Spray nozzle assembly for a windshield of an automobile

• US 3,979,068 A
• Filed: 07/14/1975
• Issued: 09/07/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: Applebaum, Beverly
• Primary Examiner(s): Love, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Application Number:
  US05/595,670
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 239/284, 239/499, 239/518, 239/520, 239/521, 239/523, 239/550, 239/565, 239/600, 239/601
• US Class Current: 239/284.1
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/10 in the form of a fine jet, e.g. for use in wind-screen washers
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/14 with multiple outlet openings B05B1/02, B05B1/26 take precedence; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/28 with integral means for shielding the discharged liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to limit area of spray; with integral means for catching drips or collecting surplus liquid or other fluent material means for any of these purposes, per se, B05B12/16, B05B12/32, B05B14/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/52 Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading meansnozzles per se B05B

Abstract

A spray nozzle assembly for a windshield of an automobile includes a housing having at least one upwardly extending vertical wall and an interior chamber therein, wherein a plurality of passageways extend outwardly from said interior chamber. A mounting leg having a continuous bore therethrough is affixed onto the housing, wherein the bore communicates with the interior chamber. The leg is adapted to be received by a fluid supply assembly. A plurality of spray nozzle members are embedded into passageways, wherein the spray nozzle members are recessed into the upwardly extending wall. A deflector shield is affixed onto the housing for deflecting the fluid spray toward the windshield of the automobile.

Claims

1. A spray nozzle assembly for a windshield of an automobile adapted to be coupled to a fluid supply assembly of said automobile, which comprises:

a. a housing having a base, a top, a pair of upwardly extending distal end walls, an upwardly extending rear wall, an upwardly extending front wall with an elongated slotted aperture therein, an interior chamber, and a plurality of passageways extending between said interior chamber and said slotted aperture, said front wall being longer than said rear wall;

b. a mounting leg having a continuous bore therethrough affixed to said housing, said bore communicating in a fluid serial connection with said interior chamber, said mounting leg adapted to be mounted on a bracket member affixed to said automobile;

c. a spray nozzle member affixed into each said passageway, said nozzle members in combination adapted to direct a spray of fluid onto said windshield, each said nozzle spray member angled relative to a latitude median of said housing, each said nozzle member including an outer conical section having a base and an apex with a pinhole aperture therein and a cylindrically shaped rod section affixed linearly to said base, said conical and said rod section having a continuous tapered bore therethrough, said rod section mounted into said passageway, each said spray nozzle member recessed into said front wall; and

d. a water deflector shield affixed onto said housing, said deflector shield deflecting said fluid spray onto said windshield, said deflector shield, said mounting leg, and said housing are of a unitary construction.

2. A spray nozzle assembly according to claim 1, wherein on said upwardly extending wall has convex curvative.

3. A spray nozzle assembly according to claim 2, wherein said deflector shields extends upwardly and outwardly at an obtuse angle from upper edge of said one upwardly extending wall.