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US3089168A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Self-service automatic vehiclewashing devices

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-08-14
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Granted: 1963-05-14
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Expires: 1981-08-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George W Blanford

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 21:39
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60S; B60S3/00; B60S3/04; B60S3/042

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 199 words
A SELF-SERVICE WASHING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL HOUSING, GUIDE TRACKS WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE THROUGH SAID HOUSING, POSITIONED EXTERIOR OF RUBBER TIRE WHEELS ON A VEHICLE, BRUSHES RESILIENTLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRACKS FOR SCRUBBING THE TIRE WHEELS, A WATER SPRAYING SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRIC SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES AND SPACED INVERTED U SPRAY FRAMES AT AN ENTRACE AND EXIT OF SAID HOUSING, ONE OF SAID INVERTED U SPRAYS ADAPTED TO SPRAY A MIXTURE OF DETERGENT AND WATER WHILE A VEHICLE IS PASSING THROUGH SAID HOUSING UPON TIMED ACTUATION OF ONE OF SAID SOLENOID VALVES, SAID DETERGENT SYPHONED FROM A RESERVOIR IN MEASURED QUANTITY BY THE FLOW OF THE WATER TO AND OUT OF THE SAID INVERTED U FRAME AT THE ENTRANCE OF SAID HOUSING, A MOTOR DRIVEN ECCENTRIC INTERSPACED BETWEEN SAID INVERTED U FRAMES ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A WIPER AND BRUSH TO JIGGLE AND OSCILLATE SAID WIPER AND BRUSHES WHILE A VEHICLE PASSES THROUGH AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID BRUSHES AND WIPER WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ANOTHER OF SAID INVERTED U FRAMES ADAPTED TO SPRAY SAID VEHICLE WITH WATER UPON EXIT FROM SAID HOUSING WHEN ONE OF SAID SOLENOID VALVES IS ACTUATED IN TIMED SEQUENCE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 199 words
A SELF-SERVICE WASHING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL HOUSING, GUIDE TRACKS WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE THROUGH SAID HOUSING, POSITIONED EXTERIOR OF RUBBER TIRE WHEELS ON A VEHICLE, BRUSHES RESILIENTLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRACKS FOR SCRUBBING THE TIRE WHEELS, A WATER SPRAYING SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRIC SOLENOID ACTUATED VALVES AND SPACED INVERTED U SPRAY FRAMES AT AN ENTRACE AND EXIT OF SAID HOUSING, ONE OF SAID INVERTED U SPRAYS ADAPTED TO SPRAY A MIXTURE OF DETERGENT AND WATER WHILE A VEHICLE IS PASSING THROUGH SAID HOUSING UPON TIMED ACTUATION OF ONE OF SAID SOLENOID VALVES, SAID DETERGENT SYPHONED FROM A RESERVOIR IN MEASURED QUANTITY BY THE FLOW OF THE WATER TO AND OUT OF THE SAID INVERTED U FRAME AT THE ENTRANCE OF SAID HOUSING, A MOTOR DRIVEN ECCENTRIC INTERSPACED BETWEEN SAID INVERTED U FRAMES ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A WIPER AND BRUSH TO JIGGLE AND OSCILLATE SAID WIPER AND BRUSHES WHILE A VEHICLE PASSES THROUGH AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID BRUSHES AND WIPER WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ANOTHER OF SAID INVERTED U FRAMES ADAPTED TO SPRAY SAID VEHICLE WITH WATER UPON EXIT FROM SAID HOUSING WHEN ONE OF SAID SOLENOID VALVES IS ACTUATED IN TIMED SEQUENCE.

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