Patent ID: 6147625
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
Device for positioning motor vehicles in front of vehicle washing plants, having a portal which is moveable in a moving direction relative to the motor vehicle and has a clear space (free passage) of a predetermined clearance width which is delimited laterally by imaginary, substantially vertical terminating planes extending in the direction of movement, characterised in that at least one transmitting-/receiving device (5, 6) is assigned to each terminating plane (E1, E2) which device transmits and receives signals which extend substantially in the terminating plane (E1, E2) into the area in front of the portal (1) (entry region) and in that, for each terminating plane (E1, E2), there is provided one display device (9, 10) which is influenced by the associated transmitting-/receiving device (5, 6) and is located within the field of vision of the driver, such that, when the received signals change as a result of vehicle parts (4) protruding into the respective terminating plane (E1, E2), the associated display device (9, 10) is activated.