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US 7,071,450 B2Granted
Heating device for the manufacture of golf clubs
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsKonrad Lenhof, Jerry V. Blanke, Gioacchino S. Glorioso, Alan Bettencourt
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Abstract
A heating apparatus (20) and method for heating golf clubs (30) during assembly is disclosed herein. The heating apparatus (20) preferably includes a frame (22), a club retention mechanism (24), a rotating mechanism (26) and a heating mechanism (28). The heating apparatus (20) is used to cure an adhesive to bond a shaft (34) to a golf club head (32).
Claims18
A heating apparatus for the manufacture of golf clubs comprising:
- a frame;
- a club retention mechanism within the frame, wherein the club retention mechanism comprises an upper plate having a plurality of slots and a lower plate comprising a plurality of slots;
- a rotating mechanism for rotating the club retention mechanism;
- and
- a heating mechanism for generating heat within the frame.
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A heating apparatus for the manufacture of golf clubs comprising:
- a frame;
- means for retaining a plurality of clubs within the frame;
- means for rotating the plurality of clubs within the frame;
- and
- means for heating each of the plurality of golf clubs within the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.