Car washing apparatus

Abstract

Abstract A CAR WASH APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTAL ARMS WHICH CARRY A VERTICALLY EXTENDING ROTARY BRUSH AND ARE BISED TO RESPECTIVE NORMAL POSITIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND ALONG THE PATH OF A CAR TO BE WASHED. CONTROL MEANS IS CONNECTED WITH THE SECOND ARM AND COOPERATES WITH THE BIASING MEANS TO APPLY A RELATIVELY LARG UNFOLDING FORCE TO THE SECOND ARM AND TO, AFTER INITIAL UNFOLDING APPLY A RELATIVELY SMALL UNFOLDING FORCE TO THE SECOND ARM WHEREBY THE BRUSH WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND WILL BE CARRIED FORWARDLY THEREWITH TO CARRY THE FREE EXTREMITY OF THE FIRST ARM FORWARDLY. AFTERTHE BRUSH HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND CLEARS THE FRONT CORNER THEREOF, IT WILL TRAVEL REARWARDLY ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF FOLDING THE SECOND ARM ON THE FIST ARM AND WHEN THE REAR CORNER OF THE CAR CLEARS THE BRUSH, THE BIASING MEANS AND CONTROL MEANS WITH COOPERATE TO APPLY SUCH RELATIVELY LARGE UNFOLDING FORCE TO THE SECOND ARM TO INITIALLY MOVE THE BRUSH FORWARDLY AND INWARDLY RELATIVELY RAPID TO COMMENCE INWARD RAVEL ACROSS THE REAR OF THE CAR AND, THEREAFTER, SUCH CONTROL MEANS AND BIASING MEANS WILL COOPERATE TO APPLY THE RELATIVELY SMALL UNFOLDING FORCE TO THE SECOND ARM TO CONTINUE UNFOLDING OF THE SECOND ARM AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT THROUGH CLEANING OF THE REAR OF THE CAR.

Inventors

• 👤 Donald E Follis

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