Automatic ball picking machine

By using a foldable ball-collecting cylinder and ball-collecting plate structure, combined with a fan and an electromagnet, the problems of increased length and low ball-collecting efficiency of existing ball-collecting machines have been solved, achieving portability and high-efficiency ball collection.

CN223668597UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16YUNNAN UNIV
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422919742.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-28
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-28

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing automatic ball retriever's guide plate design increases the machine's length, making it inconvenient for transportation and storage, and it cannot adjust the guide area according to the density of tennis balls, thus affecting the ball retrieval efficiency.

Method used

A foldable ball-collecting cylinder and ball-collecting plate structure was designed. The ball-collecting cylinder and the support plate are rotated by connecting the carrier tube with a pin shaft. Combined with omnidirectional casters and limit rods, the ball-collecting plate can adjust the collection range under different density distributions. Combined with a fan and electromagnet, efficient ball picking and noise reduction are achieved.

Benefits of technology

This design achieves portability for the ball retriever during transportation and storage, while also improving ball retrieval efficiency, reducing the back-and-forth movement path during the ball retrieval process, and lowering collision noise.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic ball picking machine, which relates to the technical field of ball picking machines, and comprises a bottom plate, support plates are fixed on the front side and the rear side of the bottom plate, two fixed trundles and two first universal trundles are arranged at the bottom of the bottom plate, a U-shaped seat is fixed on the support plates, and a carrying pipe is rotatably connected between the upper inner wall and the lower inner wall of the U-shaped seat through a pin shaft. A ball gathering barrel is fixed to the outer wall of the carrying pipe, a ball gathering plate is slidably inserted into the open side of the ball gathering barrel, and a first bolt is in threaded connection with the ball gathering barrel and used for locking the positions of the ball gathering barrel and the ball gathering plate. The carrying pipe is installed on the U-shaped base through the pin shaft, so that the carrying pipe can rotate around the pin shaft, the included angle between the ball gathering barrel and the supporting plate is changed, and after the ball gathering plate is folded into the ball gathering barrel, the ball gathering barrel can be folded to be parallel to the supporting plate, so that the ball gathering barrel and the supporting plate are folded together, and the length of the automatic ball picking machine is reduced; the transportation and the storage are convenient.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a ball picking machine technical field, especially a kind of automatic ball picking machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Tennis is one of ball games. Effective tennis court is a rectangle, and the length is 23.77 meters, and the single playing court width is 8.23 meters, and the double playing court width is 10.97 meters. There is a net in the middle, and each party occupies one side of the court, and the player hits the ball with a tennis racket. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's sports consciousness, many young people begin to be keen on tennis, and learn and exercise tennis in professional court.

[0003] Tennis players generally only pick up the tennis balls falling in the court to save picking up time, and when the tennis ball runs out of the court, the tennis player takes the tennis ball from the ball basket placed at the edge of the court, which can improve the learning efficiency of the tennis ball. The tennis ball running out of the court generally depends on the court administrator to pick it up and re-throw it into the ball basket for the player to use. The dependence on manual picking is not only inefficient, but also time-consuming and laborious, so the court administrator generally uses automatic ball picking machine for picking up tennis. The common automatic ball picking machine generally sets a guide plate for guiding the tennis ball to the ball inlet when in use. The setting of the guide plate increases the length of the ball picking machine, which is not conducive to the transportation and storage of the ball picking machine. Moreover, the length of the guide plate in the existing ball picking machine is generally fixed, and the guide area cannot be adjusted according to the different distribution density of the tennis ball, which affects the efficiency of picking up the tennis ball. SUMMARY

[0004] The purpose of the present application is to provide an automatic ball picking machine to solve the problem that the existing automatic ball picking machine generally sets a guide plate for guiding the tennis ball to the ball inlet when in use, which increases the length of the ball picking machine, which is not conducive to the transportation and storage of the ball picking machine, and the length of the guide plate in the existing ball picking machine is generally fixed, and the guide area cannot be adjusted according to the different distribution density of the tennis ball, which affects the efficiency of picking up the tennis ball.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the application provides the following technical scheme: an automatic ball picking machine, comprising a bottom plate, support plates are fixed on the front and rear sides of the bottom plate, two fixed casters and two first universal casters are arranged at the bottom of the bottom plate, a U-shaped seat is fixed on the support plate, a carrier tube is rotatably connected between the inner walls of the upper and lower portions of the U-shaped seat through a pin shaft, a ball collecting cylinder is fixed to the outer wall of the carrier tube, a ball collecting plate is slidably inserted into the open side of the ball collecting cylinder, a first bolt is threadedly connected to the ball collecting cylinder, the first bolt is used for locking the position of the ball collecting cylinder and the ball collecting plate, second universal casters are arranged at the bottom of the ball collecting cylinder and the bottom of the ball collecting plate, two second bolts are threadedly connected to the U-shaped seat, a clamping groove matched with the second bolts is formed in the top of the ball collecting cylinder, a ball picking assembly is arranged on the bottom plate, and the ball picking assembly is used for picking up tennis balls.

[0006] Further, a limiting rod is fixed to the ball collecting plate, and a limiting sliding groove for sliding of the limiting rod is formed in the ball collecting cylinder.

[0007] Further, a guide plate is fixed between the two support plates.

[0008] Further, the ball picking assembly comprises a ball picking box, the ball picking box is mounted on the bottom plate, a box door is hingedly connected to the open side of the ball picking box, a lock catch is arranged on the box door, the lock catch is used for locking the ball picking box and the box door, an air exhausting assembly is arranged at the top of the ball picking box, the air exhausting assembly is used for exhausting air in the ball picking box, a ball inlet pipe is fixedly connected to the top of the ball picking box, a guide cover is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the ball inlet pipe, and the guide cover is fixedly mounted between the two support plates.

[0009] Further, a push rod is fixed to the top of the ball picking box.

[0010] Further, the air exhausting assembly comprises a fan, the fan is mounted at the top of the ball picking box, an air outlet of the fan is fixedly connected with an air exhaust pipe, an air inlet of the fan is fixedly connected with an air supply pipe, the bottom end of the air supply pipe extends into the ball picking box, and a filter screen is arranged at the bottom end of the air supply pipe.

[0011] Further, an electromagnet is mounted at the bottom of the inner side of the ball picking box, a ball basket is placed in the ball picking box, an iron plate is fixed to the bottom of the ball basket, and a handle is fixed to the ball basket.

[0012] In conclusion, the application has the following technical effects and advantages:

[0013] The utility model discloses, utilize the pin shaft to install the carrier pipe on the U type seat, make the carrier pipe can rotate around the pin shaft, with this change the included angle between the poly ball barrel and support board, make the poly ball board fold into the poly ball barrel inside, and the poly ball barrel can be folded into parallel state with support board, in this way, poly ball barrel and support board are folded together, to reduce the length of automatic ball picking machine, convenient for its transportation and storage, when the site outside tennis ball distribution is too scattered and the density is not high, can draw out the poly ball board from the poly ball barrel, and rotate the two poly ball barrels and spread, make the poly ball barrel cooperate poly ball board can gather tennis to the ball picking assembly in larger range, to reduce the path of back and forth movement in the ball picking process, improve the ball picking efficiency.

[0014] The utility model discloses, utilize the fan to discharge the air in the ball picking box, and the discharged air is filtered through the filter screen, can avoid the tennis ball that inhaled the ball picking box along the ball inlet pipe enters the air conveying pipe, with the help of the electromagnet and hold the ball basket, utilize the ball basket and load the tennis ball in the ball picking box, make the collected tennis ball more convenient when concentrating and taking out, and the ball basket held by the electromagnet is difficult to shake when the device moves, reduce the collision noise when picking the ball. DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present application or prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment or prior description.

[0016] Figure 1 It is the three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of an automatic ball picking machine in the embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 2 It is the position relation diagram of support board, U type seat, guide plate, ball picking assembly in the embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 3 It is the connection relation diagram of bottom plate, support board, fixed caster, first universal caster in the embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 4 It is the position relation diagram of carrier pipe, poly ball barrel, poly ball board, second universal caster in the embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 5 It is the three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of ball picking assembly in the embodiment of the present application;

[0021] Figure 6 It is the partial structure schematic diagram of ball picking assembly in the embodiment of the present application.

[0022] In the figure: 1, the base plate; 2, support plate; 3, fixed caster; 4, the first universal caster; 5, U-shaped seat; 6, load tube; 7, polyball cylinder; 8, polyball plate; 9, the first bolt; 10, the second universal caster; 11, the second bolt; 12, the clamping groove; 13, the limiting rod; 14, the limiting sliding slot; 15, the guide plate; 16, the ball picking box; 17, the box door; 18, the lock catch; 19, the ball inlet pipe; 20, the guide cover; 21, the push rod; 22, the fan; 23, the exhaust pipe; 24, the air conveying pipe; 25, the electromagnet; 26, the ball basket; 27, the handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application.

[0024] Embodiment: refer to Figures 1-6 As shown in the figure, an automatic ball picking machine comprises a base plate 1, support plates 2 are fixed on the front and rear sides of the base plate 1, two fixed casters 3 and two first universal casters 4 are arranged on the bottom of the base plate 1, the two fixed casters 3 cooperate with the two first universal casters 4 to make the device more convenient to move, a U-shaped seat 5 is fixed on the support plate 2, a load tube 6 is rotatably connected between the upper and lower inner walls of the U-shaped seat 5 through a pin shaft, a polyball cylinder 7 is fixed to the outer wall of the load tube 6, a polyball plate 8 is slidably inserted into the open side of the polyball cylinder 7, a first bolt 9 is threadedly connected to the polyball cylinder 7, the first bolt 9 is used to lock the position of the polyball cylinder 7 and the polyball plate 8, second universal casters 10 are arranged on the bottom of the polyball cylinder 7 and the bottom of the polyball plate 8, two second bolts 11 are threadedly connected to the U-shaped seat 5, a clamping groove 12 that is adapted to the second bolt 11 is formed in the top of the polyball cylinder 7, the two second bolts 11 are used to lock the polyball cylinder 7 when it is folded or unfolded, the second bolt 11 inserted into the clamping groove 12 can make the locking effect better, a limiting rod 13 is fixed to the polyball plate 8, a limiting sliding slot 14 for the sliding of the limiting rod 13 is formed in the polyball cylinder 7, the polyball cylinder 7 and the polyball plate 8 can be locked by the first bolt 9 to ensure the stability of the form of the two when moving, the polyball cylinder 7 and the polyball plate 8 move by means of the second universal casters 10, making the movement of the two more convenient, the cooperation of the limiting rod 13 and the limiting sliding slot 14 can avoid the polyball plate 8 completely separating from the polyball cylinder 7, a ball picking assembly is arranged on the base plate 1, the ball picking assembly is used to pick up tennis balls, a guide plate 15 is fixed between the two support plates 2, the guide plate 15 is arranged to guide the tennis balls to move better to the ball picking assembly;

[0025] The load tube 6 is installed on the U-shaped seat 5 through a pin shaft, so that the load tube 6 can rotate around the pin shaft, thereby changing the included angle between the polyball cylinder 7 and the support plate 2, so that the polyball plate 8 is folded into the polyball cylinder 7, and the polyball cylinder 7 can be folded to be parallel to the support plate 2, so that the polyball cylinder 7 and the support plate 2 are folded together to reduce the length of the automatic ball picking machine, facilitate transportation and storage, when the tennis balls are too scattered and the density is not high, the polyball plate 8 can be pulled out of the polyball cylinder 7, and the two polyball cylinders 7 are rotated and unfolded, so that the polyball cylinder 7 can gather the tennis balls to the ball picking assembly in a larger range together with the polyball plate 8, so as to reduce the path of moving back and forth during picking.

[0026] The ball picking assembly comprises a ball picking box 16, the ball picking box 16 is installed on the bottom plate 1, the open side of the ball picking box 16 is hinged with a box door 17, a lock catch 18 is arranged on the box door 17, the lock catch 18 is used for locking the ball picking box 16 and the box door 17, an air exhaust assembly is arranged on the top of the ball picking box 16, the air exhaust assembly is used for exhausting air in the ball picking box 16, the top of the ball picking box 16 is fixedly connected with a ball inlet pipe 19, the bottom end of the ball inlet pipe 19 is fixedly connected with a guide cover 20, the guide cover 20 is fixedly installed between the two support plates 2, and a push rod 21 is fixedly arranged on the top of the ball picking box 16, and the push rod 21 can facilitate a user to push the device;

[0027] The air exhaust assembly comprises a fan 22, the fan 22 is installed on the top of the ball picking box 16, the air outlet of the fan 22 is fixedly connected with an air exhaust pipe 23, and the air inlet of the fan 22 is fixedly connected with an air conveying pipe 24; the bottom end of the air conveying pipe 24 extends to the inside of the ball picking box 16, and the bottom end of the air conveying pipe 24 is provided with a filter screen;

[0028] The air in the ball picking box 16 is exhausted by the fan 22, and the exhausted air is filtered through the filter screen, so that the tennis balls sucked into the ball picking box 16 through the ball inlet pipe 19 can be prevented from entering the air conveying pipe 24.

[0029] The bottom of the inside of the ball picking box 16 is provided with an electromagnet 25, and a ball basket 26 is arranged in the ball picking box 16; the bottom of the ball basket 26 is fixedly provided with an iron plate, and a handle 27 is fixedly arranged on the ball basket 26.

[0030] The iron plate at the bottom of the ball basket 26 is attracted by the electromagnet 25, and the ball basket 26 is used for carrying the tennis balls entering the ball picking box 16, so that the collected tennis balls are more convenient to collect and take out, and the ball basket 26 attracted by the electromagnet 25 is difficult to shake during movement of the device, thereby reducing the collision noise during picking.

[0031] The working principle of the utility model is as follows:

[0032] When the device is transported and stored, the polyhedral ball plate 8 can be folded into the interior of the polyhedral ball barrel 7 and locked by the first bolt 9, then the polyhedral ball barrel 7 is rotated so that the polyhedral ball barrel 7 rotates around the carrier tube 6, the carrier tube 6 rotates around the pin shaft, until the polyhedral ball barrel 7 is parallel to the support plate 2, the second bolt 11 is screwed by a wrench and inserted into the clamping groove 12, the position of the U-shaped seat 5 and the polyhedral ball barrel 7 is locked, in this way, the two polyhedral ball barrels 7 are folded, the length of the device is reduced, and the transportation and storage of the device are facilitated.

[0033] When the device is used on the court, the second bolt 11 locking the U-shaped seat 5 and the polyhedral ball barrel 7 is unscrewed, the U-shaped seat 5 and the polyhedral ball barrel 7 are no longer locked, the polyhedral ball barrel 7 is rotated so that the two polyhedral ball barrels 7 are unfolded, another second bolt 11 is screwed by a wrench to lock the U-shaped seat 5 and the polyhedral ball barrel 7 again, at this time, the two polyhedral ball barrels 7 are unfolded, the tennis balls can be gathered to the position of the guide cover 20 during the movement of the device, when the distribution of the tennis balls outside the court is very dense, the polyhedral ball plate 8 does not need to be pulled out of the polyhedral ball barrel 7 in order not to affect the moving speed of the device, the device is moved and the fan 22 is started, the picking operation can be performed, if the distribution of the tennis balls outside the court is too scattered and the density is not high, the polyhedral ball plate 8 can be pulled out of the polyhedral ball barrel 7, the length of the polyhedral ball plate 8 is adjusted according to the distribution density of the tennis balls, and the polyhedral ball barrel 7 and the polyhedral ball plate 8 are locked again by the first bolt 9, the combined polyhedral ball barrel 7 and polyhedral ball plate 8 can gather the tennis balls to the guide cover 20 with a larger width during the movement, the air in the picking box 16 is discharged by the fan 22, the picking box 16 inhales along the ball inlet pipe 19, the tennis balls gathered near the guide cover 20 are taken into the picking box 16 by the airflow, the ball basket 26 is located below the ball inlet pipe 19 and can receive the tennis balls entering the picking box 16, the electromagnet 25 attracts the ball basket 26 so that the ball basket 26 does not shake randomly and make noise when the device moves, every time interval, the box door 17 is opened, the ball basket 26 is replaced, and the ball basket 26 full of tennis balls is sent to the place where the delivery person is located, which is convenient for the players to use the tennis balls.

[0034] Finally, it should be noted that the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacement of some technical features, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic ball picking machine comprising a base plate (1), characterized in that: The bottom plate (1) is fixed with support plates (2) on the front and back sides, the bottom of the bottom plate (1) is provided with two fixed casters (3) and two first universal casters (4), the support plates (2) are fixed with U-shaped seats (5), the upper and lower inner walls of the U-shaped seats (5) are rotatably connected with carrier tubes (6) through pin shafts, the outer wall of the carrier tube (6) is fixed with a polyball cylinder (7), the open side of the polyball cylinder (7) is slidably connected with a polyball plate (8), the polyball cylinder (7) is threadedly connected with a first bolt (9), the first bolt (9) is used for locking the position of the polyball cylinder (7) and the polyball plate (8), the bottom of the polyball cylinder (7) and the bottom of the polyball plate (8) are provided with second universal casters (10), the U-shaped seats (5) are threadedly connected with two second bolts (11), the top of the polyball cylinder (7) is provided with clamping grooves (12) matched with the second bolts (11), the bottom plate (1) is provided with a ball picking assembly, and the ball picking assembly is used for picking up tennis balls.

2. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The polyball plate (8) is fixed with a limiting rod (13), and the polyball cylinder (7) is provided with a limiting sliding groove (14) for sliding of the limiting rod (13).

3. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 1, wherein: The two support plates (2) are fixed with guide plates (15).

4. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 1, wherein: The ball picking assembly comprises a ball picking box (16), the ball picking box (16) is installed on the bottom plate (1), the open side of the ball picking box (16) is hingedly connected with a box door (17), the box door (17) is provided with a lock buckle (18), the lock buckle (18) is used for locking the ball picking box (16) and the box door (17), the top of the ball picking box (16) is provided with an air exhaust assembly, the air exhaust assembly is used for exhausting air in the ball picking box (16), the top of the ball picking box (16) is fixedly connected with a ball inlet pipe (19), the bottom end of the ball inlet pipe (19) is fixedly connected with a guide cover (20), and the guide cover (20) is fixedly installed between the two support plates (2).

5. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The top of the ball picking box (16) is fixed with a push rod (21).

6. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The air exhaust assembly comprises a fan (22), the fan (22) is installed on the top of the ball picking box (16), the air outlet of the fan (22) is fixedly connected with an exhaust pipe (23), the air inlet of the fan (22) is fixedly connected with a wind conveying pipe (24), the bottom end of the wind conveying pipe (24) extends into the ball picking box (16), and the bottom end of the wind conveying pipe (24) is provided with a filter screen.

7. The automatic ball picking machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The bottom of the inner side of the ball picking box (16) is installed with an electromagnet (25), the ball picking box (16) is placed with a ball basket (26), the bottom of the ball basket (26) is fixed with an iron plate, and the ball basket (26) is fixed with a handle (27).