INCREASED TRACTION RACING MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 3,779,324 A
• Filed: 01/21/1972
• Issued: 12/18/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alvin Kreske Jr
• Original Assignee: Alvin Kreske Jr
• Inventors: Kreske, Alvin Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Forlenza, Gerald M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beltran, Howard
• Application Number:
  US05/219,660
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 62/3 134/45,123 152/208 180/1R 291/1
• US Class Current: 180/313
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 39/02 Vehicle fittings for scattering or dispensing material in front of its wheels
• CPC Class Codes: C07D 233/22 Radicals substituted by oxygen atoms
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10279 Cushion

Abstract

A device and for applying a liquid cleaning agent to the driving wheels of a racing vehicle to permit the tires to become more adherent to the track surface comprising a pressure tank containing the liquid cleaning agent and an under pressure conduit means leading from the tank to the rubber tires on the rear driving wheels of the vehicle, a filler cap for applying the liquid cleaner to the pressure tank, and a stem with a valve connected to the filler cap adapted to communicate with the nozzle of an air pressure source for applying air under pressure to the pressure tank.

Claims

1. A vehicle adapted for racing having a body, a pair of front wheels and a pair of driving rear wheels provided with rubber tires having generally cylindrical road engaging surfaces characterized by the improved construction comprising a tank having a lower and an upper portion mounted in a fixed position on the vehicle adjacent to the rear driving rear wheels thereof adapted to contain a liquid cleaning agent in the lower portion thereof and a substantial quantity of gas in the upper portion thereof, said tank having an opening in the upper portion thereof for partially filling the tank with said liquid cleaning agent and means operatively associated with the tank for injecting gas therein to pressurize the tank with respect to atmospheric pressure including a removable cap for sealing said opening, and conduit means communicating with the lower portion of the tank and extending to a region adjacent to the forward side of each of the driving wheels, said conduit means having a discharge nozzle confronting the generally cylindrical road engaging surface of each of the rubber tires, and said conduit means having a manually actuable normally closed valve for discharging the liquid cleaning agent from the tank.

2. A vehicle comprising the combination of claim 1 wherein the cap is provided with a stem adapted to engage the nozzle of an air hose of a compressed air source, said stem extending through the cap and being provided with a one-way valve for admitting air through the cap and into the tank.

3. A vehicle comprising the combination of claim 1 wherein the tank has an orifice at the bottom thereof and the manually actuable valve of the conduit means is mounted on the tank in communication with the orifice of the tank, in combination with means for actuating said manually actuable valve from a location remote from the valve.

4. A vehicle comprising the combination of claim 3 wherein the conduit means is provided wIth two sections which interconnect in a region between the manually actuable valve and the sections, each of the sections extending to a nozzle confronting one of the tires.