Windshield washer system

Claim 1

In combination with an automobile windshield wiper washer system having a reciprocating windshield wiper, a reservoir to retain a supply of washer fluid, pressure means to provide a source of such fluid under pressure, and port means establishing communication with said source of pressurized fluid, said windshield wiper consisting of a wiper blade and a generally rigid backing frame therefor extending substantially coextensive with the wiper blade, the improvement comprising: a. nozzle means, bracket means attaching said nozzle to said backing frame and conduit means coupling said port means to said nozzle means; b. said nozzle means comprising a head, an inlet port to said nozzle means, a plurality of outlet ports, and bore means in said head extending between said inlet port and a chamber area, with said chamber area being in communication with a plurality of outlet passageways, each passageway terminating in one of said plurality of outlet ports, said plurality of outlet ports being generally equally arcuately spaced, one from another, and being disposed so as to impinge fluid directly onto the surface of said windshield along a plane transverse to the windshield surface and at spaced intervals thereon; c. said conduit means being in communication with the inlet port of said nozzle means; and d. said bracket means comprising first and second generally Lshaped telescoping members, one of said telescoping members having a flanged upright leg for receiving and confining the corresponding and generally planar leg of the other, and with said nozzle means being secured to the base leg of one of said telescoping members.