Environment-friendly golf ball

a golf ball and dissolving technology, applied in the field of dissolving materials, can solve the problems of not being able to locate and collect all lost golf balls, becoming a burden on the environment, and not being able to find and collect lost golf balls after hitting them ou

US20070281799A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-12-06WANG FRANK +1
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US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
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Publication Date
2007-12-06
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An environment-friendly golf ball includes a core body, a bonding material, and a cover for enclosing the core body. The core body is made of a dissoluble material, which is mixed with the bonding material at a predetermined ratio, so as to make the dissoluble material become an aggregation of specific shape. The shaped structure is steamed and solidified, so as to eliminate the water in the structure. The cover is molded from a dissoluble molding and covering material. The whole structure is water dissoluble and becomes the food of marine life and would not cause pollution to environmental ecology when the golf ball falls into water and could not be collected.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a structure made of a dissoluble material, and more particularly to an environment-friendly golf ball made of a dissoluble material.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] A golf ball in the early stage generally includes a solid rubber core, over which tough twisted rubber threads are tightly wound, and dimples are provided on an outer layer of the golf ball to reduce wind resistance, so that a rotating speed and flying orbit of the golf ball can be more easily and actively controlled. Later, golf ball cores made of different materials, such as softwood, lead, mercury, etc., have been developed. The various designs aim to make the golf ball hit farther and easier for control.

[0003] There are many golf balls of prior art. For example, Taiwan Utility Model Publication No. M252453 discloses a golf ball having a solid ball core and a cover which comprises a first half s hemispheric cup and a second half hemispheric cup attached to th...

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first embodiment

[0020]Please refer to FIG. 1 that is a flow chart showing the steps for forming an environment-friendly golf ball according to the present invention. As shown, a dissoluble material is pulverized into powder (Step 101), and a bonding material is mixed with the powdered dissoluble material at a predetermined ratio (Step 102). The mixed materials are shaped into an aggregated structure having a desired shape (Step 103). The mixed, aggregated, and shaped material is pressurized, so that oil contained in the material, e.g. soybean oil, is released therefrom (Step 104). Thereafter, the shaped structure is subjected to steaming and then allowed to solidify, so that water contained in the shaped structure is vaporized (Step 105).

[0021]Then, a dissoluble molding and covering material is heated and melted to liquid state (Step 106), which is coated to the surface of the shaped structure obtained in step 105 (Step 107). The shaped material coated with the dissoluble molding and covering mater...

second embodiment

[0026]Please refer to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is an exploded sectional view of an environment-friendly golf ball according to the present invention and FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the steps for forming the environment-friendly golf ball. The environment-friendly golf ball according to another embodiment of the present invention is formed through the following steps. First, a dissoluble material 11 is pulverized into powder (Step 201), and a bonding material 2 is mixed with the powdered dissoluble material 11 at a predetermined ratio (Step 202). The mixed materials are shaped into an aggregated structure having a desired shape (Step 203). The mixed, aggregated, and shaped material is pressurized, so that oil substance contained in the material is released therefrom (Step 204). Thereafter, the shaped structure is subjected to steaming and then allowed to solidify, so that water contained in the shaped structure is vaporized to form the core body 1 (Step 205).

[0027]Then, a dissoluble ...