Light responsive automatic golf tee

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1990-12-12

1992-01-07

Brown, Theatrice

Amusement devices: games

Board games, pieces, or boards therefor

Rotatably mounted board

A63B 5700

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050784013

ABSTRACT:
An automatic golf tee, after a ball is hit from it, lowers into the ground and reappears with a new ball ready to be hit. The tee is powered by an electric motor driving a vertical screw shaft onto which the tee is threaded. The tee cannot rotate; hence rotating the screw raises and lowers the tee. New balls are gravity fed to the tee at its lowermost position from an inclined ramp. The height to which the tee will rise is easily changed by moving an adjustable microswitch which, triggered by the rising tee, shuts off the motor. To start the tee downward after the ball is hit off of it, the tee is made hollow and a light-sensitive CdS cell is placed at the bottom. Uncovering the top of the tee lets light in, triggering the CdS cell to start the tee downward to pick up another ball. When the tee passes the feed ramp, a new ball rolls onto the tee, shutting off the light and stopping the downward travel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2295599 (1942-09-01), Mozel
patent: 3778067 (1973-12-01), Gentiluomo
patent: 4198054 (1980-04-01), Stone
patent: 4355811 (1982-10-01), Williams, Sr.

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