TWI564057B - Driven type ball collecting device - Google Patents

Description

Drive ball collecting device

The present invention relates to a ball collecting device, and more particularly to a driving ball collecting device.

With the improvement of people's living standards and the importance of health, various ball games have become one of the leisure activities of modern people, such as golf, tennis, billiards, baseball and so on. However, in existing ball games, whether during the game, after training or practice, it is often necessary to pick up the balls scattered on the court to collect the balls in the collection bin. Therefore, in addition to focusing on the ball sports itself, the athletes also need to spend a lot of manpower, time and energy to smash the ball, which in turn affects the training efficiency of the athletes, and may even cause muscle soreness and other injuries due to the repeated picking action.

Although there are already technical precedents for collecting balls by rolling the ball. However, such a ball set is usually rolled by manpower, and since the ball is usually scattered around the court, the user has to roll the ball back and forth several times in order to collect the ball all the time, which takes time and effort.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a driving type ball collecting device to solve the problem of time and physical effort in the prior art by collecting balls by means of a human rolling ball.

The driven ball collecting device of the present invention comprises: a driving module, at least one collecting component and at least one wheel. The driving module comprises a driving component and a main body, and the driving component is disposed on the main body. At least one collection component is disposed at one end of the body. The wheel is placed at the other end of the body. The collecting assembly comprises: at least one rod; the first cover body and the second cover body are respectively disposed at two ends of the rod body; and at least one annular body is arranged between the first cover body and the second cover body to be predetermined The spacers are disposed on the shank to form an accommodating space for accommodating at least one sphere. The drive element drives the wheel to rotate to move the body, causing the collection assembly to rotate and collect the ball.

The aforementioned driving component is a motor having a wireless signal receiving function.

The driven ball collecting device of the present invention further includes a photographing device that receives the environmental image of the collecting component and wirelessly transmits it to the monitoring device.

The driving ball collecting device of the present invention further comprises a trajectory planning module, wherein the trajectory planning module is electrically connected to the driving component, so that the driving ball collecting device moves according to the instruction of the trajectory planning module.

The driving ball collecting device of the present invention further comprises at least one ball collecting module, wherein the ball collecting module is detachably received by the pivoting assembly and at an angle with the rotating axis of the collecting component, and the collecting component is used for ball collection. The ball module maintains a constant distance from a plane.

The driving ball collecting device of the present invention further comprises a connection control module, comprising: at least one connecting unit disposed on one side of the collecting component; and at least one control module, one end of the control module is connected to the connecting unit, and is controlled The other end of the module is connected to one end of the main body.

The foregoing ball collecting module comprises: at least one first ball collecting unit, which is a detachable pivoting connecting unit; and at least one second ball collecting unit pivotally connected to the first ball collecting unit. Wherein, the first ball unit is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the collecting assembly, and the second ball unit is at an angle with the rotating axis.

The first ball collecting unit is pivotally connected to the connecting unit by a bearing, and the second ball collecting unit is pivotally connected to the first ball collecting unit by a bearing.

The driving type ball collecting device of the present invention further comprises a plurality of rollers respectively disposed at two ends of the second ball collecting unit, and wherein the constant distance is the radius of the rollers when the collecting assembly performs ball collecting.

The number of the aforementioned ball collecting modules is two, and the ball collecting modules respectively receive the opposite sides of the collecting components.

As described above, the driven ball collecting device of the present invention may have one or more of the following advantages:

(1) The driving type ball collecting device of the present invention drives the collecting unit to collect the ball by driving elements in the driving module, thereby saving time and physical effort for the user to collect the ball.

(2) In the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, the monitoring device receives the environmental image recorded by the photographing device, and the user can immediately view the ball collecting condition. Moreover, the ball path can also be planned by the trajectory planning module.

(3) The driving type ball collecting device of the present invention is provided with a ball collecting module on the side of the collecting unit, and the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention is not affected by the conventional ball collecting device having no ball collecting module. Limited to the size of the collection component, the ball collection range can be improved by the ball collection module, so the ball collection efficiency is good. And because the ball module and the plane can maintain a constant distance, there is no doubt that the ball is missing from the gap between the ball module and the plane.

(4) In the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, by adjusting the diameters of the hollow portions of the first cover body, the second cover body and/or the annular body, the ball can be easily passed through the hollow portion to reach the ball or take the ball. Convenience.

(5) In the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, the spherical body is facilitated to be collected by the elastic member provided on one side of the first cover body, one side of the second cover body, and the both sides of the annular body. The accommodating space of the component does not allow the sphere to run out of the collection assembly.

For a better understanding of the technical features of the present invention and the technical effects that can be achieved, the preferred embodiments and the detailed description are as follows.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the embodiments of the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the sake of understanding, the same elements in the following embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a driving type ball collecting device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the driven ball collecting device of the present invention comprises: a driving module 40 , at least one collecting component 10 and at least one wheel 53 . The driving module 40 includes a driving component 41 and a main body 42 , and the driving component 41 is disposed on the main body 42 . The collection assembly 10 is disposed at one end of the body 42 and the wheel 53 is disposed at the other end of the body 42. The collecting assembly 10 includes at least one rod body 11, a first lid body 12, a second lid body 13, and at least one annular body 14. The first cover 12 and the second cover 13 are respectively disposed at both ends of the rod 11 . The annular body 14 is disposed on the rod body 11 at a predetermined interval between the first cover body 12 and the second cover body 13 to jointly form an accommodation space for accommodating at least one sphere. The drive member 41 drives the wheel 53 to rotate to cause the body 42 to move, causing the collection assembly 10 to rotate and collect the ball. The driven ball collecting device of the present invention is a remotely driven driving ball collecting device. The driving component 41 can be, for example, a motor having a wireless signal receiving function, so that the user can wirelessly transmit a set of ball commands by the remote control device, so that the driving component 41 can promptly move the ball receiving device according to the ball shooting command. One end of the main body 42 may be, for example, the front end of the main body 42 (ie, the forward end of the driven ball collecting device), and the other end of the main body 42 may be, for example, the rear end of the main body 42, but is not limited thereto. In the specification of the present invention, the number of the wheels 53 is two, but is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the driving ball collecting device of the present invention may further include a photographing device 80 that receives an environmental image of the collecting component 10 and wirelessly transmits the environmental image to a monitoring device (not shown). . The monitoring device can be, for example, a monitor, and the user can view the environmental image of the driving ball-receiving device in the monitoring device at other places for the purpose of real-time viewing and remote monitoring of the ball collecting condition.

2 to 5, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a region A of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a driving type of the present invention. A top view of a second embodiment of the apparatus, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a region B of FIG.

The second embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment only in that the driving ball collecting device of the second embodiment further includes a ball collecting module 20 and a trajectory planning module 90.

The trajectory planning module 90 is electrically connected to the driving component 41 to move the driving ball collecting device in accordance with an instruction of the trajectory planning module. The user may input one or more plucking commands into the trajectory planning module 90 before, during or after the concentrating of the ball, so that the driving ball collecting device has a specific trajectory according to the ball setting instruction. mobile. Wherein, if it is found during the collecting of the ball that the specific trajectory is not applicable to the current ball collecting condition, the user may select a suitable ball collecting instruction from the plurality of ball collecting commands, or wirelessly and otherly collect the ball. The command is input to the trajectory planning module 90 to change the movement trajectory of the ball collecting device.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, in the second embodiment of the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention further comprises at least one ball collecting module 20, and the ball collecting module 20 is The detachable pivot receiving assembly 10 is at an angle θ with the axis of rotation X of the collecting assembly 10 to increase the range of the ball collecting device. The angle θ can be, for example, less than or equal to 90 degrees. Therefore, the driving ball collecting device of the present invention is not limited by the size of the collecting assembly 10, and the ball collecting range can be increased by the ball collecting module 20 compared to the conventional ball collecting device without the ball collecting module. Improve the efficiency of the ball. In addition, the ball collecting module 20 can be, for example, a detachable structure, thereby reducing the storage volume of the ball collecting device. Moreover, the predetermined spacing of the annular body 14 on the shaft 11 can be matched with the diameter of the ball 100 so that the user can select a suitable ball collecting device depending on the diameter of the ball 100. In the present specification, the number of the rod bodies 11 is three (see Fig. 4), but is not limited thereto.

Moreover, when the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention performs ball collection, the ball collecting module 20 maintains a constant distance from a plane P (which will be further explained in FIG. 6), and the constant distance is smaller than the diameter of the ball 100, so It is avoided that the ball 100 is missing from the gap between the ball module 20 and the plane P. In the present specification, the plane P is the ground, and the plane P may be a flat plane or an uneven plane.

The first cover 12, the second cover 13 and/or the annular body 14 may further comprise at least one hollow portion 15, and the diameter of the hollow portion 15 may be adjusted according to the diameter of the ball 100, so that the ball 100 can pass through the hollow portion. 15. Further, the first cover 12, the second cover 13, and the annular body 14 of the collection assembly 10 may each have a two-layer structure. For example, the double-layer structure can be overlapped by two annular plates (not shown) having the same number and position of the hollow portions 15, and the hollow portions 15 are shifted from each other by rotating the annular plate body to be closed. Or corresponding to each other to open. When the hollow portion 15 is in the open state and the hole size of the hollow portion 15 is larger than the diameter of the ball 100, the user can take out the ball 100 from the hollow portion 15. When the hollow portion 15 is in the closed state or the hole size of the hollow portion 15 is smaller than the diameter of the ball 100, the user cannot take out the ball 100 from the hollow portion 15. Further, the hollow portion 15 can also adjust the size of the hollow portion 15 by means of an adjustment device (not shown) such as a camera shutter or a shutter. Moreover, the user can determine the size of the hole of the hollow portion 15 according to the diameter of the sphere of the desired ball.

In the second embodiment of the driving ball collecting device of the present invention, the driving ball collecting device of the present invention may further include a connection control module 30. The connection control module 30 includes at least one connection unit 31 and at least one control module 32. The connecting unit 31 is disposed on one side of the collecting component 10, one end of the control module 32 is connected to the connecting unit 31, and the other end of the control module 32 is connected to one end (for example, a front end) of the main body. In the drawings of the present invention, the number of the connecting units 31 is two, and the two connecting units 31 are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the collecting assembly 10 and on the rotating axis X of the collecting assembly 10. The number of the connection unit 31 and the control module 32 is not limited thereto, and the user can adjust it according to actual needs.

The number of the ball collecting modules 20 can be, for example, two, and the ball collecting modules 20 respectively receive the opposite sides of the collecting assembly 10. In addition, the ball module 20 can include at least one first ball unit 21 and at least one second ball unit 22. The first ball unit 21 is detachably pivotally connected to the unit 31, and the second ball unit 22 is pivotally connected to the first ball unit 21. Also, the first ball unit 21 may be, for example, perpendicular to the rotation axis X, and the second ball unit 22 may be at an angle θ to the rotation axis X (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the first ball unit 21 can also be pivotally connected to the connecting unit 31 by, for example, a bearing 70, and the second ball unit 22 can also be pivoted to the first set by, for example, a bearing 72. Ball unit 21. By the bearings 70 and 72, the friction between the first ball unit 21 and the connecting unit 31, the second ball unit 22 and the first ball unit 21 can be reduced to facilitate pivoting. In addition, the first ball unit 21 can also be detachably pivotally connected to the connecting unit 31 by, for example, a C-ring (not shown). The pivotal connection of the first ball collecting unit 21 and the second ball collecting unit 22 is not limited thereto.

The driving type ball collecting device of the present invention may further include a plurality of rollers 51 and 52 respectively disposed at two ends of the second ball collecting unit 22. When the collecting assembly 10 performs ball collection, the aforementioned constant distance is the radius r of the rollers 51, 52 (see Fig. 6). The second ball unit 22 can maintain a constant distance from the plane P by the spring or its own gravity, so that the rollers 51 and 52 are constantly in contact with the plane P, and it can be ensured that the ball 100 does not pass between the second ball unit 22 and the plane P. The gap is missing.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a ball collecting device with a ball collecting module according to the present invention. When the ball collecting device of the present invention performs ball collection, the ball collecting module 20 can maintain a constant distance from the plane P. Therefore, since the constant distance is smaller than the diameter of the ball 100, the ball 100 can be prevented from being missed from the gap between the ball collecting module 20 and the plane P.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a side view of a third embodiment of the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention. In the third embodiment of the driving type ball collecting device of the present invention, one side of the first cover body 12, one side of the second cover body 13, and the circumferences of both sides of the annular body 14 may be respectively provided with elastic members 60. These elastic members 60 extend in a direction parallel to the rotation axis X. The material of the elastic member 60 can be, for example, a flexible material such as rubber, silicone, or plastic. When the ball 100 to be collected contacts the collecting assembly 10, the elastic member 60 is deformed by the downward pressure generated when rolling, so that the ball 100 enters the accommodating space between the first cover 12 and the annular body 14, and the two rings The accommodating space between the bodies 14 is an accommodating space between the second cover 13 and the annular body 14. Further, since the gap between the two annular bodies 14 opposed to each other is smaller than the diameter of the ball 100, the ball 100 in the accommodating space can be prevented from falling from the collecting assembly 10.

In summary, the driving type ball collecting device of the invention can improve the ball collecting efficiency, facilitate the collecting and picking the ball, and can monitor and plan the ball collecting track in real time.

The various embodiments disclosed above are illustrative only and not limiting. Equivalent modifications or variations of the disclosed embodiments of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

10‧‧‧Collection of components
11‧‧‧ rod body
12‧‧‧First cover
13‧‧‧Second cover
14‧‧‧ring body
15‧‧‧镂空部
20‧‧‧Collection module
21‧‧‧The first set of ball units
22‧‧‧Second ball unit
30‧‧‧Connected Control Module
31‧‧‧ Connection unit
32‧‧‧Control Module
40‧‧‧Drive Module
41‧‧‧ Drive components
42‧‧‧ Subject
53‧‧‧ Wheels
80‧‧‧Photographing device
90‧‧‧Track Planning Module
51, 52‧‧‧ Wheels
60‧‧‧Flexible parts
70, 72‧‧‧ bearing
A, B‧‧‧ area
X‧‧‧Axis of rotation θ‧‧‧ angle
P‧‧‧ plane
100‧‧‧ ball
R‧‧‧ Radius

1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a driving type ball collecting device of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the driven ball collecting device of the present invention.

3 is an enlarged schematic view of a region A in FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the driven ball collecting device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a region B in FIG. 4.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a second embodiment of the driven ball collecting device of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a third embodiment of the driven ball collecting device of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Collection of components

11‧‧‧ rod body

12‧‧‧First cover

13‧‧‧Second cover

14‧‧‧ring body

15‧‧‧镂空部

30‧‧‧Connected Control Module

31‧‧‧ Connection unit

32‧‧‧Control Module

40‧‧‧Drive Module

41‧‧‧ Drive components

42‧‧‧ Subject

53‧‧‧ Wheels

80‧‧‧Photographing device

Claims (7)

A driving ball collecting device comprises: a driving module comprising a driving component and a main body, wherein the driving component is disposed on the main body; at least one collecting component is disposed at one end of the main body; at least one wheel is disposed on the The other end of the main body, wherein the collecting component comprises: at least one rod body; a first cover body and a second cover body respectively disposed at two ends of the rod body; and at least one annular body attached to the first body The cover body and the second cover body are disposed on the rod body at a predetermined interval to jointly form an accommodating space for accommodating at least one ball, wherein the driving element drives the wheel to rotate to drive the main body to move. Having the collection assembly rotate and collect the ball; at least one ball module is detachably pivotally connected to the collection assembly and at an angle to a rotation axis of the collection assembly, and the collection assembly performs ball collection The ball module maintains a constant distance from a plane; and a connection control module includes: at least one connection unit disposed on one side of the collection component; and at least one control module, the control module Connecting one end of the connecting means, the other end of the line control module is connected to the end of the body, The ball set module includes: at least one first ball collecting unit detachably pivotally connecting the connecting unit; and at least one second ball collecting unit pivotally connected to the first ball collecting unit, wherein the ball collecting unit A set of ball units is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and the second ball unit is at an angle to the axis of rotation. The driving type ball collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the driving element is a motor having a wireless signal receiving function. The driving ball collecting device according to claim 2, further comprising a photographing device receiving an environmental image of the collecting component and wirelessly transmitting to a monitoring device. The driving ball collecting device of claim 1, further comprising a trajectory planning module electrically connected to the driving component, so that the driving ball collecting device moves according to an instruction of the trajectory planning module . The driving ball collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the first ball collecting unit is pivotally connected to the connecting unit by a bearing, and the second ball collecting unit is further pivoted by a bearing Connected to the first ball unit. The driving ball collecting device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of rollers respectively disposed at two ends of the second ball collecting unit, wherein the constant distance is when the collecting component performs ball collecting The radius of the rollers. The driving ball collecting device of claim 1, wherein the number of the ball collecting modules is two, and the ball collecting modules are respectively pivotally connected to opposite sides of the collecting component.