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Laundry ball

  • US 5,768,917 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1996
  • Issued: 06/23/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A laundry ball for containing and dispensing a particulate cleaning agent into the water of a clothes washing machine, the ball comprising:

  • a) a hollow spherical housing defined by two semi-spherical half sections, each half section including a plurality of openings formed therein, a circumferential flange extending outwardly from a circular edge thereof and a plurality of position holes spaced around the flange, the position holes of the two flanges corresponding in number and location;

    b) a porous spherical shell disposable within the housing for containing a particulate cleaning material, the shell including a plurality of orifices formed therein; and

    c) a pair of annular plates engageable on opposite sides of the flanges, one annular plate including a plurality of dowel pins for extending through the position holes of the flanges and welding to the other annular plate for securing the semi-spherical half sections together.

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