Vehicular windshield washer fluid replenishing system
AssigneeWiperFill Holdings LLC
InventorMatthew Carroll
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Abstract
A system and method of collecting and conditioning rainwater and other moisture, such as dew, from a windshield of a vehicle and utilizing the collected fluid to replenish the fluids in the windshield washer reservoir. A collection funnel is positioned on a vehicle in order to collect rainwater and other moisture. Rainwater and other fluids from the collection funnel are directed to a conditioning chamber where the water is treated with a concentrate and filtered. The treated fluid is then directed to a pre-existing windshield washer reservoir.
Claims9
A vehicular windshield washer fluid replenishing system for conditioning and treating water that impacts the windshield of a vehicle to supplement a pre-existing windshield washer reservoir comprising:
- a collection funnel for receipt of water that drains from the windshield for directional passage of the water;
- a housing coupled to a collection funnel outlet, said housing defined by a removable top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and end walls, one of said walls having an inlet coupled to said collection funnel;
- a removable concentrate housing secured within said housing, said concentrate housing having a chamber for placement of a fluid concentrate;
- a wick extending from said chamber of said concentrate housing to a mixing chamber formed within said housing, said wick providing a capillary draw of concentrate from said concentrate chamber to said mixing chamber, said mixing chamber fluidly coupled to said collection funnel outlet;
- a removable filter secured within said housing to filter said fluid treated with concentrate drawn from said wick in said mixing chamber;
- an outlet for directing conditioned and filtered fluid to a vehicle washer reservoir through a fluid conduit wherein said conditioned and filtered fluid is available for distribution onto a windshield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.