Golf ball
AssigneeSRI Sports Limited
InventorsSatoko Okabe, Takashi Sasaki
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having the individualized appearance as well as the improved visibility, which the mark should inherently provide, by imparting the luster (brilliance) to the mark, without lowering the durability of the mark, even if the mark is printed with the ink composition which the luster material is blended into. The golf ball of the present invention includes a mark made from an ink composition, wherein the ink composition has a pigment, and a luster material having a core layer with a smooth surface and a metal covering the core layer.
Claims19
A golf ball comprising a mark made from an ink composition,
- wherein the ink composition comprises:
- a pigment, and
- a luster material having a core layer with a smooth surface and a metal coating on the core layer, wherein the core layer is a glass flake and silver is coated on the glass flake as the metal coating.
A golf ball comprising a mark made from an ink composition,
- wherein the ink composition comprises:
- a pigment, and
- a luster material having a core layer with a smooth surface and a metal coating on the core layer, wherein the core layer is a glass flake and nickel is coated on the glass flake as the metal coating.
A golf ball comprising a mark printed with an ink composition,
- wherein the ink composition comprises:
- a base resin,
- a pigment, and
- a luster material having a core layer with a smooth surface and an elementary metal coated on the smooth surface of the core layer, wherein the core layer is a glass flake and a silver layer is coated on the glass flake as the metal layer.
A golf ball comprising a mark printed with an ink composition,
- wherein the ink composition comprises:
- a base resin,
- a pigment, and
- a luster material, having a core layer with a smooth surface and a layer of an elementary metal coated on the smooth surface of the core layer, wherein the core layer is a glass flake and a nickel layer is coated on the glass flake as the metal layer.
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