Golf club head molding apparatus

• US 5,778,966 A
• Filed: 04/15/1996
• Issued: 07/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wen Liang Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Wen Liang Hsieh
• Inventors: Hsieh, Wen Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): BATTEN JR, J REED
• Application Number:
  US08/632,584
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 164/332, 164/340, 164/342, 249/83, 249/95, 249/176
• US Class Current: 164/332
• CPC Class Codes: B22D 19/00 Casting in, on, or around objects which form part of the product B22D23/04 takes precedence; alumino-thermic welding B23K23/00; coating by casting molten material on the substrate C23C6/00
• CPC Class Codes: B22D 25/02 by its peculiarity of shape; of works of art cylinders, pistons B22D15/02

Abstract

The apparatus includes an upper die, a replaceable first core member fixed to the cavity of the upper die by a screw, a titanium face plate for golf club head attached to the first core member and having notches and cuts for binding of molten alloy, a bottom die, and a second core member fixed to the cavity of the bottom die by a screw and having a projecting block raised from the top side corresponding to the sweat spot of the golf club head to be made for forming a hollow structure in the golf club head at the back of the sweat spot.

Claims

1. A golf club head molding apparatus comprising:

an upper die having an upper die cavity of predetermined shape, a recess in said upper die cavity at the bottom, a screw hole and an air hole through said recess, said air hole being connected to a suction pump;

a first core member fitted into the recess of said upper die, having a screw hole at a bottom side thereof connected to the screw hole of said upper die by a screw, a through hole aligned with the air hole of said upper die, and a grooved face;

a titanium face plate for golf club head attached to said first core member, said titanium face plate having a flange along each side, a notch in the middle of the flange at each side, a bevel cut at each end of the flange at each side, a striped face forced into engagement with the grooved face of said first core member, and a back side opposing to said striped face;

a bottom die having a bottom die cavity, a screw hole through said bottom die cavity, and a molten alloy filling hole at the periphery in communication with said bottom die cavity; and

a second core member mounted in said bottom die cavity, having a projecting block raised from a top side thereof corresponding to the sweat spot of the golf club head to be made and facing said titanium face plate, and a screw hole at a bottom side thereof connected to the screw hole of said bottom die by a screw.

2. The golf club head molding apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second core member is attached to the back side of said titanium face plate so that a hollow structure is formed in the golf club head thus molded at the back of the sweat spot.

3. The golf club head molding apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first core member and said second core member are replaceable so that the angle and shape of the golf club head can be changed by using core members of different shapes.