Title:
ゴルフボールの表面にトップコートを施す方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5567121
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A topcoat is applied to a surface of a golf ball using a carrier fluid comprising nitrogen gas or nitrogen-enriched air. The carrier fluid typically has air enriched to about 90-99.5% nitrogen. A mixture of carrier fluid and coating material may be sprayed onto the exterior of the golf ball. Nitrogen-enriched air delivery provides a number of benefits over compressed air delivery, such as reduced coating thickness, reduced variance in the coating thickness and average thickness, reduced pooling in dimple center, edge ratio closer to 1.0, faster cure times, reduced viscosity, less material usage, reduced material flow rate, reduced atomization air pressure, and decreased drying time.
Inventors:
David A Goodwin
Derek A Fitchet
Derek A Fitchet
Application Number:
JP2012511838A
Publication Date:
August 06, 2014
Filing Date:
April 14, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Nike International Limited
International Classes:
A63B45/00; A63B37/00; A63B37/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8308958A | ||||
| JP2009106743A | ||||
| JP2005007222A | ||||
| JP2002543945A | ||||
| JP2001271027A |
Foreign References:
| US20030172807 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tsunehisa Kato