Patent ID: 7318442

Claim:
An automatic car wash system designed to process multiple vehicles simultaneously, the system comprising: an elongate path extending at least 20 feet; a plurality of stations spaced along the elongate path, at least one of the plurality of stations including a spray assembly operable to direct a pressurized and/or high velocity fluid onto a vehicle at the station; a control device operatively connected to the plurality of stations; at least two detectors spaced along the elongate path and operatively connected to the control device, the at least two detectors designed to indicate the presence of at least one of the multiple vehicles to the control device; at least one proximity device operatively connected to the control device for detecting a relative distance between a rear of one of the vehicles and a front of another of the vehicles; and a radio transmitter operatively connected to the control device, the radio transmitter operable to transmit information to the multiple vehicles via radio signals.