Method And System For Utilizing Radio-Opaque Fillers In Multiple Layers Of Golf Balls

Abstract

A golf ball comprising layers that have from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein the concentration of the radio-opaque filler is measurably different in each layer is disclosed herein. The radio-opaque filler is preferably a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron.

I claim as my invention the following: 
     
         1 . A method for utilizing an imaging machine to determine a parameter of a finished golf ball, the method comprising:
 loading a golf ball into an imaging machine; and   imaging the golf ball to determine a parameter of the golf ball;   wherein the golf ball comprises
 a center core, 
 an outer core disposed over the center core, 
 a mantle layer disposed over the outer core, 
   and a cover layer having a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch and wherein each of the center core, the outer core, the mantle layer and the cover layer comprises from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein each of the center core, the outer core, the mantle layer and the cover layer has a concentration of the radio-opaque filler that is measurably different than a concentration of the radio-opaque filler of any other layer.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the imaging machine is an X-ray machine and the X-Ray process discerns the various layers at either constant or variable X-ray power/intensity. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the radio-opaque filler is a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the parameter is at least one of a diameter, a thickness, or an eccentricity of one or all of the layers of the golf ball. 
     
     
         5 . A method for utilizing an imaging machine to determine a parameter of a finished golf ball, the method comprising:
 loading a golf ball into an imaging machine; and   imaging the golf ball to determine a parameter of the golf ball;   wherein the golf ball comprises
 a core, 
 a mantle layer disposed over the core, 
   and a cover layer having a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch and wherein each of the core, the mantle layer and the cover layer comprises from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein each of the core, the mantle layer and the cover layer has a concentration of the radio-opaque filler that is measurably different than a concentration of the radio-opaque filler of any other layer.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5  wherein the imaging machine is an X-ray machine and the X-Ray process discerns the various layers at either constant or variable X-ray power/intensity. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5  wherein the radio-opaque filler is a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 5  wherein the parameter is at least one of a diameter, a thickness, or an eccentricity of one or all of the layers of the golf ball.