Liquid spraying arrangement for windows

• US 5,988,529 A
• Filed: 09/10/1997
• Issued: 11/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Suhring, Axel
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dinh Q.
• Application Number:
  US08/926,545
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 239/284.1, 239/318, 239/225.1, 239/231, 239/232, 239/251, 239/380, 239/381, 239/389, 239/436, 239/533.1, 239/548, 239/589.1, 137/829, 137/830, 137/624.14
• US Class Current: 239/284.1
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/083 the pulsating mechanism comprising movable parts liquid driven rotating elements, e.g. turbines, arranged upstream the outlet B05B3/04
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/52 Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading meansnozzles per se B05B

Abstract

A liquid spray arrangement for a window has a spray nozzle which includes an inflow chamber, an interaction chamber, and an oscillator in the interaction chamber. The oscillator divides the interaction chamber into two spray channels and is caused to oscillate by the flow of a cleaning liquid, as a result of which a spray jet is sprayed onto the window alternately at two different angles. This makes it possible to increase the proportion of cleaning liquid which contributes to the cleaning of the window, and thus to reduce the volume of cleaning liquid in the storage container.

Claims

1. A liquid spray arrangement for a window comprising a spray nozzle for directing a cleaning liquid onto a window, the spray nozzle having an inflow chamber which receives cleaning liquid, and an interaction chamber with at least one outlet opening, through which the cleaning liquid flows out of the nozzle, and an oscillator in the interaction chamber supported for pivoting motion around a pin, the interaction chamber being divided into two separate spray channels by the oscillator so that the cleaning liquid can be sprayed onto the window alternately at different angles from the two spray channels by an oscillating movement of the oscillator, wherein the oscillator is divided by the center point of the pin into an outflow end which extends toward the outlet opening and an inflow end which extends toward the inflow chamber and wherein the inflow end of the oscillator alternately closes each of the two separate spray channels.

2. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the inflow chamber and the interaction chamber are formed into a single chamber.

3. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the outflow end of the oscillator is longer than the inflow end.

4. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the outflow end of the oscillator has lateral surfaces and the inflow end has lateral surfaces, and wherein the oscillator can be made to pivot by forces exerted by the cleaning liquid on the lateral surfaces.

5. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 4 wherein the interaction chamber and the oscillator have abutment surfaces arranged so that, when facing lateral abutment surfaces of the oscillator and the interaction chamber are engaged at at least one point, inflow of the cleaning liquid to one of the spray channels is interrupted.

6. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 4 wherein a lateral surface of the oscillator can engage one of the internal surfaces of the interaction chamber outlet opening at at least one point to close one of the spray channels.

7. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the oscillator has an outflow-end surface and at least part of the outlet opening from the interaction chamber can be closed by the outflow-end surface of the oscillator.

8. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the outlet opening has two separate outflow channels which are spaced apart at an angle and the spray channels can be connected to the outflow channels so that the cleaning liquid can be sprayed through the outflow channels at different angles onto the window.

9. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 8 wherein, when one surface of the oscillator engages a surface of the interaction chamber, a spray channel is formed which merges continuously into the outflow channel.

10. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 8 wherein when either of two opposite surfaces of the oscillator engages a corresponding inner surface of the interaction chamber, a spray channel is formed which mergers continuously into the outflow channel.

11. A liquid spray arrangement to claim 8 wherein the oscillator has an outflow-end surface which closes the opening of one of the spray channels facing the outflow channels.

12. A liquid spray arrangement according to claim 8 wherein the outflow channels have an angle-adjustment device.

13. A liquid spray arrangement to claim 12 wherein the angle-adjustment device is an adjustment ball which contains at least part of an outflow channel.