Car wash conveyer system for oversized vehicles
AssigneeZZ Tech, LLC
InventorZavian Rolando Valdez
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Abstract
A car wash conveyor system for oversized vehicles comprising a support frame extending the length of the conveyor, a plurality of support blocks connected to the frame, and a plurality of cylindrical rollers coupled to the support blocks and positioned at intervals along the length of the conveyor. The conveyor also includes a drive drum and idler drum connected to opposite ends of support frame. A belt is in contact with the drive drum and the idler drum. The belt rotates over the drive drum and the idler drum as the drive drum is driven by a drive motor. Each roller only substantially rotates in response to a vehicle load pressing the belt against the roller.
Claims20
A conveyor system for oversized vehicles, the conveyor system comprising:
- a support frame extending the length of the conveyor;
- a plurality of cylindrical rollers positioned at intervals along the length of the conveyor;
- a plurality of support blocks connected to the support frame, each support block comprising at least one aperture configured to rotatably receive an end of a cylindrical roller;
- a drive drum connected to the support frame at a first end of the conveyor, the drive drum being connected to a drive motor and gearbox assembly configured to rotate the drive drum;
- an idler drum connected to the frame at a second end of the conveyor opposite the drive drum;
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- a belt in contact with the drive drum and the idler drum, wherein the belt rotates over the drive drum and the idler drum as it is driven by the drive motor, and wherein each roller only rotates in response to a vehicle load pressing the belt against the roller.
A method of conveying an oversized vehicle utilizing a conveyor system comprising:
- a support frame extending the length of the conveyor;
- a plurality of cylindrical rollers positioned at intervals along the length of the conveyor;
- a plurality of support blocks connected to the support frame, each support block comprising at least one aperture configured to rotatably receive an end of a cylindrical roller;
- a drive drum connected to the support frame at a first end of the conveyor, the drive drum being connected to a drive motor and gearbox assembly configured to rotate the drive drum;
- an idler drum connected to the frame at a second end of the conveyor opposite the drive drum;
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- a belt in contact with the drive drum and the idler drum, wherein the belt rotates over the drive drum and the idler drum as it is driven by the drive motor, and wherein each roller only rotates in response to a tire of a vehicle load pressing the belt against the roller, the method comprising the steps of:
- driving the belt along the length of the conveyor;
- maintaining the belt in a raised position above the rollers such that the rollers remain substantially stationary when no vehicle tire load is applied to the belt;
- receiving a load from a vehicle tire on a localized portion of the belt;
- deflecting the localized portion of the belt downward to bring the localized portion of the belt in contact with underlying rollers;
- rotating the contacted rollers in response to movement of the belt;
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- sequentially engaging and disengaging rollers as the vehicle load moves along the length of the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.