Dual guide rail system for a vehicle washing apparatus
OwnerG. Ennisinventor
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Abstract
A dual guide rail system for a vehicle washing apparatus having a predetermined path of a vehicle to be washed includes standard curb rails mounted on both sides of the path at a first height and upper curb rails mounted outside of the standard rails at a second height greater than the first height of the standard curb rails. The upper curb rails are skewed inwardly in a direction of travel of a vehicle being washed with respect to a standard curb rail. Each of the standard and curb rails is provided with a plurality of rollers along its length thereof which tend to rotate inwardly when contacted by a wheel of a vehicle.
Claims7
A dual guide rail system for a vehicle washing apparatus having a predetermined path of a vehicle to be washed comprising:
- a first standard curb rail mounted adjacent an outer edge of said path at a first height above a vehicle supporting surface;
- a second standard curb rail mounted adjacent an opposite outer edge of said path at said first height above the vehicle supporting surface;
- a first upper curb rail mounted outside of said first standard curb rail and positioned at a second height higher than said first height above the vehicle supporting surface;
- a second upper curb rail mounted outside of said second standard curb rail and positioned at said second height higher than said first height above the vehicle supporting surface;
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- wherein each of said standard and upper curb rails is provided with a plurality of rotatable rollers along its length thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.