Snow/ice melter for automotive vehicles
OwnerGiuseppe Schittino, Vincent Schittinoinventors
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Abstract
An improved ice and snow melting system employing motor vehicle hot exhaust gases includes a stub pipe for bolt-on clamping to the rear of a motor vehicle exhaust pipe in parallel-spaced realtion, in forward direction the stub pipe divides in a "Y" shaped configuration; from each arm of the "Y" a flexible tube leads forward and outward to a portion adjustable to heat a vehicle drive wheel and road surface traction area; for valving hot gases from the motor vehicle exhaust into the system a flexible tube is applied in "U" shape and through frictional fit to connect the rear of the vehicle exhaust pipe with the stub-tube; when not in use the flexible tube may be removed and stored in the trunk of the motor vehicle.
Claims9
In a system for melting snow and ice by directing hot gas from a rearwardly extending motorvehicle exhaust pipe to the traction surfaces at the drive wheels through a conduit system having a rear part with a rear end, a middle part and a front part with distribution means, the improvement comprising:
- means for adjustably mounting the middle part of the conduit system to a motor vehicle, means for clamping the rear part of the conduit system adjacent the rear end of said exhaust pipe, means for connecting the rear of said exhaust pipe disconnectably to the rear part of the conduit system for ducting the hot gases therethrough, the distribution means including means for adjustably directing the hot gases from the front part of said conduit system to said traction surfaces, said means for connecting comprising a quick attach/detach tubing having first and second ends;
- the first end having provision for resilient friction-fit over the rear end of a said exhaust pipe, and the second end having provision for resilient friction-fit over the rear end of said rear part of the conduit system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.