Patent ID: 6230939
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B60S,B67D,E04H,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for dispensing windshield washer fluid, comprising:two or more vending control units;a fluid storage system, including two or more elevated fluid storage tanks, mounted at a level above the vending control units, and one or more fluid equalization conduits connecting the storage tanks to each other so that fluid levels in the storage tanks are able to equalize as fluid is added to or withdrawn from any one of the tanks;a fluid dispensing hose associated with and controlled by each vending control unit, each fluid dispensing hose having a proximal end connected to the fluid storage system and a distal end from which fluid may be dispensed by force of gravity in response to selective activation of the corresponding vending control unit by a user.