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Rain hazard eliminator

US8528936B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 10, 2010
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
Priority date—
Expiry dateJan 18, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D25/18
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method to reduce water spray from one or more truck tires of a truck driving through rain on a water covered road. A combination centrifuge and air compressor device collects a mixture of air and rainwater, to separate the air from the rainwater and to compress the air. An air distribution manifold system directs the compressed air from the combination centrifuge and air compressor device onto an area of the water covered road in front of one or more of the truck's tires so that the water from the area rises up from the road. Then a shield barrier channels the water that rises up from the area on the road away from one or more of the truck's tires.

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