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US 4,290,462 AGranted
Lubricating apparatus and system
OwnerLawrence A. Schott, Roger A. Schottinventors
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for under chassis servicing of vehicles for oil change and lubrication which involves a central cashier's booth with a plurality of service stalls radially disposed. Special self-adjusting ramp track pairs are provided at each service stall to accommodate vehicles with different track widths. The ramp tracks are responsive to the front wheel tires and parallelling mechanism maintains the parallel relationship of the tracks.
Claims7
A system of servicing vehicles for oil change and lubrication and the like which comprises:
- (a) one or more service stalls for an operator,
- (b) a cashier's booth placed at vehicle level in lineal relation to the one or more stalls,
- (c) a vehicle support track over the service stall to support a vehicle temporarily while being serviced, and
- (d) said vehicle support tracks comprising:
- (1) a pair of parallel tracks in spaced relation,
- (2) means to support said tracks adjacent a service stall for movement transversely in relation to each other, and
- (3) means responsive to contact with the front wheels of a vehicle to cause said track to move to register with the track width of a particular vehicle.
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