Windshield and window repair assembly
OwnerMichael Jeffrey Curlinventor
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Abstract
An assembly held down with suction cups repairs damage to an automobile windshield and the like. The rod of an extrusion assembly pushes liquefied resin through the interior of a tube and out the end thereof into the damaged area. The tube, jacketed by a vacuum container supplied by a vacuum pump, may be advanced to tightly contact a compression grommet shaped to seal off part of the vacuum created therein. Once that is done, partial withdrawal of the extrusion rod strengthens the vacuum. Certain obstructions, or stops, are situated to prevent damage to the windshield which might otherwise occur if the assembly were advanced too tightly against the windshield.
Claims20
A transparent substrate repair assembly comprising a resin extrusion assembly in turn comprising
- an extruding rod;
- an extrusion tube;
- a vacuum container;
- a compression grommet;
- and
- a vacuum attachment conduit;
- the repair assembly further comprising
- an apparatus platform comprising an upper face;
- and
- at least one suction cup assembly comprising a suction cup and connecting means disposed to support a portion of the apparatus platform;
- wherein
- the extruding rod, extrusion tube and vacuum container comprise longitudinal extension, that of the extruding rod concentrically disposed within the extrusion tube and that of the extrusion tube in turn so disposed within the vacuum container;
- the vacuum attachment conduit is disposed by attachment to penetrate the vacuum container;
- and
- the compression grommet is axially disposed with a first end thereof configured for emplacement within the vacuum container's applicating end and a second end for cushioning enwrapment upon it;
- the extruding rod further comprising:
- a turning knob;
- an externally threaded sector;
- and
- one or more ring seals axially disposed to provide a secondary vacuum chamber within the extrusion tube;
- the extrusion tube further comprising:
- a turning knob;
- an externally threaded sector;
- an internally threaded sector disposed for coengagement with the extruding rod's externally threaded sector;
- an extruding tunnel;
- and
- one or more ring seals axially disposed to provide a primary vacuum chamber within the vacuum container;
- the vacuum container further comprising:
- a vacuum producing assembly attachment opening;
- an externally threaded sector;
- and
- an internally threaded sector disposed for coengagement with the extrusion tube's externally threaded sector;
- and
- the apparatus platform comprising at least one threaded opening configured such that the vacuum container or any other object comprising an identically configured threaded sector may be disposed therethrough by interthreading;
- whereby the entire assembly may be disposed to repair the damaged substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.