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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron Bender, Portland, OR (US);
Yasushi Ichikawa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);
Hsin Cheng, Yun-lin Hsien, TW;
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron Bender, Portland, OR (US);
Yasushi Ichikawa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);
Hsin Cheng, Yun-lin Hsien, TW;
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A method of making and recycling a golf ball is disclosed. The method may include processing a used golf ball to make the materials of the used golf ball reusable in a new golf ball. As a result, the disclosed method may decrease the waste of disposing of used golf balls and the costs associated with acquiring and/or processing new materials. The method may include melting a golf ball made of layers each having a different melting point. The materials may be separated by melting the different layers one by one. The method of recycling a golf ball may generally include pulverizing used golf balls made of materials having differing amounts of magnetic additive into particles. The particles may be separated by a magnetic field. At least a portion of the particles may be reused to make a new golf ball.