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Combination golf club cleaner and ball washer

US5155883A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1990
Grant dateOct 20, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B47/04
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device for selectively cleaning the head of a golf club or for cleaning the surface of a golf ball, including a housing having a cleaning chamber formed therein, a pair of brush members being mounted in the housing for counterrotation, each of the brush members being mounted on separate shafts that are disposed in the housing in spaced parallel relation so that the bristles of the brush members are disposed in overlapping relation with respect to each other, the head of a golf club being insertable into the chamber for location of the face of the club in engaging relation with the bristles of the brush members, the chamber having a liquid contained therein and the counterrotating movement of the brush members creating movement of the liquid in the chamber between the brush members, wherein the movement of the liquid cooperates with the movement of the brush members to effectively clean the club head as disposed therebetween, and a top member having a ball receiving tube joined thereto, the top member being removably mounted on the housing and receiving a ball therein for engagement with the bristles of the brush members, and means for rotating the brush members to selectively cle…

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