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Portable automobile undercarriage washer

US6131831A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1999
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S3/044
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved portable automobile undercarriage washing/cleaning device consisting of an ovoid, bowl-like body portion on the top surface of which is centered a detachable water spray nozzle and an accompanying nearby small tube, which itself connects the interior fluid chamber/reservoir, the fluid consisting of a mixture of detergent and water, with the exterior of the body, the same tube directing a pressurized mixture of detergent and water into the water spray pattern emanating from the nozzle, the mixture then being admixed with the spray, the whole of which when attached via a side connection on the body, to a rigid, non-flexible water pipe, which is itself connected to a garden-type hose via a pistol-grip water control valve, produces a pressurized water spray pattern capable of removing accumulated road salt and debris deposited onto the underside of an automobile or other wheeled vehicle and effecting a rapid removal of the debris from the undercarriage of the automobile or other wheeled vehicle and its related structural members.

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