PLAY PIT BALL CLEANING DEVICE

摘要

A collection, washing and dispensing apparatus for lightweight balls. A pneumatic transport (104) receives the balls and transports the balls to an elevated storage hopper (106) which has an angled bottom surface (108) terminating in a downchute (110) for feeding the balls to a scrubbing element. The scrubbing element has a rotating drum (212) mounted in a semicylindrical mating rack (210) immersed in a fluid tight washtub (211). The opposing surfaces of the drum and rack are covered by a compressible pile to provide a friction engagement of balls between the drum and rack. The rotation of the drum urges the balls around the rack to an exit lip (218) of the tub. A gravity feed race (220) adjacent the lip carries the balls to a collection funnel (220). A sterilization spray (228) is mounted over the race for spraying the balls. A pneumatic transport (114) is connected to receive balls at the funnel for dispensing.