Device for cleaning and accelerating globular objects, especially golf balls

Device for cleaning and accelerating globular objects, especially golf balls, comprising:

• a.) means for accelerating and precleaning the objects, said means being a unit which is configured to develop, by using a working fluid which is fed under pressure, a pressure difference whereby the object being cleaned is accelerated in a first direction, said unit having an inlet and an outlet, said unit further including an annular nozzle portion between the inlet and the outlet wherein said working fluid contacts the object being cleaned in form of a jet, washes it for precleaning purposes and at the same time sweeps the object being cleaned into the direction of the outlet by means of said jet;
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• b.) an elongated brush tube which is disposed downstream of said unit and adjacent the outlet thereof, said brush tube further being generally aligned with the unit and the first direction, said brush tube including a plurality of annularly arranged bristles extending from an interior wall thereof, contacting the object to be cleaned and loosening and removing the remaining dirt sticking to the object after it has passed from said unit, said jet of said working fluid flowing through said brush tube, and said jet washing away said dirt from the objects to be cleaned and from said bristles, the velocity given the object to be cleaned by the unit being such that it passes entirely through said brush tube, after which said object may be collected.