Molten Corporation

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Adidas International Marketing B.v.

Kabushiki Kaisha Molten

Adidas International B.v.

Hideomi Shishido

Shigeo Doi

Yoshihisa Okimura

Masanori Hirakiuchi

Hajime Okimoto

Masayuki Tanaka

Haruhusa Taniguchi

Harufusa Taniguchi

Hisashi Ikemoto

Emi Hirata

Yukinori Nagao

Norihiro Yuki

Vikas Gupta

Vinod Mahajan

Mitsuo Koyama

Katsumi Kobayashi

Hideki Sumida

The ball for ball games has a ball body and a spherical shell-shaped outer layer having a plurality of leather panels and disposed on the outside of the ball body. The plurality of leather panels each have a main body and an extending portion that is thinner than the main body and extends from a front-side portion of an outer end surface of the main body to configure an outer end surface of the leather panel. The extending portions of adjacent leather panels are bonded to each other with an adhesive and stitched together with a stitching thread. In the ball for ball games, the extending portion is provided with a reinforcing member for reinforcing an area thereof stitched with the stitching thread.

Ball for ball games, and method for manufacturing ball for ball games

A whistle includes: an air supply opening; a first resonance chamber, a second resonance chamber and a third resonance chamber; a first air supply passage, a second air supply passage and a third air supply passage that branch from a common air supply passage; and a first sound emitting opening, a second sound emitting opening and a third sound emitting opening that emit sounds generated in the first resonance chamber, the second resonance chamber and the third resonance chamber, respectively. The first resonance chamber and the second resonance chamber are arranged side by side in a planar view. The third resonance chamber is disposed between the first resonance chamber and the second resonance chamber, as well as upside the first resonance chamber and the second resonance chamber. The first sound emitting opening, the second sound emitting opening and the third sound emitting opening are open upward.

Whistle

A method of manufacturing a multi-layer outer panel for a game ball includes three-dimensionally forming a top layer of an outer panel, as well as one or more backing materials disposed underneath the top layer, into a shape substantially corresponding to the surface of the ball. Multi-layer outer panels are then attached to or interconnected to surround an inflatable bladder, thereby producing a game ball while minimizing overstretching of the outer material or the backing material and improving resistance of the outer panels to delamination.

Three-dimensional panels for a game ball and related methods

There is provided a whistle which suppresses any delay of sound to a listener and any attenuation of a sound volume, can transmit sound waves directly, can be blown with various tones, and has a large sound volume. Two kinds of whistles are stacked up and down and integrated together as a single whistle, an orifice is formed opposite to an air feeding opening to transmit sound waves directly to a listener. Moreover, an amount of air flowing into each air feeding tube of the whistle is controlled depending on an angle of putting a mouthpiece in a mouth to select a tone. A tone selecting member or an air amount adjusting flap is provided, and tone can be selected by mechanically blocking off each air feeding tube. Furthermore, an air amount adjusting flap which changes an air-feeding-path cross-sectional area of the air feeding opening, the air feeding tube, or the orifice is provided, and a sound volume can be changed by adjusting an amount of passing air.

An object of the present invention is to provide a whistle which has a resonance frequency shifted to the low-frequency side and a pleasant tone while retaining a compact size and light weight. In order to attain this object, a whistle comprises a mouthpiece portion, inside which an air passageway is formed and in which an air opening is opened, and a body portion, in which a connected resonance chamber that is connected to the air passageway is formed; the connected resonance chamber comprises a first resonance chamber, a second resonance chamber in which a sound-emitting opening is opened, and an orifice connecting the first resonance chamber and the second resonance chamber.

A whistle is provided with an interior that can be cleaned. The whistle has a body with a resonance chamber wall. One face of a resonance chamber formed by the resonance chamber wall is open. A side plate is formed separately from the body, and can be attached to and removed from the body. The side plate has a first portion that blocks the one face of the resonance chamber when attached to the body. A first flange is provided on the first portion and is engageable with the resonance chamber wall. At least one of the resonance chamber wall and the first flange is elastically deformable. An air passageway, the resonance chamber, an air opening that is opened in the air passageway, and a sound-emitting opening that is opened in the resonance chamber are formed by the body and the side plate.

Disassemblable whistle

Methods of forming three-dimensional panels for a game ball

The ball for a ball game of the invention includes a fabric layerhaving a spherical 12-hedron where twelve right pentagonal fabric piecesare sewn together. The marginal edges of the fabric piece being folded by 90 degrees, and the marginal edges are sewn together with a sewing machine. The fabric layer is then reversed through cross-like slitsformed in the fabric layer in a location opposite to a valve opening(also formed in the fabric layer) in such a manner that the marginal edges are located on an inner side of the fabric layer. After the bladder is accommodated within the fabric layer through the closure hole, the holeis closed by a patch. Onto a surface of the fabric layer, there is adhered the panels. Thereby, the ball for a ball game having no unevenness and soft feeling is attained.

Ball for ball game and method for manufacturing the same

The ball for a ball game of the invention includes a fabric layer () having a spherical 12-hedron where twelve right pentagonal fabric pieces () are sewn together. The marginal edges of the fabric piece being folded by 90 degrees, and the marginal edges are sewn together with a sewing machine. The fabric layer is then reversed through cross-like slits () formed in the fabric layer in a location opposite to a valve opening () (also formed in the fabric layer) in such a manner that the marginal edges are located on an inner side of the fabric layer. After the bladder is accommodated within the fabric layer through the closure hole (), the hole () is closed by a patch. Onto a surface of the fabric layer, there is adhered the panels. Thereby, the ball for a ball game having no unevenness and soft feeling is attained.

To provide a ball for ball game and a method for manufacturing the ball having superior sphericity, an ability to retain its original shape, durability, and soft feel. The fabric layer () is formed by sewing with a sewing machine for instance pentagonal first fabric pieces () together with composite shaped second fabric pieces () in which two hexagons are connected with each other, so that a spherical shape is formed. The marginal edge of the first and second fabric pieces are superimposed in the spherical surface direction, so that corner portions thereof are temporarily attached. Temporary attachment is achieved by inserting the needle into the needle through hole formed in the corner of the first and second fabric pieces, and welding by means of ultra sonic wave, such that the first and second fabric pieces () are accurately aligned. The temporarily attached fabric pieces sewn together using a sewing machine along the guiding line () for sewing printed beforehand on the surface of the fabric pieces ().

Display apparatus for use in athletic games

A ball for a ball game includes an elastic bladder having the form of a spherical hollow body into which compressed air is charged, a reinforced layer formed on a whole surface of the bladder, and a plurality of leather panels bonded onto the reinforced layer directly or through a cover rubber layer, wherein a peripheral edge portion of the leather panel is folded toward an inside and a thickness adjusting member for eliminating a difference in step caused by the folding of the leather panel is caused to be bonded onto the back of the leather panel surrounded by the folded portion of the leather panel.

Ball for ball game

Ball game ball

A ball for a ball game includes a bladder made of a spherical elastic air-impermeable material in a hollow spherical shape and filled with air; a spherical flexible shape-maintaining frame body containing the bladder and having openings; and skin panels in a surface skin layer and having edges contacting one another on the frame body, wherein at least the edges of the skin panels are adhered to the frame body.

Ball for a ball game

A ball for ball game comprising: a leather skin layer formed by sewing a plurality of leather panels by a thread, the leather skin layer having a spherical shape; and a bladder made of an elastomer having a hollow spherical shape, the bladder being accomodated in the leather skin layer, the bladder being provided with a valve for feeding air into the rubber bladder, the bladder being charged with air through the valve; wherein the thread is made of a self-shrink thread which is subjected to a shrinking treatment after sewing.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hideomi Shishido