IP Library Granted Patent US 7,765,016
Granted Patent B2
US 7,765,016 · App. 11/570,742 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Brush control system and method on a washing brush installation for cleaning vehicles

Assignee: Ceccato S.p.A.
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Patent No.
US 7,765,016
App. No.
11/570,742
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprises a first means ( 5 ) of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor ( 2 ) for the rotation of at least one brush ( 1 ) of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means ( 6 ) of control of the brush position in relation to the vehicle to be washed.

Claims (8)

1. A brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprising a first means of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor for the rotation of at least one brush of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means of control of the position of said at least one brush in relation to a vehicle to be washed, wherein said first control means determines the variation between a true current value and at least one reference value of an electrical quantity of said first motor, and commands the reduction of the rotation speed and torque of said first motor when said true value is greater than or equal to said reference value, and wherein said system sets a single maximum reference value of said electrical quantity.

2. The brush control system of claim 1 wherein said first control means comprises a first inverter and said maximum reference value is set in said first inverter.

3. A brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprising a first means of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor for the rotation of at least one brush of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means of control of the position of said at least one brush in relation to a vehicle to be washed, wherein said first control means determines the variation between a true current value and at least one reference value of an electrical quantity of said first motor, and commands the reduction of the rotation speed and torque of said first motor when said true value is greater than or equal to said reference value, and wherein said system sets a maximum reference value and a plurality of intermediate reference values of said electrical quantity.

4. The brush control system of claim 3 wherein said intermediate reference values are set in a programmable logic controller.

5. A brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprising a first means of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor for the rotation of at least one brush of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means of control of the position of said at least one brush in relation to a vehicle to be washed, wherein said first control means determines the variation between a true current value and at least one reference value of an electrical quantity of said first motor, and commands the reduction of the rotation speed and torque of said first motor when said true value is greater than or equal to said reference value, and wherein the determination of said reference value of said electrical quantity refers to the true value detected during a dry run at each start-up of said at least one brush.

6. A brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprising a first means of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor for the rotation of at least one brush of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means of control of the position of said at least one brush in relation to a vehicle to be washed, wherein one or more of said first control means and said second control means includes a vectorial inverter.

7. The brush control system of claim 6 wherein said first control means includes a first vectorial inverter and at least said first vectorial inverter is a closed loop vectorial inverter.

8. The brush control system of claim 6 wherein said first control means includes a first vectorial inverter and at least said first vectorial inverter is an open loop vectorial inverter and operates in simulated vectorial mode.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2011
From: CEDUE S. P A
To: CECCATO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 026172/0535 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2011
From: CECCATO S.P.A.
To: CEDUE S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 025855/0843 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL AND FRAME 019082/0870. (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Mar 30, 2007
From: PILLON, PIERANGELO
To: CECCATO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 019096/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2007
From: PILLON, PIERANGELO
To: CECCATO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 019082/0870 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2004A1207 · Jun 16, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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