Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – For vehicle or wheel form work
Patent
1997-01-08
1998-07-14
Coe, Philip R.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
For vehicle or wheel form work
B60S 304
Patent
active
057789088
ABSTRACT:
The vehicle wheel washing device includes spray nozzles located on the opposite sides of the washing bay of a vehicle washing facility for directing a cleansing fluid onto the driver and passenger side wheels as a vehicle travels through the washing zone, and an elongated, resilient tubular compression member located in the washing zone and extending transversely of the travel path of the vehicle on one side of the vehicle. The fluid flow system is arranged so that, as the compression member is squashed by a vehicle wheel rolling thereover, cleansing fluid is pumped from the compression member through the spray nozzles and, as a compression member returns towards the normal shape, cleansing fluid is siphoned from the tank to refill the compression member for the next pumping cycle. A pair of springs diametrically opposed relative to and spaced from the longitudinal axis of the compression member assists in returning it to its normal position and, if the compression member is twisted as a vehicle wheel rolls thereover, also assists in untwisting it. In an alternate embodiment the fluid flow system is arranged so that the device can be programmed to apply the cleansing fluid to selected vehicles.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3448717 (1969-06-01), Kuhlman
patent: 3667486 (1972-06-01), Cole et al.
patent: 4830033 (1989-05-01), Hanna
patent: 4985957 (1991-01-01), Belanger et al.
patent: 5125981 (1992-06-01), Belanger et al.
patent: 5341828 (1994-08-01), Ferguson, Sr.
LandOfFree
Vehicle wheel washing device does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Vehicle wheel washing device, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Vehicle wheel washing device will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1872913