APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING OR DE-ICING VEHICLE ELEMENTS

• US 20090218414A1
• Filed: 03/04/2009
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: M-Heat Investors, LLC
• Original Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.
• Inventors: Arkasjevski, Uri, Ivanov, Vychislav, Rogozinski, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 8,561,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/13
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 9/002 incorporating means for heating or cooling, e.g. the material to be sprayed
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/487 the liquid being heated nozzles provided with heating means B60S1/52
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/488 electrically
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/50 Arrangement of reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 1/121 using electric energy supply
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 19/006 Preventing deposits of ice
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2210/02 with particular branching, e.g. fractal conduit arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 3/12 Elements constructed in the shape of a hollow panel, e.g. with channels F28D1/02, F28D1/03 take precedence

Abstract

A liquid heating assembly including a heat-conductive displaceable element and a liquid heating enclosure defining a liquid heating volume including a primary liquid heating volume portion and a secondary liquid heating volume portion, separated by the heat-conductive displaceable element, the primary liquid heating volume portion including a heat exchanger for directly heating liquid in the primary liquid heating volume portion and for indirectly heating liquid in the secondary liquid heating volume portion via the heat-conductive displacement element.

Claims

1-259. -259. (canceled)

260. Apparatus for spraying a liquid onto at least one vehicle surface comprising:

a liquid reservoir;

a vehicle surface liquid heating assembly receiving a liquid from said liquid reservoir, said vehicle surface liquid heating assembly comprising;

a heat-conductive element; and

a liquid heating enclosure defining a liquid heating volume including a primary liquid heating volume portion and a secondary liquid heating volume portion, separated by said heat-conductive element, said primary liquid heating volume portion including a heat exchanger for directly heating liquid in said primary liquid heating volume portion and for indirectly heating liquid in said secondary liquid heating volume portion via said heat-conductive element, said heat-conductive element defining a cover of at least one of said primary liquid heating volume portion and said secondary liquid heating volume portion;

a vehicle surface liquid spraying assembly receiving heated liquid from said vehicle surface liquid heating assembly; and

a heated liquid spray control subassembly employing said vehicle surface liquid heating assembly and said vehicle surface liquid spraying assembly for providing a spray of said heated liquid onto said at least one vehicle surface.

261. A method for spraying a liquid onto at least one vehicle surface comprising:

providing a vehicle including said at least one vehicle surface and a liquid reservoir;

supplying said liquid from said liquid reservoir to a vehicle surface liquid heating assembly including a primary liquid heating volume portion and a secondary liquid heating volume portion, separated by a heat-conductive element, said heat-conductive element defining a cover of at least one of said primary liquid heating volume portion and said secondary liquid heating volume portion;

directly heating said liquid in said primary liquid heating volume portion, thereby indirectly heating said liquid in said secondary liquid heating volume portion via said heat-conductive element; and

thereafter spraying said liquid onto said at least one vehicle surface.