ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,640, issued on July 7, was assigned to Tyre Wash Tws Oy (Oulu, Finland).
"Cleaning unit and cleaning arrangement for vehicle tires" was invented by Juha Karppinen (Oulu, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning arrangement for cleaning vehicle tires is disclosed. The cleaning arrangement includes at least one cleaning module. The cleaning module has a frame with walls, a floor and a collection space for contaminants and one or more cleaning units above the collection space. The cleaning unit has a grate arrangement and a plurality of bristle rails as well as intermediate rails transverse to the direction of travel of the vehi...