoid 300. However, even if the putt golf ball 500 proceeds out of the sensing unit 212 and 233 in the other direction, the inclination surface 231 formed on the bottom surface 230 eventually moves the golf ball 500. Guided to the opening 211 side of the rear wall portion 210 is in contact with the switch lever 320 of the solenoid (300).

When the switch lever 320 is rotated and inserted into the opening 211 by the contact of the golf ball 500, the switch 330 is switched on by the rotated switch lever 320, thereby causing the battery ( As the power of the 380 is supplied to the coil 341 of the core 340, a magnetic force is generated in the core 340, and the strike bar 350, which has been retracted in the core 340, is moved forward by the magnetic force. The tip portion of the bar 350 protrudes from the opening 211 of the rear wall portion 210 to strike the golf ball 500.

At this time, the packing 351 is installed at the tip of the striking bar 350, so that the occurrence of striking sound can be suppressed to the maximum, and the striking golf ball 500 is moved back to the putting place as shown in FIG. do.

Then, the recovered golf ball 500 is spaced apart from the switch lever 320 and at the same time the switch lever 320 is reversed by the restoring force of the switch 330 is turned off to return to the original state, the off switching of the switch 330 Due to the power supply is cut off, the magnetic force of the core 340 is extinguished. Therefore, the striking bar 350 that has been moved forward is retracted by the elastic force of the spring 353 that has been compressed and returned to its original state.

On the other hand, the magnetic force of the core 340 for moving the striking bar 350 forward as described above is adjusted by adjusting the strength through the control lever 370 to recover the golf ball 500 by adjusting the moving distance of the striking bar 350 It is possible to adjust the moving distance of the golf ball (ie the speed of the golf ball). Therefore, the user can adjust the moving distance of the golf ball 500 is recovered through the adjustment lever 370 it is possible to practice putting in a variety of putting distance.

While the present invention as described above has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments, it is understood that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

100: automatic hole cup mat 200: hole cup body
210: rear wall portion 211: opening
212 detection sensor 213 LED
214: Speaker 215: Storage groove
220: side wall portion 230: bottom surface
231: guided slope 232: hole cup guide
233: detection plate 300: solenoid
310: main body 320: switch lever
330: switch 340: core
341 coil 350: striking bar
351: packing 352: support plate
353: spring 360: circuit board
370: control lever 380: battery
400: control unit 500: golf ball

Claims (4)

In the automatic hole cup mat for golf putting,
A sidewall portion and a rear wall portion protruding from both side portions and a rear portion of the bottom surface, respectively, and the bottom surface is formed to be inclined toward the opening side of the rear wall portion to guide the golf ball to the opening side;
A solenoid embedded in the hole cup main body and installed to penetrate through the opening of the rear wall part while the striking bar moved by the magnetic force; And
The hole cup body is an automatic hole cup mat for golf putting, characterized in that it comprises a; sensing unit for detecting the direction of the put golf ball.
The method according to claim 1,
The solenoid may include a main body embedded in the hole cup main body;
A switch lever rotatably installed on the main body and protruding through an opening of a rear wall part;
A switch switched as the golf ball contacts the switch lever;
A core supplied with power by switching of the switch to generate a magnetic force;
A striking bar installed through the core and striking the golf ball while being moved by a magnetic force, and at the same time, the striking bar is returned to its original state by an elastic means at the same time as the magnetic force disappears after the striking; And
Golf putter automatic hole cup mat, characterized in that it comprises a; control lever for adjusting the strength of the magnetic force of the core.
The method according to claim 2,
Golf putting automatic hole cup mat, characterized in that the packing is installed at the end of the hitting bar to absorb shock and vibration.
The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The sensing unit is formed of a sensing plate which is formed on the bottom surface of the hole cup main body so that the opening of the rear wall portion is located within the area, and is sensed or switched by a golf ball that is clouded or a sensing sensor installed in the front of the rear wall portion adjacent to the opening. Golf putting automatic hole cup mat, characterized in that configured.

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