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US 11,667,266 B1Granted
Windshield wiper with spray mechanism
OwnerChristopher R. Hickmott, Steven Kimminsinventors
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Abstract
A windshield wiper has a high-pressure fluid pump in hydraulic communication with a plurality of spray nozzles disposed upon a manifold. The manifold is configured to be mounted on an upper edge of at least one (1) windshield wiper. The fluid pump is in electrical communication with a switch which is disposed on a dashboard of a vehicle upon which the spray mechanism is installed.
Claims15
A clip-on spray rig, comprising:
- one or more fluid sprayers detachably coupled to a pair of windshield wipers of a windshield of a vehicle, each of the one or more fluid sprayers include a manifold and a plurality of clips, the one or more fluid sprayers are supplied with a fluid pumped under pressure from the fluid supply assembly via a plurality of tubing;
- a fluid supply assembly having a mounting bracket, a fluid tank, a motor pump assembly, and a wireless receiver, the fluid supply assembly is mounted under a hood of the vehicle and pumps the fluid out of the fluid tank through the tubing and to the one or more fluid sprayers when the pump within the fluid supply assembly is activated, the fluid tank includes a fill aperture and a drain coupler;
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- a wireless transmitter originates the wireless signal that is sent to the wireless receiver in order to pump the fluid, the wireless transmitter includes a pump control and the wireless transmitter transmit the wireless signal when the pump control is activated and cease transmitting the wireless signal when the pump control is deactivated;
- wherein the manifold is a hollow tube that routes the fluid from a spray coupler to a plurality of nozzles;
- wherein the manifold is coupled to a wiper superstructure of each of the windshield wipers via the clips;
- wherein the clips detachably couple to the wiper superstructure of each of the windshield wipers;
- wherein each of the clips include a tube coupler and a wiper coupler;
- wherein when one of a plurality of outlet couplers is unused, the one of the outlet couplers is covered to prevent loss of the fluid from the one of the outlet couplers when not in use;
- and
- wherein the fluid from the fluid supply assembly is delivered through the one or more fluid sprayers at a higher pressure compared to the fluid pumped from a stationary nozzle of the windshield washer that is built into the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.