Windshield washer apparatus for marine craft
OwnerGary G. B. Phippsinventor
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Abstract
A windshield washing apparatus for marine craft includes a reservoir container having a bracket pivotally connected thereto. The bracket can be connected to vertical, horizontal or sloping surfaces on the marine craft while the container remains level. There is a pump mounted on the reservoir. A filler fitting has a connector for mounting the fitting on the surface of the marine craft remote from the reservoir. A first conduit connects the reservoir to the filler fitting. The apparatus includes a spray nozzle and a second conduit for connecting the pump to the spray nozzle. Preferably the reservoir has positions thereon for a plurality of pumps.
Claims24
A windshield washing apparatus for marine craft, comprising:
- a reservoir container having a bracket pivotally connected thereto, whereby the bracket can be connected to vertical, horizontal or sloping surfaces on the marine craft while the container remains level;
- a pump mounted on the reservoir container;
- a filler fitting having a connector for mounting the fitting on a surface of the marine craft remote from the reservoir container;
- a first conduit for connecting the reservoir container to the filler fitting;
- a spray nozzle;
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- a second conduit for connecting the pump to the spray nozzle.
The windshield washing apparatus as claimed in 10, wherein the body has a threaded shank for extending through an outer panel of the marine craft having an outer surface, the member being rotatable about an axis parallel to the surface and the spray aperture being in a side of the member and the body being rotatable about the threaded shank, whereby liquid may be sprayed in different angular directions relative to the surface.
A marine craft having a plurality of windshield surfaces and a windshield washing apparatus for washing the surfaces, the apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir container having a bracket pivotally connected thereto, whereby the bracket can be connected to vertical, horizontal or sloping surfaces on the marine craft while the container remains level;
- a plurality of pumps mounted on the reservoir container, one said pump for each said windshield surface;
- a filler fitting having a connector for mounting the fitting on a surface of the marine craft remote from the reservoir container;
- a spray nozzle adjacent to each said windshield surface;
- a filler conduit connecting the filler fitting to the reservoir container;
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- a plurality of discharge conduits, each said discharge conduit connecting one of the pumps to one of the spray nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.