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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Michael Heinze, Hemmingen, DE;
Oliver Berger, Marbach, DE;
Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG, Winnenden, DE;
Abstract
In order to further develop a vehicle washing installation comprising at least one nozzle arrangement which is movable past a vehicle to be cleaned in the longitudinal and transverse directions thereof and is adapted to be supplied with a cleaning liquid for cleaning the vehicle, so that it is of structurally simpler design and is less susceptible to failure, it is proposed, in accordance with the invention, that the nozzle arrangement comprise at least two groups of nozzles, with a first group of nozzles facing the vehicle to be cleaned during a transverse movement of the nozzle arrangement and a second group of nozzles facing the vehicle to be cleaned during a longitudinal movement of the nozzle arrangement.