Washing apparatus for motor vehicles

Claim 1

A CLEANING APPARATUS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES EMBODYING A FIRST WASHING STATION AND A SECOND RINSING STATION, THE WASHING STATION BEING PROVIDED WITH AN UPPER HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED SPRAY HEAD OF V-SHAPE, THE SPRAY HEAD BEING CARRIED BY A TUBULAR SHAFT IS JOURNALED IN A HOUSING, A MOTOR FOR DRIVING THE SAFT AND TO OSCILLATE THE SPRAY HEAD, SPRAY HEADS WITHIN THE HOUSING THAT ARE DISPOSED UPON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND WITH THE SPRAY HEADS BEING VERTICALLY ARRANGED AND JOURNALED IN BRACKETS AT THEIR UPPER ENDS AND BEARINGS AT THE LOWER END THAT ARE ROTATABLE IN A FLOW AREA OF THE APPARATUS, THE VERTICAL SPRAY HEADS BEING OSCILLATABLE BY AN EXTENSION UPON THE SHAFT OF THE UPPER HEAD AND WHEREBY THE MOTOR DRIVE FOR THE UPPER SPRAY HEAD IS TRANSMITTED TO THE VERTICAL SPRAY HEADS SO THAT ALL OF THE SPRAY HEADS WILL OSCILLATE SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR SPRAYING A DETERGENT UPON THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AND UPON THE WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE, A DETERGENT CONTAINING TANK HAVING AN OUTLET LINE, A PUMP CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET LINE AND SAID PUMP BEING CONNECTED TO PIPES THAT EXTEND UPWARDLY THROUGH THE HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO THE SEVERAL SPRAY HEADS BY FLEXIBLE PIPING, EACH OF THE SPRAY HEADS BEING PERFORATED TO PROJECT A FORCEFUL SPRAY OF DETERGENT FLUID OVER THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AND THE WHEELS, A SUMP DISPOSED UPON A FLOOR TO COLLECT DRAINAGE FLUID FROM THE SPRAY HEADS, THE SUMP BEING CONNECTED TO A FLUID SUPPLY TANK AND A PUMP OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE FLUID SUPPLY TANK TO THE DETERGENT TANK, A FIRST FEELER SWITCH AT THE ENTRANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSING AND A SECOND FEELER SWITCH IN THE EXIT END OF THE HOUSING, THE FEELER SWITCHED HAVING UPSTANDING PLATES THAT ARE NORMALLY BIASED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND WITH THE PLATES BEING IN THE LINE OF MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE HOUSING SO THAT THE PLATES ARE BIASED DOWNWARDLY BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERNEATH PORTION OF THE VEHICLE TO ACUTATE THE PUMP FOR THE DETERGENT THROUGHOUT THE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE AND WITH THE SECOND SWITCH HAVING ITS PLATE BIASED DOWNWARDLY BY THE VEHICLE SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE FLOW OF DETERGENT FROM THE SPRAY HEADS THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE HOUSING AND WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND SWITCHES BEING BIASED UPWARDLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSING TO DE-ENERGIZE THE MOTOR AND THE PUMP, THE RISE STATION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL TO THE WASH STATION AND HAVING THE IDENTICAL SPRAY HEADS THEREIN, FIRST AND SECOND FEELER SWITCHES FOR THE RINSE STATION WHEREBY TO ENERGIZE THE SOLENOID VALVE TO PERMIT THE FLOW OF RINSE WATER UPWARDLY TO THE SEVERAL SPRAY HEADS TO RINSE THE DETERGENT FROM THE VEHICLE AND WITH THE SECOND FEELER SWITCH TO THE RINSE STATION BIASED UPWARDLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS PASSED ENTIRELY THROUGH THE RINSE HOUSING, TO DE-ENERGIZE THE MOTOR FOR DRIVING THE SPRAY HEADS AND TO DE-ENERGIZE THE SOLENOID VALVE, THE RINSE HOUSING ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUMP FOR THE DRAINAGE OF RINSE WATER TO A FLUID TANK.