System adapted for diagnosis of large numbers of automotive road vehicles

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IN A SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR RAPID, EFFICIENT, UNIFORM DIAGNOSES OF A PLURALITY OF IN LINE CLOSELY FOLLOWING, INDEPENDENTLY, INTERMITTENTLY MOVING AUTOMOTIVE ROAD VEHICLES TO DETERMINE AND IDENTIFY DEFICIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH THEREOF BY TESTING EACH SAID VEHICLE AT EACH OF A PLURALITY OF STATIONS AS SAID VEHICLE IS ROLLED IN NORMAL MANNER TO AND BEYOND EACH SAID STATION IN PROCEEDING TO A POINT OF EXIT, WHEREBY EACH VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AND OVERALL EXTEND SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE A MASTER RECORD OF ITS FAULST AND THEREBY PERMIT ITS REPAIR AND CORRECTION AS DESIRED SUBSEQUENT TO DIAGNOSIS, COMPRISING A DIAGNOSTIC PASSAGEWAY HAVING AN ENTRANCE AND STATIONS ALONG SAID PASSAGEWAY THEREBY ADAPTING SAME TO AN EXIT, CONSTRUCTIONAL MEANS SPACING SAID PLURALITY OF RECEIVE SAID LINE OF VEHICLES WITH ONE VEHICLE AT AT LEAST EACH OF A MAJORITY OF SAID STATIONS WITH WORKING SPACE BETWEEN SAID RESPECTIVE VEHICLES, MEANS DETERMINING THE WIDTH OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AT LEAST SUFFICIENTLY WIDE TO PERMIT LENGTHWISE TRANSIT OF SAID LINE OF VEHICLES AND SUFFICIENTLY NARROW TO REQUIRE SUBSTANTIALLY LENGTHWISE TRANSIT OF EACH SUCCESSIVE VEHICLE IN SAID LINE THROUGH EACH SUCCESSIVE STATION, DIAGNOSTIC TEST EQUIPMENT OPERATIVE AT EACH SAID STATION ADAPTED FOR A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC TEST SEQUENTIALLY ON EACH RESPECTIVE VEHICLE IN SAID LINE WHEN SAID VEHICLES ARE ROLLED SUCCESSIVELY TO EACH SAID STATION, DYNAMIC VEHICLE TESTING MEANS AT AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STATIONS IN ENERGY TRANSMISION ENGAGEMENT SUCCESSIVELY WITH A ROTATING WHEEL OF EACH RESPECTIVE VEHICLE IN SAID LINE WHEN SAID VEHICLES ARE ROLLED SUCCESSIVELY TO SAID STATION, AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST EQUIPMENT OPERATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM DIFFERNT STATIONS ADAPTED FOR INITIATING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE IN SAID LINE PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON ANOTHER VEHICLE IN SAID LINE, WHEREBY A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES MAY BE DIAGNOSED SEQUENTIALLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVERALL OPERATION AS AFORESAID INCLUDING SIMULATED ROAD OPERATION, THEREBY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON DEFICIENT CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH VEHICLE IN SAID LINE SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE CORRECTION WITHOUT ACTUAL ROAD TESTING OR FURTHER GENERAL DIAGNOSIS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A DYNAMOMETER INCLUDED IN SAID DYNAMIC VEHICLE TESTING MEANS OPERATIVE FROM AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STATIONS AND ADAPTED FOR ROTATABLE ENGAGEMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH BOTH REAR WHEELS OF EACH SUCCESSIVE VEHICLE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC LINE SEQUENTIALLY, AND AN OSCILLOSCOPE VEHICLE ENGINE ANALYZER, OPERATIVE FROM THE STATION AT WHICH SAID ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN REAR VEHICLE WHEELS AND SAID DYNAMOMETER IS EFFECTED, ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED BY ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM THE HIGH VOLTAGE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IGNITION SYSTEM THEREBY TO DEPICT SEPARATE GRAPHICAL WAVE FORM OSCILLOSCOPE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION INPUT TO RESPECTIVE ENGINE CYLINDERS.