Patent ID: 8974312
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An automatic golf ball supply device, comprising: a frame comprising upper and lower frames; a ball discharge hole formed at the upper frame, the ball discharge hole comprising a tee member operating area and a golf ball standby area; a tee member installed at an ascending and descending unit, wherein the tee member is movable between a first position and a second position via the tee member operating area by the ascending and descending unit; and a golf ball guide slope plate installed in a golf ball standby compartment so that a golf ball in the golf ball standby compartment is guided to the golf ball standby area, wherein the golf ball is forcibly transferred from the golf ball standby compartment to a top of the tee member, wherein the golf ball seated on the top of the tee member is in the tee member operating area, at least a part of the golf ball being positioned substantially higher than a horizontal plane of the ball discharge hole, the horizontal plane being flush with bottom surface of the upper frame, wherein a protection member protects the golf ball positioned at the golf ball standby area while exposing the golf ball positioned at the tee member operating area.