CA1116131A

CA1116131A - Dispensing device for windshield washer liquid

Info

Publication number: CA1116131A
Application number: CA327,688A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Adrien Bastien
Original assignee: BASTIEN ADRIEN
Priority date: 1979-05-16
Filing date: 1979-05-16
Publication date: 1982-01-12

Abstract

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.

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 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 i~ 31 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 ~1~8~31 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.

Claims

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.