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公开(公告)号：US12233824B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-25
申请号：US18633946
申请日：2024-04-12
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Andrew J. Kuper , Andrew S. VanWylen , Austin N. Jacobs
Abstract: An overhead vehicle wash mitter apparatus is provided. A mitter curtain can include multiple mitters that sway above a vehicle pathway as a vehicle travels along the pathway. Each mitter can include an upper end and a lower end closer to the vehicle pathway, a sheath defining an interior tube and an exterior surface that engages a vehicle surface, and a pad in the sheath. The pad can press outward on the sheath so that the sheath attains a first thickness, which can be at least ½ inch, at least 1 inch, at least 1½ inch or more, so the sheath is impaired from entering between a wiper and a surface of the vehicle, such as a window. Accordingly, damage to the wiper of the vehicle is prevented when the mitter engages the surface and the wiper. A related method of use is provided.
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公开(公告)号：US11878664B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-23
申请号：US18098299
申请日：2023-01-18
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Todd Stoel , Andrew VanWylen , Hope Wadle , Larry Pethick , Mike Lemmen , Juha Riikonen , Mikko Seppa
Abstract: A system and method for enrolling new carwash customer account profiles can or automatic access to carwash equipment. Baseline information is collected along with vehicle images for quick enrollment. The new customer can enter the carwash right away. As long as the account remains unclaimed the system periodically sends reminder messages. The unclaimed account can still wash, and the registration can be completed on the customer personal device while the vehicle is being washed or another convenient time. This provides a quick and easy way to register a new customer for a carwash subscription service or pay per wash product with automatic capture of much of the customer information—reducing the number of steps for the customer and team member operating the point-of-sale device. There is no need for manual entry of credit card information or vehicle information, enhancing enrollment efficiency for the customer.
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公开(公告)号：US20230249653A1
公开(公告)日：2023-08-10
申请号：US18098299
申请日：2023-01-18
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Todd Stoel , Andrew VanWylen , Hope Wadle , Larry Pethick , Mike Lemmen , Juha Riikonen , Mikko Seppa
Abstract: A system and method for enrolling new carwash customer account profiles can or automatic access to carwash equipment. Baseline information is collected along with vehicle images for quick enrollment. The new customer can enter the carwash right away. As long as the account remains unclaimed the system periodically sends reminder messages. The unclaimed account can still wash, and the registration can be completed on the customer personal device while the vehicle is being washed or another convenient time. This provides a quick and easy way to register a new customer for a carwash subscription service or pay per wash product with automatic capture of much of the customer information—reducing the number of steps for the customer and team member operating the point-of-sale device. There is no need for manual entry of credit card information or vehicle information, enhancing enrollment efficiency for the customer.
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公开(公告)号：US20230158553A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-25
申请号：US17532355
申请日：2021-11-22
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Austin N. Jacobs , Matthew Delaney , Ryan Essenburg
CPC classification number: B08B1/002 , B60S3/063 , A46B13/02 , A46B2200/3046
Abstract: A pendulum rocker brush for a vehicle wash system is provided including a rocker arm, a rotatable coupler, a motor assembly, and a rocker brush head. Both the rocker brush head and motor assembly can be suspended from the coupler, freely dangling therefrom under the force of gravity, in an unbiased manner. The rocker brush head can pivot relative to the rocker arm through a swing angle between 10 and 45 degrees relative to vertical. The rotatable coupler and rocker brush head can be disposed at a pivoting angle between 10 and 45 degrees relative to a conveyor direction which a vehicle follows. When the rocker brush head encounters an opposing force above a movement threshold from the vehicle, the rocker brush head and the motor assembly can swing outward to the swing angle and at the pivoting angle so the vehicle is not damaged.
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公开(公告)号：US20240262320A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-08
申请号：US18633946
申请日：2024-04-12
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Andrew J. Kuper , Andrew S. VanWylen , Austin N. Jacobs
CPC classification number: B60S3/04 , A46B9/005 , A46B9/028 , A46B13/02 , A46B2200/3046
Abstract: An overhead vehicle wash mitter apparatus is provided. A mitter curtain can include multiple mitters that sway above a vehicle pathway as a vehicle travels along the pathway. Each mitter can include an upper end and a lower end closer to the vehicle pathway, a sheath defining an interior tube and an exterior surface that engages a vehicle surface, and a pad in the sheath. The pad can press outward on the sheath so that the sheath attains a first thickness, which can be at least ½ inch, at least 1 inch, at least 1 ½ inch or more, so the sheath is impaired from entering between a wiper and a surface of the vehicle, such as a window. Accordingly, damage to the wiper of the vehicle is prevented when the mitter engages the surface and the wiper. A related method of use is provided.
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公开(公告)号：US20230331196A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18214087
申请日：2023-06-26
Applicant: VQ, Inc.
Inventor： Austin N. Jacobs , Ryan Essenburg , Dirk Deckinga
CPC classification number: B60S3/063 , F16D9/06 , A46B13/02 , A46B13/005 , A46B2200/3046
Abstract: A pendulum rocker brush for a vehicle wash system is provided including a rocker arm, a rotatable coupler, a motor assembly, and a rocker brush head. Both the rocker brush head and motor assembly can be suspended from the coupler, freely dangling therefrom under the force of gravity, in an unbiased manner. The rocker brush head can pivot relative to the rocker arm through a swing angle between 5 and 45 degrees relative to vertical. The rotatable coupler and rocker brush head can be disposed at a pivoting angle between 10 and 45 degrees relative to a conveyor direction which a vehicle follows. When the rocker brush head encounters an opposing force above a movement threshold from the vehicle, the rocker brush head and the motor assembly can swing outward to the swing angle and at the pivoting angle so the vehicle is not damaged.
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