EP2964494A1 - Device for heating window-washing liquid in an additional tank of a vehicle - Google Patents
Device for heating window-washing liquid in an additional tank of a vehicleInfo
- Publication number
- EP2964494A1 EP2964494A1 EP14713517.2A EP14713517A EP2964494A1 EP 2964494 A1 EP2964494 A1 EP 2964494A1 EP 14713517 A EP14713517 A EP 14713517A EP 2964494 A1 EP2964494 A1 EP 2964494A1
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- Prior art keywords
- additional reservoir
- degassing box
- wall
- additional
- vehicle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/46—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices using liquid; Windscreen washers
- B60S1/48—Liquid supply therefor
- B60S1/487—Liquid supply therefor the liquid being heated
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/46—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices using liquid; Windscreen washers
- B60S1/48—Liquid supply therefor
- B60S1/50—Arrangement of reservoir
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01P11/00—Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00
- F01P11/02—Liquid-coolant filling, overflow, venting, or draining devices
- F01P11/029—Expansion reservoirs
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for heating an additional reservoir of the windshield washer water of a vehicle from the calories provided by the degassing box of the cooling circuit of the vehicle.
- the cooling of the motor and of various accessories directly connected thereto is effected, in a motor vehicle, by means of a cooling circuit filled with a suitable liquid, usually water added with a product suitable for to a certain extent limit its vaporization, this circuit passing in particular through the cylinder head of the engine by pipes or water is admitted under pressure from a circulation pump, connections and connecting pipes putting this circuit in communication with a radiator in front of which rotates a fan whose start is controlled as soon as the temperature in the circuit reaches a predetermined threshold.
- a suitable liquid usually water added with a product suitable for to a certain extent limit its vaporization
- This degassing box provides an essential function for the regulation and safety of the cooling circuit, in particular by lowering the level of gas contained in this circuit to a limit value set by the corresponding calibration of an exhaust valve, the presence of a too large amount of gas that can have serious consequences on the satisfactory operation of the circuit, such as, for example, defusing the circulation pump, damaging the engine cylinder head in case of insufficient cooling, moreover, if the circulation of the liquid does not reach a suitable flow rate, to create cavitation phenomena which can degrade certain essential parts, or finally to increase the discharges of water to the outside through an overflow orifice provided on the circuit, these various effects being the consequence of excessive gas presence.
- the decisive role of the degassing box requires that, in order for it to reach the required efficiency, not only that it be precisely located above the level of the cylinder head and the radiator, but also that the rise in temperature cooling for 15 minutes to reach 60 ° in a diesel engine, also 60 ° but in 5 minutes for a gasoline engine, generally between 0.8 ° and 2 liters, and that this temperature is permanently maintained at immediate vicinity of these levels without significant jolts.
- the windshield washer fluid used stored in a or several tanks housed inside the body of the vehicle, in particular in the engine compartment in the vicinity of the cooling system degassing box, be raised to a certain temperature, the windshield wiper fluid having obviously a better cleaning power of the windows, helping to take off better and eliminate the various soiling that has been deposited therein.
- the hot window washer fluid improves the wiping performance at negative external temperature by changing the viscosity of the washer fluid, the windscreen washer fluid being indexed with respect to the temperature.
- a conventional solution may consist, to satisfy this last improvement, to provide in the reservoir windshield wiper fluid, a heating resistor, automatically energized or by command of the driver himself which has for example on his table of edge of an appropriate button. But this solution for reheating the water of a windshield washer reservoir by a specific control, besides it is not practical, has a serious disadvantage of high energy consumption and consequently performance. equal to the vehicle, a significant increase in the volume of fuel required to produce it.
- the document FR2875763 describes a device for reheating windshield washer fluid of a vehicle comprising, mounted in its engine compartment, on the one hand a degassing box forming part of the engine cooling circuit, and on the other hand a fuel tank. pressurized window washer fluid, this reservoir being connected to a circulating pump removing the washing liquid windows in the latter and delivering it to dispensing and distribution nozzles on the glass surfaces concerned, the tank surrounds the degassing box by providing between them a separation space of determined thickness.
- this device allows to heat the windshield washer fluid to the required temperature to achieve proper cleaning glass surfaces.
- the volume of windshield washer fluid to be heated is high, which implies that the heating time to obtain a correct temperature is relatively long.
- the heating time of the windshield washer fluid should be as fast as possible, that is to say from the start of the vehicle so that the driver of the vehicle can quickly benefit from a hot window washer fluid to effectively clean the glazed surfaces of the vehicle.
- the present invention aims to overcome this drawback by taking the necessary calories for raising the temperature of windshield wiper fluid to clean the glazed surfaces of a motor vehicle contained in an additional reservoir housed in the engine compartment of this vehicle from of the degassing box of its cooling circuit.
- the invention proposes a windscreen washer fluid heating device of an additional tank of a vehicle, comprising in its engine compartment a degassing box, the additional tank having a wall contiguous on a wall of the degassing box (10) by providing an air gap between the wall of the degassing box and the wall of the additional tank.
- the additional reservoir is pivotally mounted to generate a variable volume for the air knife.
- the additional reservoir has an annular sector shape.
- the additional reservoir comprises spherical cap-shaped walls parallel to each other.
- the additional reservoir comprises walls in the form of a spherical cap, parallel to the wall of the degassing box with which the walls are contiguous.
- the additional reservoir is equipped with a set screw.
- the adjusting screw (is engaged by a thread in a tab integral with the degassing box and rotatably mounted in a lug integral with the additional reservoir.
- the adjusting screw has shoulder and a knurled knob disposed on either side of the thickness of the additional reservoir integral lug.
- the adjusting screw is operated by the knurled knob to increase or decrease the distance d.
- the integral lug of the additional reservoir has a thickness restriction on its section forming a hinge.
- the additional reservoir has a width L smaller than the diameter D of the degassing box.
- FIG 1 shows a schematic view of the installation comprising the heating device of an additional reservoir windshield washer fluid of a vehicle
- FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic sectional view of the device for reheating an additional reservoir of windshield washer fluid of a vehicle according to the invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view from above in section A-A of FIG. 2 of the device for reheating an additional reservoir of windshield washer fluid of a vehicle according to the invention
- FIG. 1 presents a schematic view of the installation 2 comprising the device 1 for reheating an additional reservoir 3 of windshield washer fluid of a vehicle.
- the installation 2 comprises a main tank 4 provided with a filler neck 4a, containing washing-up liquid 5. At least one pump 6 is connected to the main tank 4.
- This pump 6 can convey the washer fluid 5 successively via the conduit 7 having a non-return valve 8 to the additional reservoir 3 where it is heated by the supply of calories from the degassing box 10, then via the conduit 11 and the secondary conduits 11a, 11b connected to the nozzles 12, 13 to deliver via the nozzles 12, 13 or 14 maps of windshield washer liquid hot on the glass surface 15 which will be cleaned by the wiper blades 16, ie a stream of hot windscreen washer fluid on the blade 16 of the windscreen wiper 16 to effectively clean the glass surface concerned, while minimizing the consumption of washing liquid windows and therefore to reduce the volume of the main tank 4.
- the additional tank 3 has a wall facing a specific area of the spherical wall of the degassing box.
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the device 1 for reheating an additional reservoir 3 of windshield washer fluid of a vehicle according to the invention.
- the additional reservoir 3 has a wall 17 whose surface is of identical shape to the surface wall portion of the degassing box 10 to which it is attached, while providing an air gap 18 between these surfaces.
- This surface wall 17 of the additional reservoir 3 has a hollow surface in the form of a spherical cap section.
- the wall 19 of opposite surface of the additional reservoir 3 has an identical shape so as to create a volume of liquid in the form of an annular reserve of windshield washer fluid.
- the lower surface 20 and upper surfaces 21 are horizontal and parallel to each other, the same is true for the side surface walls which are vertical and parallel to each other.
- the distance d of the air gap 18 between the additional reservoir 3 and the degassing box 10 can be varied in order to regulate the temperature of the windscreen washer fluid of the additional reservoir 3.
- the additional reservoir 3 is connected in rotation. by a tab 22 constituting its upper wall 21 to a tab integral with the degassing box 10 via a cylindrical axis 24.
- a setting shaft 25 having a thread 26 has a prolonged end by a stopper 33, is engaged in a threaded tab 27, integral with the base of The other end of the axis 25 is connected in rotation to the additional reservoir 3 via a constituent leg 27 of the lower wall of the additional reservoir 3.
- the axis 25 comprises a cylindrical portion 28 which is mounted freely in rotation in a bore 29 of the lug 30 of the additional reservoir 3.
- the maintenance of the axis 25 is formed by two shoulders 31, 32 constituting the axis 25, according to the appropriate knowledge of the skilled person, arranged on either side of the thickness of the tab 30 secured to the additional reservoir 3.
- the shoulder 31 placed at the end of the axis 25 may be a chamfered knurled knob maneuvering.
- the tab 30 comprises near its base, a thickness restriction 34 on its section forming a hinge for absorbing the rotational movement of the additional reservoir 3, by the displacement of the tab 30 driven by the axis 25.
- the distance d it is understood that it is possible to vary the distance d, by screwing or unscrewing the adjustment shaft 25 engaged in the tab through the knurled knob 31 along the double arrow 36, this which has the effect of obtaining a windshield washer fluid 35 at a more or less hot temperature.
- the knurled knob 31 may be replaced by a remotely controlled actuator which adjusts the distance d and therefore the windshield liquid temperature 35 according to a predetermined program. The optimization of this additional reservoir 3 makes it possible to quickly obtain the heating of a volume of windshield washer fluid 35 sufficient to achieve rapid cleaning of the glass surface.
- the additional reservoir 3 comprises, at the top of its outer wall, a supply duct 38 for windscreen washer liquid 35 coming from the main reservoir and at the bottom of its outer part a discharge duct 37 of the windscreen washer fluid towards the sprinklers of the vehicle.
- the additional reservoir 3 can be very close to the degassing box 10 to obtain a windshield washer fluid 35 warmed quickly, and after using the windshield washer fluid, the degassing box 10 being at its temperature Operating.
- the additional reservoir 3 is filled again, the heating of the windscreen washer 35 is faster and requires only a maintenance at a predetermined temperature. Therefore, the exchange of calories can be reduced by increasing the distance d between the degassing box 10 and the additional reservoir 3.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic top view in section AA of Figure 2, the device 1 for heating an additional reservoir 3 windshield washer fluid of a vehicle according to the invention.
- the additional tank wall 3 opposite the degassing box 10 matches the spherical shape of the degassing box 10 while providing an air gap 18 in the annular space d constant.
- the additional reservoir 3 also has a shape of annular section so as to promote a homogeneous heating of the windshield washer fluid.
- the walls 17 and 19 of the additional reservoir are parallel to each other and they are also parallel to a zone of the wall 43 of the spherical shape of the degassing box 10.
- the side walls 41, 42 are parallel to one another and the length of the reservoir L is smaller than the diameter D of the degassing box 10.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR1352021A FR3002902B1 (en) | 2013-03-06 | 2013-03-06 | DEVICE FOR HEATING WASHER FLUID OF AN ADDITIONAL TANK OF A VEHICLE |
PCT/FR2014/050440 WO2014135767A1 (en) | 2013-03-06 | 2014-02-28 | Device for heating window-washing liquid in an additional tank of a vehicle |
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EP2964494A1 true EP2964494A1 (en) | 2016-01-13 |
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EP14713517.2A Withdrawn EP2964494A1 (en) | 2013-03-06 | 2014-02-28 | Device for heating window-washing liquid in an additional tank of a vehicle |
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EP (1) | EP2964494A1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR3002902B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2014135767A1 (en) |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2875763B1 (en) | 2004-09-30 | 2006-12-22 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa | WATER HEATING DEVICE FOR WINDSCREEN WASHERS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE |
FR2899185B1 (en) * | 2006-03-30 | 2008-06-13 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa | IMPROVED DEVICE FOR THE WATER HEATING OF THE WINDOW WASHERS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE |
FR2918622B1 (en) * | 2007-07-11 | 2009-10-23 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa | ASSEMBLY FOR HEATING WASHING WATER OF GLASS SURFACES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. |
FR2918623B1 (en) * | 2007-07-11 | 2009-10-30 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TANK FOR THE WASHING LIQUID OF GLASS SURFACES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND RESERVOIR OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS |
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- 2014-02-28 WO PCT/FR2014/050440 patent/WO2014135767A1/en active Application Filing
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