Patents by Inventor Robert E. Bowman

Robert E. Bowman 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).

  • Overhead washer for automatic car washes
    Patent number: 6766551
    Abstract: An overhead washer for use in automatic car wash installations utilizes washing curtains slit at their lower edges to provide rectangular washing panels positioned transversely of the curtains that are shorter in length and greater in width than has heretofore been known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventors: Charles M. Kaady, Robert E. Bowman
  • Overhead washer for automatic car washes
    Publication number: 20020184722
    Abstract: An overhead washer for use in automatic car wash installations utilizes washing curtains slit at their lower edges to provide rectangular washing panels positioned transversely of the curtains that are shorter in length and greater in width than has heretofore been known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Charles M. Kaady
    Inventors: Charles M. Kaady, Robert E. Bowman
  • Rotating brush for washing the sides of vehicles
    Patent number: 5367736
    Abstract: A rotatable brushing apparatus for use in an automatic car wash is pivoted from a central support member which is substantially at the centerplane of the apparatus and above the path of a vehicle passing therebelow, the brush being rotated such that its motion at the surface of the vehicle is in the same direction as the motion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Kaady Chemical Corp.
    Inventors: Charles M. Kaady, Robert E. Bowman
  • Car wash mitter assembly
    Patent number: 5259084
    Abstract: A rotary, overhead car wash mitter assembly for use in a car wash station. The assembly comprises a pair of mitter units, each unit comprising a mitter curtain assembly. Mounting structure mounting the mitter units on a support structure above the wash station, opposite each other and each overlying one side portion of the wash station. A motor connected to the mitter units rotate them at a substantially continuous speed in opposite directions of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Kaady Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Charles M. Kaady, Robert E. Bowman