Patents Assigned to Washtech Holding GmbH
  • Patent number: 8572791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning vehicle wheels that contains a rotary body driven rotationally by a drive motor about a central axis, with cleaning elements arranged on its front end face. An improved cleaning can be achieved by virtue of the fact that the rotary body contains at least one rotary plate equipped with additional cleaning elements that is rotated by the rotation of the rotary body, not only about the central axis but also, via a gear assembly, about its own longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Washtech Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Keusch
  • Patent number: 8353073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brush arrangement for a carwash facility, comprising at least one horizontal cross-beam (1), on which at least one support arm (2) is pivotally supported in the horizontal plane, wherein at one end of the support arm (2) an articulated joint (4) is provided, which is pivotally articulated at the upper end thereof about a horizontal articulated axis (5) on the support arm (2) and at the lower end thereof a washing brush (6) is pivotally supported about a horizontal brush pivot axis (7). It is provided according to the invention that the articulated axis (5) and the brush pivot axis (7) enclose an angle of 30° to 60° in order to configure such a brush arrangement such that the corner regions of the vehicles can thus also be cleaned satisfactorily. The invention also relates to a method for cleaning a vehicle in a carwash facility using a brush arrangement according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Washtech Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Noffsinger, Harald Bender
  • Patent number: 8230598
    Abstract: A rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system that allows an efficient and space-saving transport and a method for mounting a rollover wash unit that allows an efficient, simple and fast mounting of the rollover wash unit in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Washtech Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Wimmer, Rüdiger Hirschmann, Henning Rohne
  • Patent number: D519690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Washtech Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Heike Förster, Melitta Müller, Georg Wimmer