This invention relates to a device for preventing the entry of water into the driver-area of a motor vehicle, such as, a vehicle with an exclusive driver-area in the front and a load-bearing compartment for passengers or goods, at the rear, exemplified by a three wheeler auto rickshaw or a five wheeler goods transporting vehicle
When it rains, water tends to enter the driver-area in motor vehicles of the kind aforementioned, at the windshield-cowl joint, despite sealing arrangements being put in place to prevent the entry of water in the driver-area, because such arrangements are of little use or effect as water tends to enter the vehicle at the windshield-cowl joint, especially when the rains are heavy.

It is therefore an object of this invention to propose a device, which adequately prevents the entry of water in the driver-area, by a simple, yet cost effective device, which is efficient in performance and easy to install and maintain.
The device for preventing the entry of water in the driver-area of a motor vehicle, according to this invention, comprises a cowl sealing member provided near its one end with a raised lip forming a guideway in front of the driver-area, adjacent the joint between the windshield and the cowl, said guideway running across the vehicle to divert any water entering the vehicle, at the said joint, out of the vehicle, at either side of the said vehicle, in front of the driver-area.

said member being provided near its other end with a raised step, in front of the driver-area, to divert remnant water escaping the guideway, if any, out of the vehicle, at either side of the said vehicle in front of the driver-area.
This invention will now be described with
reference to he accompanying drawings in
which
Fig. 1 illustrates the known cowl sealing member
Fig. 2 illustrates the flow of water entering the
vehicle at the windshield and cowl joint, into the
driver-area, of the known arrangement
Fig. 3 illustrates, by way of example and not by
way of limitation one of possible embodiments of
the cowl sealing member
And

Fig. 4 illustrates the said embodiment and the flow of water entering the vehicle at the windshield and cowl joint, into the vehicle, but prevented from entering the driver-area by diverting the water out of, and from the sides of, the said vehicle in front of the driver-area.
In the known arrangement, water is likely to enter the driver-area of the vehicle through a gap at the joint J between the windshield S and the cowl C, the gap being created by wear and tear. The path of water W entering at the joint J is indicated in Fig. 2. The cowl sealing member is indicated by E.
In certain cases even if the profile of the windshield and cowl matches, there is every possibility of a gap forming at the joint J giving

rise to entry of water into the driver-area as aforesaid.
Merely stopping the leak at the joint J will be a temporary measure likely to give rise again to leaks in the future. On the other hand, stopping of the leak on a permanent basis will be an expensive measure.
In tune with the realities of the situation, this invention therefore proposes a simple and cost-effective measure by which the leak at the joint J is ignored; instead, water entering at the joint J is diverted out of the vehicle, immediately on entry, this diversion taking place at either side of the vehicle in front of the driver-area. This is achieved by providing the cowl sealing member F of the embodiment with a raised lip L forming a guideway adjacent the joint J. The

guideway runs across the vehicle to divert any water W entering at the said joint out of the vehicle at either side thereof in front of the driver-area.
Out of abundant caution, the said member F is also provided at the other end with a raised step T, to divert remnant water W (if any, which has escaped the channel) out of the vehicle at the sides thereof, in front of the driver-area.
Water thus entering the vehicle at the joint J is immediately diverted out of the vehicle before entering the driver-area.
It will be seen from the foregoing that this invention involves .little structural change to the known arrangement, but provides substantial

and long term benefits to the user with practically no maintenance cost.
It will be appreciated that various other embodiments of this invention are possible without departing from the scope and ambit of this invention.

We Claim:
1.A device for preventing the entry of water in the driver-area of a motor vehicle comprising a cowl sealing member provided near its one end with a raised lip forming a guideway in front of the driver-area, adjacent the joint between the windshield and the cowl, said guideway running across the vehicle to divert any water entering the vehicle, at the said joint, out of the vehicle, at either side of the said vehicle, in front of the driver-area, said member being provided near its other end with a raised step, in front of the driver-area, to divert remnant water escaping the guideway, if any, out of the vehicle, at either

side of the said vehicle in front of the driver-area.
2. A device for preventing the entry of water in the driver-area of a motor vehicle substantially as herein described with reference to, and as illustrated in, Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.