Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A system to be installed in vehicles for cleaning windshields, headlamp lenses, rear view mirrors, reflector means or the like of the vehicle, comprising: liquid container means; a steam generator having heating means adapted to be connected to an energy source in the vehicle; conduit means, including pump means having at least one pump connected between the liquid container means and said steam generator for advancing liquid in the conduit means from the container means, and said conduit means including a check valve downstream of said pump to prevent return flow of liquid from the steam generator to the container means; outlet conduit means connected to said steam generator for passing steam from the steam generator to the vehicle parts to be cleaned; shunt conduit means from said first mentioned conduit means by-passing said steam generator and having a connection to the outlet conduit means so that steam from the generator meets and intermixes with liquid from the shunt conduit and advances the mixture to the vehicle part or parts to be cleaned.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
173 words
A system to be installed in vehicles for cleaning windshields, headlamp lenses, rear view mirrors, reflector means or the like of the vehicle, comprising: liquid container means; a steam generator having heating means adapted to be connected to an energy source in the vehicle; conduit means, including pump means having at least one pump connected between the liquid container means and said steam generator for advancing liquid in the conduit means from the container means, and said conduit means including a check valve downstream of said pump to prevent return flow of liquid from the steam generator to the container means; outlet conduit means connected to said steam generator for passing steam from the steam generator to the vehicle parts to be cleaned; shunt conduit means from said first mentioned conduit means by-passing said steam generator and having a connection to the outlet conduit means so that steam from the generator meets and intermixes with liquid from the shunt conduit and advances the mixture to the vehicle part or parts to be cleaned.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein: said shunt conduit means connects to said first mentioned conduit means between said pump and said check valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein: said first mentioned conduit means include two parallel conduits from the liquid container means, one of said parallel conduits connecting to the inlet of said pump; and said shunt conduit means includes, at its upstream side, the second of said parallel conduits and a second pump.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said shunt conduit means further includes a heat exchanger with heating means adapted to be connected to a heat energy source in the vehicle for pre-heating the liquid which passes through said shunt conduit means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
A system according to claim 4, characterized in that the heat exchanger consists of a heat accumulating solid body adapted to cooperate with and absorb heat from the exhaust system of the engine, said solid body having a plurality of narrow passages intended for liquid flow through said shunt conduit means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A system according to claim 5, characterized in that said heat exchanger comprises a plurality of independent systems of passages for heating liquid with outlets for a plurality of places to be cleaned.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said steam generator heating means is an electric heater adapted to receive heat energy from the vehicle electrical system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said steam generator heating means constitutes a heat exchange means adapted to structurally connect with the vehicle exhaust system.