| US 7,445,165 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for windshield cleaning and de-icing | ||
| Shlomi Franco, Tel Aviv (Israel); Jossef Wodnik, Herzliva (Israel); and Vyshislav Ivanov, Kiryat Tivon (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Micro-Heat, Inc., New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/610,287. | ||
| Application 10/615210 is a division of application No. 09/509453, granted, now 6,615,438, previously published as PCT/US98/13023, filed on Jun. 24, 1998. | ||
| Application 11/610287 is a continuation of application No. 11/203779, filed on Aug. 15, 2005, granted, now 7,171,716. | ||
| Application 11/203779 is a continuation of application No. 11/101887, filed on Apr. 08, 2005, granted, now 7,108,754. | ||
| Application 11/101887 is a continuation of application No. 10/615210, filed on Jul. 07, 2003, granted, now 6,892,417. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/076730, filed on Mar. 04, 1998. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 121159 (IL), filed on Jun. 24, 1997; and application No. 124299 (IL), filed on May 03, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0094832 A1, May 03, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B05B 1/24 (2006.01); B05B 1/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 239—284.1 [239/130; 239/135] | 11 Claims |
| 1. Apparatus for cleaning a window of a vehicle, comprising:
a vessel, having an inlet through which a washing fluid is received from a reservoir and an outlet through which the fluid
is discharged for cleaning the window;
a heating element for heating the fluid in the vessel;
a controller for controlling flow of the fluid through the vessel and operating said heating element; and
an actuator in wireless communication with said controller,
said controller, upon actuation by said actuator, operating said heating element and thereby preheating said vessel prior
to said fluid being received therein.
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