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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
May. 01, 1992
Paul L Enegren, Wichita, KS (US);
Viking Corp., Wichita, KS (US);
International Marketing, Inc., Chambersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved apparatus for washing and cleaning metallic wheels comprising an apparatus that washes a metallic wheel, and an apparatus that subsequently cleans the washed metallic wheel. A house is provided wherein the cleaned and washed metallic wheel may be painted or coated protectively. A pair of rotating transport cylinders is provided in order to transport the metallic wheel from the apparatus for washing the metallic wheel to the apparatus for cleaning the metallic wheel, and subsequently from the apparatus for cleaning the metallic wheel to the house where the metallic wheel may be painted or coated protectively. A method for washing and cleaning a metallic wheel which includes elevating the metallic wheel from a supporting surface to a level generally horizontal to a pair of cylinders rotatably supported by a conveying frame, and rolling the metallic wheel across the pair of cylinders and into a washing chamber. The metallic wheel is washed in the washing chamber, and after washing, a discharge bar pivots within the washing chamber to push or roll the washed metallic wheel onto the pair of cylinders. The washed metallic wheel is transported to a cleaning chamber wherein it is cleaned abrasively with impelled shot.