Patent ID: 7614407

Claim:
A method for removing coating layers and indicia from a plurality of golf balls, the method comprising the sequential steps of: placing a plurality of finished golf balls in a load shoot; delivering the plurality of finished golf balls from the load shoot to a mesh belt conveyor; transporting the plurality of finished golf balls on the mesh belt conveyor through a pre-soak tank containing a removal solution, wherein the removal solution comprises benzyl alcohol, alkyl methyl ester, cyclic amide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; transporting the plurality of finished golf balls through a first ultrasound radial unit to subject each of the plurality of finished golf balls to a first ultrasound treatment; transporting the plurality of finished golf balls through a second ultrasound radial unit to subject each of the plurality of finished golf balls to a second ultrasound treatment to create a plurality of treated golf balls; transporting the plurality of treated golf balls to a spray rinse station and spray rinsing each of the plurality of treated golf balls to create a plurality of rinsed golf balls; and transporting the plurality of rinsed golf balls to an air knife blowing station and air-knife blowing each of the plurality of rinsed golf balls, wherein said coating layers and indicia are removed from each of the plurality of golf balls.