Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
015970300 | Vehicle cleaner | 13 |
20090064431 | Magnetic Wash Strip And Method Of Use - An automatic vehicle washing apparatus wash strip having at least one magnet that adheres the wash strip to the vehicle being washed. | 03-12-2009 |
20090205149 | VEHICLE WASH MITTER ASSEMBLY WITH OFFSET RACKS - A vehicle washing system includes an overhead car wash mitter assembly. The assembly includes a pair of side support structures and an overhead supporting structure extending between the side support structures. The overhead supporting structure includes a plurality of rows of racks with each row including a left side rack and a right side rack. The left side racks are moveable together and the right side racks are moveable together and independently of the left side racks. A first gap exists between one of the rows of racks. A second gap exists between another of the rows of racks. The first gap and the second gap are offset laterally from one another with respect to the direction of travel of a vehicle to eliminate any break or gap in cleaning coverage. | 08-20-2009 |
20090205150 | CAR WASH CLOTH ROLL ASSEMBLY - A cloth-type vehicle laundering implement includes a support mechanism consisting of a rotatable drive shaft and a plurality of generally parallel, adjacently arranged spacers mounted on the support mechanism. Each of the plurality of spacers includes a first face and a second face. The implement includes a plurality of individual circular fabric disk elements disposed between the first face of one of the plurality of spacers and the second face of another of the plurality of spacers. Each of the plurality of individual circular fabric disk elements extends outwardly beyond the spacers. Each of the individual circular fabric disk elements consists of a single piece of non-woven material having an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The inner diameter is retained in a single plane by a securing mechanism such that more material is located adjacent the inner diameter than the outer diameter to provide a more rigid element. The outer diameter and the inner diameter consist of substantially the same linear length of material. | 08-20-2009 |
20090282630 | Truck terminal snow screed plow - A snow remover for the roofs of trucks and tractor trailers in which a structure of two vertical supports and a cross piece spanning them in supporting a plow rests upon a connected base plate provided with pairs of pockets on each side of the structure to allow for its lifting by a pair of forklifts operating in tandem and moving to a truck terminal access lane when snow build up removal is warranted, and thereafter moved into storage, in which the snow plow is in the configuration of an elongated-V from side-to-side angled forwardly toward the vehicles to meet substantially one-half way between the two vertical supports. | 11-19-2009 |
20100031459 | Automatic Vehicle Washing Apparatus Wash Brush Assembly - An automatic vehicle washing apparatus wash brush assembly includes a drive shaft having a longitudinal shaft axis. At least two disks extend radially relative to the shaft axis and are spaced along the shaft axis. One of the disks has a first through hole spaced radially from the shaft axis. The through hole is formed substantially parallel to the shaft axis and is aligned with a corresponding hole formed in a second disk adjacent the one of the disks. A rod extending through the through holes is fixed relative to the shaft axis. The rod extends through a loop fixed to a wash strip to fix the wash strip relative to the shaft axis. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037406 | ROLLOVER WASH UNIT AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A ROLLOVER WASH UNIT - The invention relates to a rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system, comprising a traverse ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100058549 | Velvety laminar strip cleaning element for making rotary making brushes for motor vehicle washing systems - An improved cleaning element, specifically designed for rotary brushes for motor vehicle washing systems, is made by using components of a velvety material which is suitably flocked by either a direct process or by coupling with velvety materials or velvets. | 03-11-2010 |
20100115720 | CLEANING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILE WINDOW PANE - A cleaning apparatus capable of absorbing water present between an automobile door panel and a door window pane is provided. One embodiment of the cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning member and a handle member. The cleaning member comprises a longitudinal member and an absorbing member. The absorbing member is capable of wrapping around the longitudinal member. The cleaning member is capable of being inserted between the automobile door panel and the door window pane. The handle member is perpendicularly attached to the longitudinal member at an end portion of the longitudinal member. Further, the handle member facilitates a user to insert the cleaning member between the automobile door panel and the door window pane for enabling the absorbing member to absorb water therefrom. | 05-13-2010 |
20120233793 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING SNOW FROM VEHICLES - The system for removing snow from vehicles removes snow, ice and other debris from the roof of a vehicle, such as a truck, trailer, van or the like, as the vehicle drives therethrough. The system includes a frame defining an open inner region dimensioned and configured for passage of the vehicle. The frame includes a pair of laterally opposed posts and an upper crossbeam extending between upper ends of the posts. A pair of arms are pivotally attached to the posts, the pair of arms extending orthogonal to the plane of the frame. A pivotally mounted forward crossbar extends between forward ends of the pair of arms. A blade is mounted on the forward crossbar so that the blade removes the snow, ice and other debris from the roof of the vehicle as it passes through the frame. | 09-20-2012 |
20120279004 | CAR WASH ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CAR WASH ROLLER ASSEMBLY - A car wash roller assembly is provided. The assembly includes a metal frame member having a body portion and an extension portion. The body portion has a first aperture having a shaft disposed therethrough. The assembly further includes first and second plastic cover members holding the body portion therebetween. The first plastic cover member has a second aperture, and the second plastic cover member has a third aperture for receiving the shaft therethrough. The assembly further includes first and second plastic sleeves disposed over first and second portions of the shaft, and first and second plastic wheels rotatably coupled to the sleeves. The first plastic cover member restricts movement of the chain link in a first direction relative to the metal frame member. | 11-08-2012 |
20130180065 | HUB FOR A VEHICLE WASH COMPONENT HAVING AN ARCUATE PATTERN OF MEDIA ELEMENTS - A component for a vehicle wash system includes a frame and a hub portion rotatably secured to the frame. The hub portion includes an axis of rotation and an outer surface. A plurality of media elements are secured to the hub portion. The media elements include a flexible, self-supporting material such that the plurality of media elements can retain substantially the same shape when the hub portion is rotating at both high and low RPMs. The plurality of media elements are secured to the hub portion in a plurality of spaced apart rows that extend in a direction of the axis of rotation. Each of the plurality of spaced apart rows extending in a generally arcuate path along at least a portion of the hub portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20140310897 | BUFFING APPARATUS - A buffing apparatus has a shaft assembly connectable to a drill or other stationary motorized buffer/polisher. A stator is fixedly mounted on the shaft and a rotor is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and each of the stator and rotor includes a respective hub and two or more arms extending radially from the respective hub, and each of the two or more arms defines a hole. A pad having first and second holes is mounted on the shaft with an arm of the stator extending through a first hole of the pad and an arm of the rotor extending through a second hole of the pad. The pads are secured in place with a connector extending through the hole of an arm of the stator and through a hole of an arm of the rotor so that the pads are sandwiched between the shaft assembly and the connectors. | 10-23-2014 |
20160107617 | Snow and Ice Remover for Vehicle Roofs - A snow and ice remover assembly for vehicle roofs having two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move a vehicle between the vertical supports. A plow assembly that is movable along the two vertical supports. A base structure is attached to the vertical supports and has wheels that engage a support surface upon which the snow and ice remover stands. A wheel movement prevention mechanism is also provided. | 04-21-2016 |