Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – For vehicle or wheel form work
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Stinson, Frankie L. (Department: 1746)
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
For vehicle or wheel form work
C134S198000, C134S100100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10835300
ABSTRACT:
An automotive wheel washer comprising a circular conduit having a diameter of approximately 12 to 20 inches and further provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced nozzles which direct cleaning fluid and chemicals laterally of the wheel washer and toward the adjacent wheel in an inwardly converging fashion. An additional 360° center nozzle produces an outwardly diverging spray pattern which, in combination with the plurality of spaced outer nozzles, is effective to cause direct application of cleaning chemicals to all surfaces of a wheel and reduce the shadowing effect caused by intricate wheel structure patterns. Foaming is created by a porous material in a foaming chamber serving as a common inlet to all nozzles and further having a high pressure air inlet. The circular conduit may be made of plastic or stainless steel or any of a number of essentially equivalent materials.
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WIPO WO 92/14557 Mar. 1992.
Morin Mark D.
Tognetti David L.
Turner Barry S.
Belanger, Inc.
Stinson Frankie L.
Young & Basile PC
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