Rotating Ball Cleaning Device

Abstract

The invention is an apparatus to clean leather items, including removal of dirt stains, grass stains, and scuff marks, including, but not limited to, baseballs, softballs, footballs and shoes. The apparatus holds a removable hollow barrel-shaped container in which the items to be cleaned are placed, along with pieces of a rubber or gummy material. The apparatus revolves the container so the mixture of rubber pieces and items to be cleaned mix together, the erratic motion of the eraser material buffing the items clean. A straining element in the barrel allows a user to separate the items being cleaned from the rubber material and removed debris by standing the barrel on its end, after which a user opens a door in the barrel above the strainer.

1 ) An apparatus for cleaning leather goods, comprising:
 a. a barrel-shaped container having one or more portals, and   b. a structure to hold the container in a position such that the barrel may be rotated on its side, said structure equipped with a means to rotate the container and allowing for easy separation of the container from the supporting structure, and   c. an elastomeric material in loose bulk form placed inside the container, such that rotation of the container causes the material to buff leather items also in the container at the same time;   
     
     
         2 ) An apparatus as in claim # 1 , with a strainer placed in the container, constructed with holes specifically sized to allow the eraser material to fall through, but does not allow the items to be cleaned to fall beneath the strainer when the barrel is set upright on one end.