Windshield cleaner
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorChristian Arthur Trager
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a windshield wiper system that affords for deicing of a windshield for a motor vehicle. The system includes a first container having a first liquid, a second container having a second liquid along with a spray nozzle or jet proximate to the windshield and in fluid communication with the first container and the second container. A pump operable to pump or force the second liquid through the spray nozzle and onto the windshield is also included. In addition, a time delay switch activates the windshield wiper only after the second liquid has been on the windshield a preset time.
Claims14
A windshield wiper system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a windshield and a windshield wiper operable to wipe at least a portion of said windshield;
- a first container having a first liquid and a second container having a second liquid;
- a spray nozzle proximate said windshield and in fluid communication with said first container and said second container;
- a pump in fluid communication with said second container and said spray nozzle, said pump operable to force said second liquid through said spray nozzle onto said windshield;
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- a time delay switch operable to activate said windshield wiper only after a preset time has elapsed after said pump has forced said second liquid through said spray nozzle and onto said windshield.
A process for deicing a windshield of a motor vehicle, the process comprising:
- providing a motor vehicle having:
- a windshield and a windshield wiper operable to wipe at least a portion of the windshield;
- a first container having a windshield washer liquid and a second container having a windshield deicer liquid;
- a spray nozzle proximate the windshield and in fluid communication with the first container and the second container;
- a pump in fluid communication with the second container and the spray nozzle, the pump operable to force the windshield deicer liquid through the spray nozzle onto the windshield;
- a windshield deicer switch operable to activate the pump and having a time delay switch that activates the windshield wiper only after a preset time has elapsed after the pump has forced the windshield deicer liquid through the spray nozzle and onto the windshield;
- activating the windshield deicer switch, the windshield deicer switch activating the pump and the pump forcing the windshield deicer liquid through the spray nozzle and onto the windshield, the windshield deicer liquid melting at least a portion of any ice on the windshield;
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- the time delay switch activating the windshield wiper after the preset time has elapsed, the windshield wiper wiping melted ice from the windshield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.