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Automatic device for washing windows

US4257138A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
5References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 23, 1979
Grant dateMar 24, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 23, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L1/02
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electrically powered apparatus for automatically washing and wiping an outer side of a building window; the apparatus including a horizontal rotary brush rotating against the window and at the same time being vertically carried on vertical screws turned by an electric motor, a detergent solution supply tank above the window being contacted by the brush at its upper limit of travel so to fill a chamber inside the brush from which the solution is gradually dispensed to the brush bristles, a wiper blade above and below the brush wiping the window dry of the solution.

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