Automatic golf ball teeing up device
First Claim
1. An automatic golf ball teeing up device comprising:
- an upper plate having a ball-passing opening formed therethrough;
a ball receiving box located below said ball-passing opening;
means for feeding golf balls into the ball receiving box one after another;
a ball push-up mechanism including a ball push-up member movable in parallel with a major surface of said upper plate to pickup the ball in the box and push up the ball to a given upper position and a tee member, which moves with said ball push-up member, for supporting the ball once the ball push-up member pushes up the ball to said given upper position and positions said tee member below said ball-passing opening;
a lift mechanism for lifting said tee member together with the ball through said ball-passing opening to a predetermined height once the ball is placed onto the tee member positioned in said box; and
a drive mechanism, including a moving plate and a single drive means, which moves said moving plate in a given direction, for successively actuating said ball push-up mechanism and said lift mechanism.
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Abstract
An automatic golf ball teeing up device has an upper plate formed with a ball passing opening. A ball receiving box is positioned just below the ball passing opening. Golf balls are fed into the ball receiving box one after another. A ball push-up mechanism is employed, which includes a ball push-up member movable in parallel with a major surface of the upper plate into the box to push up the ball in the box to a given upper position, and a tee member movable with the ball push-up member and puts thereon the ball when coming into the box just below the ball-passing opening. A lift mechanism is further employed for lifting up the tee member together with the ball to a predetermined height through the ball-passing opening when the action for putting the ball onto the tee member is completed in the box. A drive mechanism is employed for actuating the ball push-up mechanism and the lift mechanism in order.
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18 Claims
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1. An automatic golf ball teeing up device comprising:
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an upper plate having a ball-passing opening formed therethrough; a ball receiving box located below said ball-passing opening; means for feeding golf balls into the ball receiving box one after another; a ball push-up mechanism including a ball push-up member movable in parallel with a major surface of said upper plate to pickup the ball in the box and push up the ball to a given upper position and a tee member, which moves with said ball push-up member, for supporting the ball once the ball push-up member pushes up the ball to said given upper position and positions said tee member below said ball-passing opening; a lift mechanism for lifting said tee member together with the ball through said ball-passing opening to a predetermined height once the ball is placed onto the tee member positioned in said box; and a drive mechanism, including a moving plate and a single drive means, which moves said moving plate in a given direction, for successively actuating said ball push-up mechanism and said lift mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An automatic golf ball teeing up device, comprising:
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an upper plate having a ball-passing opening formed therethrough; a ball receiving box located below said ball passing-opening; first means for feeding golf balls into the ball receiving box one after another; a ball push-up member movable in parallel with a major surface of said upper plate for picking up the ball in the box and pushing up the ball to a given upper position in said box; a tee member, which moves with said ball push-up member, for supporting the ball once said ball push-up member pushes the ball to said given upper position and positions said tee member below said ball-passing opening; a lift mechanism for lifting up said tee member together with the ball through said ball-passing opening to a predetermined height once the ball is placed onto the tee member a drive mechanism including a moving plate and a single drive means for moving said moving plate in a given direction for successively actuating said ball push-up member, said tee member, and then said lift mechanism; and second means for lowering the lift mechanism to lower said tee member to the interior of said box when the ball is not supported on said tee member. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An automatic golf ball teeing up device, comprising:
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an upper plate having a ball-passing opening formed therethrough; a ball receiving box located below the ball-passing opening; means for feeding golf balls into the ball receiving box one after another; a ball push-up member including a ball push-up member movable in parallel with a major surface of the upper plate into the box to move the ball in the box to a given upper position, and a tee member, which moves with the ball push-up member, for supporting the ball once the ball push-up member moves the ball to the given upper position and positions the tee member below the ball-passing opening; a lift mechanism for lifting up the tee member together with the ball to a predetermined height through the ball-passing opening once the ball is placed onto the tee member; and a drive mechanism for successively actuating the ball push-up mechanism and the lift mechanism, wherein the lift mechanism comprises; outer and inner cylinders, which are telescopically movably connected and respectively formed with mutually mated first and second vertically extending slots, the outer cylinder being secured to a fixed member; a piston slidably received in the inner cylinder, the piston supporting thereon the tee member; and a pin member extending from the piston to the outside of the outer cylinder through the second and first slots.
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