Patents by Inventor Dennis R. McCadden

Dennis R. McCadden 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).

  • Car wash apparatus with pivotable arms
    Publication number: 20070289616
    Abstract: An apparatus for washing a vehicle that is relatively moved through the apparatus includes pivotal side arms with independently pivotal nozzles for the dispensing of cleansing fluids as well as a pivotal overhead boom that also includes independently pivotal nozzles so that the side arms and the boom as well as the nozzles associated therewith can be optimally positioned for directing high pressure liquid at the vehicle. The side arms and boom are also moved from retracted to extended positions with power cylinders and retracted from the extended to retracted positions by counter balancing weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Mark VII Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis R. McCadden, Eric Engen, David M. Gauthier, Daniel Fratello
  • Blower dryer for automatic vehicle wash systems and method of using same
    Patent number: 6735884
    Abstract: A dryer system for automated car wash systems includes a new and improved air dryer having a fan and a rotatable nozzle at its discharge end with the nozzle orientation being controlled by a rotary actuator whose drive shaft is mounted on the axis of rotation of the nozzle. A method of using the blowers includes the use of two or more blowers that are positioned above the vehicle and oriented so the streams of concentrated air complement each other in moving liquid particles on the vehicle toward the side or end of the vehicle where they drop from the lower edges of the sides and ends of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mark VII Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fratello, Dennis R. McCadden, Thanh Tran
  • Blower dryer for automatic vehicle wash systems and method of using same
    Publication number: 20030233767
    Abstract: A dryer system for automated car wash systems includes a new and improved air dryer having a fan and a rotatable nozzle at its discharge end with the nozzle orientation being controlled by a rotary actuator whose drive shaft is mounted on the axis of rotation of the nozzle. A method of using the blowers includes the use of two or more blowers that are positioned above the vehicle and oriented so the streams of concentrated air complement each other in moving liquid particles on the vehicle toward the side or end of the vehicle where they drop from the lower edges of the sides and ends of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: Mark VII Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fratello, Dennis R. McCadden, Thanh Tran
  • Retractable vehicle wash apparatus
    Patent number: 4937908
    Abstract: A vehicle wash apparatus is disclosed as including a curtain of flexible scrubbing strips which are suspended from an orbiting support member adapted to selectively have the strips wrapped there around to elevate the strips from the path of movement of a vehicle through the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Mark VII Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis R. McCadden