Patents Assigned to Micro-Heat, Inc.
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Patent number: 7445165Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a window of a vehicle, including 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 an actuator in wireless communication with the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Jossef Wodnik, Vyshislav Ivanov
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Patent number: 7171716Abstract: Apparatus (20) for cleaning a window (24) of a vehicle (22), including a vessel (28) having an inlet (32) through which a washing fluid is received from a reservoir and an outlet (34) through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning the window. There is a heating (50) for heating the fluid in the vessel, which element preheats the vessel before the washing fluid is received therein, whereby at least an initial quantity of the fluid is rapidly heated and discharged from the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Jossef Wodnik, Vyshislav Ivanov
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Patent number: 7108754Abstract: Apparatus (20) for cleaning a window (24) of a vehicle (22), including a vessel (28) having an inlet (32) through which a washing fluid is received from a reservoir and an outlet (34) through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning the window. There is a heating (50) for heating the fluid in the vessel, which element preheats the vessel before the washing fluid is received therein, whereby at least an initial quantity of the fluid is rapidly heated and discharged from the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Jossef Wodnik, Vyshislav Ivanov
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Patent number: 6892417Abstract: Apparatus (20) for cleaning a window (24) of a vehicle (22), including a vessel (28), having an inlet (32) through which a washing fluid is received from a reservoir and an outlet (34) through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning the window. There is a heating element (50) for heating the fluid in the vessel, which element preheats the vessel before the washing fluid is received therein, whereby at least an initial quantity of the fluid is rapidly heated and discharged from the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Jossef Wodnik, Vyshislav Ivanov
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Patent number: 6669109Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning or de-icing a vehicle window, including a reservoir for containing therein a washing fluid, a vessel having an inlet through which the washing fluid is received from the reservoir and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning a vehicle window, and a first heating element disposed in the vessel for heating the fluid in the vessel, characterized by an auxiliary heating element being disposed in the vessel for heating the fluid in the vessel, wherein the auxiliary heating element is disposed at a bottom portion of the vessel and is operative to heat a quantity of fluid which is not necessarily sufficient to cover the first heating element.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Micro-Heat IncInventors: Vyshislav Ivanov, Jossef Rogozinski, Uri Arkashevski
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Patent number: 6615438Abstract: Apparatus (20) for cleaning a window (24) of a vehicle (22), including a vessel (28), having an inlet (32) through which a washing fluid is received from a reservoir and an outlet (34) through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning the window. There is a heating element (50) for heating the fluid in the vessel, which element preheats the vessel before the washing fluid is received therein, whereby at least an initial quantity of the fluid is rapidly heated and discharged from the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Micro-Heat Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Jossef Wodnik, Vyshislav Ivanov
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Patent number: 6164564Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning or de-icing a vehicle window, including a reservoir for containing therein a washing fluid, a vessel having an inlet through which the washing fluid is received from the reservoir and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged for cleaning a vehicle window, and a first heating element disposed in the vessel for heating the fluid in the vessel, characterized by an auxiliary heating element being disposed in the vessel for heating the fluid in the vessel, wherein the auxiliary heating element is disposed at a bottom portion of the vessel and is operative to heat a quantity of fluid which is not necessarily sufficient to cover the first heating element.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Micro-Heat, Inc.Inventors: Shlomi Franco, Vychislav Ivanov, Joseph Rogozinski, Uri Arkashevski, Hain Levy