Patent ID: 6561201
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
Apparatus for removing debris from and washing a vehicle and its tires or wheels, comprising:an elongated tank having opposed, spaced side walls and a bottom, and terminating at one end in an inclined vehicle entrance ramp and at the other end in an inclined vehicle exit ramp, said ramps being joined to a centrally located trough whereby a vehicle carrying debris on its exterior passes through said trough and enters and exits said tank through said ramps; a multiplicity of impediments spaced transversely across and fixed to said trough bottom and extending upwardly away from said bottom in the path of said vehicle, so that as said vehicle passes through said trough, the contact of said tires of said vehicle with said impediments loosens debris adhered to said vehicle and its tires and wheels, and means mounted along at least some of said impediments impelling a flow of washing fluid in the direction of said vehicle and further dislodging debris from said vehicle and its tires.