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US 4,051,806 AGranted
Apparatus for waxing cars
OwnerDaniel C. Hannainventor
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Abstract
Brushes and sprays wash and rinse cars and foam wax then is sprayed on the cars and is buffed by a top brush and side brushes, immediately after which a sealing wax in an aqueous solution is sprayed onto the cars. Then the cars are passed through a blower, which removes the excess aqueous solution.
Claims4
In an apparatus for waxing cars,
- foam wax nozzle means for spraying a foamed mixture of wax and water onto a car to form a layer of foam on the car,
- means for brushing the foam layer to polish the wax onto the car and remove most of the water therefrom,
- second nozzle means for directing streams of a second mixture of self-polishing sealing wax and water onto the polished wax coating on the car, and
- means for blowing air onto the car to remove excess of the second mixture from the car, the brushing means being interposed between the foam wax nozzle means and the blower means so that the air from the blower means does not blow the foam off the car.
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In a car washing and and waxing apparatus,
- conveyor means for advancing cars one after another along a predetermined path,
- soaping means for applying soapy water to the cars at one point along the path,
- brushing means subsequent to the soaping means for brushing the front, rear, sides and top of the cars,
- rinse means for applying rinsing water to the cars after they have been brushed,
- foam waxing means subsequent to the rinse means for applying a layer of foamed mixture of wax and water to the cars after they have been rinsed,
- buffing means for buffing the layer of foamed mixture of wax and water,
- means for applying a hot aqueous sealing wax mixture to the buffed car,
- and blower means for blowing off excess of the hot aqueous wax mixture and disposed so that the buffing means prevents the blower from blowing the foamed mixture off the car.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.