Windshield washer nozzle with drain port
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorKil-Woo Lee
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Abstract
A windshield washer nozzle with a drain port is disclosed. In the nozzle with liquid inlet and outlet ports, a partition wall is formed in the middle portion of the passage between the two ports, thus branching a drain port from the main passage. A pressure float valve is movably positioned in the middle portion of the main passage. The valve moves upward or downward under the guide of the partition wall in accordance with the pressure of the liquid in the passage, thus selectively closing the drain port or the passage. The drain port automatically drains the liquid from the nozzle at the end of a liquid ejecting operation, thus allowing the nozzle to be free from any deposits and preventing the nozzle from being blocked or unexpectedly frozen up in cold weather.
Claims1
A windshield washer nozzle for automobiles, comprising:
- a liquid inlet port formed on the lower end of a nozzle body and connected to a liquid tank through a washer hose, thus selectively introducing pressurized washing liquid into the nozzle body;
- a liquid outlet port formed on the nozzle body and communicating with said liquid inlet port through a main passage, said liquid outlet port selectively ejecting the pressurized liquid onto a windshield;
- a partition wall integrally formed in a middle portion of said main passage;
- a drain port formed on the side wall of said nozzle body and branched from the middle portion of said main passage by the partition wall, thus selectively draining the liquid from the nozzle body when a liquid ejecting operation of the nozzle is stopped;
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- a pressure float valve movably positioned in the middle portion of said main passage, said valve moving upward or downward under the guide of said partition wall in accordance with the pressure of the liquid in the passage, thus selectively closing the drain port or the passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.