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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samuel A Pasqua, Jr, Bristol, RI (US);
Robert N Lammi, Norton, MA (US);
Lawrence E Stanton, Stoughton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ; B29B / ; B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264148 ; 2643281 ; 264349 ; 473365 ; 473378 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing hemispherical shells for covering a golf ball core, which comprises: mixing a quantity of balata sufficient to form a desired number of hemispherical shells configured and adapted for covering golf ball cores; transferring a predetermined quantity of the mixed balata to an extruder and extruding a plurality of strands of the balata at a temperature of between about 140.degree. and 280.degree. F.; cutting the strands into pellets of a desired size and injection molding the pellets into a hemispherical shell.