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Vehicle washing machine

  • US 5,266,123 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1991
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A washing apparatus suited for use in washing outside surfaces of vehicles, the apparatus comprising:

  • a support means;

    a first conduit means capable of conducting a fluid therealong and elongated along a longitudinal axis for a selected length, said first conduit means being mounted on said support means to permit both selected displacements thereof along said longitudinal axis and selected rotations thereof about said longitudinal axis;

    a plurality of nozzles mounted on said first conduit means such that a fluid conducted through said first conduit means can be conducted through at least one of said nozzles;

    a first drive means capable of selectively reciprocating said first conduit means along said longitudinal axis between selected positions separated by a length less than said first conduit means length; and

    a second drive means capable of selectively causing said first conduit means to undergo selected reciprocal angular displacements about said longitudinal axis whereby said first conduit means can be displaced both about and along said longitudinal axis such that a said fluid forced through said nozzle will be directed through a selected portion of a selected plane through which such a fluid passes.

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