Patent ID: 6895978

Claim:
Apparatus for removing debris from and washing the wheels and tires of a vehicle, comprising: an elongated tank having spaced, opposed side walls and a bottom, and terminating at one end in a vehicle entrance ramp and at the other in a vehicle exit ramp, said ramps being joined to a centrally located wash trough whereby a vehicle carrying debris on its exterior enters and exits said wash trough by said ramps and passes through said trough where debris is removed from said vehicle and deposited in said wash trough; a refuse trough having spaced, opposed side walls and a bottom and being juxtaposed in relation to said wash trough, said bottom of said refuse trough being located at a level beneath that of said bottom of said wash trough; said refuse trough and said wash trough sharing a side wall, said shared side wall being formed with at least one space therein to permit the passage of debris therethrough, and means located at said wash trough for impelling debris washed from said vehicle toward said shared side wall and through said space therein into said refuse trough.