Vehicle conveyor

申请号 US3789766D 申请日 1972-02-22 公开(公告)号 US3789766A 公开(公告)日 1974-02-05
申请人 HURWITZ P; 发明人 HURWITZ P;
摘要 A vehicle conveyor suitable for a car wash is disclosed wherein tire-engaging rollers are attached to an endless chain positioned beneath the path of the vehicle. The rollers may selectively engage a tire on the vehicle or may selectively move along a path located at an elevation below the elevation of the tire. The tire-engaging rollers are supported as cantilevers from the chain. Slots are provided adjacent the ends of the chain so that the rollers may move up to a tire-engaging position and return to a lower position.
权利要求
1. A conveyor comprising means defining a lane having a first track along which a vehicle is to be pushed, a conveyor chain having a forward run directly below said first track, a second track below said first track, a plurality of arms, each arm having one end pivoted to said chain, a roller supported by a cantilever shaft attached at the other end of each arm, means including said arms so that each roller is movable along each of said tracks by said forward run of said chain, demand means for selectively transferring a roller from movement along the second track to movement along the first track, and said arms extending outwardly and upwardly from said chain so as to have their end portions supporting the roller in a position alongside the track along which the roller is being moved by said forward run of the chain.
2. A conveyor in accordance with claim 1 wherein a return run for said chain lies in the same vertical plane as said forward run.
3. A conveyor in accordance with claim 1 wherein each arm has a length greater than the vertical distance between the tracks.
4. A conveyor in accordance with claim 1 wherein said chain has a return run lying substantially in the same horizontal plane as said forward run, and said chain extending around sprockets which rotate about vertical axes.
5. A vehicle conveyor comprising means defining a lane having a first track at floor level and along which a tire on a vehicle is to be pushed, a second track at an elevation below the elevation of the first track and parallel thereto, a conveyor chain at an elevation below the elevation of said lane, said conveyor chain having a forward run below said first track, a plurality of arms each having one end pivotably connected to said chain at spaced points therealong, a roller supported by a cantilever shaft at the other end of each arm, demand means for selectively pivoting an arm and transferring its roller from movement along the second track to movement along the first track, each arm extending outwardly from said chain and then upwardly so as to have its said other end in a position alongside the track along which its roller is moving.
6. A vehicle conveyor in accordance with claim 5 wherein said first track is free from any longitudinally extending slot in the portion thereof adapted for contact with the tire to be pushed therealong.
7. A vehicle conveyor in accordance with claim 5 including a spinner-type wheel washer alongside a vertical plane containing said first track, said spinner-type wheel washer having rollers projecting into a gap in the first track and forming a continuation thereof for supporting the tire of the vehicle and for rotating the tire of the vehicle, with the outward and upward extent of said arm being sufficient so that the said other end of the arm passes alongside one end of said wheel washer rollers.
8. A vehicle conveyor in accordance with claim 5 wherein the return run of said chain is directly below said forward run of the chain.
9. A vehicle conveyor in accordance with claim 5 wherein the return run of said chain lies substantially in the same horizontal plane as said forward run of the chain, with the chain extending around sprockets rotatable about vertical axes.
10. A vehicle conveyor in accordance with claim 9 including a spinner-type wheel washer alongside a vertical plane containing the said forward run of the chain, said first track having a gap adjacent said wheel washer, said wheel washer having rollers supported by cantilevers at an elevation above said forward run of the chain and below said lane in said gap in said first track, and each of said arms extending sufficiently outwardly from said forward run of the chain so as to pass alongside a free end of shafts supporting the wheel washer rollers.
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