US1129013A - Golf teeing-stand. - Google Patents

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R. REACH.

GOLF TEEING STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 6. 1914.

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ROBERT REACH, or srmiverrnnn. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. SPALDI'NG & BROS. MANFG. COMPANY, OF GHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, A OOBLEORATION or attie.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1915..

Application filed October 6, 1914. Serial No. 865,396.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT REAoH, citizenof the United States, residing at Springfield, Massachusetts,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grolf Teeing-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention aims to provide a simple and effective golf teeing stand, its main purpose being to prevent waste of water and to assume control of the amount of water fed to the sand, the invention including also details of construction tending to cheapness in'manufacture, with an attractive appearance.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved stand. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a larger view in detail of the valve.

I utilize to support the containers, three bent pipes substantially as shown at a, the upper and lower ends of the pipes being provided with metallic knobs b, which serve to give a finish to the frame. The' three standards are held together by-two circular hoops 0 arranged as shown in Fig.1, and held in place upon the standards by clamps 03, which pass around the standards and are riveted or bolted to the hoops as shown in Fig. 1. The containers 6 and f, the former to contain water and the latter to contain sand, have beaded upper edges 9 and fit withln the hoops, the beads serving to sustain the containers within the hoops by contact with the upper edges thereof.

At present, in the teeing stands in use,

there is waste of water, and I have aimed to provide means to prevent this and also to control the flow of water to the sand so that the proper amount of water can be fed and the Sand prevented from becoming too wet, as now frequently occurs.

, As shown in Figs. 2' and 3, I provide a valve comprising a tubular central portion it, having a conical upper end 11, with a lower extension is, provided with perforations Z,

and a central opening m. A plunger n, having an enlarged head 0, fits the casing h,

reason of the fact that the conical part of the plunger fits the corresponding portion of the casing while the end 9 of the plunger normally closing the upper end thereof by i projects through'the opening at. A weightseat and water flowsthrough the casing 71.

and out through the perforations Z to the container f. The moment the weight is released it falls by gravity and allows the plunger todrop, cutting off the supply of water.

It will be observed that the intake of the casing h is above the level of the container 6, for the reason that the container is frequently used to wash the golf balls and accumulates dirt and grit which would close up the openings if they were at the bottom of the container, but as the intake is above the bottom there is no trouble of this sort.

What I claim is 1. A. golf teeing stand comprising a suitable frame, removable containers arranged one above the other for holding sand and water, a valve in the water container and means supported from the bottom of the Water container for positively operating the valve to discharge the water, with automatic means for cutting off the discharge, substantially as described.

2. A golf teeing stand comprising a suitable frame, a sand container, a water container above the same, a discharge valve for the water having its intake above the level of the bottom of the container and means for operating the valve to cause a discharge Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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