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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1989
Ivan J Barber, Mississauga, CA;
Transcontinental Car Wash Systems Limited, Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A vehicle wash system includes apparatus for washing side and rear surfaces of a vehicle and apparatus for washing the front and upper surfaces of a vehicle. The apparatus for washing the side and rear surfaces includes a side and rear follower mounted on a support frame to the side of a vehicle path and moveable from a first position to the side of the vehicle path to a second position inwardly of the side of the vehicle path, nozzles being mounted on the end of the follower. With the follower in the first position, the nozzles are directed towards the vehicle path and thus towards a side surface of a vehicle, and when the follower is moving between the first and second positions, the nozzles are directed along the vehicle path and thus towards the rear surface of the vehicle. The apparatus for washing the front and upper surfaces of the vehicle includes a follower pivotally mounted on a support frame and having a pair of spaced side members extending from the mounting and a cross member extending between the ends of the side members and moveable between a lower first position where the cross member is positioned in the path of vehicles on the vehicle path and a raised second position in which the cross member is above the path of vehicles. Nozzles are mounted on the cross member and a plurality of spaced sensors are mounted on the cross member for detecting the presence of a vehicle. A follower actuator is activated by the sensors to retain the follower and nozzles a predetermined distance from the vehicle. A nozzle and sensor actuator mounted on the support frame is provided for activation by the sensors for orienting the nozzles to spray washing fluid towards the vehicle. Nozzle and sensor orienting linkages extend between the nozzle and sensor actuator and the nozzles and sensors for maintaining the nozzle and sensor orientation as the front and top follower pivots relative to the frame.