GOLF BALL HEATER

• US 3,683,155 A
• Filed: 02/12/1971
• Issued: 08/08/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: 97034,, Donald I. Loofbourow, 1590 Fernwood Dr.
• Original Assignee: 97034,, Donald I. Loofbourow, 1590 Fernwood Dr.
• Inventors: Donald I. Loofbourow, 1590 Fernwood Dr., 97034,
• Primary Examiner(s): Volodymyr Y. Mayewsky
• Application Number:
  US05/115,006
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 219/430,437,439,521,524,528,535,386-387 206/46B 273/62 150/1.5R,52A
• US Class Current: 219/521
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0003 Golf balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 47/005 Ball heating devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/00 Ohmic-resistance heating

Abstract

A hollow housing removably encloses a golf ball support spaced from the top and bottom ends of a housing. The golf ball support is provided with an annular trough for retaining golf balls, and the center and perimeter portions of the support are perforated to allow circulation of air within the housing relative to a heater located below the center portion of the support.

Claims

1. A golf ball heater, comprising a. a hollow housing including relatively displaceable top and bottom sections provided with peripheral side walls having confronting peripheral edges and end closures at the ends opposite said confronting peripheral edges, b. a golf ball support within the housing spaced from the end closures of the top and bottom housing sections, c. the golf ball support having an annular golf ball retaining trough between a central portion and a peripheral portion of the support, and d. heater means in the bottom section of the housing below the central portion of the support, e. the central and peripheral portions of the golf ball support having openings therethrough for the circulation of air upward from the heater means through the central openings, thence radially outward and downward through the peripheral openings, and thence radially inward under the trough toward the heater means and mounting means outwardly of the openings in the perioheral portion of the golf ball support for supporting the latter on the bottom section of the housing.

2. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the peripheral portion of the golf ball support has a substantially vertical peripheral section arranged to align said confronting edges of the housing sections.

3. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the heater means comprises an electrical resistance heater secured to the bottom closure of the housing.

4. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the heater means comprises a self-contained heater of the combustible fuel type.

5. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the peripheral edge of the golf ball support is secured to the peripheral edge of the bottom section of the housing.

6. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the peripheral edge of the golf ball support removably overlaps the peripheral edge of the bottom section of the housing.

7. The golf ball heater of claim 1 wherein the peripheral edge of the golf ball support frictionally engages the inner surfaces of the adjacent side wall portions of the top and bottom sections of the housing.