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Golf ball teeing-up device

  • US 5,916,033 A
  • Filed: 12/26/1997
  • Issued: 06/29/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A golf ball teeing-up device comprising a horizontal base plate with a artificial turf attached to top surface of said base plate, a ball hopper attached to said base plate on top of said artificial turf positioned near an end of said artificial turf and said base plate to prevent a club head from coming in contact with said ball hopper when driving golf balls from either left handed or right handed position once the operator touches a cycle start button attached beneath said base plate located between said ball hopper and a rubber tee protruding just above said artificial turf in such position to eliminate need for operator to move their feet, take hands off the club, or bend over when cycling said golf ball teeing up device from tee-up position to tee-up position, once said cycle start button is touched said rubber tee drops down perpendicular to said base plate below a gravity ball supply tube which is slightly inclined allowing balls placed in said hopper into said slightly inclined gravity ball supply tube to roll onto said rubber tee allowing one ball at a time to be placed on top of said rubber tee during each cycle, said rubber tee is adjustable for tee off lie height or fairway lie height by pushing down and turning one quarter turn on a spring loaded bayonet adjustable sleeve between cycles locking said sleeve into position, said spring loaded bayonet adjustable sleeve having pins pushed through in opposite directions protruding outward so as to locate into four holes positioned in opposite directions on said rubber tee thus locking said rubber tee onto said spring loaded bayonet adjustable sleeve until worn out, said rubber tee and said spring loaded bayonet adjustable sleeve is prevented from being destroyed when a club head is thrust against said rubber tee by a thrust disc which rides vertically with said rubber tee and said spring loaded bayonet adjustable sleeve during a lift stroke, said thrust disc having a anti-rotation key protruding horizontally out into a vertical slot in a cylinder tube which prevents a lift cylinder shaft from rotating whenever said rubber tee adjustments are made, a lift cylinder being resistant to moisture having a rod seal/mounting nut mounted on top of said lift cylinder concentric to said lift cylinder shaft, said rod seal/mounting nut also holding in place a locating disc which holds said lift cylinder concentric to said cylinder tube, said lift cylinder is held at the bottom of said cylinder tube by a anchoring nut which keeps said lift cylinder in position both concentrically and against the bottom of said cylinder tube, said golf ball teeing-up device having an air supply connected to said lift cylinder.

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