Defrosting, deicing, and heating device
First Claim
1. An apparatus for defogging and deicing a transparent material having an interior and exterior surface, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a blower;
(b) a heat source downstream from said blower; and
(c) a boot circumscribing the transparent material, said boot being downstream from said heat source and having a plurality of outlets pointed toward the interior surface of the transparent material and having a plurality of outlets pointed toward the exterior surface of the transparent material.
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Abstract
A device for defogging and deicing windshields and other glass surfaces is described. The device comprises two air channels that each circumscribe a glass surface, one channel along the interior edge of the glass surface and the other along the exterior edge. Each of the channels feature numerous outlets that disperse hot air onto the glass surface, thereby blanketing the glass surface in hot air on both sides. The two channels may be incorporated into a single boot made of rubber or some other material that doubles as a gasket to hold the windshield or other window in place. An electric heating element may be incorporated into the device so that warmed engine coolant passing through a traditional vehicle heater system coil is unnecessary. Several such devices may be incorporated into a vehicle to heat each glass surface individually.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for defogging and deicing a transparent material having an interior and exterior surface, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a blower; (b) a heat source downstream from said blower; and (c) a boot circumscribing the transparent material, said boot being downstream from said heat source and having a plurality of outlets pointed toward the interior surface of the transparent material and having a plurality of outlets pointed toward the exterior surface of the transparent material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for defogging and deicing a transparent material having an interior and exterior surface, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a blower; (b) a heat source downstream from said blower; (c) a defroster channel downstream from said heat source, said defroster channel circumscribing the interior surface of the transparent material and said defroster channel having a plurality of outlets therethrough, wherein said outlets are located on all sides of the interior surface of the transparent material; and (d) a deicer channel downstream from said heat source, said deicer channel circumscribing the exterior surface of the transparent material and said deicer channel having a plurality of outlets therethrough, wherein said outlets are located on multiple sides of the exterior surface of the transparent material. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15, 16, 17)
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13. An apparatus for defogging and deicing the glass surfaces of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) at least one blower; (b) at least one heat source, each of said at least one heat source lying downstream from one of said at least one blower; (c) at least one defroster channel, each of said at least one defroster channel lying downstream from one of said at least one heat source, each of said at least one defroster channel circumscribing the interior surface of one of the glass surfaces and each of said at least one defroster channel having a plurality of outlets therethrough wherein said outlets are located on all sides of the interior of that glass surface; and (d) at least one deicer channel, each of said at least one deicer channel lying downstream from said at least one heat source, said at least one deicer channel circumscribing the exterior surface of one of the glass surfaces and said at least one deicer channel having a plurality of outlets therethrough wherein said outlets are located on multiple sides of the exterior of that glass surface. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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