WO1998002213A1 - Golfball - Google Patents
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- WO1998002213A1 WO1998002213A1 PCT/BE1997/000069 BE9700069W WO9802213A1 WO 1998002213 A1 WO1998002213 A1 WO 1998002213A1 BE 9700069 W BE9700069 W BE 9700069W WO 9802213 A1 WO9802213 A1 WO 9802213A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
- B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C45/1703—Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould
- B29C45/1734—Nozzles therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
- A63B37/0003—Golf balls
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B45/00—Apparatus or methods for manufacturing balls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
- B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C45/1703—Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould
- B29C45/1704—Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould the fluid being introduced into the interior of the injected material which is still in a molten state, e.g. for producing hollow articles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B39/00—Hollow non-inflatable balls, i.e. having no valves
- A63B2039/006—Hollow non-inflatable balls, i.e. having no valves pressurised
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
- A63B37/0003—Golf balls
- A63B37/0023—Covers
- A63B37/0029—Physical properties
- A63B37/0033—Thickness
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
- A63B37/0003—Golf balls
- A63B37/005—Cores
- A63B37/0051—Materials other than polybutadienes; Constructional details
- A63B37/0056—Hollow; Gas-filled
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
- A63B37/0003—Golf balls
- A63B37/007—Characteristics of the ball as a whole
- A63B37/0072—Characteristics of the ball as a whole with a specified number of layers
- A63B37/0074—Two piece balls, i.e. cover and core
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
- B29L2031/54—Balls
- B29L2031/545—Football balls
Definitions
- the present invention refers to a golfball with a shell made of a plastics material and a core
- the known golfball comprises a solid core out of a plastic material around which core a shell or skin is applied
- the shell is mostly also made of a plastic material, usually a thermoplastic material
- the core usually has a diameter of 38 mm
- the shell usually has a thickness of approximately 2 mm
- the known golfball however has a number of disadvantages which affect the game in a negative way, in particular the overall distance a ball can be played (playing distance) and the playability of the golfball
- the playing distance can be defined as the overall distance a ball can be played
- the playability can be defined as the "feel" the player experiences while hitting the ball with a golfclub and the spin effect he can thereby give to the ball, which spin effect will enable him to let the ball stop on the green or to force the ball into a hook or a fade
- the golfball should have a low Shore-D hardness
- the Shore-D hardness of the known gofball has a value of approximately 50.
- also hard covered balls are known which may have Shore-D values up to 70
- the golfball has a hollow core and a seamiess shell
- the shell is essentially formed in one part only
- the shell is not formed out of different shell parts, for instance hemispheres which are joined together for example by means of gluing, friction welding or mechanical fixation
- the manufacturer can apply a shell material with a lower Shore-D value, so as to improve the playability of the ball, without thereby having to sacrifice to the playing distance
- its collision-coefficient or its coefficient of restitution (COR) 'e" should have a value as close to 1 as possible
- the known golfball has a COR between 0 86 and 0 80
- 1 ,013 x 10 5 and 81 ,4 x 10 5 Pascal preferably between 1 013 x 10 5 Pascal and 60 x 10 5 Pascal, more preferably between 1 013 x 10 5 Pascal and 40 x 10 5 Pascal, most preferably between 1 013 x 10 5 and 20 x 10 5 Pascal
- the COR of the golfball can be varied without thereby necessitating to change the nature of the plastic material of the shell Consequently, the playing distance of the golfball can be influenced, without having to sacrifice to the playability of the ball
- the known golfball has either a good playing distance and is harder and less playable, or it has a shell or skin with a low Shore-D hardness and therefore has good playability characteristics but it will have a limited flight and roll distance.
- the manufacturer wanting to produce golfballs with different playing characteristics will have to use a vast variety of different materials both for the core and for the cover.
- the core of the golfball according to the present invention comprises an inert gas
- a golfball can be obtained of which the playability is less temperature dependent than that of the known golfball.
- Such a golfball tends far less than the known ball, to become stiff at low temperatures, because a substantial part of the ball consists of gas, and because the physical properties of such gases vary only slightly within the . temperature ranges within which the golfballs are used and the freezing point of inert gases is much lower than the temperatures at which golfballs being used.
- inert gases can successfully be used according to the invention.
- suitable inert gases are nitrogen, helium and argon.
- inert gases permits to avoid chemical reactions between the gas and the plastic material of the shell. In that way the forming of, for example, holes and sunken areas in the shell or irregularities on the internal surface of the shell, i.e. that surface of the shell that is in contact with the core, which may negatively influence the characteristics of the golfball, can be avoided.
- nitrogen is used as the inert gas, because it is cheap, readily available and can be applied without any danger.
- thermosetting resins thermoplastic materials and elastomers.
- the shell is made of a thermoplastic material, more preferred an ionomeric thermoplast.
- lonomeric thermoplastics are mostly ionic copolymers of an olefine, for example ethylene, and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, for example methacrylic acid partially neutralized by metal ions, for example zinc, sodium or lithium (SURLYN, Dupont) or ionic copolymers of acrylic acid partially neutralized with zinc or sodium (IOTEK or ESCORE, Exxon)
- inorganic fillers are added to the plastics material, so as to impart laminar flow to the plastics material, which improves the processing conditions of the plastics material with the gas injection process described hereafter
- the shell has a thickness between 2 and 13 mm, preferably between 4 and 11 mm, more preferably between 7 and 11 mm
- the golfball of the present invention can be built up of a shell consisting out of one layer In such case a one-piece golfball is obtained If so desired, one or more additional layers of suitable plastic materials can be applied on top of the shell of the golfball described above In such case a two or multilayer golfball is obtained In that case also, the ball as described above serves as a core ball, whereby the thickness of the shell may be reduced to 2 or 3 mm
- the shell can for example be coated with a coloured paint layer, for example a polyurethane paint
- the shell can also be coated with additional layers of plastic materials to change the characteristics of the final golfball and provide golfballs with diverging properties
- a multilayer ball comprising a core ball of the present invention will have an ideal symmetry
- Other hollow spheres known from the art are mostly made of two hemispheres glued or welded together
- the golfball or core ball of the present invention are made out of only one plastic material, the golfball or core ball can easily be recycled in case of off-spec production, without necessitating preliminary separation steps for removing additional layers that have been applied on top of the shell
- the known golfball, being made out of different plastic materials has to be divided into its components before it can be recycled
- the core can further contain one single gas or a mixture of gases, a compressed gas in the liquid state or a mixture of such gases, one single fluid or a mixture of fluids, or mixtures thereof Fluids can for example be added to adapt or enhance the total mass of the golfball
- the present invention also relates to a device for manufacturing a golfball by means of injection moulding
- Such a device comprises a mould with a mould cavity for moulding the shell, at least one injection channel with at least one injection nozzle for injecting plastic material into the cavity for moulding the shell and means for injecting gas into said plastic material
- a golfball can be made with a shell with a uniform surface, which does not show any unwanted holes or plugs and a shell thickness that is uniform over the entire circumference of the golfball.
- the injection channel will preferably be designed in such a way that a uniform divergent stream of the plastic material into the cavity is can be obtained.
- a venturi-like channel can for instance be installed around the mould cavity.
- these injection channels can be positioned radially with respect to the mould cavity, but they may also be positioned under a predetermined angle with respect to the radius of the cavity. The angle preferably will be 45°.
- the means for injecting gas preferably comprise a gas injection needle, with a gas outlet for injecting the gas.
- the injection needle is provided to be moveable in and out of the mould cavity, so as to move the gas outlet in and out of said cavity over a distance which is at least one eighth, preferably at least one fourth, of the radius of the cavity.
- the gas injection needle is coupled to a controlled gas injection unit.
- Such a needle can be moved throughout the entire thickness of the shell.
- the outlet of the gas injection needle is preferably so constructed as to provide a spherical gas pocket around the outlet upon injection of gas.
- the gas which is injected into the plastic material will blow or force the plastic material to flow against the inner walls of the cavity. In that way, a shell with the shape of a hollow sphere is formed, in one single step only.
- the outlet of the needle preferably is constructed in such way that the gas flows randomly in all directions, so as to force the plastic material to flow uniformly in all directions, an to obtain a golfball with a shell with a uniform thickness.
- the gas injection needle of the present invention can preferably be closed off, in particular during its movement in and out of the cavity. This will prevent the plastic material being plastic during the process to enter into the needle and obstruct it.
- all moving parts of the needle preferably are sealed.
- the gas can also be injected through the injection nozzle or through a fixed or retractable modulus
- a golfball or core ball can be produced by means of only one injection moulding device, in a single production step, without having to remove the golfball out of the machine for the injection of the gas and obtaining the desired gas pressure
- the process allows the hollow golfball or core ball to be made and the gas to be injected simultaneously, in one and the same device
- the present invention also relates to a method for producing a golfball, whereby a predetermined amount of plastics material is injected into the mould cavity and gas is injected into said plastic material, whereby the injection of gas is continued until the desired over pressure is obtained
- the gas is injected by means of a gas injection needle, whereby after the predetermined gas pressure is obtained, the gas injection needle is retracted from the plastic material and/or the cavity in one or more steps, until the needle is completely withdrawn from the plastic material and/or the cavity
- the manufacturing of the known golfball, whether it be a wound ball or a ball with a solid core is well known to those skilled in the art.
- the prefabrication of a solid core is a complicated, laborious and time consuming activity.
- the cost of manufacturing these cores is relatively high because of the complex technology and operations involved. It is further known by people skilled in the art that the use of such preformed cores has imposed added quality assurance problems and costs.
- the manufacturing of a wound core may even be more complicated and is believed to be even more expensive because of the many different production steps involved.
- the manufacturing of a golfball or core ball of the present invention is typically a one-step production method which does not require a plurality of manipulations and therefore is a cheaper an quicker way to produce said golfballs or core balls
- a golfball should show number of desired mechanical properties such as for example compressibility, Shore-D hardness, total distance performance (carry + roll), moment of inertia, coefficient of restitution, rebound, durability and launch characteristics Furthermore a golfball must comply to the rules set by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and The United States Golf Association All these data are well known to those skilled in the art and are not further described in this application. The golfball of the present invention can meet all the said requirements.
- Figure 1 shows the external surface of a golfball
- Figure 2A shows a cross section of a one-piece golfball.
- Figure 2B shows a cross section of a multilayer golfball
- Figure 3 shows, schematically a preferred embodiment of the device for manufacturing the golfball of the present invention
- Figure 4 is an overview of a few steps occurring during the injection of plastic material and gas during the manufacturing of a golfball of the present invention
- Figure 5 shows a cross section of a needle for use in the device of figure 3
- Figure 6A and 6B show a cross section of a mould cavity with respectively 2 and 8 plastic material injection channels
- the external surface of the golfball 1 shown in figure 1 is provided with the so called “dimples" 2
- the golfball shown in figure 2 comprises a shell 3 of a plastic material, surrounding a hollow core 4
- the core 4 contains a gas under a pressure above atmospheric pressure
- the golfball shown in figure 2A is a 'one piece ball', whereby the shell 3 is made out of one single layer
- the golfball shown in figure 2B is a three-piece ball, whereby the shell 3 of the ball shown in figure 2A is surrounded by a second layer 42 out of a first plastic material, which at its turn is enclosed by a third layer 43 out of a third plastic material
- the hollow ball shown in figure 2A serves as a core ball, around which additional layers can be applied
- the second and third plastic material may be the same or different Layer 42 and 43 can for example be applied to the core ball of the present invention, by means of injection moulding or compression moulding or by any other way known in the art It is to be understood that the technique for applying those second and third layers, does preferably not make use of the gas injection described
- the device shown in figure 3 is an injection moulding device comprising a raw material storage bunker 5 with an outlet 34 for supplying the plastic material for the shell, for example in granular form, to the extrusion screw 6 for heating and at least partially melting the plastic material
- the device further comprises a mould 8 with two hemispherical mould cavities 24 and 25 The two hemispheres together form the spherical cavity 9 or plastic material projection area for moulding the shell 3 and/or the one-piece golfball
- the extruder 6 further comprises at least one injection nozzle 7 for injecting the molten plastic material into the mould cavity 9
- FIG. 6 shows a cross section of a possible configuration of the injection nozzles 48
- a ventu ⁇ -like injection channel 46 which is connected to the outlet of the extrusion screw 6, is mounted in the mould cavity 9
- Either one or a plurality of injection channels 49 can be provided to ensure a uniform flow of the molten plastic mate ⁇ al in the mould cavity
- the channels 49 for leading the molten plastic into the cavity 9 are orientated in such a way that upon ejection via the nozzle 48, the plastic material is projected against the wall of the cavity 38 In that way a homogeneous flow of the plastic material in the mould cavity can be obtained, which results in a shell with a homogeneous thickness
- the formation of the hollow gas core inside when pressurized gas is injected is facilitated
- the number of plastic material injection channels 49 can be varied The number of injection channels required can be found through experience and will be determined by several characteristics, such as for example the melt flow index of the selected plastic material
- the device also comprises a heating equipement for heating the mould halves 24 and 25 and/or the mould cavity 9, for example electrical resistances (not shown in figure 3)
- the device comprises means for cooling the mould cavity 9 and mould halves 24 and 25 down to a desired temperature, for example by means of liquid-cooling (not shown in fig 3)
- the device further comprises means for injecting gas in the plastic mate ⁇ al (see figure 5)
- These means preferably comprise a gas injection needle 11, which is provided with means 40, 45 for closing the needle
- the needle 11 can be moved in and out of the cavity 9 over a distance which is at least one fourth, preferably one eighth of the radius of the cavity by means of a hydraulic unit 13
- the position of the needle 11 in the cavity 9 preferably is adjustable and so is the course the needle will be allowed to travel within the cavity 9
- the gas injection needle 11 comprises a housing 40 which surrounds a tube 44 for supplying gas to an outlet 33, for injecting gas into the mould cavity 9
- the tube comprises a gas inlet 35, which is connected to the gas dosing control unit 14
- a piston 36 is mounted, which is moveable in longitudinal direction of the tube 44 for opening and closing the injection needle 11
- the piston comprises a broadened extremity 45 that has such a shape as to cooperate with said outlet 33, so as to close off said outlet 33
- the outer surface of the 45 extremity can for example have the shape of a dimple, so as to form a dimple on the shell 3 after retraction of the needle 11
- the needle 1 further comprises a removable plug 39 to enable the replacement of the seal 37 if necessary
- the closing and opening of this needle 11 is achieved by the simple up and down movement of the piston 36 and the block 41
- a driving mechanism 10 allows to move the mould halves 24 and 25 from and to each other for opening and closing the mould
- this internal gas pressure replaces the pressure needed to hold the mould halves together so that the clamping forces for clamping the two mould halves together can be recuded, even in case multicavity moulds are used
- the gas supply 14 the gas preferably being nitrogen, comprises a gas bottle 15, a pressure reducing valve 16 for reducing the pressure down to the desired level, and pipes 7 for transporting the gas to the gas injection needle 11
- the pipes 17 are equipped with valves 18, 27 and 28 to prevent a back flow of the gas to the gas bottle 15
- the gas supply 14 further comprises a compressor 19, for increasing the gas pressure to the desired pressure inside the cavity 9 This compressor 19 can be d ⁇ ven by an electrical engine 20
- a control unit 22 is connected to the driving mechanism
- a predetermined amount of plastic material is fed to the extrusion screw 6, where the material will be melted Prior to the injection of the molten material into the cavity 9, the gas injection needle 11 is positioned in the cavity At that time the needle 11 will be closed off
- a predetermined amount of molten plastic material is injected into the cavity via the injection nozzle(s) 7 If so desired, the mould cavity can be heated
- the amount of plastic material injected will a o depend on the desired thickness of the shell to be formed In case the plastic mate ⁇ al is injected in several steps, the melt characteristics of the plastic material will also come into account
- the gas injection needle 11 is opened Thereto, the piston 36 is pulled downwards in the tube 44 of the needle, gas is supplied to the tube via the needle inlet 35 and furhter injected into the plastic material until a predetermined pressure is obtained.
- the gas pressure required will depend on the characteristics of the plastic material If so desired, the steps of injecting molten plastic material and gas can be repeated one or more times, to obtain a shell with the desired thickness
- the injection of plastic material and gas can either take place simultaneously or non-simultaneaously
- the residual thickness of the shell 3 (and hence weight of the golfball or core ball) thus obtained has shown to be a function of the gas injection delay time The shorter the delay between the injection of the plastic material and the injection of the gas, the thinner the shell that can be achieved
- the amount of plastic material injected and the gas pressure can be controlled by means of close loop controlling systems, that can be build into the mould and the mould cavities
- the gas needle 11 When the predetermined gas pressure is obtained, the gas needle 11 is closed by pulling the piston 36 backward into the tube 44 until the extremity 45 of the piston engages the opening 33 The needle 11 is retracted from the cavity 9, with a predetermined speed and to a predetermined position The instant at which the gas injection needle is retracted, the speed and position of retraction will be found be experience, because every plastic material will have different flow characteristics which will highly determine whether and with which speed the hole left in the shell by the needle upon its retraction, will be filled up by the molten plastic material
- the mould and mould cavity 9 can be cooled
- the amount of heating and cooling in other words the desired temperatures of the mould and cavities throughout the process, can only be found through experience and will depend on the characteristics of the selected materials According to the invention it is also possible to simultaneously inject molten plastic material and gas into the cavity 9 In the same way, it is possible to introduce the needle 11 into the mould cavity 9, after plastic material has been injected
- Figure 4a shows how an amount of plastic material 32 is injected into the mould cavity 9, through the injection nozzle 7
- the gas injection needle 11 is preferably closed Thereafter, as is shown in figure 4b, the gas injection needle 11 is opened and the gas forces the plastic material to flow randomly, in all directions against the inner wall of the mould cavity 9
- the injection of the plastic material can then be continued until the desired, predetermined amount of plastic material is injected (figure 4c and 4d)
- the gas pressure is adjusted to the desired, predetermined level (gas pressure can be increased after the forming of the ball or decreased or decompressed), after which the needle will be closed
- Figure 4e finally shows the retracted needle and the completed golfball or core ball, which after the desired level of hardening is reached, can be demoulded
- the gas-injection technique was used whereby gas was injected through one needle
- the thus formed ball was a one-piece hollow golfball with a diameter of 42 7 mm and a weight of +/- 45 grams
- the cavity in which the golfball was formed had a dimple pattern designed by ASTRAL
- the plastic material for the manufacturing of the shell was an lonomer of DUPONT, type 83716-126- 1
- the density of this lonomer had been increased to 1 2 kg/dm 3 by addition of T ⁇ 02
- the material data which are important for the process are Melt Flow index +/- 1 1 , Average processing temperature 193 ° C, Melting point +/- 85° C, solidification point +/- 45° C
- the gas injection cycle was activated 20 seconds after the melt injection cycle had been terminated.
- the gas pressure was set at 20 bar and no decompression was done after the gas injection cycle.
- the needle was than pulled in one step completely out of the cavity area allowing the hot melt to fill the hole left after drawing the needle. After all this the curing (solidification) time was starts. In the present case the total cycle was set to 500 seconds.
- the temperatures used during this process were: barrel hopper area: 40°C (34, fig 3), injection screw area: 185-190°C, (6,fig 3),nozzle:180°C
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AU30851/97A AU3085197A (en) | 1996-07-16 | 1997-06-11 | Golfball |
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BE9600648A BE1010429A6 (en) | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-16 | Golf ball with a plastic skin and a hollow core |
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BE9601061A BE1010467A6 (en) | 1996-12-18 | 1996-12-18 | Golf ball with a plastic skin and a hollow core |
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