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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a golf ball comprising at least one layer consisting of at least one of a thermoset or thermoplastic composition comprising the steps of: providing a subassembly having at least one of an innermost surface or an outermost surface; providing at least one polymeric mixture Pcomprising a plurality of particles having a softening, melting and/or reacting temperature M; heating a fluid with a heat source that does not contact Pto a temperature Mwherein M≦Mto form a heated fluid; softening, melting and/or reacting the plurality of particles by mixing each polymeric mixture Pwith at least one heated fluid and forming at least one heated mixture P; and propelling each Ponto at least one of the innermost surface or the outermost surface to form a thermoset and/or thermoplastic layer Tabout the outermost surface which may be comprised of a heterogeneous composition. The thickness of Tmay be from about 3 mils to about 0.10 in.