US Patent Issued to Carl Freudenberg on June 9 for "Modular wheel cleaning system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,442, issued on June 9, was assigned to Carl Freudenberg KG (Weinheim, Germany).

"Modular wheel cleaning system" was invented by Jordon May (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Fred Cecala (Mount Prospect, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel cleaning system includes a bottom, two sidewalls, and multiple gates. The bottom includes: a channel extending in a downstream direction and receives a wheel; an entry ramp disposed at an upstream end of the channel; and an exit ramp disposed at a downstream end of the channel. The sidewalls are disposed on opposite sides of the bottom, each sidewall extending up from the bottom. The gates are dispose...