Patents Assigned to Istobal S.A.
  • Patent number: 11685344
    Abstract: A method and safety device for a vehicle wash tunnel with a support structure with two parallel rails for the placement, by means of corresponding carriages, of the arms of an arch which incorporates a horizontal brush capable of linear movement along the arms of the arch and the rails. The safety device includes a rotation shaft, for fastening the arms of the arch to the carriages, and an extendable cylinder, spaced from the rotation shaft, which joins each carriage to the corresponding arch, such that the arch can rotate with respect to the carriages, and the extension of the extendable cylinder causes the rotation of the arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ISTOBAL, S.A.
    Inventor: Yolanda Tomas Puchades
  • Patent number: 10525940
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal washing device for containers including a base with a structure including telescopically extendable sections and in which at least one cleaning element is housed. The base includes a drive shaft, each section includes at least one toothed longitudinal segment configured to engage with at least one pinion fastened to the drive shaft. The sections include a push pawl. The initial section incorporates a support element on the forward end, and the additional sections incorporate a pull pawl and a recess for the fastening of the corresponding push pawl, such that the drive shaft has the ability to operate all the sections without needing to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Istobal, S.A.
    Inventor: Yolanda Tomas Puchades
  • Patent number: 10384655
    Abstract: It comprises a housing (1) wherein a ring-shaped brush (2) and a central axis (3) to which a central brush (4) is joined are integrally fastened. The ring-shaped brush (2) delimits an inner space wherein the central brush (4) as well as other intermediate brushes (5) arranged around the central brush are housed. The head further comprises a front disc (6) with idler rotation; wherein said front disc (6) separates two opposing areas: a first area where the central brush as well as the intermediate brushes are, and a second area where a transmission mechanism is located that transmits a rotational movement to the intermediate brushes fastened to satellite axes (12) fitted in tubular junctions (6a) secured to the front disc. It enables the correct cleaning of the inner surface of the gaps in the rims of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ISTOBAL, S.A.
    Inventor: Yolanda Tomas Puchades
  • Patent number: 10107321
    Abstract: The system includes a structure including a crossbar and a series of pillars connected to the crossbar by hinged joining means, and a fixing system to secure each pillar to the crossbar, where the hinged joining means are configured to operate as the crossbar is lifted from the ground, causing the pillars to be lifted to a final position in which the fixing systems secure the pillars to the crossbar in a stable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Istobal, S.A.
    Inventor: Yolanda Tomas Puchades
  • Patent number: 8230541
    Abstract: A module for supporting rotary brushes and fringes of the brushes for vehicle-washing machines and vehicle-drying machines is provided. The module comprises a pair of complementary components of annular structure that are detachably coupled together, face-to-face, by pairs of axial rods with a free end and an open cavity bounded by a cylindrical wall portion around the axial rods. The axial rods include end sections that are fitted into complementary holes of the complementary component. The axial rods, which are arranged on the periphery of the pair of complementary components, fasten fringes and supporting members for front bristles or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Istobal, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Botella Pla, Yolanda Tomás Puchades
  • Patent number: 7735175
    Abstract: A device with a moveable portico for automatically washing vehicles that is made up of a unibody structure, preferably made of metal that moves forwards and backwards along a track. The structure has multiple vertical brushes and a horizontal brush. The brushes are equipped with a washing action in order to adapt to a configuration that follows the vehicle's outline and to wash the vehicle by rubbing, controlling the pressure all of the brushes place on the vehicle by means of electronic devices that measure the energy consumed by each brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Istobal S.A.
    Inventor: Rafael Tomas Boix
  • Publication number: 20060102209
    Abstract: A device with a moveable portico for automatically washing vehicles that is made up of a unibody structure, preferably made of metal that moves forwards and backwards along a track. The structure has multiple vertical brushes and a horizontal brush. The brushes are equipped with a washing action in order to adapt to a configuration that follows the vehicle's outline and to wash the vehicle by rubbing, controlling the pressure all of the brushes place on the vehicle by means of electronic devices that measure the energy consumed by each brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: ISTOBAL S.A.
    Inventor: Rafael Tomas Boix