Drying apparatus for a car wash

Abstract

Abstract A DRYING APPARATUS FOR AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. THIS APPARATUS IS SUPPLIED WAS FORCED AIR FROM A SINGLE SOURCE AND COMPRISES TWO, UPRIGHT, SIDE ENCLOSURE TO WHICH AN OVERHEAD ASSEMBLY IS CONNECTED TO PRESENT AN INVERTED U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION. THE SIDE ENCLOSURES AND THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE OVERHEAD ASSEMBLY ARE PREFERABLY MADE OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL AND INCLUDE A SYSTEM OF INTERNAL BAFFLE ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE DUCTING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FORCED AIR THERETHROUGH FROM A SINGLE SOURCE. A PLURALITY OF UNIQUELY CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED LINEAR SLOT NOZZLES DIRECT AIR FROM THE UPRIGHT SIDE ENCLOSURES TO DRY THE SIDES OF A CAR BY PEELING THE WATER THEREFROM, AND TWO NOZZLES DEPEND FROM THE OVERHEAD ASSEMBLY TO DRY THE TOP OF THE CAR. WHILE THE SLOT NOZZLES IN THE SIDE ENCLOSURES ARE PREFERABLY FIXED, THE TWO OVERHEAD SLOT NOZZLES ARE SWINGINGLY MOUNTED ON THE OVERHEAD ASSEMBLY SO AS TO PROVIDE AN UNIMPEDED AIR FLOW FROM ONE OF THE UPRIGHT ENCLOSURES, THROUGH AN ENCLOSURE IN THE OVERHEAD ASSEMBLY AND INTO THE OVERHEAD NOZZLES. THE OVERHEAD NOZZLES EACH HAVE A HEARD PORTION THAT ARTICULTES WITH RESPECT TO A BODY PORTION TO ASSURE THAT AIR EMITTED THERE FROM WILL SWEEP THE WATER ACROSS AND OFF THE TOP OF THE CAR. THE NOZZLES ARE ALSO CONSTRUCTED SO THAT AIR EMITTED THEREFROM TENDS TO SWING THE NOZZLES AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE BEING DRIED SO THAT IT WILL NOT STRIKE THEREAGAINST. RETARDING MEANS COUNTERBALANCE THE ROTATIVE FORCES INDUCED BY THE EMITTED AIR SO THAT CONTACT MEANS ON THE NOZZLE RIDE LIGHTLY ALONG THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE TO MAINTAIN THE NOZZLE THE DESIRED SPACING FROM THE SURFACES BEING DRIED THEREBY.

Inventors

• 👤 Fred D Solomon

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