Devices for washing the bodies of automotive vehicles

Claim 1

A VEHICLE WASHING APPARATUS COMPRISING, A TRAVELLING FRAME FOR TRAVELLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO A STATIONARY VEHICEL TO BE WASHED, A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLY DRIVEN SCRUBBING BRUSHES MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND DISPOSED FOR SRUBBING THE SIDE SURFACES AND ANOTHER BRUSH FOR SRUBBING THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE VEHICLE DURING TRAVELLING OF SAID FRAME, DRIVE MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DRIVING THE BRUSHES IN A GIVEN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION OF ROTATION DURING TRAVEL OF SAID FRAME IN ONE DIRECTION AND IN AN OPPOSITE RESPECTIVE DIRECTION OF ROTATION DURING TRAVEL OF SAID FRAME IN ANOTHER DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION, SAID DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID TRAVELLING FRAME IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO SAID STATIONARY VEHICLE, MEANS INDEPENDENTLY MOUNTING EACH OF SAID BRUSHES INTERNALLY OF SAID FRAME FOR SCRUBBING THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE VEHICLE, FOR EACH OF SAID BRUSHES, MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANGULARLY SPACED, PIVOTED ARMS, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ARMS FOR SUPPLYING A CLEANING AGENT AND RINSING WATER ALTERNATIVELY IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID FRAME, AND THE LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE CLEANING AGENT ON SAID VEHICLE SURFACES AHEAD OF THE SCRUBBING BRUSHES AND THE RINSING WATER REARWARDLY THEREOF DURING TRAVEL OF SAID FRAME.