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Apparatus for treating an article

US5911230A · kind A · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Roland Kurz · Linden, DE
Erwin Merz · Waiblingen, DE
Marc Geiselhart · Weil der Stadt, DE
Arnold Bernhof · Eßlingen, DE
Dieter Bernlohr · Schorndorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 1997
Grant date	Jun 15, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S3/04
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for treating an article comprising a treatment bridge with a head beam which is arranged above the article and two side beams which are arranged at the sides of the article and extend transversely to the head beam, and delivery devices which are arranged on the beams for respectively directing at least one treating agent at the article, in order to improve the transportability of the bridge, it is proposed that the side beams of the bridge be pivotable from a working position in which they stand transversely to the head beam to a resting position in which they are arranged parallel to the head beam.

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