Roller skate wheel cleaning apparatus
OwnerRichard E. Hoosinventor
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Abstract
A scouring pad is placed between two parallel rotating rollers mounted in a slot formed in the top of a platform. The lower surfaces of the rollers are wetted by a liquid detergent solution contained in a tank mounted below the platform. A shoe roller skate having a front pair and a rear pair of wheels is placed on the platform with one pair of wheels resting on the rollers and engaging the top of the scouring pad. The rollers rotate the skate wheels against the scouring pad, thereby removing dirt from the skate wheels by an abrading action. The liquid detergent is transferred from the rollers to the skate wheels and scouring pad, thereby enhancing the removal of the dirt from the skate wheels.
Claims10
A roller skate wheel cleaning apparatus for cleaning the wheels of a roller skate having a front pair of wheels and a rear pair of wheels, and comprising:
- a housing;
- a pair of parallel horizontal roller means for simultaneously frictionally engaging the skating surfaces of both wheels of a pair of skate wheels, said roller means being mounted for rotation relative to said housing and being spaced apart;
- scouring means for cleaning the skate wheels and being mounted in the space between said roller means for engaging said surfaces of said skate wheels when said roller means are frictionally engaging said skate wheels;
- drive means for driving at least one of said roller means so that, when said roller means are frictionally engaging the skate wheels, the skate wheels are rotated to continuously move the surfaces thereof across said scouring means;
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- a container of cleaning fluid mounted in said housing below said roller means so that the surfaces of said roller means contact the cleaning fluid and are wetted thereby.
A roller skate wheel cleaning apparatus for cleaning the wheels of a roller skate having a front pair of wheels and a rear pair of wheels, and comprising:
- a housing;
- a pair of parallel horizontal roller means for simultaneously frictionally engaging the skating surfaces of both wheels of a pair of skate wheels, said roller means being mounted for rotation relative to said housing and being spaced apart;
- scouring means for cleaning the skate wheels and being mounted in the space between said roller means for engaging said surfaces of said skate wheels when said roller means are frictionally engaging said skate wheels;
- drive means for driving at least one of said roller means so that, when said roller means are frictionally engaging the skate wheels, the skate wheels are rotated to continuously move the surfaces thereof across said scouring means;
- wherein said housing comprises platform means for supporting a roller skate, said platform means containing a horizontal slot extending in the direction parallel to said roller means;
- means for mounting said pair of roller means in said horizontal slot so that, when one pair of wheels is frictionally engaged by said roller means, the other pair of wheels is resting on said platform means;
- horizontal base plate means fixed to the bottom of said housing and adapted to be placed on the floor for permitting a skater wearing a skate to place the skate on said platform means so that one pair of skate wheels is in frictional engagement with said pair of roller means;
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- hand-grip means, fixed to said base plate means and extending vertically upwardly therefrom, for being held by a skater to maintain his balance when a skate is on said platform means.
A roller skate wheel cleaning apparatus for cleaning the wheels of a roller skate having a front pair of wheels and a rear pair of wheels, and comprising:
- a housing;
- a pair of parallel horizontal roller means for simultaneously frictionally engaging the skating surfaces of both wheels of a pair of skate wheels, said roller means being mounted for rotation relative to said housing and being spaced apart;
- scouring means for cleaning the skate wheels and being mounted in the space between said roller means for engaging said surfaces of said skate wheels when said roller means are frictionally engaging said skate wheels;
- drive means for driving at least one of said roller means so that, when said roller means are frictionally engaging the skate wheels, the skate wheels are rotated to continuously move the surfaces thereof across said scouring means;
- wherein said housing comprises platform means for supporting a roller skate, said platform means containing a horizontal slot extending in the direction parallel to said roller means, and wherein said platform means comprises two platform surfaces on opposite sides of said horizontal slot, each of said surfaces being inclined downwardly in the direction of said slot;
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- means for mounting said pair of roller means in said horizontal slot so that, when one pair of wheels is frictionally engaged by said roller means, the other pair of wheels is resting on said platform means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.