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Vehicular lug nut cleaning device

US4117566A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1977
Grant dateOct 3, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60B3/16
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sponge forms an inner shaftway with interiorly projecting ribs to engage the sides of a lug nut, a shaft with a bottom plate attached to the bottom of the shaft is attached by adhesive material to the sponge body and a handle attached perpendicularly to the distal end of the shaft are used to rotate the sponge on the lug nut; the shaft can be made of round cross section with a hexagonal central shaftway or can be made of hexagonal cross section for strength of the shaft.

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