Windshield clearing and de-icing system
OwnerDonald Ray Kiminventor
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Abstract
A windshield clearing and de-icing system including a first housing having air inlet and outlet ports extending through walls of the first housing and further having fluid inlet and outlet ports extending through the walls of the first housing, and also including a first air conduit member connected to the air inlet and outlet ports and a first fluid conduit member connected to the fluid inlet and outlet ports. The system and also includes a heating member connected to a fan having a motor and securely mounted in a second housing which is adapted to be mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle. The system and further includes a heater member being adapted to be connected to a fluid reservoir pump and connected to a second fluid conduit member which is connected to the first fluid conduit member.
Claims6
A windshield clearing and de-icing system comprising:
- at least one dispensing member adapted to be securely mounted at a base of a windshield of a vehicle and including a first housing having a bottom wall and a wall facing the windshield, said first housing further having a fluid inlet port and an air inlet port extending through said bottom wall and also having a fluid outlet port and an air outlet port extending through said wall facing the windshield, said at least one dispensing member further including a first air conduit member connected to said air inlet port and said air outlet port to and also including a first fluid conduit member connected to said fluid inlet to port and said fluid outlet port;
- a second housing adapted to be securely mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle;
- a means for generating and transporting hot air to said at least one dispensing member;
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- a means for heating and transporting fluid to said at least one dispensing member.
A windshield clearing and de-icing system comprising:
- at least one dispensing member adapted to be securely mounted at a base of a windshield of a vehicle and including a first housing having a bottom wall and a wall facing the windshield, said first housing further having a fluid inlet port and an air inlet port extending through said bottom wall and also having a fluid outlet port and an air outlet port extending through said wall facing the windshield, said at least one dispensing member further including a first air conduit member being connected to said air inlet port and said air outlet port to and also including a first fluid conduit member connected to said fluid inlet port and to said fluid outlet port, said first housing adapted to be securely mounted with fasteners to a hood of a vehicle;
- a second housing adapted to be securely mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle, said second housing including side walls, a bottom wall, a plurality of openings extending through said side walls, and a screen securely mounted over one of said openings for allowing air to be drawn into said second housing;
- a means for generating and transporting hot air to said at least one dispensing member including a heating member securely fastened inside said second housing and adapted to be connected to a power source, a fan including a motor connected to said heating member and securely fastened inside said second housing and adapted to be connected to a power source, and a second air conduit member extending through one of said openings in said second housing and connected to said heating member and to said fan and also connected to said air inlet port;
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- a means for heating and transporting fluid to said at least one dispensing member including a heater member securely fastened inside said second housing and adapted to be connected to a power source, a second fluid conduit member securely connected to said heater member and adapted to be connected to a fluid reservoir pump for a windshield washer unit in the vehicle, and a third fluid conduit member securely connected to said heater member and extending through one of said openings in said second housing and connected to said fluid inlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.