Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Using solid work treating agents
Patent
1997-07-10
1999-03-30
Alexander, Lyle A.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Using solid work treating agents
134 9, 134 40, 152566, 152565, 184 151, 184 153, 474 91, B08B 102, B08B 308
Patent
active
058883100
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for cleaning a drive train of a bicycle, e.g., a mountain bike, that includes a novel stand, cleaning axle, tweezer brush, water nozzle, and gear cleaner used to clean the entire drive train of the bicycle or other cycle having a chain-driven drive train and a removable wheel that is driven by the chain. The stand has a base, an upright, and a pig tail hook having at least two surface portions that contact a seat post of the mountain bike, with the pig tail hook characterized in that gravity provides a retaining force for the pig tail hook to retain the seat post. The cleaning axle replaces the chain driven wheel and provides tension to the chain, allowing the chain to be cycled with the pedals and rapidly cleaned while the chain is cycled. The tweezer brush has two cleaning surfaces oppositely disposed to evenly grip the chain on opposite sides. The water nozzle has a wand to be inserted into cleaning ports in the cleaning axle to direct a cleaning fluid, e.g., water, directly onto the chain being cleaned. The gear cleaner is a thin, elongate cleaning member having a pair of wires twisted into interlocking spirals with a plurality of fiber elements clamped therebetween and is used to clean the exposed surfaces between gear plates, used to clean the gaps between teeth of the gears, and used to clean the inside surfaces of the chain.
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Pp. 59 and 60 (color copies) of Bike Nashbar Catalog, Bike Nashbar, 4111 Simon Rd., Youngstown, Ohio 44152, No Date Supplied.
Pp. 55-60 (color copies) of Performance Bicycle Catalog, Performace Inc., 833 Robert C. Byrd Drive, #8 Lester Square, Sophia, WV 25921, No Date Supplied.
Pp. 56, 58, and 59 (color copies) of Bike Nashbar Catalog, Catalog No. 127, Holiday 1997, Bike Nashbar, 4111 Simon Rd., Youngstown, Ohio 44512.
Alexander Lyle A.
Moorehead Sean T.
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