JPH08332919A - Injection opening of washer tank - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent washer liquid from being spilled from an injection opening without sacrificing a vehicle room inside space. CONSTITUTION: A half moon dam 16 is integrally provided at the injection opening 10 of a washer tank for a rear windshield to be provided inside a vehicle side wall 12. As washer liquid W from a bottle 14 injected into the injection opening 10 is stopped by means of the dam 16, the washer liquid W does not spill on the outside even if the injection opening 10 is faced in a horizontal direction. There is no need of sacrificing a vehicle room inside space by standing the injection opening 10 obliquely upward to prevent the spilling of the washer liquid W and by projecting the vehicle side wall 12 also to the vehicle room inside in accordance with the lower end of the injection opening 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle washer tank inlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of washer tanks for automobiles, and there are various types of inlets for them.
No. 1-5734, No. 61-5733, No. 61
No. -53389, No. 63-144439, Shokai),
As shown in FIG. 3, an automobile 6 having a wiper 4 for the rear windshield 2 has a washer tank 8 dedicated to the rear windshield 2 accommodated in the vehicle side wall. The inlet 10 is arranged on the side wall in the vehicle compartment.

[0003]

The shape of the conventional inlet 10 is horizontal with respect to the side wall 12 as shown in FIG. 4 (A). Therefore, when the washer liquid W is poured from the bottle 14 into the inlet 10, there is a problem that part of the washer liquid W flows out.

In order to prevent the washer liquid W from spilling outside, the inlet 10 may be set up slightly obliquely as shown in FIG. 4 (B). However, when the inlet 10 is set up in this way, the wall line 12 'must be aligned with the lower portion of the inlet 10, so that the vehicle interior space is sacrificed by the horizontal distance H from the original side wall 12.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the washer fluid from spilling from the inlet without sacrificing the vehicle interior space.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention forms a weir below the inner edge of the inlet of a washer tank provided on the side wall of a vehicle.

[0007]

[Function] Since the washer liquid poured into the injection port is blocked by the weir, the washer liquid does not spill outside even when the injection port is exposed in the horizontal direction. Therefore, in order to prevent the washer fluid from spilling, set the inlet diagonally upward,
There is no need to sacrifice the vehicle interior space by also projecting the vehicle side wall to the vehicle interior side along with the lower end of the inlet.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the inlet 10 of the washer tank is arranged on the side wall 12 of the vehicle, and the inlet 10 is normally closed by a cap (not shown). A half-moon shaped weir 16 is formed integrally with the washer tank at the lower part of the inner edge of the inlet 10. The upper edge 16a of the weir 16 is horizontal, and the injection port 1 is provided by the amount of the weir 16 provided.
Although the size of 0 is small, the size of the end of the bottle 14 is sufficiently large. Others are the same as those of the conventional washer tank 8.

In order to make a washer tank having an inlet 10 with a weir 16, first, as shown in FIG. 2, a hollow bottle-shaped washer tank 8 is formed by resin blow molding. The upper end of the washer tank 8 is bent horizontally and extends for a predetermined length. The tip of the extending portion 18 is closed by a closing portion 19 immediately after molding, but the injection port 10 is formed by cutting the closing portion 19 along the cutting line C.

In the inlet having the weir 16 thus formed,
As shown in FIG. 1A, the washer liquid W from the bottle 14 is blocked by the weir 16 and does not spill outside.

The weir 16 may be formed integrally with the washer tank 8 or may be formed as a separate body and attached to the inlet 10 by an adhesive or welding after the washer tank 8 is formed.

[0013]

According to the present invention, since the weir is formed at the inlet of the washer tank, it is possible to prevent the washer liquid from spilling to the outside without sacrificing the passenger compartment space by standing the inlet obliquely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view of an inlet of a washer tank,
(B) is a front view of the inlet.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a washer tank after blow molding.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an automobile with a rear windshield wiper.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a conventional washer tank inlet, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of a washer tank inlet that has been studied as a countermeasure against washer liquid spillage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Washer tank 10 Injection port 12 Side wall 16 Weir

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An inlet for a washer tank, characterized in that a weir is formed in a lower portion of an inner edge of the inlet for the washer tank provided on a side wall of a vehicle.