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Cleaning system

US9283933B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2009
Grant dateMar 15, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B2200/3046
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatuses for are disclosed for cleaning a vehicle wheel surface on a vehicle wheel with a brush. A brush may comprise a plurality of resilient brush elements having varying lengths. The methods may provide for rotating the brush elements such that at any time during at least some of the plurality of brush elements are in engagement with the wheel surface. The wheel surface may be engaged by brush elements that have a length that changes cyclically and the brush elements may also cyclically vary the contact pressure between brush elements and the vehicle surface.

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