# US 8,464,385 B2 · Vehicle washing installation

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- Number: US 8,464,385 B2
- Document ID: US8464385B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/661,520
- Filed: 2012-10-26
- Published: 2013-02-28
- Granted: 2013-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2010-04-29
- Assignees: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicants: Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG
- Inventors: Claus Heid; Andre Speckmaier; Yann Veitz; Ingo Feistkorn; Bernd Knisel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8464385B2

## CPC

- B60S 3/066: {the axis of rotation being approximately horizontal}
- B60S 3/06: with rotary bodies contacting the vehicle {(hand-held B60S3/048)}
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A vehicle washing installation is provided having a first and a second support on which at least one treatment tool is mounted in a height-adjustable manner by means of a first and a second carrying means, and having a carrying means drive device from which the carrying means extend to the treatment tool via deflection elements situated on the top of the supports, one carrying means extending above the treatment tool from at least one deflection element situated on the first support to at least one deflection element situated on the second support. To improve the vehicle washing installation in such a way that it may be easily adapted to the height of a washing bay, it is proposed that the deflection elements are mounted on intermediate parts which are fixable to the supports at different vertical positions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle washing installation having a first and a second support on which at least one treatment tool is mounted in a height-adjustable manner by means of a first and a second carrying means and having a carrying means drive device from which the carrying means extend to the treatment tool via deflection elements situated on the top of the supports, one carrying means extending from at least one deflection element situated on the first support to at least one deflection element situated on the second support, wherein the deflection elements are mounted on intermediate parts which are fixable to the supports at different vertical positions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate parts are fixable to the supports at predeterminable positions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate parts are releasably connectable to the supports.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein the supports are hollow, and the intermediate parts engage into the supports.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein the deflection elements are formed as freely rotatably mounted deflection rollers.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate parts in each case carry at their free end a bearing part on which at least one deflection roller is rotatably mounted.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 6, wherein at least two deflection rollers are rotatably mounted on at least one bearing part.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein a splash guard is mounted on the intermediate parts.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 8, wherein the splash guard has a splash guard frame on which a splash guard awning is mounted.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 1, wherein the carrying means drive device has a winding device having a winding drum onto which the carrying means can be wound.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The vehicle washing installation according to claim 10, wherein the winding device is situated beneath the deflection elements at an upper end region of a support.