US 9,636,757 B1 · Golf club head with face grooves and texturing

Abstract

A cutting tool for simultaneously forming grooves and face surface features on the face of a golf club head, and methods of using said cutting tool, is disclosed herein. The tool preferably includes at least one groove cutting portion, which creates a groove having a sidewall angle, at least one radius cutting portion, which creates each groove's edge radii, and at least one face cutting portion, which flattens and/or textures the landing area disposed between each pair of grooves and is wider than the at least one groove cutting portion. The cutting tool of the present invention preferably spins around an axis parallel to the golf club face, and can include one or more micro-feature forming portions to create positive and/or negative texturing in the land areas between each pair of grooves.

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Dependent claims

A cutting tool for cutting into a golf club face, the cutting tool comprising:

a first groove cutting portion;
a second groove cutting portion;
at least one radius cutting portion;
at least one micro-feature forming portion;
a first face cutting portion disposed between the first and second groove cutting portions;
and
a second face cutting portion,
wherein the at least one micro-feature forming portion is disposed on the first face cutting portion,
wherein each of the first and second face cutting portions is wider than each of the first and second groove cutting portions,
wherein the first face cutting portion extends approximately perpendicular to the first and second groove cutting portions,
wherein the at least one micro-feature forming portion has a depth that is less than a depth of the first groove cutting portion, and
wherein the cutting tool spins around an axis parallel to the golf club face.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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