Improvements in Receptacles for Sponges or Pads for Cleaning Golf Balls.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1894
.omplete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Receptacles for Sponges or Pads for Cleaning
Golf Balls.
I, LUDWIG EPSTEIN, of 5 Cambridge Villas, East Twickenham, in the County
of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to receptacles for holding the sponges or pads for cleaning
golf balls, so arranged that they allow of cleaning the balls by a very simple move-
ment. For this purpose I construct the receptacle in two halves preferably
hemispherical in shape, each of which carries on its inner surface a sponge, a pad,
or other material suitable for the purpose and I provide them near their edges with
an arrangement which allows their being turned in opposite directions while engaged
with each other, such as for instance a rim and groove, or a slit and pin or screw
threads.
These receptacles may be made of any suitable material, but where great light-
ness and minimum of bulk are desired I construct the two halves of an elastic
material such as for instance rubber.
I so arrange the two halves that when they are in a certain position they are free
to be disengaged from each other to allow the receptacle to be opened.
Dated this 28th day of March 1894.
Improvements in Receptacles for Sponges or Pads for Cleaning
Golf Balls.
I, LUDWIG EPSTEIN, of 5, Cambridge Villas, East Twickenham, in the County
of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to receptacles for holding the sponges or pads for cleaning
golf balls, so arranged that they allow of cleaning the balls by a very simple
movement. For this purpose I construct the receptacle as shewn in section in
Fig. 1. and in elevation in Fig. 2. of the accompanying drawings.
It consists of two hemispherical shells A and B, each of which has fixed to its
inner surface a sponge C or pad of any material suitable for cleaning. The hemi-
spheres are so formed that the edge of the one enters into the other, so that
each hemisphere can be turned to and fro while the ball is within them, the
sponges or pads rubbing the ball. I prefer to hinge the two hemispheres together
by a hinge D long enough to allow of considerable to and fro movement, this hinge
permitting the receptacle to be opened as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.
I also keep the two halves together when closed by means of a bayonet catch
fastening E which has a slot of sufficient length to allow the to and fro movements
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page_text: of the hemispheres. A spring F may be applied as shewn to facilitate the opening
of the receptacle, but this is not necessary. Instead of making the hemispherical
shells of metal throughout, they may be made mostly of flexible material, such as
india rubber attached to metal rings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A receptacle for sponges or pads for cleaning golf balls, consisting of two
hemispherical shells lined with cleaning material arranged and operating substantially
as described.
Dated this 24th day of December 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.