Simplified mechanism for automatically teeing practice golf balls
US5356148A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B57/0006
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
My device includes a hopper into which a bucket of balls can be poured, a trough which receives the balls from the hopper and aligns them in single file for feeding to the teeing device; the trough is connected to a silo into which the balls are fed, one at a time to rest on a tee. A pneumatic device raises the tee to a position slightly higher than ground level so that the ball may be struck by the golfer on his practice swing. The golfer then taps a switch which causes the teeing mechanism to retract and receive another ball from the trough. The device then automatically releases to force the ball up the silo and into the teed position.
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