Patent ID: 8342195
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A washing apparatus for washing a vehicle, the vehicle having a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a top side between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, said washing apparatus comprising: a portal for allowing the vehicle to pass therethrough; at least one nozzle mounted to said portal for directing pressurized liquid toward the vehicle; and a control apparatus configured to control said at least one nozzle to perform a progressive wash of each of a series of limited transverse portions of the vehicle, each of the limited transverse portions of the vehicle being formed of a limited portion of the first lateral side of the vehicle, a limited portion of the second lateral side of the vehicle, and a limited portion of the top side of the vehicle, the progressive wash of each limited transverse portion of the vehicle being: said washing apparatus being configured to require a driver of the vehicle to move the vehicle between the progressive wash of a given one of the limited transverse portions of the vehicle and the progressive wash of a succeeding one of the limited transverse portions of the vehicle.