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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Yasushi Ichikawa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Arthur Molinari, Portland, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
Takahisa Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Yasushi Ichikawa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Arthur Molinari, Portland, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
Takahisa Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
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 of recycling a golf ball may generally include pulverizing used golf balls into particles. The used golf balls may be made of materials having different densities. The particles may be placed in a liquid that causes the particles of different materials to float to different levels based on the densities of the materials. At least a portion of the particles may be melted and injected into a sandwich mold to create a new golf ball.