| 摘要 |
In a method for removing aged wax and fur from a vehicle by a washing machine including a gate-type frame which is movable astride the vehicle back and forth over the length of the latter and which is provided with a rotary brush arrangement, a dryer, a clear water sprayer, a neutralizer-containing rinse water sprayer and an aged-wax/fur removing material spreader, the vehicle is brushed by the rotary brush arrangement during a first advancing movement of the gate-type frame, and an aged-wax/fur removing material is spread onto the vehicle by the aged-wax/fur removing material spreader, while at the same time brushing the vehicle by said rotary brush arrangement during a first return movement and second advancing movement of the gate-type frame. Next, the vehicle is brushed by the rotary brush arrangement during a second return movement of the gate-type frame, and then the gate-type frame is put out of operation for a given period of time to perform a readjustment of the brushing for such dwell period. During a subsequent third advancing movement of the gate-type frame, a neutralizer-containing rinse water is sprayed onto the vehicle by the neutralizer-containing rinse water sprayer, while brushing the vehicle by the rotary brush arrangement, and clear water is then sprayed onto the vehicle by the clear water sprayer Further, during a third return movement of the gate-type frame, clear water is sprayed onto the vehicle by the clear water sprayer and then, the vehicle is dried by said dryer. In addition, in an apparatus for carrying out the above method, first and second aged-wax/fur removing material spreaders are arranged in front and rear of the rotary brush arrangement to sandwich the latter therebetween. Further, the neutralizercontaining rinse sprayer and the dryer are disposed at front portions of the gate-type frame, respectively, and the clear water sprayer is disposed at a rear portion of the gate-type frame. |
