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A portable golf ball washer including a cylindrical housing defining a washing chamber, the housing having an opening in a peripheral wall thereof permitting a conventional golf ball to be inserted into the washing chamber, ball scrubbing means disposed in the washing chamber, manually actuatable me

A portable golf ball washer including a cylindrical housing defining a washing chamber, the housing having an opening in a peripheral wall thereof permitting a conventional golf ball to be inserted into the washing chamber, ball scrubbing means disposed in the washing chamber, manually actuatable means rotatable in one direction about the longitudinal axis of said cylindrical housing for impelling a golf ball in a substantially circular path over the scrubbing means and simultaneously rotating the ball about various axes, the manually actuatable means being rotatable in the opposite direction about said axis for ejecting the ball through said opening, and means for releasably securing the housing to a support such as a golf cart or a golf bag.

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A portable golf ball washer comprising, in combination, a housing having a peripheral wall and spaced end walls defining a cylindrical chamber having a longitudinal axis, said peripheral wall defining an opening communicating with said chamber, ball scrubbing means disposed in said chamber adjacent

A portable golf ball washer comprising, in combination, a housing having a peripheral wall and spaced end walls defining a cylindrical chamber having a longitudinal axis, said peripheral wall defining an opening communicating with said chamber, ball scrubbing means disposed in said chamber adjacent one of said end walls, said ball scrubbing means being of generally concave, hemi-toroidal configuration and including a plurality of bristles having the free ends thereof projecting Into said chamber and disposed on a segment of an imaginary hemi-torus having an inside surface with a radius of curvature substantially less than the radius of curvature of a golf ball, a manually actuatable drive member including a concave drive surface of generally semi-cylindrical configuration and rotatable in one direction about said axis to impel a golf ball in an orbital path around the longitudinal axis of said chamber and in engagement with said scrubbing means while simultaneously rotating said ball about random axes of said ball, said manually actuatable drive member also including a convex cam surface of generally involute configuration and rotatable in the opposite direction about said axis for ejecting said ball from said chamber through said opening, and removable cap means for closing said opening.