Patent ID: 9504881
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A63B,B41F,B41M

Claim Text:
1. A device for marking a spherical golf ball component, comprising: at least one rotation support; at least one spherical golf ball component having a center and an outer surface; wherein each spherical golf ball component is mountable on the rotation support such that the spherical golf ball component is rotatable in any direction about its center while being marked with a predetermined pattern without interruption; the rotation support comprising at least three rods, each rod having an integral spherical rotating member; wherein at least one rod is rotatable about the x-axis and is orthogonal to at least two parallel rods that are rotatable about the y axis; and wherein all spherical rotating members collectively support and rotate the spherical golf ball component in any direction about its center; and at least one marking arm having n degrees of freedom with respect to the outer surface, wherein n≧2; and wherein the at least one marking arm is movable to mark any portion of the outer surface with the predetermined pattern while the spherical golf ball component is rotating.