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US 5,853,257 AGranted
Wiper blade conditioning system
OwnerGary Dubroyinventor
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Abstract
A wiper blade conditioning system including a hand-held member comprised of an exterior portion and a cylindrical shaped interior portion. The interior portion has a hollow interior adapted to hold cleaning fluid therein. The interior portion is adapted for spraying the cleaning fluid. A plurality of cleaning elements are disposed within the exterior portion of the handheld member. The cleaning elements are adapted for cleaning windshields and conditioning wiper blades.
Claims1
A wiper blade conditioning system for cleaning and conditioning used wiper blades and providing means to clean a windshield, in combination:
- a hand-held member comprised of an octagonally shaped exterior portion and a cylindrical shaped interior portion, the exterior portion having an opening therethrough extending from a top end through a bottom end thereof, the opening receiving the interior portion therein, the exterior portion including eight side panels, the interior portion having an open upper end and an open lower end, the open upper end removably coupling with a dispensing spray, the open lower end having an end cap removably coupled therewith, the interior portion having a hollow interior adapted to hold cleaning fluid therein, three branched dispensing tubes extending outwardly from the interior portion, each of the branched dispensing tubes having an inner member extending in fluid contact within the hollow interior, an elongated vertical member coupled within the inner member, the vertical member having a plurality of outer members extending outwardly therefrom, the outer members of each of the branched dispensing tubes extending outwardly of a different one of the eight side panels of the exterior portion, the three branched dispensing tubes thus being in fluid communication with three of the side panels;
- a first side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a lubricant buffing pad removably coupled thereto, the first side panel receiving the plurality of outer members of one of the branched dispensing tubes therethrough for fluid communication with the lubricant buffing pad;
- a second side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a blade conditioning chamber formed therein, the blade conditioning chamber including a pair of opposed brackets, the brackets having springs biasing the brackets towards each other, the blade conditioning chamber further including an abrasive strip disposed between the pair of brackets, each of the brackets having at least one guide roller disposed on an interior space thereof;
- a third side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a blade cleaning chamber formed therein, the third side panel receiving the plurality of outer members of one of the branched dispensing tubes therethrough for fluid communication with the blade cleaning chamber, the blade cleaning chamber including a recess extending within the third side panel, the recess having a sponge material disposed on the interior walls thereof;
- a fourth side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a scouring pad removably coupled thereto;
- a fifth side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a sponge pad removably coupled thereto, the fifth side panel receiving the plurality of outer members of one of the branched dispensing tubes therethrough for fluid communication with the sponge pad;
- a sixth side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having an ice scraper pivotally coupled thereto;
- a seventh side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a tissue dispenser coupled thereto, the tissue dispenser holding tissue paper therein;
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- an eighth side panel of the exterior portion of the hand-held member having a magnetic strip disposed thereon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.