Golf club cleaning machine
US4757831A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B57/60
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
This invention relates to a golf club cleaning machine characterized by a compartmented carousel having an annular tray-forming basket suspended therebeneath which holds several clubs in side-by-side upstanding circular relation for rotation therewith one-at-a-time past one or more nozzles which spray a high-pressure jet of cleaning fluid at least against the hitting face and sole of each club as it passes. An internal baffle having a concave undersurface redirects any cleaning fluid directed or splashing upwardly thereagainst back down onto the exposed portions of the club shafts and the club heads before it can reach the handgrips or otherwise escape from the machine through the opening in the lid. This baffle has inwardly-extending radially-directed slots that divide same into a plurality of individual flaps which deflect as needed to pass the club heads as they are inserted and removed from the tray.
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