Method and apparatus for enabling a motorized vehicle to stop and/or start on ice and snow
OwnerIrwin Mandelinventor
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for enabling a motorized vehicle to stop and/or start on ice and snow. More particularly the present invention relates to a method and apparatus which allows the driver of a motorized vehicle to safely come to a complete stop on icy/snowy roads without skidding and which also allows the driver of the motorized vehicle to move forward from a stopped position on icy and snowy roads without slippage between the wheels of the motorized vehicle and the road surface.
Claims12
A method for enabling a motorized vehicle to stop and/or start on ice and snow comprising intermittently distributing a quantity of sand, or equivalent sand like material, to the surface of the vehicle's drive wheels by means of a self-contained on-board apparatus.
An apparatus for intermittently distributing a quantity of sand, or equivalent sand like material, to the surface of a motorized vehicle's drive wheels where the wheels meet the road surface comprising an air tank for holding compressed air, a compressor to pressurize the air supplied to the air tank, a pressure switch to maintain the pressure in the compressed air tank above a minimum level, one or more distribution hoses, each of which is connected to a closed sand reservoir container, said distribution hoses terminating at a point in proximity to the surface of the drive wheels of the motorized vehicle, each of said transfer hoses also being provided with one or more injection tubes to supply compressed air to the transfer hoses, said injection tubes being connected at one end to a manifold and at the other end to various points along the length of the transfer hoses, said manifold connected to the compressed air tank by means of a compressed air transfer line having a valve, said valve actuated by a toggle switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.