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Wheel cleaning apparatus and method

US11465596B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Freudenberg KG · DE

Inventors

Fred Cecala · Mount Prospect, US
Leo Gubenko · Winfield, US
Torsten Plate · Hamburg, DE
Florian Hattich · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S3/042
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A system and method for cleaning a cart wheel includes an elongated body having a central channel having an entry end and an exit end. A shuttle slidably engages the elongated body and is engageable by a wheel entering the central channel from the entry end such that the wheel pushes the shuttle along the central channel and disengages the shuttle adjacent the exit end, wherein a sliding engagement between the wheel and the shuttle cleans the wheel.

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