US1258241A

US1258241A - Golf-practising device.

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Publication number: US1258241A
Application number: US20315717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas Jeffares Porte
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-11-21
Filing date: 1917-11-21
Publication date: 1918-03-05
Anticipated expiration: 1935-03-05

Description

1.1. PORTE. GOLF PRACTlSlNG DEVICE. APRLlCATlO-N FILED NOV- 2|. 1917-.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

THOMAS JEFFABES POB'I'E, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

eoLr-rmorrsme DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 19 18.

Application filedNovember 21,1917. Serial No. 203,157.

d To all whom it may 00mm.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFARES PORTE, of the city of lVinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have in-- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Practising Devices, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in golf practising devices and the principal object of the invention is .to improve the construction of the machine as disclosed in my United States Patent No. 1,224,846 issued the 1st of May, 917, so that the device can be manufactured at a less cost and in a more durable manner whereby it will better withstand the hard usage to which it is subjected when practising.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the runway so that it can be readily collapsed and also so that it can be adjusted in all directions.

With the above principal and other minor objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construe,- tion of parts. hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete machine as it appears set up {for use.

Fig. 2 represents a side view of the top part of the machine.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the machine.

Fig. 4 represents a back view of the top part of the machine.

Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detailed" sectional view through the rearmost end of the runway showing the manner in which it is mounted.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical cross sectional view through the runway and through the clip connecting the runway sections.

Fig. '7 represents an enlarged detailed perspective view of the captive pro ectile.

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detailed perspective view of the upper end of the anchor rod.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1 represents a pedestal preferably formed from metal and cast to provide a substantially rectangular base 2 and a pair of opposing front and rear standards 3 and 4 whichare connected by suitably disposed cross braces'5 and 6. The upper ends of the standards are formed each with inturned pairs of

side flanges

7, 8, 9 and 10 so that they present a channel iron cross section.

The pairs of flanges support upper and lower sets of cross rods 11 and 12 which project through the flanges and are fitted at both endswith rollers 13, 14,15 and 16 held in position on the rods by cotter pins 17. The rods are positioned so that the rollers 13 and 15 are horizontally opposed and the rollers 14 and 16 are horizontally opposed and vertically beneath the former rollers.

The rollers form a support for a carriage which embodies four parallel guide shafts 18, an arresting element 19 and a back plate 20, the shafts actually forming a rigid connection between the arresting element and the back plate and being positioned between the rollers so that the carriage can be moved fofwardly and backwardly riding on the ro lers.

In order to prevent any tendency for the carriage to shift laterally I have provided sets of vertically disposed rollers 21 and 22 located'at opposite sides of the pedestal and engaging with the outer sides of the lower' shafts, the rollers being carried by small brackets 23 and 24 cast as part of the pedestal.

The arresting member is in the nature of a. pad, as in my former patent, and is formed, from a number of thicknesses of materials and is provided more or less cent rally with an opening 26.

27 represents an open ended substantially rectangular striking frame .comprising a top piece 28 and side extensions or legs 29 and '30, the legs appearin more or less centrally on opposite sides 0 the pedestal and ternpinating adjoining the base of the pedesta j The striking frame is pivotally mounted on the ends of a cross rod 31- carried by a pair of opposing upstanding arms 32 and 33 cast as part of the pedestal.

The lower ends of the legs are provided considerably above the cross rod 31. On

this cross rod 36 I mount pivotally a pair of rearwardly extending and downwardly directed links 37 and 38 which have their rear ends carried by a further cross rod 39 mounted on the rear face of the back plate 20., The latter cross rod is actually carried in the back turned ends of a cross bar 40 permanently riveted to the back plate.-

The .back plate and front standard are supplied with a pair of opposing hooks 41 and 42 which are utilized to receive the ends of a coiled spring 43 passed through a suit-. able opening reserved in the rear standard and indicated at 44. i

From this arrangement it Will be apparent that under normal conditions the spring Will holdthe carriage ahead with the arresting element advanced and that the carriage can only go back against the action of the spring. Further it will be seen that as the carriage goes back the strikers 34 and 35 will. swing forwardly, this being-due to the link connection between the back plate and the striking frame.

At some distance in advance of the pedestaland directly alined with the longitudinal axis thereof I locate a pad 45 which is anchored tothe ground in any suitable manner as by a spike 46. Between the spikeand the forward side of the front standard I stretch a wire, cable or guide 47 which extends through the opening 26 in the arresting element and is fastened to the standard by means of an eye 48 provided-thereon.

49 represents a projectile captive to the wire and in the nature of a golf ball fastened to the wire by means of a link and staple as in my former patent.

At the rear of the pedestal I locate an anchor rod 50 supplied with a turn buckle 51 and having the lowermost end secured in any suitable manner to the ground as indicated at 52 and the upper end fitted with an enlarged head or knob 53 which is adapted to be caught in a key hole slot 54 provided in the rear standard.

Obviously the cable 47 can be tightened up till it istaut if one properly places the appliance and tightens up the turn buckle.

55 re resents a ball runway formed from a num er of similar sections detachably joined together by clips 56 constructed to receive the butted ends of the sections. The runway is graduated in any suitable manner from one end to the other and the rearmost end is pivotally mounted on a cross pin 57 carried by the upstanding ends ofa yoke bar 58 which spans the runway and is in turn pivotally secured by a bolt 59 to a supporting bar 60 secured by means of a jam screw 61 to the base of the pedestal.

The forward end of the runway is supported by a pair of legs 62 and 63 pivotally attached by a pin 64 to the underside of one of the runway sections.

From the above construction it will be seen that by varying the inclination of the legs one can raise or lower the front end of the runway and-that the front end of the runway can be swung laterally, this being provided for in the swivel connection at the bolt 59.

65 represents an indicating balk mounted on the runway and normally engaging one of the strikers, it bein here understood that the runway can be pfiiced at either side of the pedestal'to accommodate either a right or left hand player.

The manner in which the device is used for practising purposes is the same as that already disclosed in my prior patent, the captive ball being struck by the golf club to hit the arresting element and e'fi'ect the back traveling of the carriage and the consequent kicking ahead of the strikers and movement of the registering ball on the runway.

The improvements in the present case are purely constructional ones to allow of the device being manufactured in a more durable, marketable and cheaper manner. What I claim as my invention is 1. In'combination, a taut guide wire, a

ball captive to the wire, a horizontally movable arresting member adapted to'be struck by the ball in flight on the wire and means, actuated by the movement of the arresting member, to indicate the degree of impact of the ball with the member.

2. In combination, a taut guide wire, a ball captive to the wire, a horizontally movable spring restrained arresting member adapted to be struck by the ball in flight on the wire and means, actuated by the movement of the arresting member, to indicate the degree of impact of the ball with the member.

3. In combination, a taut guide wire, a

ball captive to the wire, a movable carriage presenting an arresting element adapted to be struck by the ball in flight on the wire and means associated with the carriage to indicate the degree of impact of the ball with the arresting element.

i 4. In combination, a taut guide wire, a ball captive to the wire, a horizontally movable carriage presenting an arresting element adapted to be struck by the ball in flight on the wire, resilient means normally holding the carriage in the forward position and means associated with the carriage and actuated by the movement thereof to indicate the degree of impact of the ball with the arresting element. 4

5. In combination in a golf practising device, a pedestal, a carriage carried by the pedestal and movable in a fixed direction and embodying an arrestingelement and resilient means normally holding the carriage in a set position.

6. In combination in a golf practising device, a pedestal, a carriage carried by the pedestal and movable forwardly and backwardly in a fixed path and presenting forwardly an arresting element and resilient means normally holding the carriage in its forward position.

7. In combination in a golf practising device, a pedestal, a carriage carried by-the pedestal and movable forwardly and backwardly'in a fixed path and presenting forwardly an arresting element and a sprin connected to the carriage and'to the pedesta and normally holding the carriage in its forward position. v

8. In combination in'a golf practising device, a pedestal, a carriage carried by the pedestal and movable forwardly and backwardly in a fixed path and presenting forwardly an arresting element, a spring connected to the carriage and to the pedestal and normally holding the carriage in its forward position and mdicating. means associated with the carriage and adapted to be actuatedby the movement of the carriage.

9. In combination in a golf practising device, apedestal, a carriage carried by the pedestal and mountedto moveforwardly and backwardly in respect to the pedestal and presenting forwardly an arresting element' and rearwardly 'a backing plate, a spring connecting the backing plate to the pedestal and holding the carriage normally in the forward position, strikers mounted on the pedestal and a connection between the strikers and the carriage whereby the strikers are actuated by the movement of the arriage. v

10. The combination in a golf practising device, a pedestal, a carriage comprising a forward arresting element, a rear backing plate andvguide shafts connecting the arresting element with the backing plate, rollers carried by the pedestal and adapted to support the shafts for forward and back ward movement in respect to the pedestal, a spring connecting the carriage with the pedestal and normally holding the carriage in the forward position, strikers pivotally secured to the pedestal and a swinging link connection between the strikers and the carriage.

11. In combination in a golf practising" device, a pedestal, a carriage comprising a forward arresting element, a rear backing late and guide shafts connecting the arresting element with the backing plate, rollers carried by the pedestal and adapted to support the shafts for forward and backward movement in respect to the pedestal, a spring standing opposing front and rear standards,

upper and lower sets of rollers carried by the standards, a carriage carried by the rollers and comprising horizontally disposed guide shafts mounted on the rollers, a forward open centered arresting element and a rear backing plate, a spring connecting the carriage to one of the standards and normally holding the carriage in a set forward position with the arresting element advanced, pivotally mounted side legs pivotally secured to the pedestal and provided with strikers and swinging links pivotally connecting the legs to the backing plate.

13. In combination'in a golf practising device, a striker and a ball runway having one end passing beneath the striker and with the said end fitted for adjustment in a lat eral or vertical direction.

14. In a golf practising device in combination with a pedestal and a striker, ofa supporting bar extending outwardly from the pedestal in a location adjacent the striker, a horizontally disposed bar pivotally sesured to the supporting bar, a ball runway having one end pivotally secured to the pivoted bar and a support for the other end of the runway.

15. In a golf practising device in combination with a pedestal and a striker, of a horizontally disposed supporting bar extending outwardly from the pedestal in a location beneath the striker a horizontally disposed yoke shaped bar pivotally secured to the supporting bar, a ball runway having one end pivotally secured to the yoke bar and a support for the other end of the runway. Signed at Winnipeg, this 26 day of October 1917.

THOMAS JEFFARES FORTE.

- In the presence of- G. S. Roxnnncn, K. B. WAKEFIELD.