IP Library Granted Patent US 8,563,639
Granted Patent B2
US 8,563,639 · App. 12/909,890 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint and painted golf ball using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,563,639
App. No.
12/909,890
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint film and a golf ball aqueous paint therefor. The golf ball of the present invention has a paint film which is formed from a curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint, comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous polyurethane resin; a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of an isocyanate group of (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 1.25 to 2.50; and a content of a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more in the aqueous golf ball paint is more than 0 mass % and 10 mass % or less.

Claims (19)

1. A painted golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on the golf ball body, wherein the paint film is formed from a curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint, comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous polyurethane resin; a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of an isocyanate group of (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 1.25 to 2.50; and a content of a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more in the aqueous golf ball paint is more than 0 mass % and 10 mass % or less.

2. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 180° C. or more is more than 0 mass % and 5 mass % or less.

3. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a content of (a-3) the aqueous polyurethane resin in (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 20 mass % to 80 mass %.

4. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol has a hydroxyl value ranging from 50 mgKOH/g to 150 mgKOH/g.

5. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a blending ratio (a-1)/(a-2) (total: 100 mass %) of (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol to (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol in (A) the aqueous polyol composition is 40 mass % to 90 mass % /60 mass % to 10 mass %.

6. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate contains (b-1) hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or a derivative thereof, and (b-2) isophorone diisocyanate and/or a derivative thereof.

7. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a blending ratio (b-1)/(b-2) (total: 100 mass %) of (b-1) hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or the derivative thereof to (b-2) isophorone diisocyanate and/or the derivative thereof is 50 mass % to 99 mass % /50 mass % to 1 mass %.

8. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol has a glass transition temperature ranging from 20° C. to 60° C.

9. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 3,000 to 50,000.

10. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein an average number of hydroxyl groups of (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol ranges from 5 to 100.

11. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol has a hydroxyl value ranging from 50 mg KOH/g to 500 mg KOH/g.

12. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 200 to 50,000.

13. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein an average number of hydroxyl groups of (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol ranges from 1.0 to 50.

14. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-3) the aqueous polyurethane resin has a hydroxyl value of 5 mg KOH/g or less.

15. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-3) the aqueous polyurethane resin has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or less.

16. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-3) the aqueous polyurethane resin has an elongation ranging from 100% to 2,000%.

17. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (a-3) the aqueous polyurethane resin has a volume average particle diameter ranging from 50 nm to 300 nm.

18. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition has a non-volatile content ranging from 20 mass % to 85 mass %.

19. The painted golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint has a viscosity ranging from 50 mPa·s to 350 mPa·s.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: SHINTO PAINT CO., LTD.
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 040083/0100 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 040461/0904 →