# US 9,420,875 B2 · In-bay car wash tire dressing applicator and system

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- Number: US 9,420,875 B2
- Document ID: US9420875B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/673,234
- Filed: 2015-03-30
- Published: 2015-10-01
- Granted: 2016-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-31
- Assignees: Diskin Systems, Inc.
- Applicants: Troy Diskin
- Inventors: Troy Diskin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9420875B2

## CPC

- A46B 11/066: {with means for introducing an additive, e.g. soap}
- A46B 5/0095: {Removable or interchangeable brush heads}
- A46B 15/0051: {Brushes fitted with ventilation means, e.g. with air buffers, air vents}
- B05B 7/066: {with an inner liquid outlet surrounded by at least one annular gas outlet}
- B05B 7/12: designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
- A46B 2200/3046: Brushes for cleaning cars or parts thereof
- B05B 7/04: with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge (mixing in general B01F, e.g. B01F25/00; mixing valves F16K11/00)
- B05B 7/1606: {the spraying of the material involving the use of an atomising fluid, e.g. air (B05B7/168, B05B7/1686, B05B7/20, B05B7/22 take precedence)}
- B05B 7/1693: {with means for heating the material to be sprayed or an atomizing fluid in a supply hose or the like}
- B60S 3/042: {Wheel cleaning devices (integral with vehicle B60S1/00)}
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator and system is provided. The applicator has a housing having a nozzle portion having an internal atomizer for tire shine fluid. The atomizer receives the tire shine fluid and pressurized air flow from a pump and mixes the two at the distal tip of the applicator for optimal spraying of the tire shine fluid. A brush located at a distal end of the nozzle allows a user to evenly and smoothly apply the tire shine fluid to the tire of an automobile. The brush may be located at a forty-five degree angle with respect to the main shaft of the tire dressing applicator so as to better apply the tire shine to the tire.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator comprising:
a gun assembly housing having a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, a bottom and an interior;
a two-way valve located within the interior of the gun assembly housing wherein the two-way valve receives a first flexible tube and a second flexible tube and wherein the first flexible tube and the second flexible tube extend from within the interior of the gun assembly housing to outside of the gun assembly housing;
wherein the first flexible tube contains pressurized air and wherein the second flexible tube contains a tire shine fluid;
a single non-flexible tube exiting the two-way valve wherein the single non-flexible tube has an interior having an interior tube of substantially the same length and wherein an opening is present at both an end of the single non-flexible tube and an end of the interior tube of the single non-flexible tube;
wherein the pressurized air flows through the outer portion of the single non-flexible tube and wherein the tire shine fluid flows through the interior tube of the single non-flexible tube; and
and wherein the tire shine fluid and the pressurized first air mix at the opening of the single non-flexible tube.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 1 further comprising:
a removable brush at the first end of the gun assembly housing wherein the opening of the single non-flexible tube is located within a middle of the removable brush.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 2 further comprising:
a nozzle guard surrounding the opening of the single non-flexible tube wherein the nozzle guard surrounds the opening of the single non-flexible tube and extends farther away from the two-way valve than the opening of the single non-flexible tube therein creating a recessed surface to surround the opening of the single non-flexible tube.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 1 wherein the single non-flexible tube has a forty-five degree bend located near the opening of the single non-flexible tube.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 1 further comprising:
a padded sponge located at the first end of the gun assembly housing wherein the opening of the single non-flexible tube is located within a middle of the padded sponge.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 1 wherein the first flexible tube is heated.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator of claim 1 wherein the second flexible tube is heated.