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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Leonidas Amarant, Middletown, RI (US);
Martin Gray, Taunton, MA (US);
Ken Rebello, Acushnet, MA (US);
Kevin Carando, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
David Coelho, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Vincent J. Simonds, Brimfield, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf ball sorting system has a ball feeder, a ball mover, a detector, and a sorting system. The ball feeder may be configured to receive a plurality of golf balls. The ball mover may be configured to move each of the plurality of golf balls one at a time at a predetermined minimum speed. The detector may be configured to inspect each of the plurality of golf balls moved by the movement mechanism and output a detection result based on the inspection. The sorting system may be configured to receive the detection result and sort the plurality of golf balls based on the detection result to separate golf balls that include a mark that is not visible to an observer from golf balls that do not include a mark.