Automatic golf ball teeing up device

An automatic golf ball teeing up device for use by a golfer to automatically tee a golf ball, on a playing green having a foundation above a ground level, comprising:

• an artificial turf coupled to the foundation;
• a rectangular base plate having a top surface that lies below the foundation;
• a circular cutout extending through the artificial turf, foundation, and rectangular base plate;
• a chamber assembly having a vertical axis and a cylindrical chamber attached to the rectangular base plate having a loading chamber and retainer ring, the cylindrical chamber extending downwardly from the circular cutout perpendicular to the rectangular base plate, the retainer ring for holding one golf ball along the vertical axis prior to being teed up;
• a holding cage for holding a plurality of golf balls therein, having a bottom surface having an opening which rests against the foundation;
• a tube attached to the opening of the bottom surface of the holding cage and extending downwardly at an incline into the loading chamber of the cylindrical chamber for holding golf balls in a single file line to gravity feed the golf balls one at a time onto the retainer ring;
• a pair of holding cylinders, including a first and second holding cylinder, each having a solenoid valve, including a first and second solenoid valve, for controlling up and down movements of the holding cylinders by energizing and de-energizing, said holding cylinders bisect the tube and work opposite one another to allow one golf ball to pass at a time, holding back the golf balls stacked within said tube;
• a pneumatic cylinder device axially aligned along the vertical axis of the chamber assembly within the cylindrical chamber by a circular base cap, having a main cylinder substantially air tight and having an upper end and a lower end, having a piston rod and piston head mounted within the main cylinder, the piston rod having a top end and being raised and lowered in a telescoping manner from within the main cylinder, the piston head having a top side and a bottom side, the main cylinder having a down port extending outwardly from the upper end, and an up port extend outwardly from the lower end thereof, the down port being connected to the second solenoid valve within the second holding cylinder, and the up port being connected to the first solenoid valve within the first holding cylinder, the down and up ports supply compressed air pressure to the top and bottom sides of the piston head within the main cylinder;
• a tee attached to the top end of the piston rod by a bolt coupled to an attaching nut, the attaching nut being fitted onto a coupling and onto the top end of the piston rod;
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• a photoelectric sensor device having a photoelectric sensor having a photoelectric eye and a reflector, said photoelectric sensor in communication with a timer and a relay for electrically controlling the solenoid valves within the holding cylinders and the piston rod within the main cylinders, the photoelectric eye being mounted to the foundation, the reflector being attached by a spring loaded hinge to the foundation, the photoelectric eye being aligned along an axis in communication with the reflector, the tee extending upwardly through the circular cutout along the axis between the photoelectric eye and the reflector, the photoelectric sensor being triggered when the photoelectric eye connects with the reflector, causing the timer to be actuated and energizing the first solenoid valve in the first holding cylinder to be pulled inwardly into the first holding cylinder in a down stroke, which causes air pressure to increase on the top side of the piston head by traveling into the down port on the lower end of the main cylinder to force the piston head downwardly thereby withdrawing the piston rod into the main cylinder, the timer counts for a plurality of seconds allowing one golf ball to roll from the tube onto the retainer ring, then the timer de-energizes the first solenoid valve, and energizes the second solenoid valve thereby causing an up stroke position to be actuated by the first solenoid valve, while the second solenoid valve pushes downwardly into the second holding cylinder in a down stroke the first solenoid valve is moved upwardly to hold back the golf balls, once energized the second solenoid valve causes air pressure to increase through the up port on the lower end of the main cylinder to the bottom side of the piston head, the piston head being raised thereby extending the piston rod upwardly through the circular cutout for teeing the golf ball, the photoelectric sensor being disrupted by the photoelectric eye disconnecting from the reflector causing the relay to be used to reset the timer.