Combination windshield heaterdefroster and washing system

• US 3,366,336 A
• Filed: 03/23/1965
• Issued: 01/30/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fay A. Neuschwanger, Julian B. Miller Jr
• Original Assignee: Fay A. Neuschwanger, Julian B. Miller Jr
• Inventors: Neuschwanger, Fay A., Miller, Julian B. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/442,148
• Time in Patent Office: 1,043 Days
• US Class Current: 239/129
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/18 the air being heated from the plant exhaust gases B60H1/025 takes precedence; exhaust or silencing apparatus associated with devices profiting by exhaust energy F01N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/48 Liquid supply therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/52 Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading meansnozzles per se B05B
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/54 using gas, e.g. hot air
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/56 specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior including cleaning devices B60R1/0602

Claims

1. IN A WINDSHIELD CLEARING DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS CONNECTED INTO A MANIFOLD FOR PASSING HEATED EXHAUST GASES THERETHROUGH, A LOUVERED HOUSING SURROUNDING THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID MEANS, PIPING CONNECTED WITH SAID HOUSING EXTENDING TO A PLURALITY OF OUTLETS AT THE BASE OF A WINDSHIELD, FAN MEANS FOR MOVING AIR THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND PAST SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS WHEREBY THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID AIR IS RAISED, SAID FAN MEANS FORCING SAID HEATED AIR THROUGH SAID OUTLETS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, FLEXIBLE TUBE MEANS CONNECTED WITH A WINDSHIELD WASHER BOTTLE, SAID TUBE MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID PIPING AND PASSING WITHIN SAID PIPING TO SPRAY NOZZLES PROJECTING FROM SAID OUTLETS OF SAID PIPING, AND MEANS FOR FORCING FLUID THROUGH SAID FLEXIBLE TUBE MEANS AND SPRAYING FROM SAID NOZZLES ONTO THE WINDSHIELD SURFACE WHEREBY SAID WINDSHIELD CAN BE KEPT CLEAR OF SNOW, ICE AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION.