Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Ball feeding means and tee
Patent
1996-04-02
1997-09-02
Wong, Steven B.
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Ball feeding means and tee
473133, A63B 5700
Patent
active
056625260
ABSTRACT:
An automatic golf ball teeing machine is constructed around a housing that includes a substantially horizontal plate. A fluid pressure cylinder with an inlet and a piston above the inlet is attached to the housing under a hole in the plate. The piston is moveable between an advanced position and a retracted position, but is biased toward its retracted position. A tee is connected to the piston and is moveable with the piston between a loading position and a maximum height position in which a portion of the tee extends above the plate. A supply conduit sized to carry golf balls is attached to the housing with one end adjacent the tee when in its loading position. A source of high pressure fluid is connected to the inlet of the fluid pressure cylinder. A pressure regulating valve is positioned between the inlet and the source of high pressure fluid and is capable of adjusting pressure acting on the piston to balance the tee between its loading position and its maximum height position. A reset switch is capable of relieving pressure on the piston to allow the piston to retract under its biasing action in order to load the next available golf ball.
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