US1939230A - Geomtric golf practice game - Google Patents

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Dec. 12, 1933. c. E. SCOTT 1,939,230

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Patented Dec. 12, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEOMETRIC GOLF PRACTICE GAME Charles E. Scott, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application May 5, 1931. Serial No. 535,128

' Claims. (o1.273 32) My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a geometric golf practice game, and has for one of its objects to produce a device of this character which may be used solely for 5 practice purposes or solely as an amusing game or a combination of both.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanico-electrical apparatus which can be used to give an indication of the direction of flight of a golf ball and the distance such a ball would have gone if not interrupted in its flight.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will indicate whether or not the ball has been hooked, sliced or otherwise wrongfully hit and to which side of the desired line of flight the ball has traveled.

Another object of the invention is to furnish an indicating mechanism to be positioned in any suitable location, preferably in proximity to a 0 tee, and electrically connected with a target of unique construction located a considerable distance from the tee, said target to be actuated by a ball striking the same when said ball is driven from the tee in the usual manner of playing golf.

A further object of the invention is to construct a target to include a stationary plate having longitudinally movable pegs mounted therein for completing one electrical circuit and rotating a disc against the action of certain tensioning devices and causing the completion of a second electrical circuit through the movements of said disc.

A further object of the invention is to provide an indicating device which will show what part of the target was hit by the ball through the medium of the electrical circuit closed by a peg thereby indicating the relative line of flight of the ball and the relative position where such a ball would fall on a golf course.

A further object of the invention is to provide an indicating device which will show the approximate distance a ball will travel when striking the target with a certain force through the me: dium of the second electrical circuit which is closed by the rotation of the disc.

A further object of the invention is to dispose a diaphragm, consisting of a sheet of rubber and a sheet of textile fabric, across the target in front of the pegs whereby a plain or smooth surface is presented to the eye of the player.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for applying spring pressure to the rotatable disc to normally maintain said disc in a neutral position and to provide a stop for said disc, both the means for applying the spring pressure and said stop being adjustable.

With these and other ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which:

' Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the target with portions broken away to illustrate details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. certain elements left in elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view of the target to illustrate therelation between the pegs and the holes in the rotatable disc.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary face view of the stationary target plate and the rotatable disc behind it with some of the pegs removed to illustrate the relative positions of the holes in the plate and disc when the latter is in its neutral or rest position. 7 3 1 Fig. 5 is an enlarged face view of one of the leaves, sheets, or panels used in the formation of the rotatable disc, and showing certain details of construction as well as illustrating a part of an electrical circuit, which connects a number of contacts ina group. n

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of the target plate and rotating disc as well as the component parts thereof as if taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and illustrating one of the electrical circuits diagrammatically.

Fig. 7 is anenlarged elevation of the stop for the rotatable disc.

Fig. '8 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged elevation of the means for providing the desired tension on the rotatable disc. i

Fig. 10 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary rear view of the stationary target, plate showing the switching mechanism for successively completing electrical circuits by movements of the rotatable disc and illustrating diagrammatically one of said electrical circuits. 7

Fig. 12 is an edge view of Fig. 11, with some of the'parts broken out and the parts of the ro tatable disc which are illustratedbeing shown in elevation.

Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the indicator.

Fig. 14 is a side elevation thereof.

1, with Fig. is an enlarged vertical sectional View of the indicator on the longitudinal center line of Fig. 13, with the interior mechanism illustrated in elevation.

Fig. 16 is a flat face view of the lower part of the indicator which is preferably set at an angle as shown in Fig. 15.

Fig. 17 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the upper part of Fig. 15, taken just below the top wall of the indicator casing. V

Fig. 18 is a sectional view of the upper portion of the indicator similar to Fig. 15, but on a larger scale.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary face view of the indicating weight holding mechanism.

Fig. 20 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the lower part of the indicator illustrating the construction of the mechanism for indicating location or direction of flight of a ball with many of the elements left in elevation.

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary detail face View of the panel and some of the magnets mounted therein showing how the ,location indications are produced and also illustrating the indicating pointer resetting means.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 25 represents the target plate which is produced from metal and preferably circular in shape and having numerous peg holes 26 therethrough and with counterbores 27 at the front or outer face of the plate. Said plate is surrounded by a rim 28 preferably formed integral to be disposed over but spaced from the front face of the target plate is a sheet of matting 31, textile fabric or any other suitable material capable of suflicient flexion to carry out a purpose to be presently described. This sheet 31 may well be termed a buffer as it is to receive the blows of balls driven against the target to prevent undue damage to the balls or the target mechanism. p 1

Unless the buffer comprising the sheet of material 31 has sufficient inherent resiliency to normally maintain the same in a taut condition, a sheet of rubber 32 may be stretched across the edge of the forward flange, back of but contiguous to said buffer sothat said rubbersheet will act upon the bufier.

The buffer 31 and the sheet of rubber 32, whenever used, are held in place by a molded rubber bead ormolding 33 secured to the forward edge of the rim28 by screws 34 or equivalent fastening means.

In each hole 26in the target plate 2 5 is mounted a peg 35 forlongitudinal sliding movement and each peg has a pointed or conical inner end and a head 36' at the outer end, said head providing a shoulder to be engaged by one end of a spring 37 coiled about the body of the peg with the other end of said spring engaging the target plate 25 preferably within a counterbore. Thespring tends to force the peg outward in order to normally maintain said peg out of engag'ement with the rotatable disc to be later described but said peg is prevented from being displaced and' its. outward movement" limited by the buffer 31.

Back of the targetplate 25 mounted to rotate is a rotatable disc 38 the edge of which is preferably set ina recess or internal groove 39 in the rear edge of the rim 28 and for purposes of illustration, said rotatable disc is shown in Fig. 12, as fixed to an axle 40 mounted in ball bearings 41 carried by a hub 42 on the rear of the target plate.

The rotatable disc 88 is produced from two sheets, sections or elements 43 and 44 held together by suitable fastening devices 45, such as bolts and nuts or their equivalent. Such sheets, sections or elements 43 and 44 are preferably of insulating material although this is not essential if the parts carried by the rotatable disc and forming electrical circuits, are insulated from the rotatable disc.

The rotatable disc 38 which includes the above mentioned sheets, sections or elements 43 and 44 have holes 46 therethrough corresponding in number and relative location to the peg holes 26 in the target plate 25 and in each of said holes 46 is mounted a metal bushing 4'? having a groove 48 about the exterior thereof intermediate its ends so as to be located at the space between the two sheets, sections or elements of the rotatable disc and in said groove is mounted a split spring ring 49 which will project beyond the circumference of the bushing sufficiently to be engaged by and clamped between the two sheets, sections or elements of the rotatable disc, all of which is plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

About the rear edge of therim 28 are mounted any desired number of brackets 50 and on the rear face of the rotatable disc are mounted a corresponding number of brackets 51 each of the latter being properly spaced from its companion bracket 50. Between each pair of coacting brackets 50 and 51 is mounted a pull spring 52 so as to move the rotatable disc in one direction under certain conditions and exert a certain spring tension thereon and where it is desirable to adjust or change this spring tension one end of the spring 52 may be rotatably mounted in one of the brackets, as 50,'while the other end is fashioned into or connected with a threaded stem 53 which extends through the bracket, as 51, and has a head 54 thereon, which may be in the form of a nut and also a nut 55 is run on said stem so that the desired adjustments may be made. The stem 53 may be slidably mounted in its bracket or may have threaded connection therewith and in the latter case the nut 55 would act as a locking nut.

The movement of the rotatable disc by the springs is limited by a stop 56 which includes a bracket 5'7 mounted upon the rear edge of the rim 28, another bracket 58 mounted on the rear face of the rotatable disc and having a bumper 59 adjustably connected therewith. While not essential, it is preferable that the bumper 59 have threaded connection with the bracket 58 and to be held in any adjusted position by a nut 60 threaded on to the projecting end of the bumper.

When thestop is properly regulated or adjusted the holes 46 in the rotatable disc will be eccentric or out of line with the peg holes 26 in the target plate 25 or the target pegs 35 which are mounted in said holes as will be obvious by reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 6 and it might be said that the holes 46 arebehind or trail the pegs and the holes in which said pegs are mounted and this is true when considered relative to the direction of travel of the holes in the rotatable disc at the time said disc is actuated due to inward movement of a peg.

When a ball driven at the target hits one of the pegs 35 and drives the same inward, the pointed end of said peg will enter a corresponding hole 46 in the rotatable disc and cause the latter to rotate in one-direction against the springs 52 and in order that this movement may be multiplied upon a switching device or commutator, I fasten one end of a pendulum lever 61 to the axle 40 or the rotatable disc 38 in order that said lever 61 and the rotatable disc will move in unison. This lever 61 may be of any desirable length within the boundariesof the target and to its free end is connected one end of alink 62 for transmitting motion to a lever 63'to which the other end of said link is connected and said lever 63 is pivoted on a suitable supporting frame 64 having extensions to the rear edge of the to which the link 62 is fastened, is connected oneend of another link 66 while the opposite end of saidlink 66 is pivotally connected with one end of a lever 6'] also pivoted intermediate its ends to the supporting frame 64, as at 68. The free end of the lever 67 carries a contact element or brush 69 which makes wiping contact with a number of contacts or jacks '70 insulated from each other and mounted upon a panel 71. It is to be understood that the contacts '70 are'each connected with one side of an electric circuit and the conductor may be permanently or separately connected therewith. The panel '71 is carried by the supporting frame 64 and should be of insulating material but if not, then the contacts 70 are insulated from each other and the panel '71 is insulated from the supporting frame.

The electrical circuit, of which the contacts '70 form parts, will operate apparatus to give indications of'the distance-a ball striking the target would have traveled if it had not struck said target. The'electrical circuits which indicate the location or direction of the flight of the ball include a number of the bushings 47, groups of which are connected in parallel by the conductors 72 as shown inFig. 5. Due to the parallel wiring of a number of the bushings, said bushings and the holes in the rotatable disc, as well as the corner oras the equator and certain meridians of longitude and latitude oras different points of th'compass as will be more readily understood by the later description.

In order to support the target, a suitable standard 73 is'provided having a flange or collar 74 on itsupper end to which the inner ends of arms 75 may be connected while the opposite-ends of said arms are fixed to the rear edge of the rim 28. Everything at or on the rear of the target plate is enclosed by a cover 76 telescoping over the rear part of the rim 28 and fixed thereto by fastening devices 7'7, said cover having a slot '18 for'registra'tionwith the standard 73. g v

The target above described is supported by th standard 73 a desirable distance from a tee and a player then drives a golf ball at the target with any desired type of golf club and when the ball strikes the buffer 31 on the target, said buffer will be flexed inward to permit the'ball to act'upon one of the pegs behind said buffer.

L "The peg'struck by the ball will be driven inward against the action of its spring 37 causing the pointed end of said peg to enter a hole 46 in the rotatable disc'ass'ociated with the. actuated peg.

The driving of the pointed end of the :peg into the hole will rotate disc 38, as will be obvious, and the amount of rotation will depend upon the distance the peg is driven into the associated hole and the movement of said peg depends upon the force of the blow of the ball on said peg goverened, of course, to some extent, by the tension of the springs 52 which tend to hold the rotatable disc in a rest position.

The movement of the rotatable disc is conveniently multiplied by the switching mechanism particularly illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 whereby a number of circuits may be successively closed for producing certain indications on the indicator to be hereinafter described.

The inward movement of apeg will cause it to contact with one of the bushings 47 and as these parts are made to conduct an electric current, a certain other electrical circuit will be closed so as to produce still another indication on the indicating device. v

Immediately after the ball has struck the target and dropped away therefrom the spring 37 of the actuated peg will return said peg to its normal position so as to completely withdraw the pointed end from the rotatable disc and the action of the springs 52 will simultaneously return the rotatable disc to its neutral or rest position, the return movement of saidrotatable disc being limited by the stop 56.

Referring now to Figs. 13 to 21 inclusive, the reference numeral 79 designates the indicator in 'the form of a casing including a vertical leg 80 and a foot 81 projecting forwardly from the lower end of the leg.

The casing consists of a bottom wall 82, side walls 83, a top wall 84, a ba'ckwall85 and a front wall 86, the upper part of which is vertical while the lower part is angular as at 86c. Extending downward from the bottom wall is a hollow neck 8'7 by which the casing may be mounted upon a suitable 'post or support and through which the wires pass for electrically connecting the indicator with the target. I

The rear or back wall has an access opening 88 therein which is closed by a suitable door or closure 89 and the upper or vertical part of the front wall 86 hasa sight opening 90 across which is disposed a sheet of transparent material 91, such as glass or celluloid. Said vertical part of the front wall also has a vertical slot 92 formed therein for a purpose to be presently described and the angular part 86a, said front wall has a sight opening 93 across which may be disposed a sheet of transparent material or partly transparent material 94. p

7 Within the casing is a panel 95 preferably supported by the back wall of the casing through the medium of cross pieces '96 which straddle the access opening 88. On said panel are mounted a number of electro-magnets 97 for the purpose of saving space or mountings. great many of said magnets in a limited vertical space, said magnets are preferably arranged in two vertical rows with the magnets in one row staggered with relation to the magnets in the other row as plainly shown in Fig. 19.

" Associated with each magnet is an armature 98 ivoted to and depending from a suitable bracket -or arm 99 so as to normally hang in a vertical position and at the lower end of said armature is formed a hook 100 for coaction or engagement with a pivoted weight supporting shelf 101 and since the shelves 101-must all be in one vertical line, it is preferable that side arms 102 project from oppositesi'desfrom alternate shelves and it is these arms that are particularly engaged by the hooks 100. Each shelf is suitably pivoted at its inner end as indicated at 103.

A distance indicating weight 104 cooperates with the shelves and is normally held in an elevated position by the uppermost shelf but when any of said shelves are released so that they may drop down as shown in dotted lines by the uppermost shelf in Fig. 18, to move out of the path of travel of the weight 104, then said weight will seed until it reaches a shelf which has not been released or unlatched. The weight 104 is attached to one end of a suitable cable 105 which runs upwardly from the weight over a pulley 106 and thence toward one side of the casing over another pulley 107 and then downward to pro vide a slack loop which passes under a pulley 108 on the vertically moving take-up weight 109 and then again upward to a pulley 110 and then running around a pulley 111, the latter being positioned so that the cable passes toward the front of the indicator casing where it runs over another pulley 112 and'then downward for connection with the indicator setting lever or handle 113, a portion of which projects through the slot 92.

In order to prevent weights 104 and 109 from swinging, they are mounted on suitable rods or guides the one for the indicator weight 104being designated by the numeral 114 and the one for the take-up weight 109 being shown at 1 15. In order that the invention may be fully understood, I desire to state at this time that the pulleys 106, 107, 110, 111 and 112 are suspended by suitable hangers from the top wall by the indicator casing.

Another cable 116 is connected with the indicator weight 104 and runs upwardly over a pulley 117 and thence around a pulley 118 to and around another pulley 119 located adjacent a side of the casing and then forwardly to and around another pulley 120, and finally to and around a pulley 121 located at the front center of the indicator where the end is connected with an indicating device 122 such as a sphere representing a golf ball and this may be mounted to run up and down on a guide rod 123. g

The guide rod 123 on whichv the indicator means 122 slides up and down is located directly behind the transparent sheet of face plate 91 so that said indicator means may be readily visible and on said face plate are delineated certain indication marks 124, suchas short horizontal lines and each one of these lines represents a certain number of yards or points of measurement and their values may be represented by numerals 125 locatedadjacent said lines. The numerals increase or progress from the'lower part of the face plate upwardly any suitable or desirable distance thereon.

The handle 113 to which one of the cablesis connected may be mounted to slide on a guide 126 and has one end of I a telescoping rod 127 pivoted toa lug or bracket 128 carried by the back of the indicator casing approximately midway the length of the upper or leg portion of said casing and is utilized to limit the forward movement of the handle so that the latter will not strike the upper end of its slot 92.

The resetting handle 113- is returned to its ele vated position by a spring 129 having one end anchored to the top wall ofthe indicator casing and the other end connected with the telescoping rod 127either directly or through the medium of a suitable connector 130 in which'case one end of the latter is attached to the lower end of the spring and the other end of the connector then attached to the telescoping rod 127 and said connector'130 may be a piece of wire or other suitable device.

Theresetting handle 113 is used to reset the indicator and a portion of the resetting is accomplished by the handle 113. engaging the forward or free end of the lever 132, which is pivoted intermediate its ends as at 133, so as to move the opposite or inner end upward and thereby lift the resetting bar 134. A bumper 131 of sound deadening material, such as rubber, is mounted on the lever 132 in the path of travel of the resetting handle 113.

A convenient way to make the connection between the inner or rear end of the lever 132 and the resetting bar 134 is to bifurcate the inner end of said lever so as to straddle the resetting bar and engage the underside of a pin 135 or equivalent means projecting from the resetting bar and said pin may be used as a rest for one end of a spring 136 for normally returning the resetting bar to its lower position, the opposite end of said spring engaging a bracket 137 as the stationary element and said bracket 137 with another similar one 138, being utilized as guides for the resetting bar. On the resetting bar are a number of pins 139, one for each shelf 101, and each pin underlies its respective shelf so that when the resetting bar is elevated, the pins will engage all of the shelves which have been released and raise said shelves until they are engaged by the hooks 100.

Each of the magnets 97 is connected in an electrical circuit including one of the contacts 70, suitable electrical conducting means, diagrammatically indicated in Fig. 11, as a wire 140 and also with a source of current 141 by electrical conducting means 142 and said source of electric current is connected by electrical conducting means 143 with the side of the switching mechanism opposite the contacts 70. It might be well to state at this time that beginning from the point of rest of the contact or brush 69, the successive contacts, arev connected successively with the difierent electromagnets 97 beginning at the top of the indicator and running downwardly.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that when one of the pegs of the target is hit by a ball and movement is transmitted to the rotatable disc 38, the switching mechanism illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 will be actuated and assuming that the movement of the rotatable disc is only sufficient to cause the brush 69 to engage the first contact 70, then an electrical circuit will-be completed through only the upper-most magnet 97. As the magnet is energized, it will attract its armature 98 and release the associated hook from the upper-most shelf on which the indicator weight 104 is resting; This shelf will immediately swing downward out of the path of travel from the weight 104 permitting the latter to descend, but since the next lower shelf has not been released, the weight will be stopped at this point.

The descent of the weight will shorten the slack loop in the cable andalso pull upon the cable lloand raise theindicator means 122 to the first line 124 above the zero mark indicating that the ball struck the target with suflicient force to cause it to travel a distance equal to that designated by, the first line above the zero mark. This distance might be twenty yards, twentyfive yards orfifty yards according to the previously calculated distance that a ball would actually travel when striking the target with suificient force to rotate disc 38 sufficiently to produce the indication above referred to.

The indicator is then reset by depressing the handle 113 which will pull on the cable 105 and take up all of the slack loop finally drawing the weight 104 upward to its normal position. The upwardmovement of the weight 104 will permit the indicator means 122 to descend to its normal position at the zero point. The last part of the depressing movement of the handle 113 will cause it to actuate the lever 132 and raise the resetting bar 134 to return the upper-most shelf to its horizontal position for engagement by its cooperating hook l00rupon release of the'handle 113, the spring 129 will return it to its elevated pesition and the weight 109 will'again form the slack loop and therefore the necessary slack in the cable 105 will not interfere with any of the operating parts. g

The indicator being reset, all the parts are in readiness for the next play since the targetresets itself as previously described. Should the target be struck with such force that any other number of the contacts are engaged by the brush or contact member 69, then a corresponding number of the magnets 97 will be successively energized and a corresponding number of shelves will be released beginning from the top of the indicator and running downwardly and therefore the indicator weight 104 will descend past the released shelves until it reaches the uppermost shelf remaining in the path of travel in the weight. This movement of the weight will elevate the indicator means 122 the corresponding distance.

The sheet of material 94 is fashioned to produce what Iterm a field becauseit is used to locate the position of a ball where it should come ,to restor the direction of flight of the ball and said field includes transparent. bands 144 and opaque or translucent bands 145. It is to be understood' that wherever opaque is used in the description itis to cover anything that is translucent or semi-transparent. While the field may be entirely transparent,'I find that the indications are easier to read where opaque parts are pro vided which hide or partly hide the indicating means until the same has functioned.

Back ofthe field or sheet of material 94 are located a number of electro-magnets 146 mounted on a panel 169 disposed in any desirable order over the field so as to locate the center or centers of the field either of an imaginary or an actual golf course or a certain part of the golf course as one of the fairways. For instance, as shown in Fig. 16, a series of the magnets may be located in a horizontal line to represent the equatorial center of the field with others of the electromagnets located in a circle so as to indicate North, East, South, West, Northeast, Northeast by East or other locations and those below'the horizon tal line of magnets can representthe fore ground of the field and those above can represent the back ground.

Each magnet includes a hollow core 147 in which is journalled a spindle 148 carrying a pointer 149 on one end which may be so fashioned that one end of said pointer represents a golf ball while on the other end of the spindle is a finger 150 to be acted upon by an armature actuated by gravity in one direction and which arm will also be used for resetting an actuated indicator or pointer. V

A curved armature 151 is pivoted so that the end which is to be attracted by the electro-magnet is heavier than the other end and therefore when the electro-magnet is not energized, gravity will move the armature into a position to cause said other end of the armature to engage and hold the finger 150 in its normal rest position in which case the pointer 149 is directly behind an opaque part of the field and is not readily discernible or cannot be seen at all.

When one of the pegs of the target is actuated to contact with one of the bushings 47, an elec trical circuit will be completed through one of the groups of bushings which are electrically connected in parallel, and electrical conducting means diagrammatically illustrated as, a wire 152, 2

in Fig. 6, through one of the electro-magnets 146, electrical conducting means 153 to the source of electrical energy 154 and from said source through electrical conducting'means 155 to the target plate 25 and the actuated peg. The circuit thus completed will energize one of the magnets 146 causing it to attract the heavier end of its armature so as to release the finger 150 and because of the weight of. said finger, the spindle 148 will be rotated to move the pointer 149 into an operative position as shown by the pointer at the left hand end of the horizontal row in Fig. 16, causing an end of said pointer to appear in one of the transparent bands immediately indicating to the player the direction of flight of his ball or the relative position where the ball would lie on a field.

In order that the indication may be retained so as to give a player a chance to study the same, the weighted end of the armature 151 must not be heavy enough to return the pointer to its rest position or in other words, the armature must not over balance the weight of the finger 150 except after the parts have been reset. To reset the pointer or pointers after functioning a resetting plate 156 is provided having pins'157so located that one is in proximity to eachof the fingers 150 and when the plate 156 is moved in the proper direction,a pin or pins will be brought into engagement with the actuated finger or fingers and return them to their normal rest positions thereby resetting the pointers or indicating means which will be retained in the rest positions by the respective armatures. The resetting. plate 156 is normally maintained in a-position which holds the pins 157 out of engagement with the fingers 150 by a spring .158 and said resetting plate is. actuated against theaction of said spring by a cable 159 running over suitable pulleys 160 and connected with the resetting bar 134 so that actuation of the latter for resetting the shelves and other indicating means rolls as it is unwound from the other.

'Each roll has a sprocket wheel 164 connected .therewith over which runs a chain 165 in order that motion may be transmitted from the roll 162 to the roll 161.

On the shaft of the lower roll 162 is a gear 166 with which meshes a driving gear 167 connected with an operating crank shaft 168, the handle portion of which is outside of the indicator casing and to one side thereof as indicated in mg. 13. 7

By rolling out the strip of material 163 until the picture of the first tee and the first hole becomes visible through the face plate 91 then aplayer can tee off with the ball and the indications produced on the indicator due to the part ofand the force with which the target is struck by the ball will show such player where the ball lies between the first tee and hole and unless the position of the ball and the distance indicated would signify that the player had made the hole in one stroke, then he resets the indicator and again makes a' drive endeavoring to guide the ball and hit the same with such force as to cause it to approach or enter the hole. This is continued until finally indications are produced which will show that the ball has entered the hole. The next player then does the same thing and after all of the players have reached the first hole, the rolls are returned to bring into view the picture of the second tee and hole, and the playing is continued. The person who is able to cover the entire course in the least number of strokes will'be declared the winner, the same as in the ordinary game of golf.

Of course, I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the'spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:-

l. A geometric golf practice game comprising an indicator including two independent indicating means, a target including means spring'actuated in one direction and pegs to move said spring actuated means in the opposite direction when any peg is moved by the force of a ball striking the same and also functioning as electric circuit maker and breaker, electrical circuits connecting the target with the indicator and including a multiple switch mechanism operated by the movements of said spring actuated means to control one of the indicating means, and other electrical circuits connecting the target with the indicator and including groups of pegs electrically connected in parallel to control the. other indicating means when any one of a group of said pegs is moved by'a ball striking the same;

2. The structure set forth inclaim 1, in combination with means disposed across the face of the target to cover said pegs and to function as a buffer. 3; 'A golf practice game comprising two' independent indicating means to indicate the direction of flight and the-distance of travel of a ball and mechanico-electrical control means for the electrical control means for both the indicating means to be actuated by contact of a ball therewith. I

6. A golf practice game comprising a target including a multiplicity of pegs, groups of said pegs being electrically connected in parallel, a series of indicators laid out according to the groups of pegs, electrical circuits including said indicators and said pegs whereby a predetermined one of the indicating means will be actuated upon the closing of a circuit when any one of the pegs of the group connected with said indicator is actuated by a ball striking such peg, a multiple switch operated-by the movement of any of said peg control devices, electric circuits connecting the control devices with the multiple switch whereby actuation of said switch will successively release the control devices, and a single indicating means controlled by said control devices to indicate the calculated flight of a ball striking the target.

'7. In a device of the kind described, a target including an apertured plate, pegs slidably mounted in the apertures in said plate, a perforated rotatable disc located behind the plate to be moved in one direction by entrance of a peg into one of the perforations, means to move said disc in the opposite direction, and means to control the movement of said disc in said opposite direction.

8. In a device of the kind described, a target including a plate having a multiplicity of holes therethrough, said plate being a conductor of electricity, pegs having pointed inner ends mounted for longitudinal sliding movement in the holes in said plate, springs normally forcing said pegs outward after having been moved inward by the force of a ball striking the same, a rotatable disc having holes therethrough said disc being positioned so that the holes therein are out of alignment with the pegs whereby the projection of a peg into one of said holes will rotate the disc in one direction, means in the holes in the disc which when engaged by a peg will close an electrical circuit, said means being electrically connected in groups, a series of indicating means each electrically connected with a group of the means in the disc holes, and another indicating means controlled by a plurality of electrical circuits including circuit making and breaking means actuated by the rotary movement of the disc.

9. A golf practice game apparatus comprising a rotary disc having holes therethrough, a peg for each hole in the disc supported eccentric to its respective hole and to be driven thereinto by the impact of a ball for rotating said disc against a hold-back, means on said disc forming parts of electrical circuits, one of which is to be closed by the actuated peg, and indicating means in said circuits to function upon closing of their respective circuits to denote direction of flight of the ball.

10. The structure set forth in claim 9, in combination with means operated by the movements of the disc and forming parts of their electrical circuits to be closed successively, and other indicating means controlled by the last mentioned electrical circuits to denote distance of flight of the ball.

11. A golf practice game apparatus comprising a rotary disc having holes therethrough, electricalcontact means carried by said disc within the holes, groups of said means being electrically connected in parallel, an indicating means electrically connected with each group of contact means, multiple electrical switching means to be actuated by the movements of the disc and forming parts of electrical circuits to be closed iis successively, their indicating means controlled by for each hole in the disc supported eccentric to its respective hole and to be driven thereinto by the impact of a ball for completing one of the circuits including one of the contact means of a group of said means and for rotating said disc against a hold-back to operate the switching means. i

12. In a golf practice game, a target comprising a plate having holes therethrough, a disc rotatably mounted adjacent the plate, said disc having holes therethroughnormally located eccentric to the holes in the plate, pegs forming parts of electrical circuits mounted in the holes in the plate to be driven into the holes in the disc by the impact of a ball and thereby rotating said disc, said disc including two panels fastened together face to face, bushings in the holes in the disc, means disposed about the bushings intermediate their ends and clamped between the panels of the disc to hold the parts in place, a spring to move the disc in a direction opposite to the movement imparted by the pegs, means to adjust the tension of the spring, and means for electrically connecting the bushings in groups, said means being located between the panels of the disc.

13. The structure set forth in claim 12, in combination with a buffer disposed across the face of the target and concealing the pegs, an elastic sheet disposed in back of the buffer, molding for clamping the buffer and elastic sheet against the plate, and fastening means for holding said molding in place.

14. In a golf practice game, a target comprising a plate having holes therethrough, a disc rotatably mounted adjacent the plate, said disc having holes therethrough normally located eccentric to the holes in the plate, pegs forming partsof electrical circuits mounted in the holes in the plate to'be driven into the holes in the disc by the impact of a ball and thereby rotating said disc, said disc including two panels fastened together face to face, bushings in the holes in the disc, means disposed about the bushings intermediate their ends and clamped between the panels of the disc to hold the parts in place, a spring to move the disc in a direction opposite to the movement imparted by the pegs, means to adjust the tension of the spring, means for electrically connecting the bushings in groups, said means being located between the panels of the disc, a lever associated and movable with the disc, another lever pivoted intermediate its ends and providing short and long arms, a link connecting the first mentioned lever with the shorter arm of the second mentioned lever, a contact lever pivoted intermediate its ends to provide short and long arms, a link connecting the longer arm of the second mentioned lever with the shorter arm of the contact lever,

a brush on the longer arm of the contact lever, and a series of contacts to be successively engaged by said brush for successively closing electrical circuits including said above contacts.

15. The structure set forth in claim 14, in com- 5 second mentioned circuits to denote distance of 1 flight of the ball.

CHARLES E. SCOTT.

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