Method for manufacturing a panel for a ball
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorHans-Peter Nürnberg
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Abstract
Methods for manufacturing a panel for a ball, in particular for a soccer ball, as well as panels manufactured by these methods and balls with such panels. A method comprises the following steps: providing a carrier material having an outer side and an inner side within a mold having at least one first and at least one second mold part. Three-dimensionally molding an outer layer of the panel on the outer side of the carrier material within the mold. Three-dimensionally molding an inner layer of the panel on the inner side of the carrier material using at least the first mold part.
Claims16
A method for manufacturing a panel for a ball, the method comprising:
- providing a carrier material having an outer side and an inner side within a mold having at least one first mold part and at least one second mold part;
- three-dimensionally molding an outer layer of the panel on the outer side of the carrier material within the mold;
- three-dimensionally molding an inner layer of the panel on the inner side of the carrier material using at least the first mold part;
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- creating a texture on an inner face of the inner layer so as to aid adhesion of the inner face to a bladder to be disposed in the interior of the ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.