Surface wiper system
AssigneeSteam Tech, LLC
InventorPhilip Hartman
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Abstract
A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
Claims21
A wiper, comprising:
- a carrier having an external surface defining a longitudinal length disposed between a carrier first end and a carrier second end, said carrier having an internal surface defining a hollow passage, said carrier having at least one outlet which communicates between said internal surface of said carrier and said external surface of said carrier, said at least one outlet configured to deliver an amount of fluid from said hollow passage to said external surface of said carrier;
- a blade support disposed in said carrier extending along the longitudinal length of said carrier between said carrier first end and said carrier second end, said blade support configured to removably receive a base of at least one blade;
- a fluid source configured to contain an amount of liquid, said fluid source fluidicly coupled to said hollow passage in said carrier;
- a fluid flow generator fluidicly coupled to said fluid source capable of generating a flow of said amount of liquid between said fluid source and said at least one outlet of said carrier;
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- a fluid heater fluidicly coupled to said fluid source capable of controlling temperature of said amount of liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.