Patent ID: 6428299
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a golf ball, comprising:a pair of molds, each mold having a hemispherical concave portion which acts as a cavity for uniting half outer layer bodies to wrap a vulcanized inner core therein when each of said molds are put together after the half outer layer bodies are fixed to the molds, said hemispherically concave portion being shaped differently from a cavity of separate molds for vulcanization molding of the united half outer layer bodies having said vulcanized inner core therein, and each of said hemispherical concave portions having an inner circumferential rim with a taper to form part of a seam on the united half outer layer bodies having said vulcanized inner core therein, wherein said taper is arranged to optimize the volume of the material of the half outer layer body in said part of said seam.