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Method and apparatus for removing aged wax and fur on vehicle

US4804421A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1988
Grant dateFeb 14, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S15/02
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for removing an aged wax and fur on a vehicle by a washing machine including a gate-type frame which is reciprocally travellable astride the vehicle in longitudinal direction of the latter and which is provided with a rotary brush arrangement, a dryer, a clear water sprayer, a neutralizer-containing rinse water sprayer and an aged-wax/fur removing material spreader, the vehicle is brushed by the rotary brush arrangement during a first advancing movement of the gate-type frame, and an aged-wax/fur removing material is spreaded onto the vehicle by the aged-wax/fur removing material spreader, while at the same time brushing the vehicle by said rotary brush arrangement during a first returning movement and second advancing movement of the gate-type frame. Then, the vehicle is brushed by the rotary brush arrangement during a second returning movement of the gate-type frame, and then the gate-type frame is put out of operation for a given period of time to perform a readjustment of the brushing for such cessation period. During a subsequent third advancing movement of the gate-type frame, a neutralizer-containing rinse water is sprayed onto the vehicle by the neutralizer-cont…

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