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US 5,609,535 AGranted
Method of restoring used golf ball
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorWilliam E. Morgan
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Abstract
A method of restoring a used golf ball in which a small portion of the old cover is removed and a new layer of material added, which new layer includes dimples. The new layer may be transparent with an indicia on its outer surface or on the outer surface of the remaining old cover.
Claims12
A method of treating a golf ball having an exterior surface of a predetermined diameter, a core and a cover composed of cover material having a predetermined thickness and dimples and indicia on said exterior surface comprising:
- (a) removing the entire exterior surface material of said cover and all said dimples and indicia to reduce the thickness of said cover and provide a dimple free and indicia free intermediate cover surface;
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- (b) adding to said intermediate cover surface a layer of cover material including dimples which is substantially equal in thickness to the material removed in step (a).
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