Patent ID: 8545338

Claim:
An automatic golf ball supply device that automatically supplies golf balls to where a user hits the golf balls with a golf club, the automatic golf ball supply device comprising: a frame having a golf ball outlet at a top; a vertical carrier having a tee member where the golf ball is held and freely moving up/down to/from the outlet along a guide mounted on the frame; a motor mounted on the frame; a first rod having one end connected to a rotary shaft of the motor to pivot forward/backward; a second rod having a slit at the center portion where the other end of the first rod is fitted, one end hinged to the frame to be pivoted by the first rod, and the other end horizontally moving along a rail formed on one side of the vertical carrier; a separable pressed-member separated from the vertical carrier when the vertical carrier moves up, and hitting against a pressing plate formed on the other side of the vertical carrier to be pressed when the vertical carrier moves down; a torque transmitting member connected to the pressed-member and converting the force pressing the pressed-member into torque; and a golf ball guide member pushing the golf ball in the golf ball reservation room to be held on the tee member of the vertical carrier, which has moved down, while being pivoted by the torque transmitting member, wherein the pressed-member includes a bar-shaped structure having one end hit by the pressing plate and the other end being guided up/down along a vertical elongate slit formed at a side face of the frame, wherein the torque transmitting member includes first and second link members pivotally coupled to each other, wherein the first link member having one end coupled to the bar-shaped structure between the both ends thereof and the other end pivotally coupled to one end of the second link member, wherein the other end of the second link member is coupled to a rotation axis of the golf ball guide member in a perpendicular manner.