Golf club cleaner

Claim 1

A golf club cleaner, comprising: an upwardly open generally rectangular washing liquid containing receptacle having a front wall and a back wall joined with opposing sidewalls, said front wall having an upper edge lying in a horizontal plane spaced below the plane of the upper limit of the backwall, said receptacle having a rectangular top wall horizontally overlying and secured to said backwall and a portion of the upper edge of the sidewalls adjacent the backwall, the upper edge of each sidewall forwardly of the forward edge limit of the top wall being inclined forwardly and downwardly and merging with the upper edge surface of the front wall; a shaft journalled by and extending beyond, at its respective ends, said sidewalls adjacent their upper limit and the forward limit of said top wall, said top wall having an opening in its forward edge medially its length; a scrubbing brush coaxially secured to said shaft medially its ends; a splash guard secured to said top wall around the opening therein and in overlying relation with respect to said scrubbing brush; a motor drivably connected with said shaft; a cleaning brush coaxially connected with one end portion of said shaft; a fabric buffer coaxially secured to the other end portion of said shaft; and, a section of resilient padding secured to the upper edge surface of said front wall and forming a fulcrum point for an intermediate portion of a golf club handle when the head portion thereof is disposed within the confines of said receptacle, whereby the golf club head portion may be steadily positioned against the depending peripheral portion of said scrubbing brush in a cleaning action.