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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Walter L Reid, Jr, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
An improved process of operating a mold frame for molding golf balls and comprised of a frame plate member having a plurality of cavities therein for receiving a plurality of half-molds and a plurality of bores for fluid communication between half-molds, defining a plurality of half-molds rows and having a cross bore extending across a first end of each of the half-mold rows, comprising the steps of (1) loading ball assemblies into the half-molds; (2) molding golf ball assemblies by flowing a hot thermal medium into the cross bore at least two distinct locations to define at least two flow paths and dividing each flow path into a least two parallel paths through the half-mold rows such that any portion of the hot thermal medium flows through only one of the half-mold rows; and (3) unloading the molded golf balls from the half-molds.