FR2723051A1 - Modular device for washing and cleaning the windscreen of vehicles, - Google Patents
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- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60H—ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
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Abstract
Description
La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour le lavage et l'essuyage d'un pare-brise de véhicule, notamment de véhicule automobile, comportant un capot situé en retrait du bord inférieur du pare-brise. The present invention relates to a device for washing and wiping a vehicle windshield, in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a hood located behind the lower edge of the windshield.
L'espace situé entre le capot et le bord inférieur du pare-brise sert habituellement au montage de moyens d'essuyage du pare-brise, ainsi qu'une admission d'air depuis l'extérieur vers l'intérieur du véhicule, munie en entrée d'une grille d'entrée d'air. Le véhicule comporte également des moyens pour le lavage du pare-brise, constitué d'un réservoir de liquide lave-glace et de moyens pour réaliser l'aspersion du pare-brise avec ce liquide. The space between the hood and the lower edge of the windshield is usually used for mounting windscreen wiping means, as well as an air intake from the outside to the inside of the vehicle, provided with entry of an air intake grille. The vehicle also includes means for washing the windshield, consisting of a windshield washer fluid reservoir and means for spraying the windshield with this liquid.
Le réservoir de liquide lave-glace est habituellement disposé sous le capot, dans le compartiment avant du véhicule. Le montage sur les véhicules des moyens d'essuyage, de l'admission d'air, de la grille d'entrée d'air, du réservoir et des moyens pour réaliser l'aspersion du pare-brise sont des opérations qui requièrent un temps de main-d'oeuvre important car les opérations d'assemblage et de montage sont difficilement automatisable et elles sont donc particulièrement coûteuses. The windshield washer fluid reservoir is usually located under the hood in the front compartment of the vehicle. The mounting on vehicles of the wiping means, the air intake, the air intake grid, the tank and the means for spraying the windshield are operations which require time. significant labor because assembly and assembly operations are difficult to automate and are therefore particularly expensive.
On a proposé d'intégrer dans des dispositifs d'essuyage et de lavage monoblocs la grille d'entrée d'air, l'admission d'air, le réservoir de liquide lave-glace, les moyens d'essuyage et les moyens pour réaliser l'aspersion du parebrise, de façon à simplifier l'opération de montage dans le véhicule et la rendre automatisable. It has been proposed to integrate into one-piece wiping and washing devices the air intake grille, the air intake, the windshield washer fluid reservoir, the wiping means and the means for producing spraying the windshield, so as to simplify the assembly operation in the vehicle and make it automatable.
Il a été également déjà été proposé un dispositif modulaire pour l'essuyage et le lavage pour le pare-brise d'un véhicule qui évite de faire appel à des dispositifs d'essuyage et de lavage monoblocs qui soient spécifiques à un véhicule donné et qui comporte, à cet effet, au moins un module commun utilisable sur différents types de véhicules, permettant ainsi de réduire les coûts de fabrication en bénéficiant d'économie d'échelle. It has also already been proposed a modular device for wiping and washing for the windshield of a vehicle which avoids the use of one-piece wiping and washing devices which are specific to a given vehicle and which comprises, for this purpose, at least one common module usable on different types of vehicles, thus making it possible to reduce manufacturing costs while benefiting from economies of scale.
Plus particulièrement le dispositif modulaire est constitué d'au moins deux modules à assembler entre eux et au reste du véhicule, l'un des deux modules étant apte à contenir un liquide lave-glace en formant réservoir et l'autre module supportant des moyens d'essuyage du parebrise. More particularly the modular device consists of at least two modules to be assembled together and to the rest of the vehicle, one of the two modules being able to contain windshield washer fluid by forming a reservoir and the other module supporting means of wiping the windshield.
La présente invention a pour but de proposer un perfectionnement à une telle conception d'un dispositif modulaire permettant d'en améliorer la modularité et d'amplifier les avantages résultant de sa facilité d'assemblage et de montage. The object of the present invention is to propose an improvement to such a design of a modular device making it possible to improve its modularity and to amplify the advantages resulting from its ease of assembly and assembly.
A cet effet, l'invention propose un dispositif modulaire ou le lavage et l'essuyage d'un pare-brise, du type mentionné précédemment, caractérisé en ce que l'un des modules sert de support à au moins un rétroviseur latéral. To this end, the invention provides a modular device or the washing and wiping of a windshield, of the type mentioned above, characterized in that one of the modules serves as a support for at least one side mirror.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre pour la compréhension de laquelle on se reportera aux dessins annexés dans lesquels
- La figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective illustrant un véhicule équipé d'un dispositif modulaire selon l'état de la technique
- la figure 2 est une vue de détail en perspective à la plus grande échelle illustrant une première variante du dispositif modulaire selon l'invention
- la figure 3 est une vue similaire à celle de la figure 2 illustrant une seconde variante du dispositif modulaire selon l'invention
On a représenté sur la figure 1, de façon schématique et en perspective, un véhicule automobile comportant un capot 10 situé en retrait du bord inférieur 12 du pare-brise 14, équipé d'un dispositif modulaire 16 pour le lavage et l'essuyage du pare-brise 14 selon l'état de la technique.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows for the understanding of which reference will be made to the accompanying drawings in which
- Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a vehicle equipped with a modular device according to the prior art
- Figure 2 is a detailed perspective view on a larger scale illustrating a first variant of the modular device according to the invention
- Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 2 illustrating a second variant of the modular device according to the invention
There is shown in Figure 1, schematically and in perspective, a motor vehicle comprising a cover 10 located behind the lower edge 12 of the windshield 14, equipped with a modular device 16 for washing and wiping the windshield 14 according to the state of the art.
Selon l'exemple de réalisation représenté, le dispositif modulaire 16 est constitué d'un module formant réservoir 18 et de deux modules d'essuyage 20. According to the embodiment shown, the modular device 16 consists of a tank module 18 and two wiping modules 20.
Le module formant réservoir présente une face supérieure apparente généralement plane et située dans le prolongement de la surface externe du capot 10, s'étendant longitudinalement sur une partie de la largeur du véhicule de part et d'autre d'un plan de symétrie longitudinale pour la carrosserie du véhicule et latéralement entre le capot 10 et le bord inférieur 12 du pare-brise 14. The tank module has a generally planar apparent upper face and located in the extension of the external surface of the cover 10, extending longitudinally over part of the width of the vehicle on either side of a plane of longitudinal symmetry for the vehicle body and laterally between the hood 10 and the lower edge 12 of the windshield 14.
Les modules d'essuyage 20 présentent également une face supérieure apparente s'étendant généralement dans le prolongement de la surface externe du capot 10 et sont disposés de part et d'autre du module formant réservoir 18, qu'ils prolongent jusqu'aux côtés du véhicule en couvrant l'espace compris entre le capot 10 et le bord inférieur 12 du pare-brise 14. The wiping modules 20 also have an apparent upper face generally extending in the extension of the external surface of the cover 10 and are arranged on either side of the reservoir module 18, which they extend to the sides of the vehicle by covering the space between the hood 10 and the lower edge 12 of the windshield 14.
Chaque module d'essuyage 20 porte un bras d'essuieglace 22, connu en lui-même, muni à une extrémité de moyens de fixation sur un arbre d'entraînement couplé à des moyens d'entraînement en rotation de l'arbre et muni à l'autre extrémité d'un balai portant une raclette d'essuyage du pare-brise 14. Each wiping module 20 carries a wiper arm 22, known in itself, provided at one end with fixing means on a drive shaft coupled to means for driving the shaft in rotation and provided with the other end of a broom carrying a wiper blade 14.
Dans le mode de réalisation selon l'invention illustré sur la figure 2, les modules d'essuyage 20 servent chacun de support à une coque 52 réalisée en une seule pièce par moulage pour un rétroviseur latéral du véhicule, qui est fixe. In the embodiment according to the invention illustrated in FIG. 2, the wiping modules 20 each serve as a support for a shell 52 produced in one piece by molding for a side mirror of the vehicle, which is fixed.
Le module de lavage 18 peut également servir de support à une lampe 54 d'éclairage du compartiment moteur tandis que chacun des modules d'essuyage 20 peut comporter un clignotant 56. The washing module 18 can also serve as a support for a lamp 54 for lighting the engine compartment while each of the wiping modules 20 can include a flashing light 56.
Dans la variante de réalisation illustrée sur la figure 3, les rétroviseurs 52 sont montés de manière articulée, et éventuellement escamotable, sur les modules d'essuyage 20 et peuvent comporter eux-mêmes des clignotants 56 ou des témoins de renvoi des clignotants. In the alternative embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, the mirrors 52 are hinged, and possibly retractable, on the wiping modules 20 and may themselves include turn signals 56 or indicators for returning the turn signals.
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FR9508927A FR2723051B1 (en) | 1994-07-26 | 1995-07-20 | MODULAR DEVICE FOR WASHING AND WIPING A VEHICLE WINDSHIELD |
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