Vehicle wheel/tire cleaning device
AssigneeErie Brush & Manufacturing Corporation
InventorDaniel Pecora
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Abstract
A tire and wheel washing apparatus for cleaning exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of a vehicle as the vehicle is conveyed past the apparatus. The tire washing apparatus preferably includes a longitudinally-extending cleaning element rotating about a shaft having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the conveyed direction of the vehicle. The cleaning element is adapted to clean the exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of the vehicle, and preferably has an undulating cleaning surface with a repeating pattern of a peak portion followed by a valley portion. Preferably, an intermediate portion located between the peak and valley portions has a substantially curvilinear edge surface.
Claims19
A tire and wheel washing apparatus for cleaning exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of a vehicle as the vehicle is conveyed past the apparatus, comprising:
- a longitudinally-extending cleaning element rotating about a shaft having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the conveyed direction of the vehicle, the cleaning element being adapted to clean the exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of the vehicle;
- the cleaning element having an undulating cleaning surface with a repeating pattern of a peak portion followed by a valley portion:
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- further comprising an intermediate portion located between the peak and valley portions, the intermediate portion having a substantially curvilinear edge surface.
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A tire and wheel washing apparatus for cleaning exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of a vehicle as the vehicle is conveyed past the apparatus, comprising:
- a longitudinally-extending cleaning element rotating about a shaft having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the conveyed direction of the vehicle, the cleaning element being adapted to clean the exterior surfaces of tire and wheel combinations of the vehicle;
- the cleaning element having an undulating cleaning surface with a repeating pattern of a peak portion having a peak diameter followed by a valley portion with a valley diameter that is less than the peak diameter, and further comprising an intermediate portion located between the peak and valley portions, the intermediate portion having a substantially curvilinear edge surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.