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US 8,539,968 B2Granted
Car wash system with lighted spray arms and method of making same
AssigneeBelanger, Inc.
InventorsBarry S. Turner, Thomas E. Weyandt, Jerry Alan Kotrych
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Abstract
A touchless, automatic spray-type car wash system includes one or more arms delivering washing fluids wherein the arms are constructed with translucent plastic sleeves which can be illuminated from within by LEDs. Different colors for the arm or arms can be coordinated with wash process steps. Signage can be provided in the bay and can include panels which are illuminated in a sequential fashion coordinated with arm illumination colors to inform the driver as to each step being performed.
Claims15
A spray-type car wash apparatus comprising:
- at least one spray arm dependingly vertically mounted from an overhead carriage in a wash area;
- said arm carrying a fluid supply conduit extending substantially the entire vertical length of said arm and having spaced nozzles therealong, and a generally translucent elongate sleeve enclosing substantially the entire vertical length of said conduit;
- and
- a distributed illumination system within the sleeve and operative to substantially evenly illuminate the sleeve along substantially its entire vertical length.
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A spray-type car wash system comprising:
- a pair of reversely similar spray arms vertically dependingly mounted from an overhead carriage;
- means for selectively producing movement of the carriage and arms to at least partly circumnavigate a vehicle under the carriage;
- and wherein
- each said arm comprises an elongate fluid conduit extending along substantially the entire vertical length of said arm and an elongate hollow translucent plastic sleeve enclosing said conduit, and a lighting system within said sleeve for substantially evenly illuminating the sleeve along substantially all of its length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.