Patent ID: 8348778

Claim:
A golf ball feeding apparatus comprising: a feed unit 10 mounted at one side of an interior of a body 1 so as to feed a golf ball 40 ; and an adjustment unit 20 mounted at an other side of the interior of the body 1 so as to adjust a height of a golf tee 30 , wherein the feed unit 10 comprises: a main body 11 having a passage 11 a through which the golf ball 40 passes, an inlet port 12 and an outlet port 13 formed at both ends of the passage 11 a , and shaft holes 11 b formed at both side walls thereof; a pulley 14 fittingly disposed between the shaft holes 11 b of the main body; movable plates 15 each having a bearing 15 a mounted thereon and disposed on both outer sides of the shaft holes 11 b of the main body 11 in such a manner as to be coupled at one side thereof to the main body 11 by means of shaft pins 16 and be connected at the other side thereof with a spring 17 mounted on the main body 11 , thereby allowing the movable plates 15 and the pulley 14 to rotate about the shaft pins 16 ; and a feed motor 18 mounted at one side movable plate 15 and having a shaft 18 a coupled to the bearing 15 a and the pulley 14 so as to rotate the pulley 14 by the activation thereof, and wherein the adjustment unit 20 comprises: an upper plate 21 having an entry/exit hole 21 a formed at one side thereof; a lower plate 22 ; a support rod 23 disposed between the upper plate 21 and the lower plate 22 so as to fixedly support the upper plate 21 and the lower plate 22 ; guide rods 24 mounted at left and right sides on the underside of the entry/exit hole 21 a in such a manner as to be fixed between the upper plate 21 and the lower plate 22 ; an elevating board 25 adapted to insertedly fit around the guide rods in such a manner as to move upwardly and downwardly along the guide rods 24 ; the golf tee 30 mounted on the elevating board 25 ; gears 26 a and 26 b mounted at the back side of the elevating board 25 in such a manner as to be located on the inner sides of the upper plate 21 and the lower plate 22 ; a stepping motor 27 mounted on one side of the lower plate 22 ; a power gear 28 located on the shaft of the stepping motor 27 ; and a timing belt 29 adapted to couple the power gear 28 and the gears 26 a and 26 b thereto in such a manner as to be fixed to one side of the elevating board 25 , whereby the golf ball 40 dispensed through the outlet port 13 of the feed unit 10 is teed up on the golf tee 30 of the adjustment unit 20 .