Tony A Locklear

US Patent:

53731387, Dec 13, 1994

Filed:

Aug 24, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/111166

Inventors:

Tony Locklear - Maxton NC
Dennis C. Wyckoff - Laurinburg NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B23K 2600

US Classification:

21912169

Abstract:

A method is provided for marking a molded hand grip such as a golf grip (100) with specialized information such as a personalized signature. The method utilizes a laser marking device (50) that is operative to provide an optical beam (8) having power and optical wave length characteristics effective to vaporize a continuous groove or trench and/or adjacently positioned dots in a target region ("R") on the hand grip to which beam (8) is exposed, The marked grip is then removed from device (50) and a selected colorant (16) such as paint or ink of desired color is then deposited in the marking that is preferably bondable to the desired extent to the material from which the hand grip is molded after which any excess colorant is then removed to provide the finished hand grip having the specialized information marked thereon.

US Patent:

52391582, Aug 24, 1993

Filed:

Apr 15, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/868807

Inventors:

Tony Locklear - Maxton NC
Dennis C. Wyckoff - Laurinburg NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B23K 2600

US Classification:

21912169

Abstract:

A method is provided for marking a molded hand grip such as a golf grip (100) with specialized information such as a personalized signature. The method utilizes a laser marking device (50) that is operative to provide an optical beam (8) having power and optical wave length characteristics effective to vaporize a continuous groove or trench and/or adjacently positioned dots in a target region ("R") on the hand grip to which beam (8) is exposed. The marked grip is then removed from device (50) and a selected colorant (16) such as paint or ink of desired color is then deposited in the marking that is preferably bondable to the desired extent to the material from which the hand grip is molded after which any excess colorant is then removed to provide the finished hand grip having the specialized information marked thereon.