Window deicer and anti-icer

• Main Authors: KIRK WILLIAM M, NORTHROP THOMAS M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.05.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The window anti-icing/deicing apparatus and method spreads deicing agents onto the outside surface of the windshield and windows of a mobile vehicle and aircraft. The device includes deicing agents, a storage container, power supply, motor, pump, nozzles, and switching system circuitry. The device quickly provides a clear, defrosted window surface on each window prior to the time the vehicle is in motion. The system includes a container connected to a pump or a solenoid for directing the deicing agent to a suction side of the pump through an outlet in to the container. The deicing agent is supplied to a propeller and then via a distributor distributed onto targeted surfaces. Nozzles are provided for expressing the deicing agents onto surfaces. A power supply is connected to the system to operate the pump and the propeller for activating the deicing system. The system may be provided anywhere on a vehicle or an aircraft, such as trunks, roof racks, engine compartments or the like. The system may be integrated into roof racks for vehicles. Deicing agents are supplied to windows, locks, doors, undercarriages, tires and pavement surfaces. The system is also operable with a solenoid connected to the container. A computer, either provided onboard or remotely, controls the system. Sensors sense conditions around vehicles and relay information to the computers that process and trigger the system to start/stop the deicing process. The system has inbuilt switching to turn the system on or off and to reset the system and to sense if windows are open.