Spray-inhibiting means for use on a road vehicle
AssigneeMaurice Goodall (Holdings) Limited
InventorMaurice Goodall
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Abstract
This invention relates to spray-inhibiting means for a road vehicle, said means comprising a screen which in use is adapted to intercept water thrown rearwardly from a vehicle tire. The screen is mounted on the vehicle in use in an operative position in which its lower edge lies closely adjacent to the road surface behind the associated vehicle tire and the means for mounting the screen are arranged to maintain it in its operative position irrespective of the vertical position of the load carrying part of the vehicle (e.g. load supporting platform or body) relative to the road surface.
Claims9
Spray-inhibiting means for a road vehicle having a vertically movable load carrying part supported by suspension means including wheel means, said spray-inhibiting means comprising a screen which is adapted in use to intercept water thrown rearwardly from a vehicle tyre, support means for mounting said screen on the vehicle in a manner so that said screen and said load carrying part can move vertically relative to each other, said support means including linkage means connecting said screen with both said suspension means and said load carrying part said screen being connected pivotally through said linkage means to said suspension means and to said load carrying part, said linkage means being responsive to vertical movement of said load carrying part to correspondingly vertically move said screen so as to maintain said screen at a relatively fixed distance from the road surface during said vertical movement of said load carrying part.
Spray-inhibiting means for a road vehicle having a vertically movable load carrying part supported by suspension means including wheel means, said spray-inhibiting means comprising a screen which is adapted in use to intercept water thrown rearwardly from a vehicle tyre, support means for mounting said screen on the vehicle in a manner so that said screen and said load carrying part can move vertically relative to each other, said support means including linkage means connecting said screen with both said suspension means and said load carrying part, said screen being connected pivotally through said linkage means to said suspension means, said linkage means including a flexible cable connected between said screen and said load carrying part, said linkage means being responsive to vertical movement of said load carrying part to correspondingly vertically move said screen so as to maintain said screen at a relatively fixed distance from the road surface during said vertical movement of said load carrying part.
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