Patent ID: 6436327
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for forming golf ball cores having a centered nucleus, comprising(a) upper and lower mold plates each containing at least one hemispherical cavity, said upper and lower hemispherical cavities being adapted to mate to define at least one spherical cavity when said plates are brought together; and (b) a transfer plate arranged between said mold plates, said transfer plate including means for supporting a generally spherical nucleus for each spherical cavity and for positioning the nucleus in the center of a pair of upper and lower slugs of core material which are molded within said upper and lower hemispherical cavities, respectively, whereby when said mold plates are initially brought together with said transfer plate arranged therebetween and with the upper and lower slugs of core material arranged on opposite sides of said transfer plate relative to said nucleus, the slugs are pre-formed in said hemispherical cavities with the nucleus being pressed within one of the upper or lower slugs, and when said mold plates are separated, said transfer plate is removed, and when said mold plates are subsequently brought together in mating fashion a golf ball core is formed with the nucleus centrally arranged therein.