Surface cleaning device
First Claim
1. A cleaning device for the lens surface of vehicle lights having a support frame, said device comprising(a) support means arranged to be mounted on said light adjacent said lens surface,(b) a flexible tube having opposite ends,(c) one end of said tube being secured to said support means for support adjacent said lens surface,(d) the other end of said tube being open,(e) said tube being supported in substantially parallel relation with said lens and in overlapping engagement therewith,(f) and means at the supported end of said tube for admitting pressured fluid whereby upon selected pressured flow of fluid through said tube, said tube whips back and forth in flogging engagement with said surface to beat foreign material off said lens surface.
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Abstract
A flexible tube is suspended from a support arranged to be mounted adjacent a vehicle light surface to be cleaned. The support has an inlet for admitting compressed air to the tube whereby upon selected pressured flow of air through the tube, the tube whips back and forth in a flogging action to clean foreign material from the surface. The support also has an inlet for a cleaning solution used in combination with the whipping tube. The tube has a shape in cross section that tends to maintain it in the plane of the surface being cleaned. In modifications of the invention, a guide is provided to hold the tube in close to the surface being cleaned, and apertures are provided in the tube so that air pressure urges the tube toward the surface.
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8 Claims
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1. A cleaning device for the lens surface of vehicle lights having a support frame, said device comprising
(a) support means arranged to be mounted on said light adjacent said lens surface, (b) a flexible tube having opposite ends, (c) one end of said tube being secured to said support means for support adjacent said lens surface, (d) the other end of said tube being open, (e) said tube being supported in substantially parallel relation with said lens and in overlapping engagement therewith, (f) and means at the supported end of said tube for admitting pressured fluid whereby upon selected pressured flow of fluid through said tube, said tube whips back and forth in flogging engagement with said surface to beat foreign material off said lens surface.
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