Patent ID: 9139166
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle washing system comprising: one or more controlled components of said vehicle washing system; an apparatus for moving a vehicle relative to said one or more controlled components at a rate of speed of movement; a control unit configured to adjust and correlate the one or more controlled components speed or flow and said rate of speed relative to a desired vehicle throughput of said vehicle washing system set by an input of an operator; an encoder connected to a sprocket on the apparatus which provides sensed position of the vehicle to said control unit at all times through a wash tunnel, said control unit selectively powers down each of the one or more controlled components to a lower power setting until vehicle movement along each of the one or more controlled components is sensed; and at least one mitter portion, said control unit controls said vehicle to enter into engagement with said at least one mitter portion prior to powering up to a higher power setting and/or turning on said at least one mitter portion to minimize slapping noises of said at least one mitter portion against said vehicle.