Prevention of particulate accumulations on observation windows in military vehicles
US4678224A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J1/2005
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a military vehicle having small observation windows susceptible to being coated with airborne mud particles when the vehicle is operating off-the-road under adverse climate conditions, it is proposed to provide air pressure mechanisms on the vehicle near the window surfaces. Such air pressure mechanisms are oriented to generate an air curtain in the space between airborne particulates and the window surface, whereby the curtain acts to deflect such particulates away from the window surface.
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