| 摘要 |
A golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper having two pyramidal shells each of different dimensions. Each of the shells is truncated and has a respective open substantially rectangular rim defining a respective open base of a different dimension than that of the other. The shells are joined together where each is truncated so as to converge together and define a funnel opening between the shells. Each of the shells is configured to form a self-supporting stack of golf balls atop each other as a stacking tray closes the open base of one of the shells and the golf balls are poured through the other of the shells. A method of forming different size pyramidal stacks of golf balls by pouring golf balls through one pyramidal shell of a hopper to fill the other pyramidal shell thereof. The filled pyramidal shell has an open base that is closed by a tray, thereby forming a self-supporting pyramidal stack of golf balls on the tray after filling the applicable shell, and removing the hopper from the tray. Further golf balls may be poured through the other shell onto a further tray. This other shell has a differently dimensioned open base that is closed by the further trays to form a further self-supporting pyramidal stack of golf balls after pouring in the golf balls to fill two other of the shells.
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