Car wash apparatus

Claim 1

A VEHICLE WASHING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN INVERTED U-SHAPED FRAME ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS A VEHICLE TO BE CLEANED, SAID FRAME COMPRISING OPPOSITE LEG PORTIONS AND A HEAD PORTION CONNECTING SAID LEG PORTIONS PROVIDING AN ACHWAY FOR THE VEHICLE, MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOTION LENGTHWISE OF THE VEHICLE BETWEEN SAID FRAME AND VEHICLE, A HIGH PRESSURE DETERGENT SPRAY WASH SECTION OPERABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID FRAME, SAID WASH SECTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT SPRAY BANKS AT LEAST ONE IN EACH OF SAID LEG PORTIONS AND HEAD PORTION, EACH BANK COMPRISING A LIQUID CONDUIT MEANS, A PLURALITY OF SPRAY NOZZLES CARRIED BY EACH SAID CONDUIT MEANS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP AND POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ARCHWAY, SAID NOZZLES BEING ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED TO PRODUCE OVERLAPPING FAN-LIKE JET STREAMS OF LIQUID AT THE SURFACE OF THE VEHICLE AND SWINGABLE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CONDUIT MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR RECIPROCATION OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS IN A SINGLE PLANE IN EACH SAID LEG PORTIONS AND HEAD PORTION LENGTHWISE OF SAID LEGS AND HEAD PORTION RESPECTIVELY, MEANS FOR EFFECTIVELY RECIPROCATION OF ONE OF THESE SWINGABLY SUPPORTED CONDUIT MEANS, MEANS DRIVINGLY CONNECTING THIS ONE SUPPORTED CONDUIT MEANS WITH THE OTHER WHEREBY ALL ARE RECIPROCATED IN UNISON AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID CONDUIT MEANS WITH LIQUID DETERGENT.