DISTRIBUTEUR DE LAVE-GLACE

DISPENSING DEVICE FOR WINDSHIELD WASHER LIQUID

Abrégé anglais

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A dispensing device for windshield washer liquid is
disclosed, comprising a generally box-shaped casing having a puncturing
tooth in its bottom wall and an aperture communicating with
receptacle attached to the underside of the bottom wall which in
turn communicates with the windshield liquid pump of a motor vehicle.
An ordinary store-bought container is placed in the casing and thus
punctured and the liquid feede by gravity into the receptacle and
thence to the pump.

Revendications

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A windshield washer liquid dispensing device
comprising a reservoir of a size to freely receive a conventional store-
bought container filled with antifreeze windshield washer liquid, said
container being elongated and having one end wall provided with a
protruding pouring spout closed by a cap, said reservoir being open
at the top, having a bottom wall, two end walls and two side walls, said
reservoir walls being as high as said container when the latter is
inserted within said reservoir and rests on said bottom wall with said
spout at the top of said reservoir, securing means to secure said
reservoir within the motor compartment of a motor vehicle, a puncturing
tooth consisting of a bevelled nipple secured in upstanding position
to said bottom wall and having a lower opening adjacent and above said
bottom wall, said bottom wall being further provided with an aperture
laterally offset from said tooth, a receptacle located on the underside
of said bottom wall, said receptacle being water-tightly secured to said
bottom wall and communicating with said reservoir through said aperture,
said receptacle being of smaller size than said container and com-
municating with the intake of the windshield washerlliquid pump of the
motor vehicle, said tooth puncturing said container upon insertionoof
the latter into said reservoir and permitting free flow of the washer
liquid into said reservoir, while said cap remains closed, whereby said
liquid flows by gravity from said container into said reseevoir and
around said container, and from said reservoir into said receptacle
and into said pump.

Description

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The present invention relates to a dispen~ing device
particularly adapted to dispense windshield wesher liquid for a
motor vehicle.
BACKCROUND Of TH~ I~UENTION
As i8 well known, the reservoir which holds windshield
washer liquid in a car is refilled frequently because it is important
to keep the windehield transparent. Thie is e~pecially the case in
winter when 6now and dirty slush stick to the ~indshield~ dsngerously
reducing visibility~ F$11ing the reservoir in freezing weather
reqùireg thst ite openlng be uncapped and that anti~reezs washer
liquid be poured into it ~rom a conventionsl~ store-bought container.
Unles~ one has a very steady hand~ the liquid trom the container i8
very otten spilled outeide the reeervoir becau~e the opening o~ the
reservoir i8 usually quite ~m~ nd the reeervoir itselt ie often
placed in a di-~icult to reach pos$tion.
OOJECTS OF THE IN~ENtION
Accordingly~ lt i8 the ~in obJect ot the preeont invention
to provide a dispen-ing device uhioh eliminate~ the above notad
pouring operation when re~lll$ng the anti~reeze ~asher liquid
2a reservoir of a motor vehicle.
A ooroll~ry ob~ect is to provide a dispens$ng device which
is etticient~ wa~teleee and very simple l~ operatiOn.
SUM~ARY OF THE INVENTION
The devioe o~ the preeent invention inoludes a re-ervoir
shaped to receive a stor--bought container o~ anti~reeze windehield
waeher l$quid. The botto~ o~ the resorvoir ie provided uith a
puncturing tooth nd ha~ a hole whiçh comnunicates with a e~all
receptacle underneath the reservoir whioh in turn comnunicates with
the ~aeher liquid pu~p o~ the motor vehicle. When the store-bought
container o~ liquid ie pu~hed into the resorwir~ the puncturing

tooth pierces a hole in the container and the liquid i8 fed

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by gravity into the small receptscle underneath the reservoir
from whence it i8 pumped to the windshield. When the container i8
empty it i8 simply pulled out of the reservoir and a new one~
unopened~ i8 pushed in thus eliminating a me~sy and time consuming
pouring operstion for refilling the reservoir.
5RIEF DESCRIPTION OF TH~ DRAWINGS
The above will be more clearly understood by referral
to prererred embodiments of the invention~ illustrated by way of the
socomp nying drawings in which~
figure 1 i9 a psrspective view of the modified reservoir
including the disp nsing device, and showing a container in dashed
outline inserted into the modified reservoir;
Figure 2 i9 a perspective view showîng the modified reservoir
and container installed in the place ot the conventionsl ~asher
liquld reoervoir next to the motor ot 8 car;
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the modified
reservoir and dispensing device connected to a washer liquid punp~
Figuro 4 i~ a top plan vlew of the puncturing tooth and
receptacle taken elong line 4-4 ot Figure 3~
Figure 5 is o perspective vi w o~ ths devioe showing a
lid for the moditied r~ervoir~ and
Figure 6 i~ a perspective view of a second embodiment ot
the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THL DRAWIN~S
Like numerals reter to like elsments throughout the
drawings.
The di~pensing device comprise~ a reservoir 1 which i~
generally box-shaped end has a bottom 2, end wslls 3 and two side
walls 4 and 5. Side wall 4 is not flat but ha~ a top wall portion 4
extending outwardly away from the lower wall portion 4n. The ~hspe
of side wall 4 corresponds to the curvature of a whsel well S which




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is adjacent the liquid reservoir in a car as shown in Figure 2.
Upwardly-projecting flanges 6, made of flexible material, are
secured to the opposite ends of the top wall portion 4', and are
each provided with a hole 7. Thus, casing 1 may be fixedly secured
to wheel well 5 by means of screws or rivets 7' through holes 7.
The bottom 2 of the casing is provided with a puncturing
tooth 8 consisting of an upstanding bevelled nipple having a lower
opening 8' adjacent and above bottom wall 2. Tooth 8 perforates the
bottom of a standard, store-bought container 9 of washer liquid (shown
in broken lines in Figures 1, 2~ 3, and 6) when the latter is placed
inside the reservoir. Thsre is no need to open the container 9
at its spout, the closing cap 9~ is left in closed position; the
container is simply dropped inside casing 1.
A rectangular aperture 10 i~ formed in bottom wall 2
nsar one end of the reservoir 1. This aperture 10 is laterally
offset~from tooth 8 and communicates with a receptacle 11 attached in
a liquid-tight manner to the underside of bottom 2, into which the
washer liquid flows by gravity from the hole made by puncturing tooth
8 in container 9. Receptscle 11 is smaller than reservoir 1.
Receptacle 11 is provided with a filter 12 and an exit
pipe, or tube 13, which directs the liquid to the liquid pump 14
secured to receptacle 11. Itiis to be noted that liquid pump 14
may be located at some dist~nce from r~ceptacle 11. Pump 14 feeds the
liquid to the conventional tubing 14' lea~ing to the windshield.
Figura 5 show~ that reservoir 1 can be provided with a
removable hinged cover 15 which is fastened with a locking tab 16 to
prevent road dust and other impuritles from~,mixing with the washer
liquid, when ressrvoir 1 directly receives tap water when the car
is used in non-freezing weather.
To accommodate motor vehicles in which the conventional
liquid reservoir is an upright bottle, or the like, due to lack of

space, a second preferred embodiment,shown in Figure 6 is characterized

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by an upright modified reservoir 17, which is similar in all other
respects to modifisd reservoir 1 of the fir~t embodiment. Containsr
9, as shown, is placsd upright on its rear end within upright reservoir
17 and tooth 8 punctures the rear end of container 9 as in the
first embodimsnt.




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