Ball washing apparatus

Claim 1

A WASHING DEVICE, COMPRISING A CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING AND ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A CLEANING MEDIA AND HAVING A FIRM NON-RESILIENT FIRST WALL AND A SECOND WALL IN OPPOSED SPACED RELATION, TRACK MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST WALL FOR DEFINING A PASSAGE DISPOSED IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OPENING, THE SECOND WALL BEING SPACED FROM SAID MEANS TO PROVIDE THE PASSAGE WITH AN OPEN SIDE, A DRIVE MEMBER JOURNALED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS DISPOSED GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID FIRST WALL AND HAVING A RESILIENT RUBBER-LIKE SURFACE FACING SAID FIRST WALL AND SPACED FROM SAID TRACK MEANS, SAID RESILIENT SURFACE BEING SPACED FROM SAID FIRST WALL A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION OF THE ARTICLE WHEREBY THE ARTICLE BEARS AGAINST THE FIRST WALL AND DEPRESSES THE RESILIENT SURFACE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRIVE MEMBER TO THEREBY MOVE THE ARTICLE THROUGH THE PASSAGE, AND A SCRUBBING MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE CONTAINER AND DISPOSED WITHIN THE PASSAGE FOR SCRUBBING THE ARTICLE AS THE SAME MOVES THROUGH THE PASSAGE.