Patent ID: 7673362
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A61G,B60S

Abstract:
1. A tire cleaning apparatus for a wheelchair or scooter having at least one driven wheel and one non-driven wheel, comprising: a. a first rotatable roller; b. a second rotatable roller positioned parallel with the first rotatable roller and separated therefrom, wherein the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller are positioned to support the driven wheel and the non-driven wheel of the wheelchair or scooter; c. a rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush positioned parallel with the first rotatable roller and with the second rotatable roller, between the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller, and beneath a common plane of the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller; d. a washing tray having a top edge and positioned with respect to the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush such that at least a portion of the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush is positioned within the washing tray below the top edge of the washing tray and such that the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush is partially submerged in a washing fluid in the washing tray and the washing fluid is dragged upward by the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush against a driven wheel or a non-driven wheel supported on the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller when the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush is rotated; e. a motor operationally coupled to at least one of the first rotatable roller or the second rotatable roller and the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush; and f. a controller to control operation of the motor for rotation of the at least one of the first rotatable roller or the second rotatable roller and the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush by the motor to clean a non-driven wheel supported on the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller; wherein the apparatus is structured such that rotation of the at least one of the first rotatable roller or the second rotatable roller in a first direction by a driven wheel supported on the first rotatable roller and the second rotatable roller causes rotation of the rotatable cylindrical cleaning brush in an opposite second direction thereby to clean the driven wheel.