Driving mechanism for scrubbing brushes of vehicle-washing stations
Abstract
Abstract THE SHAFT OF A SCRUBBING BRUSH SUSPENDED FROM A CARRIAGE DISPLACEABLE ACROSS OR ALONGSIDE THE PATH OF A VEHICLE TO BE SCRUBBED, JOURNALED IN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED HOUSING SO AS TO SWING IN A PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF CARRIAGE MOTION, IS COUPLED BY WAY OF A SPEEDREVERSING TRANSMISSION WITH A KNURLED ROLLER MOUNTED ON ANOTHER SHAFT JOURNALED IN THE SAME HOUSING, THIS ROLLER CO-OPERATING WITH A FRICTION SURFACE PARALLEL TO THE CARRIAGE TRACK TO MOVE THE CARRIAGE IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION ON BEING URGED AGAINST THAT SURFACE BY A THRUST EXERTED UPON THE BRUSH AS IT CONTACTS THE VEHICLE. OWING TO THE INTERPOSITION OF THE SPEED-REVERSING TRANSMISSION, THE CARRIAGE MOTION IS CODIRECTIONAL WITH THE PERIPHERAL MOTION AT ITS POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE VEHICULAR SURFACE TO BE SCRUBBED, WITH RESULTANT INTENSIFICATION OF THE CLEANING ACTION.
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- 👤 Uberto Capra
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