Metal hollow golf club head with integrally formed neck
First Claim
1. A metallic golf club head having an end portion, on which a neck part is formed, and a hollow portion therein, said golf club head further comprising:
- a face member molded integrally with the neck part; and
a hollow member that is welded to peripheral edge portion of the face member to provide the hollow portion,wherein the face member has a face portion, whose front surface is a face surface of the club, and a raised portion formed like a ring around the face surface in such a way as to project from a peripheral edge part of the face portion in a direction opposite to a direction to which the face surface is faced,wherein a rear-end peripheral edge part of the raised portion is butt welded to a front-end peripheral edge part of the hollow member and wherein a width of the raised portion gradually narrows from the neck part to a toe portion of the face member.
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Abstract
A metallic golf club head that has an end portion, on which a neck part is integrally formed, and a hollow portion therein. The golf club head further has a face member, which is formed integrally with the neck part by forging, and a hollow member that is welded to a peripheral edge portion of the face member and, with the face position, composes the hollow portion. The face member is provided with a face portion, whose front surface is a face surface and whose rear surface is formed flat, and a raised portion formed like a ring in such a way as to project from a peripheral edge part of the face portion in a direction opposite to a direction to which the face surface is faced. A rear-end peripheral edge part of the raised portion is butt-welded to a front-end peripheral edge part of the hollow member.
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17 Claims
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1. A metallic golf club head having an end portion, on which a neck part is formed, and a hollow portion therein, said golf club head further comprising:
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a face member molded integrally with the neck part; and a hollow member that is welded to peripheral edge portion of the face member to provide the hollow portion, wherein the face member has a face portion, whose front surface is a face surface of the club, and a raised portion formed like a ring around the face surface in such a way as to project from a peripheral edge part of the face portion in a direction opposite to a direction to which the face surface is faced, wherein a rear-end peripheral edge part of the raised portion is butt welded to a front-end peripheral edge part of the hollow member and wherein a width of the raised portion gradually narrows from the neck part to a toe portion of the face member. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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2. A golf club head having an end portion, on which a neck part is formed, and a hollow portion therein, said golf club head further comprising:
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a face member molded integrally with the neck part; a hollow member that is welded to peripheral edge portion of the face member to provide the hollow portion; and a protruding portion which extends in a direction of a prolonged line of the neck part and protrudes inwardly from the face portion, wherein the face member has a face portion, whose front surface is a face surface of the club, and a raised portion formed like a ring around the face surface in such a way as to project from a peripheral edge part of the face portion in a direction opposite to a direction to which the face surface is faced, and wherein a rear-end peripheral edge part of the raised portion is butt welded to a front-end peripheral edge part of the hollow member.
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