Vehicle wheel washing device and method

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CLEANING A GROUND WHEEL OF A WHEEL MOUNTED VEHICLE COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT ON ITS GROUND WHEELS ALONG A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PATH OF TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION AND SO MOVING SAID VEHICLE, SUPPORTING A ROTARY BRUSH WITH ITS AXIS OF ROTATION VERTICAL IN A POSITION ALONGSIDE SAID PATH FOR BODILY MOVEMENT PARALLEL WITH SAID PATH IN SAID ONE DIRECTTION, URGING SAID BRUSH INTO FRICTION ENGAGEMENT WITH A SIDE OF SAID WHEEL DURING SAID MOVEMENT AND WITH THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID BRUSH AT ITS POINT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WHEEL OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE THEREBY EFFECTING BODILY MOVEMENT OF SAID BRUSH IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE REACTIVE FORCE OF FRICTION BETWEEN SAID BRUSH AND SAID WHEEL, AND HOLDING SAID BRUSH IN SAID FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WHEEL DURING SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID VEHICLE UNTIL THE LATTER HAS COMPLETED ON REVOLUTION ON ITS AXIS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CLEANING A GROUND WHEEL OF A WHEEL MOUNTED VEHICLE COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT ON ITS GROUND WHEELS ALONG A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PATH OF TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION AND SO MOVING SAID VEHICLE, SUPPORTING A ROTARY BRUSH WITH ITS AXIS OF ROTATION VERTICAL IN A POSITION ALONGSIDE SAID PATH FOR BODILY MOVEMENT PARALLEL WITH SAID PATH IN SAID ONE DIRECTTION, URGING SAID BRUSH INTO FRICTION ENGAGEMENT WITH A SIDE OF SAID WHEEL DURING SAID MOVEMENT AND WITH THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID BRUSH AT ITS POINT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WHEEL OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE THEREBY EFFECTING BODILY MOVEMENT OF SAID BRUSH IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE REACTIVE FORCE OF FRICTION BETWEEN SAID BRUSH AND SAID WHEEL, AND HOLDING SAID BRUSH IN SAID FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WHEEL DURING SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID VEHICLE UNTIL THE LATTER HAS COMPLETED ON REVOLUTION ON ITS AXIS.

Claim 3

THE METHOD OF CLEANING TWO SPACED PAIRS OF COAXIAL GROUND WHEELS ON A FOUR WHEELED VEHICLE WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PATH OF TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION WITH ONE PAIR OF SAID WHEELS FOLLOWING THE OTHER PAIR IN TRACKING RELATIONSHIP, SUPPORTING A PAIR OF BRUSHES ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PATH FOR BODILY MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY FACING SIDES OF THE LEADING PAIR OF SAID WHEELS, ROTATING SAID BRUSHES ON THEIR AXES AND MOVING THEM WITH SAID VEHICLE IN SAID ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEADING PAIR OF WHEELS UNTIL SAID LEADING WHEELS HAVE MADE ONE COMPLETE REVOLUTION OVER A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF SAID PATH, THEN QUICKLY MOVING SAID BRUSHES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY FACING SIDES OF THE TRAILING WHEELS OF SAID PAIR WHILE SAID VEHICLE IS MOVING IN SAID PATH AND WHEN SAID TRAILING WHEELS ARE AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE BEGINNING OF SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF SAID PATH AND BODILY MOVING SAID BRUSHES ALONG SAID PORTION TO THE END THEREOF AND DURING ONE REVOLUTION OF SAID TRAILING WHEELS, AND HOLDING SAID BRUSHES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TRAILING WHEELS DURING THEIR MOVEMENT THEREWITH.

Claim 4

THE METHOD OF CLEANING TWO SPACED PAIRS OF COAXIAL GROUND WHEELS ON A FOUR WHEELED VEHICLE WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PATH OF TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION WITH ONE PAIR OF SAID WHEELS FOLLOWING THE OTHER PAIR IN TRACKING RELATIONSHIP, SUPPORTING A PAIR OF BRUSHES ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PATH FOR BODILY MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY FACING SIDES OF THE LEADING PAIR OF SAID WHEELS, ROTATING SAID BRUSHES ON THEIR AXES AND MOVING THEM WITH SAID VEHICLE IN SAID ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEADING PAIR OF WHEELS UNTIL SAID LEADING WHEELS HAVE MADE ONE COMPLETE REVOLUTION OVER A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF SAID PATH, THEN QUICKLY MOVING SAID BRUSHES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY FACING SIDES OF THE TRAILING WHEELS OF SAID PAIR WHILE SAID VEHICLE IS MOVING IN SAID PATH AND WHEN SAID TRAILING WHEELS ARE AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE BEGINNING OF SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF SAID PATH AND BODILY MOVING SAID BRUSHES ALONG SAID PORTION TO THE END THEREOF AND DURING ONE REVOLUTION OF SAID TRAILING WHEELS, AND HOLDING SAID BRUSHES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TRAILING WHEELS DURING THEIR MOVEMENT THEREWITH.