Patent ID: 8066928

Claim:
A method of forming a layer of a golf ball comprising the steps of: providing a lifting device adapted to transport a core of the golf ball to a holder and place the core on the holder; providing a holder that is adapted to receive the core while at least a portion of the holder is not in contact with the composition that forms the layer; providing a vessel containing the composition that forms the layer; providing a magnetic producing field device designed for rotating the core and the holder in the composition at a predetermined speed while forming the layer; transporting the core to the holder and placing the core on the portion of the holder that is not in contact with the composition that forms the layer; separating the core from the lifting device before immersing the core in the composition; immersing the core into the composition by lowering the holder into the vessel in a direction orthogonal to a base of the vessel; activating the magnetic producing field device at a predetermined speed and time thereby rotating the holder and the core in the composition and contacting all surface areas of the core to coat the core; at least partially removing the holder from the composition by raising the holder in a direction orthogonal to the base of the vessel so that the core coated with composition is no longer in contact with the composition; and repeating said method on at least a second core using the same holder and lifting device without cleaning the lifting device before repeating the method.