Patent ID: 7100621

Claim:
A vehicle washing apparatus comprising in combination: a. a vehicle washing bay for accommodating a vehicle to be washed, the vehicle washing bay having a longitudinal axis extending from a rear end of the vehicle washing bay to an opposing front end of the vehicle washing bay, the vehicle washing bay also having opposing left and right sides; b. a side track extending along one side of the vehicle washing bay; c. a gantry movably supported by the side track for reciprocal forward and backward movement along one side of the vehicle washing bay, the gantry being movable in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle washing bay, the gantry including opposing lower and upper ends; d. a gantry motor for selectively propelling the gantry forward and backward along the side track; e. a lateral support having a first end secured to the gantry in cantilevered fashion proximate the upper end of the gantry and having an opposing second free end, the lateral support extending above the vehicle washing bay and at least partially across the vehicle washing bay; f. a generally inverted L-shaped washing arm having a generally horizontal portion and a generally vertical portion, the generally vertical portion including spray nozzles for directing cleaning fluid at vertical surfaces of the vehicle to be washed, the washing arm being rotatably supported relative to the lateral support for rotation about a substantially vertical axis; and g. a wash arm motor for selectively rotating the washing arm to sweep the spray nozzles around corners of the vehicle to be washed.