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US 6,234,000 B1Granted
Ball-bat repairing method
OwnerWiley L. Bowlinginventor
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The present invention provides a ball-bat repairing apparatus to repair, for example, softball and baseball bats, in which particularly aluminum ball-bats which have been deformed from repeated use are returned to substantially their original diameter along the longitudinal extent of the ball-bat barrel. The ball-bat repairing apparatus has a frame which holds a two-piece die therein. The two-piece die has a top half and a bottom half in which a pair of semi-cylindrical die inserts are secured. The die inserts are made of relatively soft material, e.g., plastic so as not to damage the aluminum bat during repair. A compression member is threadedly received through the frame and is located in mechanical cooperation with a first of the die halves. When a ball-bat is placed within the die so that the damaged portion of the barrel is positioned between the die insert halves, a user compresses the deformed portion of the ball-bat between the first and second die inserts to substantially return the ball-bat barrel to its original diameter.
A method for repairing a damaged ball-bat having a barrel, with at least one damaged portion with outwardly and inwardly deformed portions, the damaged ball-bat having an original external diameter prior to deformation, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of repairing a damaged ball-bat having a barrel, with outwardly and inwardly deformed portions, the damaged ball-bat having an original external diameter prior to deformation, said method comprising the steps of:
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