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Apparatus for washing vehicle tires and wheels

US6895978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 2002
Grant dateMay 24, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S3/042
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for washing the wheels and tires of heavy duty vehicles includes a wash trough in which the wheels and tires are washed, and a refuse trough in which refuse from the vehicles is deposited for facile removal. The troughs are separated by a wall having a space therein through which debris from the wash trough is impelled, by a stream of water into the refuse trough.

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