Ball identifying device
First Claim
1. A device for recording the code of a coded spherical object (41, 61) as it is moving comprising a sensing member (85) and a path (17, 63, 82, 92) for conveying objects through or past the member, characterised in that the means defining the path includes a helical track along which the objects are constrained to move.
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Abstract
A device (80) for reading a coded golf ball (40) comprises a helical track (82) on the inside or outside of a cylindrical housing (81), the track serving to change the orientation of the ball relative to an antenna coil (85) to ensure that the code is read. The track may be arranged horizontally and rotated by a motor; a flap (30) may be provided to avoid balls following each other too closely onto the helical track. Alternatively the track may be arranged vertically and the balls may fall under gravity.
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9 Claims
- 1. A device for recording the code of a coded spherical object (41, 61) as it is moving comprising a sensing member (85) and a path (17, 63, 82, 92) for conveying objects through or past the member, characterised in that the means defining the path includes a helical track along which the objects are constrained to move.
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9. A method of ensuring that the code of a coded spherical object (40) can be read by a sensing member (85) comprising moving the object along a helical track and at the same time through or past the sensing member.
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