Vehicle reciprocating spray washing apparatus
AssigneeSherman Industries, Inc.
InventorsCarl C. Beer, C. Lee Hewitt, Sherman Larson
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Abstract
Vehicle washing apparatus positioned above or at the side of the path followed by a vehicle to be washed. For side washing apparatus, pairs of spaced nozzles are reciprocated in a vertical plane to provide vertical coverage. The nozzles of a pair are angled toward each other, so that one nozzle sprays the front of the vehicle as the vehicle approaches, both nozzles spray the side of the vehicle as the vehicle passes, and the other nozzle sprays the rear of the vehicle as it departs. For top washing apparatus, the pairs of spaced nozzles are reciprocated in a horizontal plane to provide horizontal coverage. The angle nozzles contribute to the washing of the front and rear of a vehicle in addition to washing the top surfaces.
Claims18
Vehicle washing apparatus for washing a moving vehicle comprising:
- a support frame;
- a first member longitudinally elongated and mounted on said support frame for pivotal movement about a first transverse axis;
- first and second nozzles secured to said first elongated member at spaced apart points;
- a second member longitudinally elongated and mounted on said support frame for pivotal movement about a second transverse axis;
- third and fourth nozzles secured to said second elongated member at spaced apart points;
- drive means for reciprocating said first and second elongated members about said first and second transverse axes, respectively, to move each entire nozzle vertically along a path defined by an arc;
- a fluid source;
- and means for conducting fluid from said fluid source to said nozzles whereby the nozzles are positioned on the respective first and second members and the first and second members are pivoted so that the fluid substantially covers a portion of the vehicles three dimensional surface.
A car washing system according to claim 11 further including a third vehicle washing apparatus according to claim 13 positioned above said path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.