ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,444, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SCHMITT PROF. MOHLMANN & COLLEGEN WIRTSCHAFTSKANZLEI INSOLVENZVERWALTER AG (Zwickau, Germany).

"Hot wax cleaning device and system" was invented by Eric Jurran (Zwickau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the mechanical removal of wax residues on vehicle bodies, characterized by-a wax absorbing tape (1), -a supply spindle (2) for storing and for unwinding unused wax absorbing tape (1), -a press-on unit (5) for pressing the wax absorbing tape (1) onto a wax-soiled surface of the body of the vehicle, and-one or more motors for transporting the wax absorbing tape (1) from the supply...