Apparatus for placing golf ball on tee

Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Ball feeding means and tee

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473135, A63B 5700

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055492991

ABSTRACT:
An automatic apparatus that positions a golf ball on a tee retrieves and positions a new ball on the tee each time a golfer makes a tee shot. A bucket of balls is charged into the apparatus, and a ramp directs the balls, one at a time, to a tee loading station. A plunger drives a ball in the tee loading station into contact with a horizontally positioned tee. The tee has a bore formed in it that communicates with a source of negative pressure so that a ball driven into contact with the tee by the plunger is held to the tee by a vacuum. The resulting increase in a vacuum line reconfigures a four way valve and activates a mechanism that rotates the tee and ball into a vertical position so that the golfer may make a tee shot. The shot disconnects the ball from the tee, resulting in bleeding of the vacuum line, and the drop in pressure reconfigures the four way valve. The valve activates a mechanism that returns the tee to its horizontal position so that it may retrieve another ball from the tee loading station. In a final embodiment, the tee moves in a straight line toward the golfer after retrieving a ball so that the golfer may practice hitting a moving target.

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