Patent ID: 7980258

Claim:
Apparatus for removing debris from and washing the propulsion means of a vehicle, such propulsion means comprising wheels, tracks or treads that contact and move the vehicle over the ground, comprising: an elongated compartment having spaced, opposed side walls, a bottom and at least one end wall movable between an open position in which said vehicle can enter or exit said compartment and a closed position in which said vehicle is maintained within said compartment, means for supplying washing fluid to said compartment to contact said vehicle in said compartment, lifting means for moving said vehicle between a raised position in which the entirety of said vehicle propulsion means is out of contact with said bottom of said compartment but in contact with said washing fluid, and a lowered position in which said propulsion means is in contact with said compartment bottom, and vehicle propulsion operating means to operate said vehicle propulsion means when said vehicle is in said raised position.