Automotive tire dressing applicator
View Patent ↗A tire dressing applicator comprises a support and one or more foam plastic elements mounted on the support so as to contact a tire sidewall and transfer dressing onto the tire sidewall. A distribution system drips or drizzles dressing onto the element(s) after which it is spread over and into the element(s) surface. The elements can be toroidal or rectangular and have anti-distortion pins embedded therein.
1. A tire dressing applicator comprising:
a shaft defining an axis;
a mounting structure for mounting said shaft adjacent said path of tire travel and generally parallel thereto;
a plurality of discrete toroidal foam plastic rollers mounted on the shaft in series relation;
each of said rollers having a cylindrical contact surface and opposite end surfaces; and
means for selectively, incrementally rotating the shaft about the axis less than a full revolution prior to contact between the rollers and a tire.
2. A tire dressing applicator as defined in claim 1 further including a plurality of elongate pins adheringly embedded in each of the rollers and extending entirely through said rollers between said end surfaces parallel to said axis.
3. A tire dressing applicator as defined in claim 2 further including a plurality of thrust washers individually disposed between adjacent rollers.
4. A tire dressing applicator as defined in claim 1 further including an elongate conduit disposed over said rollers and having discharge orifices formed therein so as to substantially evenly distribute tire dressing onto said rollers.
5. A tire dressing applicator as defined in claim 4 wherein the orifices vary in size.