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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Dale Retter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A vehicle washing system is mounted adjacent the ceiling of a garage or other structure. It includes an upper frame and a mat is located beneath the frame for catching and draining off fluids used during the washing operation. After a vehicle is driven onto the mat beneath the frame, a mechanism is operated to lower a waterproof curtain from the frame down to a point adjacent the mat to completely surround the vehicle. In addition, fluid conduit rings also are lowered from the frame to various positions surrounding the vehicle. Nozzles in these rings are directed toward the vehicle location and washing and rinsing fluid is supplied, under pressure, to the rings in a pre-established sequence to effect the washing of the vehicle. In addition, hot air drying tubes and nozzles are lowered from the frame when the device is in use to permit the application of hot drying air to the vehicle after the washing cycle has been completed. After the vehicle has been washed and dried, the curtain, the fluid supply rings, and the dryer hoses are raised back into a stored position adjacent the frame; and the vehicle then may be driven away.