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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Takahisa Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takahisa Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The embodiment relates to a cover strip machine and process for removing a golf ball cover for recycling purposes. The cover strip machine may comprise four or more rotating gears. The process comprises heating a golf ball, distorting a golf ball, placing a golf ball in a cover strip machine to remove the cover, and separating gear pairs with a driver to remove the golf ball core.