Method 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
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 rotating mechanism for holding and rotating 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.
Claims9
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;
- rotating the shaft within the bore of the golf club head;
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- removing the injector nozzle from the bore of the golf club head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.