Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Jan., 1888
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for cleaning tennis and other balls, so arranged
that ball after ball being introduced at a feeding mouth, these are brushed. in their
turn and delivered at another mouth, and thus the apparatus can go on continuously
cleansing balls fed to it.
Within a cylindrical casing I mount a revolving brush of such radius or diameter
that, as it revolves, there is around it an annular space not quite equal in width to
the diameter of the balls to be acted on, so that no ball can pass through this space
without causing the bending and consequent rubbing of the bristles on it. In this
annular space fix inclined or helical guides, along which the balls, acted on by the
revolving brush, are, caused to travel as they roll, thus presenting a continually
changing portion of their surfaces to the action of the brush. These guides lead the
balls from the feeding mouth at which they are introduced, to and fro along the
length of the cylinder, exposed to the brushing action, until finally they are delivered
at another mouth.
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOHN OSMOND of Clifton, Blackheath Park in the County of Kent, 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 apparatus for cleaning tennis and other balls, so arranged,
that ball after ball being introduced at a feeding mouth, these are brushed in their
turn and delivered at another mouth, and thus the apparatus can go on continuously
cleansing balls fed to it.
I will describe my invention referring to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 an end view and Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations
of the end covers looking from the inside showing the position of the inclined or
helical guides.
Within a cylindrical casing A, I mount a revolving brush B of such radius or
diameter that there is around it an annular space S not quite equal in width to the
diameter of the balls to be acted on, so that when the brush is caused to revolve by the
handle H no ball can pass through this space without causing the bending and
rubbing of the bristles of the revolving brush B on it.
This cylindrical casing is closed at each end by covers CD, the one of which U is
made with a circular hole and a feeding hopper M. These end covers CD are also
made with guide pieces c c d d projecting inwards and partly filling up the annular space
around the brush 13 so as to form therein inclined or helical guides along which the
balls, acted on by the revolving brush are caused to travel as they roll, thus
presenting continually changing portions of their surfaces to the action of the brush.
These guides lead the balls from the feeding mouth M at which they are introduced
to and fro along the length of the cylinder, exposed to the brushing action until
finally they are delivered at an exit mouth N formed in the bottom of the cylindrical
casing A, which mouth is from time to time opened for letting balls out by
releasing a jointed lever I which keeps the flap F up closing the opening during the
brushing of the balls.
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. 1
claim is
The construction and use of apparatus substantially as herein described for cleaning
and brushing tennis and other balls.
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