US1896922A - Apparatus for forming golf ball tees - Google Patents

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Feb. 7, 1933. R. v. swr-:ENY

APPARATUS FOR FORMINGl GOLF BALL TEES Filed Nov. 50, 1951v wlTNEssEs 1%@ @ffy/Q www4/9%,

ATTORN EY 50 Figure 6 is Patented Feb. 7, 1933 PATENT Vol-i-"lci:

RAYMOND v. SWEENY, orBnooKLYN, NEW Yom;

iiiinuta'iuis ron FORMINGGOLF BALT. TEES Thisinvention relates toa portable device for forminggolf ball Ateesfrom a length of wire or other suitable material.

The invention contemplates a lportable .de-

"i l vice which may be readily carried in the pocket or in the golf club bag, and which device is designed to facilitate the rapid and accurate `forming of a golf'tee from a length of wire Y or other equivalent material.

7l/ More particularly, he device embodies a pair of telescopically interfitted relatively rotatable' sections, one of which sections is formed with a longitudinally extending preferably eccentric aperture for receiving the 15 shank dening portion of the finished tee, and

both of which sections are provided with cooperative-or mating die portions for imparting` to the remainder of the wire or stock the fashioning of the ring-shaped ball rest ter- 5 20 ininal and the offset portion of the tee which connects said terminal withthe shank.

As a still further object, the invention residesv in a device for forming a golf lball tee, which is comparatively simple in construc- 725 tion, inexpensive to produce,- and which is highly eiiicient in its purpose.

- With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had tothe following description andV accompanying drawing, 1n

Y 530 which there is illustrated a preferred embodi-l ment of the invention, while lthe claims deiine the actual scope thereof. l

In the drawing: y Figure l is a perspective view of the cap i section of the tee forming device.

Figure 2 is a similar view of thebody section thereof. s l s' j Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through lthe tee forming device illustrating f the relative position of the sections at the be- 'ginning of the forming operation. r Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View taken approximately on the Vplane indicated `by the line 4 4 in Figure 3, and illustratingl'the 4D relative position of the parts of the forming device immediately prior to the finishing of the'forming operation. s

Figure 5 is a perspective view ofthe completedtee. .V

a longitudinal sectionalview Application nia Noveniber so, 1931. 'seriai No. 578,121.-

through the teeV `forming device illustratin the'manner in which the sections arecoupled when not in use. v A n I v Vleferring to the drawing bycharacters of reference, more particularly to the tee desiglnated generally by the characterA, the same includes a shank 10, which is adaptedftofbe forced into the ground. The tee further includes an open ring-shaped ball rest terminal 11, which is joinedor connected-to the up- 00 per end of the shank 10 by an oiset connecting portion 12, which is preferably curved or arcuated in order to allow for the proper seating contact of a golf ball in the ring-shaped portion 11. The tee A is formed of a wire or other stock composing. the requisite qualities or characteristics which admits of its proper shaping and retentioninl the shaped form.

Y The forming device which `is designated generally by the reference character B vin- .7U n

cludes a pair of generally cylindrical sections designated generally by the reference characters C and D, the former beinghereinafter termed the body section and the latter, the cap section. The bodysection C is formed at one end with an axially'extending-recess 15, which is preferably, although not necessarily, internally threaded as at 16; :The body section is further provided with a longitudinally extending, preferably slightly eccentric, aperture 17 which communicateswith and extends from the-recess l5 4and 'opens through the opposite end of the body,- which aperture is of a diameter to snugly accommof date the wire orother stock from which the tee A is to be formed. At the recessed end, the body C is formed with lthe stepped reduced concentric diameterslS and-19, the latter beingrof lesser circumference than the former. The outer end 20 of the recess 15 9 flares or'is of a frusto-conical configuration, and Iapproximately merges into the reduced diameter 19 to provide a iared entrance mouth to the recess for a purpose which will be hereinafter set forth. The annular collar 95. or boss, which is -defmedbetween thediameter 19 and the flared or frusto-conical end'QO,

is provided with a radial notch 21,wh ichj Yis of a width to snugly accommodate thewire or stock from which' the teeA isl to be formed. 100

The cap section D is formed yat one end with a concentric recess 22, the peripheral wall 23 of which is of a diameter to snugly and telescopically lit over the diameter 18 of the body section C, and said recess 22 is of a depth approximating the combined depth of i' the reduceddiameters 18 and 19. ofthe body section. The inner wall 24of the recess is provided with a concentric substantially semi-spherical boss 25, the area or diameter Y'of which is such as todispose it in-'spaced relation to the fiared or frustoconical end 2O of the recess 15, whereby it will freely accom? modate the diameter ofthe wire or stock from which the tee A is formed. The annular port-ion 26, which is formed between .thev exterirperiphery of the cap section Dl and the recess, is provided with a nonfradial .or substantially tangential notch 27 the side walls, 28 and 29, of ywhich preferably divergek routwardly, andk thewidth of which notch:` 27 is greater than the diameter of the wire or stock t from :which the tee A is tobe fashioned. i

, ffIn forming-the tee A inthe device B, the cap sectionD lis-removed from the body sec- .tion C,'as illustrated in Figure' 2,v and the wire or stock'of 'the appropriate length from .whichthe teeA is tofbe formed isinserted lthrough the recess 15 and aperture 17 ,substantially as illustrated in Figures 2-and3 `of the drawing. The portion which forms y Athe shank 10 extends -through the aperture 17 and protrudes beyond the'lower end-ofthe body section C, the remainder ofthe wire or rest terminal 1.1 of the finished tee.

Vstock is then bent laterally and engagedv in :thelnotch 21. The recessed end 22 ofthe cap .section D is then telescopically fitted'over the yreduced diameter 18 of the body section C Iwith thenotch27 in registry withthefnotch 21, andwith said notch 27 accommodating rthe laterally bent portion of the wire or stock lwhichis to define the open ring-shaped ball -This'ob'- -viously leaves the portion of. the wire lor stock, which is to subsequently constitute the offset. connecting portion 12, disposed be- :tween the notch 21 and itspo'int of juncture with the shank forming portionrlO. As the -cap B -is initially applied, the semi-spherical boss 15 imparts a curvature or arcuate shaping to the offset connecting portion l12. The usery then grasps the bodyy section C in one hand, and while exerting an inward pressure onfthecap section D, turns said capy section D in thefclockwise direction indicated by the Yarrow in Figure '4. Obviously, the relative turning movement of the cap section with respect to the bodyC bends the ball rest defining portion 11 into an open ring form around th'ediameter 19,' and between said diameter yandthe peripheral Wall 23. 'The portion 11 is; confined vertically between the shoulder f30fa`nd the inner wall 2li:V offtheV recess 22. The',z inclined, tangential or non-radial wall 280i the notch 27 engageswithand cams the portion 11 of the stock as the cap is rotated with reference to the body section C. In order to facilitate the proper gripping and holding of the peripheries of the body and with serrations 31 and 32.

vBydisposing .the aperture 17 slightly eccentric 4to the axis of the body section C, the 1n- VherentAspringiness or resiliencyV of the wire or stock compensated vfor when the formed 'i tee v1s removed from the device so as to insure theproper concentric position of thev shank Lwith respecttothe open ring-shaped ball rest terminal 11, thereby making for a proper balance when thetee isused. After the tee has been completel-yfformed, the cappsect'ion is separated fromzthebod section @zand the tee is removed.i'fy n KV Y Inorder to connect` the cap-and-body sections together when thedeviceis not in use,

the capA sectionis formed with azreduced projecting stud 33, which is exteriorlythreaded', as' at 34, to threadedly engagewiththre'ad; 116 lof the recess 15, as illustrated in Figure 6 of thedrawing; '1 i While there has beenfillustrated and described a preferred embodimentof'the invention, Vno llimitationl is 'necessarily' intended to the 4precise vstructural .detLailsz-hereinf exe hibited, andvit is to be understoodthat var-iacap sections, the same are respectively formed tions and modicationsfwhich fallrwithin'theA toy admit therethrough the ball'irestterminal defining portion'of the tee, A'thelother section having a substantially non-radial or tangen# ltialnotchto admit therethroughv said latter terminal and cooperative portionsY of said sections defining a confined annular tunnelzwithin which said latter terminal is :fashioned` upon relative turning ofthe sections.VY ,if A

2. A portable'fdevice for forming a golf ball tee of thecharactery described, saidfdevice vincluding' a pair of telescopically interfitte'd'f relatively rotatable sections, :oneY of claimsV may ybe resortedy t'o when ywhichse `3tions .is-formed with a-longitudi-- Y nally-extendin'g eccentric aperture forreceiving the sh ankidefining portion of ythe tee Vand a radial notch 'to admittherethroughthe ball rest terminal Vdelining'portion of the tee, the other section having l a substantially lnon-radial or tangential'notch to admit therethrough said later terminal and cooperative: lportions of said sections defining a confined annular tunnel `within which said :latter terminal is tions.'k

fashioned upon relative turni'ngfof-` tliegsec- 3. A portable device for forming a golf ball tee of the character described, said device in.

cluding a pair of telescopically interfitted relatively rotatable sections, one of which sections is formed With a longitudinally extending aperture for receiving the shank defining portion of the tee and a radial notch to admit therethrough the ball rest terminal defining portion of the tee, the other section having a substantially non-radial or tangential notch to admit therethrough said latter terminal and cooperative portions of said sections defining a confined annular tunnel Within which said latter Vterminal is fashioned upon relative turning of the sections, and means on said other section for imparting an arcuate shaping to the offset part connecting theV shank and terminal.

4. A portable -device for forming a golf ball tee of the character described, said device including a pair of telescopically interfitted relatively rotatable sections, one of which sections is formed vvith a longitudinally extending aperture for receiving the shank defining portion of the tee and a radial notch to admit therethrough the ball rest terminal defining portion of the tee, the other section having a substantially non-radial or tangential notch to admit therethrough said latter terminal and cooperative portions of said sections defining a confined annular tunnel Within which said latter terminal is fashioned upon relative turning of the sections,

e and means on said other section for imparting an arcuate shaping to the offset part connecting the shank and terminal, said sections hav-V ing cooperative means for connecting the same when not in active use.

5. A portable device for forming a golf ball tee of the character described, said device including a pair of telescopically interfitted relatively rotatable sections, one of which secp tions is formed with a longitudinally extending aperture for receiving the shank defining portion of the tee and a radial notch to admit therethrough the ball rest terminal defining portion of the tee, the other section having a substantially non-radial or tangential notch to admit therethrough said latter terminal and cooperative portions of said sections defining a confined annular tunnel Within which said latter terminal is fashioned upon relative turning of the sections, andV means on said other section for imparting an arcuate shaping to the offset part connecting the shank and terminal, said sections having cooperative means for connecting the same when not in active use, said latter means consisting of a threaded stud on one of the sections and a threaded stud receiving apertured portion on the other section.

RAYMOND SWEENY.

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