| 摘要 |
An automatic mechanical golf ball feed apparatus 10 is provided, including a hopper 12 for housing a plurality of golf balls 14, and a gravity driven delivery arm 18 including a counterweight end 22 and a ball delivery end 20, the gravity driven delivery arm 18 being rotatably movable between a loaded position 28 and a delivery position 30. The present invention further includes a delivery chamber 24 positioned on the ball delivery end 20 of the gravity driven delivery arm 18. The gravity driven delivery arm 18 is biased towards the delivery position 30 when a golf ball 14 is present in the delivery chamber 24 and biased towards the loaded position 28 when the delivery chamber 24 is empty. The present invention includes a baseline pivot arm 32 including a tee end 34, with the golf tee 38, and a lock end 36. The baseline pivot arm 32 is movable between a ball weighted position 44 and a ball free position 46. The baseline pivot arm 32 is biased towards the ball weighted position 44 when a golf ball 14 is positioned on the golf tee 38 and biased towards the ball free position 46 when a golf ball 14 is absent from the golf tee 38. The lock end 36 engages the gravity driven delivery arm 18 when the baseline pivot arm 32 is in the ball weighted position 44 to prevent movement of the gravity driven delivery arm 18.
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