System and method for cleaning a vehicle-mounted optic lens

摘要

The present invention refers a system and a method for automatically cleaning an optic lens (3) 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. An air pump (5) is provided including a variable volume compression chamber (16) to pressurize a volume of air, and a washing liquid conduit (12) is communicated with a liquid nozzle (9) and with the air pump (5), such as the air pump (5) can be operated by the flow of pressurized washing liquid (21), such as the same flow of pressurized washing liquid (21) is used to clean the optic surface (3), and to operate the air pump (5) and generate a blast of air (27) to blow off any liquid drop from the optic lens (3).