Wash Tec Holding Gmbh

Washtech Holding Gmbh

Waschtec Holding Gmbh

Georg Wimmer

Rüdiger Hirschmann

Norbert König

Heike Förster

Melitta Müller

Robert Auer

Franz Kiser

Henning Rohne

A device for applying a cleaning fluid to a wheel of a vehicle in a vehicle washing installation using a spray nozzle and a wheel washing brush that is driven in rotation and can be moved by a guide between a rest position remote from a wheel and a cleaning position on the wheel. The device, an associated vehicle washing installation and method each permit economical application of the cleaning fluid matched to the size of the wheels to be cleaned. The method includes the steps of: a) determining the position of the wheel in the washing direction, b) determining the distance of the wheel from the device, c) moving the spray nozzle to the spraying position at the spraying distance from the wheel, d) spraying cleaning fluid onto the wheel using the spray nozzle () and moving the spray nozzle along the wheel in the washing direction and e) terminating the spraying operation when the front end of the wheel in the washing direction has been reached.

Device and method for applying a cleaning fluid to a wheel of a vehicle in a vehicle washing installation and vehicle-washing device

The invention relates to a wheel guide rail () for a car wash system for laterally delimiting a travel range () of a vehicle to be treated in the car wash system and a car wash system comprising treatment devices (') that can travel along a direction of travel (F) for a vehicle to be treated, a pair of wheel guide rails (&#x2032;) disposed at the wash system floor (B) between the treatment devices (&#x2032;) and running in the direction of travel (F) and at a distance from one another perpendicular to the direction of travel (F), said guide rails delimiting a lateral travel range () for the vehicle. The object of facilitating a safe and damage-free treatment and cleaning of vehicles is met by the invention by a wheel guide rail, wherein at least one distance sensor () is provided in the guide rail () for measuring the distance from the guide rail () to an outside of the wheel and/or side of the vehicle, a car wash system comprising such wheel guide rails and a method for centrally positioning a vehicle within a vehicle range () of a car wash system.

Wheel guide rail, car wash system and method for centrally positioning a vehicle

A rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system that allows an efficient and space-saving transport and a method for mounting a rollover wash unit that allows an efficient, simple and fast mounting of the rollover wash unit in situ.

Rollover wash unit and method for mounting a rollover wash unit

The invention relates to a vehicle wash system comprising a first treatment unit () arranged on a frame () so as to be height-adjustable and at least one second treatment unit () arranged on the frame () so as to be height-adjustable. In order to reduce the components required for driving and controlling the treatment units () the latter are coupled to a common drive motor () via a traction mechanism drive () for their mutual adjustment.

Vehicle wash system comprising a plurality of treatment units

A rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system includes interspaced lateral parts (') fitted with guides (&#x2032;), and a treatment device () that is received in the guide elements (&#x2032;) via bearings (&#x2032;), the guide elements being displaceable in the guides (&#x2032;). In order to achieve an adaptation to the washing height, the guide elements (&#x2032;) are configured to enable the bearings (&#x2032;) to project beyond the guides (&#x2032;) in a final position of the guide elements (&#x2032;) in the guides (&#x2032;), where the treatment device () projects upward beyond the lateral parts, (&#x2032;) and/or an upper edge of a traverse () connecting the lateral parts (&#x2032;), in an uppermost position of the guide elements (&#x2032;).

Rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system

The invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for a vehicle washing installation, a vehicle washing installation equipped with this nozzle arrangement, and to a method in which a drying nozzle () that can be rotated about a longitudinal axis () by a motor and two high-pressure hoses () parallel to the longitudinal axis () are provided with several high-pressure nozzles () for high-pressure cleaning. The high-pressure hoses () are supported so that they can rotate about their longitudinal axes () according to the invention and coupled to the drying nozzle () for common adjustment by means of a mechanism ().

Nozzle arrangement for a vehicle washing installation and method for cleaning a vehicle

Vehicle washing machine

A device for detecting the position of a wheeled vehicle while driving into a vehicle treatment facility, wherein near the floor at least one electrical switching device is arranged, which is activated when it is driven over by at least one wheel of the vehicle. An evaluation unit determines from the activation of the switching unit the instantaneous position of the wheel and thus of the vehicle. The switching device is configured as a contact grid in the form of a two-dimensional matrix, especially a contact mat, with a plurality of electrical switches, wherein an electrical switch is allocated to each point of the matrix, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured so that the activation of the switches can be detected individually by the evaluation unit.

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Affing, Germany

Georg Wimmer