Patent ID: 8161590

Claim:
A shoe cleaning apparatus comprising: a brush assembly supported on a frame for generally vertical movement relative to said frame, said brush assembly including a plurality of generally cylindrical rotary brushes arranged in a parallel configuration to define a cleaning surface, each said cylindrical brush being rotatable about a transverse axis in response to a sliding movement of a shoe across said rotary brushes defining said cleaning surface, each said rotary brush being formed with a plurality of bristles extending radially from the corresponding said transverse axis; a tank mounted on said frame to support a supply of cleaning fluid; and a dispensing mechanism coupled to said brush assembly and to said tank to convey cleaning fluid to said brush assembly in response to said vertical movement of said brush assembly corresponding to the placement of said shoe on said cleaning surface, said dispensing mechanism supplying said cleaning fluid beneath said cleaning surface to facilitate the cleaning of a bottom surface of the shoe placed on the cleaning surface.