Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,...
Patent
1997-09-29
1999-03-16
Young, Karen M.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
414787, 414801, 2063159, 206499, 211 14, 473131, 473409, B65B 3550, A47F 700
Patent
active
058821732
ABSTRACT:
A golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus is disclosed herein comprising: a) a substantially rectangular base frame; b) a plurality of rails substantially parallel to one pair of opposing sides of the rectangular base frame and secured at each end to the other pair of opposing faces of the rectangular base frame; and c) a hopper having an open-bottomed pyramidal lower section. The top edges of the sides of the base frame may extend above the tops of the rails. The rails are substantially uniformly spaced apart, with spacing and transverse dimensions such that a golf ball may not pass between adjacent rails, but rather is constrained to lie on each of two adjacent rails and roll along their lengths in a groove formed therebetween. The spacing between centerlines of adjacent rails must be larger than a ball diameter and less than about 1.414 times the ball diameter. Balls may be stacked on the apparatus by placing the hopper on the base frame, pouring balls into the hopper until a base layer is filled and a pyramidal stack is formed, and removing the hopper. Golf balls may be dispensed from the stack by rolling balls from the stack or along the grooves and over the side of the base frame into a practice area.
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Alavi David S.
Hess Douglas
Young Karen M.
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