US3662419A - Car washing apparatus - Google Patents

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US3662419A
US3662419A US867645A US3662419DA US3662419A US 3662419 A US3662419 A US 3662419A US 867645 A US867645 A US 867645A US 3662419D A US3662419D A US 3662419DA US 3662419 A US3662419 A US 3662419A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S3/00—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles
    • B60S3/04—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles
    • B60S3/06—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles with rotary bodies contacting the vehicle
    • B60S3/063—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles with rotary bodies contacting the vehicle the axis of rotation being approximately vertical
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • FIGS CAR WASHING APPARATUS SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a simplified installation for automatically washing automobiles, busses and trucks, which installation has particular advantages of a technical and functional type over other installations for this purpose which are now in general use.
  • the installation comprises an arch made of box-section girders mounted on rollers which travel on a rail and which is adapted to be positioned above the automobile to be washed so that it can move in two opposite directions.
  • an arch made of box-section girders mounted on rollers which travel on a rail and which is adapted to be positioned above the automobile to be washed so that it can move in two opposite directions.
  • the devices required to control the spraying of the washing liquid and the devices which control the vertical movement of a brush which is mounted horizontally between the two side posts and adapted to rotate about its own axis.
  • the installation also comprises two vertical brushes which are also rotatably mounted and adapted to clean by contact the front, side and rear surfaces of the vehicle, said brushes being suspended from two carriages which slide in the upper part of the installation along a pair of rails, each of which is inclined toward the center of the installation and attached to a central support.
  • Each carriage is equipped with its own electric motor, and because they are mounted as described the vertical brushes are urged toward the center of the arch, and consequently against the vehicle by their weight and the inclination of the rails toward the center.
  • the horizontal rails on which the carriages for the vertical brushes travel may be made in various ways so that they incline at various angles along the path of travel of the brushes and are oriented in different directions with respect to the path of travel of the arch.
  • the brushes may be supported from either the front or the back of those rails, or from both sides of a single rail, without altering the principle that the zones covered by these brushes must overlap at the center to improve the cleaning of the central portion of the fronts and backs of vehicles being washed.
  • the principal disadvantages are the need for a slight push at the center of the brush and consequently a slight resistance to the separation of the brushes when they must be moved away from the center of the arch, and the need to have a larger pressure against the sides of the vehicle when the separated brushes are cleaning said sides.
  • Special brakes may be mounted inside these rails or parallel thereto in order to prevent the derailment of the brushes as a consequence of their inertia when they reach either end of their paths of travel.
  • the section of the rails on which the carriers travel may vary, as may the system of connecting the members of a pair of rails, and the structure of the brakes and other accessories.
  • Two levers may be connected to the tops of the carriages and attached inside the top of the arch to the pistons of hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders to facilitate the separation or bringing together of the carriages.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the washing arch according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows this embodiment in plan
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the arch
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are front and plan views of another embodiment of the arch according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a modification of the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5;
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are front and plan views of another embodiment of the installation according to the invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken through the rail which supports the carriages in the embodiment of FIGS. 7 and 8;
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 are front and plan views of yet another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a sectional view through the rails which support the carriages in the embodiment of FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • rollers 5 travel on the rails 6 and carry the side posts 2, as well as two supports 7 which, with the assistance of a central support 8, support the two rails 9 and 10 which are inclined toward the center and on which the carriages 11 for the motors 12 are carried.
  • the vertical brushes 13 are suspended from these carriages. It should be noted that these rails overlap at the center.
  • the rails 14, on which the carriages l5 ride are attached at their outer ends to the posts 2 by means of pins 16, and to each other by means of pins 17 passing through slots 18 in the inner ends of the rails themselves (see FIG. 5), or in triangular plates 19 (see FIG. 6).
  • FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 differs from the foregoing in that the vertical brushes are suspended from carriages which ride on a single rail 21 positioned in front of the arch 1, and slanting in different directions as shown.
  • this rail comprises a hollow beam 21 which is rectangular in section, and which supports four angle irons 23, each pair of which define a surface on which the principal rollers 24 and secondary rollers 26 of a given carriage ride.
  • Each carriage supports a motor 27 and a brush 28.
  • the symmetrical construction of the single rail 21 in this preferred embodiment makes it possible to mount the two brush-carrying carriages 26 on the opposite sides of the same rail so as to facilitate reciprocal movement of the brushes to cover the central part of the vehicle to be washed.
  • FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 relate to a car washing arch in accordance with the functional and constructional principles already set forth, except with respect to the particular position of the rails which support the travelling carriers which in turn support the vertical brushes.
  • the effect of the rods on the movements of the carriages 33 is limited to the separation of these carriages after washing to permit the vehicle to leave, and to giving these carriages a little push toward the outside when each carriage is half way out in order to facilitate the separation of the carriages when the brushes attached thereto are washing the rounded lateral edges of the vehicle.
  • the two rails 31 and 32 comprise a flat plate 35 to which two T-section beams 36 are welded.
  • the opposed edges of these T- section beams form the surface on which the principal rollers 38 of the carriages 33 travel.
  • the rails are connected by a central plate 39 and carry internal brakes 40 formed by a longitudinal bar having a concave upper surface supported by springs 41 which engage a roller 42 on the carriage 33.
  • This brake-bar 40 may also be seen in FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 11 also shows stops 43 welded onto each rail 31 or 32 to limit the movement of the carriage along the other rail.
  • Car washing apparatus comprising an archway mounted for movement perpendicularly to the principal plane of the arch, a rotatable cylindrical brush mounted for vertical movement within the opening defined by the arch, rail means extending across the top of the arch, at least two generally vertical cylindrical brushes, and a carriage for each brush mounted to travel on said rail means, said rail means being inclined downwardly from the sides of said arch toward the center thereof, and said brushes being mounted to rotate about axes which are spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the principal plane of the arch.
  • each carriage is equipped with an electrical motor connected to rotate the brush carried by that carriage.
  • Car washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which said rail means comprises two rails which overlap each other at their inner ends, each pivotally and slidably attached at one end to the other rail and pivotally attached at the other end to one side of said archway, and power means for swinging said rails about the ends attached to said archway sides.
  • Car washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising means near the center of said rail means for reversing the direction in which said electric motors drive said vertical brushes.
  • Car washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising means at the outer ends of said rail means for cushioning the impact of said carriages as they approach said outer ends.
  • each carriage is provided with a pair of auxiliary wheels and said rail is provided with vertical surfaces which engage said auxiliary wheels.
  • Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising a switch positioned to be actuated by a carriage as it approaches the center of said archway, fluid pressure exerting means actuated by said switch, and an arm actuated by said fluid pressure means to return said carriage and the brush to the outside of said archway upon actuation of said switch.

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US3772725A (en) * 1972-06-15 1973-11-20 R Shelstad Car washing apparatus
US3798695A (en) * 1972-05-17 1974-03-26 G Weigele Washing device for through-passing motor vehicles
US3867735A (en) * 1972-05-25 1975-02-25 Takeuchi Tekko Kk Side brush operating means for a vehicle cleaning apparatus
US3892002A (en) * 1973-05-07 1975-07-01 John A Horner Car cleaning apparatus
US3913161A (en) * 1973-06-18 1975-10-21 Takeuchi Tekko Kk Vehicle cleaning apparatus
US3931660A (en) * 1973-10-03 1976-01-13 Uberto Capra Scrubbing apparatus for vehicle-washing station
US4424602A (en) 1981-10-07 1984-01-10 Belanger, Inc. Car washing apparatus
US4769868A (en) * 1986-10-14 1988-09-13 Victor Pagnanelli Car wash machine with rolling gravity pressure controlled wrap brushes
US5279013A (en) * 1991-07-23 1994-01-18 James Roncaglione Vehicle-washing apparatus with brush support having fixed shafts and linear bearings
US5930859A (en) * 1997-12-09 1999-08-03 Ennis; G. Thomas Vehicle washing apparatus with movable brush arm pivot point
US6264754B1 (en) 1999-05-28 2001-07-24 Bradford K. Bowman Vehicle washing apparatus and method
US8601632B2 (en) 2010-11-18 2013-12-10 N/S Corporation Vehicle washing apparatus with a movable brush arm carriage
US20220212636A1 (en) * 2019-09-25 2022-07-07 Washtec Holding Gmbh Method and apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface
WO2024226078A1 (en) * 2023-04-25 2024-10-31 ABA Highpoint LLC d/b/a Econocraft Wrap around station and automated car wash system including the same

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US3798695A (en) * 1972-05-17 1974-03-26 G Weigele Washing device for through-passing motor vehicles
US3867735A (en) * 1972-05-25 1975-02-25 Takeuchi Tekko Kk Side brush operating means for a vehicle cleaning apparatus
US3772725A (en) * 1972-06-15 1973-11-20 R Shelstad Car washing apparatus
US3892002A (en) * 1973-05-07 1975-07-01 John A Horner Car cleaning apparatus
US3913161A (en) * 1973-06-18 1975-10-21 Takeuchi Tekko Kk Vehicle cleaning apparatus
US3931660A (en) * 1973-10-03 1976-01-13 Uberto Capra Scrubbing apparatus for vehicle-washing station
US4424602A (en) 1981-10-07 1984-01-10 Belanger, Inc. Car washing apparatus
US4769868A (en) * 1986-10-14 1988-09-13 Victor Pagnanelli Car wash machine with rolling gravity pressure controlled wrap brushes
US5279013A (en) * 1991-07-23 1994-01-18 James Roncaglione Vehicle-washing apparatus with brush support having fixed shafts and linear bearings
US5930859A (en) * 1997-12-09 1999-08-03 Ennis; G. Thomas Vehicle washing apparatus with movable brush arm pivot point
US6264754B1 (en) 1999-05-28 2001-07-24 Bradford K. Bowman Vehicle washing apparatus and method
US8601632B2 (en) 2010-11-18 2013-12-10 N/S Corporation Vehicle washing apparatus with a movable brush arm carriage
US20220212636A1 (en) * 2019-09-25 2022-07-07 Washtec Holding Gmbh Method and apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface
US11987217B2 (en) * 2019-09-25 2024-05-21 Washtec Holding Gmbh Method and apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface
WO2024226078A1 (en) * 2023-04-25 2024-10-31 ABA Highpoint LLC d/b/a Econocraft Wrap around station and automated car wash system including the same
US20240359665A1 (en) * 2023-04-25 2024-10-31 ABA Highpoint LLC d/b/a Econocraft Wrap around station and automated car wash system including the same

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