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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Steven J. Quintavalla, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Henry Thumm-Borst, Norristown, NJ (US);
United States Golf Association, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Abstract
The ball sizing device has an angularly disposed support which defines a square-shaped space for receiving a dimpled golf ball. The two lowermost walls defining the space receive the ball in point-to-point contact. Each of the two opposite walls has a gauge mounted thereon with a spring loaded pin for engaging the ball in point-to-point contact. Each gauge serves to measure a deviation of the diameter of a ball from a standard diameter. The readings from the gauges are processed in a central processing unit in order to obtain a statistical average of the diameter of the ball. A standardizing cylinder is separately mounted on the sizing device in order to calibrate the two gauges to a zero reading and to provide a standard diameter value to the central processing unit.