Motorized Golf Tee Peg with Level Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Driving tees and bays at practice facilities lack a ball support with adjustable level and automatic teeing-up, leading to inefficiencies in high-load environments where quick ball placement and concealment of pegging devices are desirable, affecting user experience and reliability.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a ball support system that allows for level adjustment and automatic pegging, concealed beneath the tee, using sensors and a motorized mechanism for easy ball placement and retrieval, maintaining a standard tee appearance while protecting against the elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a ball support with automatic pegging and level adjustment is installed, then productivity and ease of operation are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The peg is made movable between a lowered starting position and a raised ball level position, enabling automatic ball pegging. The dynamic adjustment of the ball support allows the system to adapt its position for different operations (ball reception vs. ball presentation), resolving the contradiction between automation and complexity by using a single movable component rather than multiple fixed mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The ball support structure serves multiple functions: it acts as both a ball discharge receptacle in the lowered position and a ball presentation platform in the raised position. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate ball discharge and pegging devices, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high productivity.
2Reliability
If the pegging device is concealed beneath the tee, then appearance is improved and reliability is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ball support and pegging mechanism are nested within the existing tee structure, specifically beneath the tee platform. This nesting approach allows the functional components to be concealed while utilizing the existing structural space, thereby improving reliability through protection from elements without requiring a completely separate complex external housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The ball support mechanism is merged with the existing tee structure, combining the functional requirements of ball dispensing and pegging with the structural support already provided by the tee. This merging reduces the need for separate protective housings and simplifies the overall concealed device design while maintaining reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the ball support has adjustable level, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ball support incorporates a movable/adjustable component that can change its vertical position to different ball levels. This dynamic adjustment capability provides adaptability for different shot requirements while using a simple mechanical adjustment mechanism rather than a complex multi-component system, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus at a driving tee for golf balls or the like, comprising a raisable and lowerable ball support a so-called peg, on which a ball may be placed for driving thereof after lifting of the ball support with the ball to the desired level above the tee, the ball support being disposed on means for switching of the ball support from a low position for loading of the ball support with a ball to a higher position of said desired ball driving level, the ball support being disposed on the switching means via positioning means which are disposed to permit pivoting of the ball support in at least the driving direction, wherein the positioning means include a substantially U-shaped bracket between whose shanks the ball support is pivotal.