Automobile drier unit with muffler means and selectively operable air diverting means

Claim 1

DRYER APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION IN AN AUTOMOBILE CAR WASHING UNIT TO SWEEP AIR ACROSS EACH SIDE OF A VEHICLE AND ACROSS THE TOP OF A VEHICLE MOVING THROUGH SAID WASHING UNIT, SAID DRYER APPARATUS COMPRISING A FIRST BLOWER UNIT DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A STREAM OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH A FIRST OUTLET IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE FIRST BLOWER UNIT FOR DRYING THE VEHICLE, A FIRST SIDE NOZZLE MEANS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH AND RECEIVING AIR FROM THE OUTLET OF SAID FIRST BLOWER UNIT TO APPLY AIR TO THE FIRST SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, A SECOND BLOWER UNIT DISPOSED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID VEHICLE AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE AIR UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH A SECOND OUTLET IN FLUID COMMUNICATION THEREWITH FOR DRYING SAID VEHICLE, A SECOND SIDE NOZZLE MEANS IS FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTLET OF SAID SECOND BLOWER UNIT AND ADAPTED TO APPLY AIR TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID VEHICLE, A DUCT MEANS EXTENDING ABOVE THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID VEHICLE AND IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTLET OF EACH BLOWER UNIT, A TOP NOZZLE MEANS IN SAID DUCT MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AIR FROM THE OUTLET OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND BLOWER UNITS TO SWEEP AIR ACROSS THE TOP OF A VEHICLE, MEANS FOR OPERATING THE BLOWER UNITS IN UNISON AT TIMES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND FOR DISABLING ONE OF THE BLOWER UNITS AT TIMES OF LIGHT TRAFFIC, AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONTROL MEANS FOR DIVERTING AIR FROM THE OPERATIVE ONE OF SAID BLOWER UNITS THROUGH THE OUTLET OF THE OPPOSITE BLOWER UNIT AND THE CORRESPONDING SIDE AND TOP NOZZLE MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH WHEN SAID OPPOSITE BLOWER UNIT IS DISABLED FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TRAFFIC, SAID SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING DAMPER MEANS FOR BLOCKING A PORTION OF THE OUTLET LEADING TO COMMUNICATION WITH THE DISABLED BLOWER UNIT.