Abstract: The fluid dispensing system (100) comprises at least one fluid source (110), at least one pump (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, . . . , 130-N), at least one telescopic fluid dispenser (140?-1?, 140?-2?, 140?-3?, . . . , 140?-M?); a control unit (160) to operate the pump (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, . . . , 130-N) for supplying fluid (120) according to a received command of washing at least one target object (150-1, 150-2, 150-3, . . . , 150-O), a manifold (180), and at least one control valve assembly (V-1, V-2, . . . , V?-P?) comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the at least one fluid source (110), a first fluid outlet for discharging fluid into the at least one telescopic fluid dispenser (140?-1, 140?-2, 140?-3, . . . , 140?-M?), and a second fluid outlet for allowing fluid to flow back away from the telescopic fluid dispensers (140?-1, 140?-2?, 140?-3?, . . . , 140?-M?) when retracting from the extended position to the rest position.

Abstract: The apparatus for cleaning a surface comprises a housing for accommodating an object whose surface is to be cleaned, a wiper driving actuator adjacent the surface to be cleaned, the wiper driving actuator comprising an at least partially closed loop adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the housing, and at least one wiper assembly operable by the wiper driving actuator to move along the at least partially closed loop and having a first end that is attached to the wiper driving actuator, the wiper assembly being movably mounted in the housing such that, in use, a constant distance is kept between the wiper assembly and the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: The electromagnetically operated valve includes a valve body, a plunger member, electromagnetic driving means for driving the plunger member along a flow direction inside the valve body into at least an open position in which a fluid is allowed to flow through the valve body and into a closed position in which the fluid is not, wherein the plunger member is arranged to be forced by a pressure of flowing fluid into the closed position, and to be driven by the electromagnetic driving means into the open position.

Abstract: The telescopic washing device comprises first and second telescopic members operable along a first linear path between retracted extended positions parallel to telescopic member longitudinal axis Z; a wiper element coupled to the second telescopic member such that the wiper element is movable according to a second path lying on a plane XY perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z; a second guiding area associated with first telescopic member or wiper element and according to second path; and a guiding element associated with the other of the first telescopic member or the wiper element to slide to the second guiding area as the first and second telescopic members move to each other. As pressurized fluid is supplied to the first telescopic member, the wiper element is at least rotated according to the second path.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention refers to a system for cleaning an external vehicle-mounted sensor surface. The system comprises an air nozzle arranged to discharge air onto a sensor surface; an air pump comprising a fluid inlet, an air outlet, an air-fluid interface and a variable volume compression chamber communicated with the air outlet; an air flow control device communicated with the air nozzle and the air outlet for controlling the flow of air therethrough; and a liquid pump communicated with the fluid inlet to supply a flow of pressurized liquid such that the volume of the compression chamber varies to generate a volume of pressurized air with an absolute pressure below 10 bar.

Abstract: A fluid-ejection device includes a first member having a fluid inlet; a second member that can be moved relative to the first member; and a control member arranged to be at least in a first condition, in which the control member is at least substantially inside the second member during a first stroke of the second member in which fluid flow through the second member and discharge is prevented; and a second condition, in which the control member is at least substantially outside the second member during a second stroke of the second member, allowing fluid flow through the second member and discharge. A seal member has a first surface engaged with the first member, a second surface engaged with the second member, and a third surface arranged to be engaged with the control member in the first condition.

Abstract: The fluid-ejection device (100) comprised a first member (110) having an inlet suitable for being connected to a source of fluid (120); a second member (130) that can be moved relative to the first member (110); and a control member (150) arranged to be at least in a first condition, in which the control member (150) is at least substantially inside the second member (130) preventing the flow of fluid through the second member (130) to define a first stroke (S1) of the second member (130) where no discharge of fluid is allowed out of the device (100); and a second condition, in which the control member (150) is at least substantially outside the second member (130) allowing the flow of fluid through the second member (130) to define a second stroke (S2) of the second member (130) along which discharge of fluid is allowed out of the device (100).

Abstract: The present invention refers a system and a method for automatically cleaning an optic lens mounted on a vehicle, by spraying a washing liquid to remove any type of dirt from the lens such as a clear image or optic signal can be captured anytime, where an air pump is provided including a variable volume compression chamber to pressurize a volume of air, and a washing liquid conduit is communicated with a liquid nozzle and with the air pump, such as the air pump can be operated by the flow of pressurized washing liquid, such as the same flow of pressurized washing liquid is used to clean the optic surface, and to operate the air pump and generate a blast of air to blow off any liquid drop from the optic lens.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a vehicle-mounted optic surface, including a housing, the housing including an opening adapted to fit an optic surface, a fluid inlet arranged to take in washer fluid, an at least one fluid discharge port arranged to discharge washer fluid onto the optic surface, a first passage in fluidic communication with the fluid inlet and the at least one fluid discharge port so as to guide the washer fluid from the fluid inlet towards the at least one fluid discharge port and a protruding part that substantially surrounds the opening so as to define an inner wall. A cleaning system and a vehicle-mounted sensor can include an optic surface and the cleaning device.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention refers to a system for cleaning an external vehicle-mounted sensor surface. The system comprises an air nozzle arranged to discharge air onto a sensor surface; an air pump comprising a fluid inlet, an air outlet, an air-fluid interface and a variable volume compression chamber communicated with the air outlet; an air flow control device communicated with the air nozzle and the air outlet for controlling the flow of air therethrough; and a liquid pump communicated with the fluid inlet to supply a flow of pressurized liquid such that the volume of the compression chamber varies to generate a volume of pressurized air with an absolute pressure below 10 bar.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a vehicle-mounted optic surface, including a housing, the housing including an opening adapted to fit an optic surface, a fluid inlet arranged to take in washer fluid, an at least one fluid discharge port arranged to discharge washer fluid onto the optic surface, a first passage in fluidic communication with the fluid inlet and the at least one fluid discharge port so as to guide the washer fluid from the fluid inlet towards the at least one fluid discharge port and a protruding part that substantially surrounds the opening so as to define an inner wall. A cleaning system and a vehicle-mounted sensor can include an optic surface and the cleaning device.

Abstract: A container assembly for windshield or headlight washing fluid in a vehicle. It includes in combination: an elongated hollow structure demarcated by a wall with a plurality of asymmetric accordion folds that can be arranged in a stable retracted position and in a flexible extended position, in which it is suitable for being installed in a useful space of an engine compartment in the vehicle, the hollow structure in the extended position containing an operational amount of windshield or headlight washing fluid; a filling opening located at an inlet end portion of the hollow structure; at least one pump associated to the hollow structure for transferring contained fluid to a service point; and a securing device for securing the inlet end portion and one or more sections of the hollow structure to the engine compartment in an installation area.

Abstract: The device is comprised of a jet body (2) and a body for a fan shaped squirt (3) which can be mutually coupled. The squirt body (3) has a squirting orifice (9) which comprises four consecutively connected portions, of which, in the washer fluid flow direction, the first portion (10) is conical and in decreasing section; the second section portion (11) forms a spherical cap in decreasing section; the third portion (12) is in rectangular cross-section and in increasing section; and the fourth portion (15) is in rectangular cross-section in decreasing section in said flow direction and configures a convex outlet edge (16), which is surrounded by an outer lateral squirting groove.

Abstract: A de-icing system for de-icing a window pane, in particular a window pane of a motor vehicle, comprising a reservoir for receiving a de-icing liquid, a heating element for heating the de-icing liquid, a pump for pumping the de-icing liquid from the reservoir through the heating element to at least one outlet, wherein the at least one outlet is shaped such that the heated de-icing liquid is nebulized and precipitates as distributed hot droplets on the window pane to be de-iced.

Abstract: A pump arrangement for windshield washer systems of motor vehicles includes a pump housing (30) and an impeller (32) within the pump housing (30) for pumping a liquid. The pump housing (30) includes a liquid inlet (36), and a liquid outlet (38) through which the impeller (32) delivers the liquid (5) out of the pump housing (30). The pump arrangement also includes a sensor housing (40) that is connected to the pump housing (30). The sensor housing (40) includes a sensor arrangement (42, 42′) for responding to a changing liquid level (H,L) in the sensor housing (40). The sensor housing (40) has a liquid inlet (44) and a liquid outlet (46). The liquid outlet (46) of the sensor housing (40) and the liquid inlet (36) of the pump housing (30) are co-axially arranged with respect to each other.

Abstract: A spraying device for windscreen washer nozzles of automobile vehicles has a fixing body and a spraying body which are coupled coaxially to each other and to a nozzle body attachable to a body work and connectable to a cleaning liquid tube. The coupling of the fixing and spraying body forms a cleaning liquid inlet chamber, a plurality of independent intermediate chambers which lead into the inlet chamber, and an outlet chamber which links with intermediate chambers by ducts, while an outlet of the cleaning liquid in spray form is implemented through an orifice in the spraying body superimposed on the outlet chamber.

Abstract: A quick connection and disconnection device for the electrical pumps and tubes of automobile vehicle wind screen washer installations, comprising a nozzle body and a connecting body each having an axial passage and arranged coaxially relative to one another, the nozzle body and the connecting body being slidable longitudinally in both directions relative to one another so that the connecting body has a first working position or disconnection position in which at least one end of a flexible tube passing through the axial passage of the connecting body fits into the axial passage of the nozzle body, and a second working position or a connection position in which the one end of the flexible tube is attached securely to the nozzle body, the nozzle body being provided on an exterior with a connection groove and a disconnection groove which are separated by a wall of a convex-curved outline, the connecting body at one end being provided with a plurality of longitudinal grooves which starting from an edge of the one

Abstract: This filter for electric pumps of windscreen washers is of generally hollow cylindrical shape open at one of its ends, the rear (13) provided with structure (14) for the coupling of an electric pump (2) with a cleaning liquid reservoir (3), and is designed to house the tubular aspiration extension (9) of an electric pump (2). At its front end (21), the filter has, to the side, a plurality of through orifices (20) forming two reticula facing each other, and to the front a plurality of through orifices (22) forming a reticulum. To the interior the filter forms an intermediate chamber (23) in which is arranged the free end of the axial extension (9) and into which there emerge the side (20) and front (22) through orifices.