Heating system for outdoor conveyors in a carwash
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1. In a carwash exposed to low ambient temperatures, a system for conveying vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one conveyor for moving the vehicle through the carwash, at least a portion of the conveyor being exposed to the low ambient temperatures; and
a heated structural slab supporting at least a moving portion of the at least one conveyor and in sliding contact with the conveyor to cause heat to be transferred to the conveyor for preventing fluid at the conveyor from freezing.
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Abstract
A system for heating conveyors which extend outside a wash tunnel of a carwash utilizes concrete structural slabs with heating apparatus embedded in the slab near a top surface and supported adjacent the conveyor. The heating apparatus can be a hydronic system or an electric heating mat embedded in the slabs which prevents water on the slabs or the conveyor from freezing in low ambient temperature conditions.
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1. In a carwash exposed to low ambient temperatures, a system for conveying vehicle, the system comprising:
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at least one conveyor for moving the vehicle through the carwash, at least a portion of the conveyor being exposed to the low ambient temperatures; and a heated structural slab supporting at least a moving portion of the at least one conveyor and in sliding contact with the conveyor to cause heat to be transferred to the conveyor for preventing fluid at the conveyor from freezing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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