Method and Apparatus for Assembling a Shaft to a Golf Club Head
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsKonrad Lenhof, Jerry V. Blanke, Paul D. Zanolli
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Abstract
Abstract of Disclosure The method and apparatus of the present invention includes an alignment base for receiving a golf club head, an injector for injecting an adhesive material into a bore of the golf club head, and a mechanism for holding a shaft for attachment to the golf club head. The present invention allows for greater efficiency in the amount of adhesive material that is used to attach the shaft to the golf club head, and reduces the assembly time.
Claims16
We claim as our invention:
- 1. A method for assembling a shaft to a golf club head, the golf club head having a bore therethrough with a crown opening and a sole opening, the shaft having a tip end and a butt end, the method comprising:
- positioning the golf club head in an alignment base, the sole opening aligning with an aperture in the alignment base;
- positioning an injector nozzle in the bore of the golf club head through the aperture in the alignment base and through the sole opening of the bore of the golf club head;
- positioning the tip end of the shaft into the bore of the golf club head through the crown opening;
- injecting an adhesive material from the injector nozzle and into the bore of the golf club head;
- and
- removing the injector nozzle from the bore of the golf club head.
An apparatus for assembling a shaft to a golf club head, the golf club head having a bore therethrough with a crown opening and a sole opening, the shaft having a tip end and a butt end, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame having an upper section and a lower section;
- an alignment base disposed on a lower section of the frame and having a recess generally configured to receive the golf club, the recess having an aperture therethrough;
- an injector aligned with the aperture of the recess of the alignment base, the injector capable of oscillation along a path through the aperture;
- and
- a plunger for moving the shaft through the bore of the golf club head.
The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the source of adhesive materials comprises a plurality of sources of precursor adhesive materials that are mixed within the injector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.