Patents by Inventor Curtis Prater

Curtis Prater has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080047593
    Abstract: A vehicle washer of the rollover type especially suitable for washing large vehicles such as buses and trucks. The washer includes an overhead carriage moving along an overhead guide rail structure and including opposed L-shaped spray arms adapted to wash top and side surfaces of the vehicle as the carriage moves along the guide rail and move in butterfly fashion as the carriage reaches a respective end of the vehicle whereby to wash that end of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: BELANGER, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Belanger, Tom Weyandt, Curtis Prater, David Togneti
  • Publication number: 20070034235
    Abstract: An improved vehicle position monitoring system for a carwash bay of the type having an overhead spray type carwash comprising an optical switch establishing a beam path across the wash bay at the forward end thereof, a second optical switch establishing a beam path across the bay at the rear or entry end thereof, the first and second beam paths being longitudinally spaced apart by substantially more than the longitudinal length of a standard passenger vehicle such that a vehicle may be positioned therebetween and allow both beam paths to be fully established. A logic system within the controller interprets the input information to determine whether or not a vehicle is properly positioned within the wash bay and adjust the wash parameters accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Belanger, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weyandt, Curtis Prater
  • Publication number: 20060218734
    Abstract: A wrap-around car wash structure comprising two staggered, vertical brushes. Each brush is mounted on a carriage which slides along a bifurcated boom pivotally mounted on a support base. The boom and carriages start in an extended position wherein the brushes are near the center of the wash lane; the booms swing in toward the sides of the lane as the brushes carriages are pulled inwardly by reversible power cylinders. A control mechanism on at least one of the booms promptly reverses the power cylinder as the brush clears the side of the vehicle regardless of the width of the vehicle and the degree to which it has displaced the boom toward the side of the wash lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Belanger, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Prater, Thomas Weyandt