Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Machines – Wiping
Patent
1983-06-08
1986-02-04
Roberts, Edward L.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Machines
Wiping
15DIG2, 1523014, 1523016, B60S 306
Patent
active
045676208
ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the invention comprises a vehicle washing apparatus having an array of downwardly depending plural fabric panels. These panels are of varying widths and are slit at multiple locations along their side margins to provide fingers of material between the slits. These fingers reach into and clean otherwise hard to reach areas of a vehicle, such as the window area immediately beneath an overhanging roof. A drive mechanism rotationally oscillates the array about a vertical axis. Selected panels of the array are oriented in non-parallel planes for enhanced washing of different portions of the vehicle. The array is detachably mounted to an overhead frame of the vehicle wash. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a vehicle washing apparatus having plural downwardly depending washing elements, each with one or more of such slit fabric panels mounted to an upright flexible support. The washing elements may be suspended from an oscillating frame. In addition, the individual washing elements may also be oscillatable. The support may be hollow and porous or perforated for delivery of fluid to the panels. In addition, the support may be of a larger dimension at the bottom than at the top. Therefore, when filled with fluid, the lower portion of the washing element is heavier. Thus, the element will contact the vehicle to a greater extent as the vehicle is cleaned.
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