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US 5,261,433 AGranted
Wheel cleaner
AssigneeWheelwash Limited
InventorThomas J. Smith
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Abstract
Equipment for cleaning the wheels of a vehicle comprises means over which the vehicle can be driven to cause the wheels to be raised from the ground on a ramp, lowered into a water bath, raised from the water bath and lowered to the ground again as the vehicle is driven thereover. In an alternative embodiment a frame supporting nozzles is provided under which frame a vehicle is able to be driven. Clensing liquid passes through the nozzles and washes the top and sides of the vehicle.
Claims11
Equipment for cleaning the wheels of a vehicle comprising:
- ramp means over which the vehicle can be driven for raising the wheels of the vehicle from the ground;
- means for lowering the wheels of the vehicle into a water bath and for raising the wheels from the water bath;
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- ramp means for lowering the wheels to the ground again as the vehicle is driven over the equipment;
- wherein said means for lowering and raising the wheels of the vehicle into and from the water bath consists of a removable section immersed in water at a predetermined level and comprising a plurality of transverse, longitudinally-spaced bars placed below said predetermined water level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.