Method and device for cleaning a vehicle

US6905554B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Berger · Braunschweig, DE
• Peter Tews · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S15/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for cleaning a vehicle with a vehicle washing facility which comprises at least one first cleaning tool which is vertically aligned and can be moved past the vehicle in a longitudinal and in a transverse direction thereof and at least one second cleaning tool which is horizontally aligned, can be moved in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and can be adjusted in a vertical direction in accordance with the contour of the vehicle. In order to develop the method further in such a manner that extra long vehicles can also be cleaned, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that a checking device checks whether the length of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined maximum value and that the rear of the vehicle and/or the front of the vehicle be cleaned only with the first or only with the second cleaning tool when the length of the vehicle exceeds the maximum value.