US1530340A - Golf-tee mold - Google Patents

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March 17, 1925.

. G. I .BABB ET Al.

GOLF TEE MOLD Filed' Aug. 9, 1924.

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UNITEDv STATESY GEORGE 'IL-BABE .AND CLYDE P. WAGNR, OF J'OPLIN, MISSOURI.

GOLF-TEE MOLD. v

Application led August 9, 1924. Serial No. 731,126.

To aZZ'wzom t may concern: y

v Be it knownthat we, GEORGE L. BABB and CLYDE P. WAGNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Joplin, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and 4useful Improvements in Golf-Tee Molds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to olf. tee molds and has for an yimportant ob]ect thereof the provision of a device of this character forming a`well compacted tee in the single motion of engaging lthe mold in the sand of the sand bo A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which ma be extremely cheaply produced and in whic the ejection of the completed tee is automatic.

'lheseandl other objects we attain by the construction shown in the accompan ing drawings, wherein for the purpose of i ustration is shown a preferred embodiment of' our invention and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tee mold constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the same prior to` engagement in the sand of the sand box;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the sameafter engagement in the sand box;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view A through the tee mold;

Figure 4 is a perspective view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, thenumeral 10 indicates similar curved side walls combining to form a frustro-conical mold having an open top and bottom. Secured to the sections are the ends of an inverted Ufshaped spring 11, which by its resiliency normally maintains the edges 12 of the sections in spaced relation to one another. Secured to the bight portion of the s ring 1l is a tube 13 through which and tiirough an opening 14 formed in the bight of the spring is directed a shaft 15 having at its upper end a button head 16 and at its lower end a plunger head 17. Within the sleeve a spring 18 surrounds the shaft abutting the spring 11 at its upper end and the plunger head at its lower end.

In the use ofthe device, the sections 10 are forced into the sand until the sand has filled the space between the sections and the plunger head has been forced upwardly. The sections 10 are then forced toward one another, pressing the sand between their adjacent faces and engagin the plunger so as to prevent its downward movement under the influence of the spring. The device'is then lifted from the sand box and placed upon the ground at the desired point, after which the grip uponv the sectionsl l() is released and the plunger forces the molded tee out upon the ground'where it is ready for use as a ball support. A tee mold of this character uses but a small quantity of sand, just sulicient for the formation of the tee, and due to its construction provides a uniform tee which, as well known vto those familiar with the game of golf, is necessary for accuin driving. v

rmy lnce the device is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the'spirit of our invention, we do not limit ourselves to such specicstructure as heeinbefore setl forth exce t as hereinafter claimed.

e claim'z- 1. In a tee mold, alplurality of curved side wall sections combining lto form a frustro-conical mold having an open top and bottom, a spring connecting the sections and normally holding them with their side edges in slightly spaced relation, and a top yfor the mold supported from the vspring and limiting movement of the sections toward one another when the spring is compressed.

2. In a tee mold, a plurality of curved Side wall sections combining to form a.

'frustro-conical mold having an open top and bottom, a spring connecting the sections and `normally holding them with their side edges in slightly spaced relation, and a top for the mold supported yfrom the spring and limiting movement of the sections toward one another when the spring is compressed, said top being normally yieldably held at a point spaced below the upper end of the mold and between the Isections and being forced upwardly by engagement with the material to be molded as the mold is forced therein.

3. In a tee mold, a plurality of curved side `wall sections combining to form a frustro-conical mold having an open top and bottom, a spring connecting the sections and normally holding them with their side edges in slightly spaced relation, and a top for the mold supported from the spring rand limiting movement of the sections toward one another when the spring isI compressed,

e tube secured to the spring end extending downwei'dly tweid the upper end of the mold, the sprn having en opening axial with the bore o the tube, e shaft for the top extended through the tube and opening of the spring and having e head et its upper end imlting downward movement of the top with the top speeed slightly below the upper end of the mold 4. n e tee mold, e plurality of curved side weil sections combining to form e. rustro-conicai mold having. en open top and bottom, e. spring connecting the sections end normay'holding them with their eide edges in slightly spaced relations e top for the mold supported from the spring and limiting movement ont the eeotions towetd ueeoeo with the bore of the tube, e shaft for the.

top extended thi'oug'h the tube and opening of the spring and havin e head at its upperend limiting downwar movement of the top with the top spaced slightly below the upper end of the mold, and e spring surrounding the shaft within the tube end abutting the cover to normally urge the same downwardly,

In testimony whereof we hereunto efix our signataires.

GERGE L. BABE. CLYDE P, WAGNER.

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