Flexible spray wand

• US 4,611,761 A
• Filed: 04/23/1985
• Issued: 09/16/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stephen L. Pollard
• Original Assignee: Stephen L. Pollard
• Inventors: Pollard, Stephen L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WELDON, KEVIN P
• Application Number:
  US06/726,174
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 239/284, 239/289 A, 239/289 R, 239/289.1, 239/229, 239/513-515, 239/524, 134/172
• US Class Current: 239/284.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/0602 comprising means for cleaning or deicing
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/522 moving liquid spreading means, e.g. arranged in wiper arms

Abstract

A spray wand for cleaning the viewing surface of a rearview mirror on a vehicle. The wand is constructed of a flexible material enabling it to bend under pressure in an accurate manner to cause air and/or fluid dispensed from the wand nozzle to sweep the mirror surface. The rearview mirror is positioned in order to deflect a substantial part of the spray onto the side glass of the vehicle. Thus, both the surface of the rearview mirror and the side glass of the vehicle are cleaned by the spray wand.

Claims

1. In a vehicle having a rearview mirror and side glass in proximity to the driver'"'"'s seat, the improvement comprising cleaning means for cleaning the viewing surface of said rearview mirror and side glass comprising:

a source of air pressure,

a source of cleaning fluid,

a dispensing means positioned in proximity to said viewing surface,

means for conveying a stream of pressurized air and cleaning fluid from said sources to said dispensing means,

wherein said dispensing means comprises a flexible wand affixed at one end and having at least one orifice therein at approximately its free end, said wand being adapted when internally pressurized to bend in an arc about its fixed end whereby fluid is dispensing onto said viewing surface in an upward sweep causing the fluid to strike a larger area of said viewing surface, said wand being so disposed with respect to said viewing surface of said rearview mirror and said side glass that the fluid, when dispensed, first strikes the viewing surface of the rearview mirror and then is deflected in substantial part onto said side glass.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein there is provided a means for limiting the extent of bending of the free end of said wand.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said orifice is a longitudinal slit.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said vehicle is a cab-over-engine truck.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said wand follows an arcuate path when pressurized with said fluid.