WO1996009096A1

WO1996009096A1 - Adhesive layer and its application to hockey stick blades

Info

Publication number: WO1996009096A1
Application number: PCT/SK1994/000003
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kamil VALÁRIK
Original assignee: Valarik Kamil
Priority date: 1991-04-03
Filing date: 1994-09-22
Publication date: 1996-03-28

Abstract

An adhesive layer on at least one side of a hockeystick blade is made of 0,01 to 8 mm thick ceramics, limestone, glass, rubber, textile, plastics consisting of 0,01 to 8 mm grains. The adhesive layer is equipped on one side with self-adhesive material, and the thus adapted layer is pressed on sinking into the blade surface. Alternatively, it may be made by pressure spraying.

Description

ADHESIVE LAYER AND ITS APPLICATION TO HOCKEY STICK BLADES

Adhesive layer of the hockey-stick blade and the manner of Its application.

Technical sphere

The invention refer to adaptation of the hockey-stick blade by adhesive layer and to the manner of its application, the invention belongs to sports and pleasure, especially for collective games with puck or ball.

Till now known state of the technique

The till now known solutions of hockey sticks use miscellaneous materials, whereby for the sake of constructional and material features and also owing to the surface finish the blade surface of the hockey- stick is undesirable smooth. Till now known solutions with regard to hockey-sticks are engaged in construction, shape, improvement of strength or improved joining of the perch with the blade. Only marginally are engaged in removing of undesirable slipperiness of the blade whereby, if these are engaged in this problem, it concerns partial insufficiently effective solutions and mainly additional adaptations with very short service life, e.g. the hockey-stick blade wound by textile tapes, eventually ribbing of the blade. Teh disadvantage of this method is the fact that for instance in case of ribbing the slipperiness lowers only partly at lowered strength of the blade and moreover that the technology requires pretentious machine equipment and therefore its efficiency compared with costs is very low and further negative mark of the adaptation by ribbing is the worsened control of puck leading and shortened service life of the hockey-stick. Often to lower the blade slippe- riness of the hockey-stick additional banding by different textile tapes is used. These tapes partly lower the puck or ball slipping along the hockey-stick blade, whereby their effect is limited by short service life, especially blade edges of the hockey-stick at contact spots between playing surface are quickley worn out, torn and separated from blade surface. Further lack is that using such a bandage treated hockey-stick blade on ice surface, to tape ice particles are caught and icing arises which still enlarges the slipperiness and its inequality lowers the control of puck or ball .

Substance of the invention

It solves in different manner the problem of hockey-stick blade slipperiness and the above mentioned lacks of till now known solutions removes the solution according to the invention by unpretentious manner with long service life of the blade surface. The substance of the solution according to the invention is that the hockey-stick blade surface is equiped at least on side of the blade with 0,01 to 8 mm thick adhesive layer made of 0,01 to 8 mm grains of convenient material like for example corundum, ceramics, limestone, glass, rubber, textile and plastics. The adhesive layer made by above mentioned manner removes the said lacks of till now known solutions eliminating the slipperiness of the hockey-stick blade surface, in this manner removes an inconrollable slipping of the puck or ball along the hockey-stick blade, improves and exacts the control of puck or ball in game situations, enlarges the accuracy of passing or shooting to goal, enables a larger game variability and attractiveness, whereby makes better the pslchosls of players. Further advantage of the solution is that the adhesive layer on hockey-stick blade can be applied in different colour combinations with the possibility to make figures and advertising Inscriptions. The adhesive layer is applied on hockey-stick blade so that the adhesive layer on one side equipmed with self-adhesive material and the in this way adapted layer is pressed on blade surface whereby the adhesive layer can be applied also by sinking into blade surface or forming the layer by spraying.

Examples for realization of the invention

Example 1

On hockey-stick, the stick and blade of which is made of wood with dimensions of the blade length 25 cm and width 7 cm, a 0,1 mm thick adhesiv layer consisting of 0,1 mm grains is applied as self-adhesive layer. Example 2

On hockey-stick made of pressed laminate on both sides of the blade 3 mm thick adhesive layer consisting of 3 mm glass grains is applied, which is sunk 2 mm deep into blade surface and it is applied by pressure spraying.

Example 3

On wooden hockey-stick on both sides of the blade in direction from rounded end to two third part a hot pressed adhesive layer made of 0,7 mm Novodur is applied.

Industrial utilizability

The invention can be used in whole extent of sports games using hockey-sticks or other sporting sticks. The subject of the invention is well applicable in single part production and series production. The application and application manner can be used as part of technological operation of the production process.

Claims

PA T EN T CLAI MS

1.Hockey-stick made of wood, metal, plastic, or combination of these materials, consisting of stick and blade c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that at least on one side of the blade a 0,01 to 8 mm thick adhesive layer consisting of 0,01 to 8 mm grains made of corundum, ceramics, limestone, glass, rubber, textile and plastics is applied.

2.Hockey-stick according to item 1 c h ar a c t e r i s e d i n that the adhesive layer is made as compact cover.

3.Application manner of the adhesive layer on hockey-stick blade c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the adhesive layer on one side is equiped with a self-adhesive layer pressed on blade surface.

4.Application manner of the adhesive layer on hockey-stick blade c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the adhesive layer is applied by pressure spraying.

5.Application manner of the adhesive layer according to items 3 and 4 on hockey-stick blade c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the adhesive layer is sunk into blade surface.