Vehicle wiper device

A vehicle wiper apparatus comprising:

• a wiper motor of which operation is controlled by a control apparatus that is mounted to a vehicle and that is operated to rotate an output shaft in one direction;
• a conversion mechanism that converts the rotation in one direction of the output shaft to reciprocal rotation of a pivot shaft;
• a wiper member that is attached to the pivot shaft and reciprocally rotates between a closed position and an open position;
• a nozzle that is provided in the wiper member and is configured to spray a cleaning fluid towards a front side in an advancing direction of the wiper member on at least one of a forward path and a return path of the reciprocal rotation;
• a washer pump that is operated to supply the cleaning fluid to the nozzle;
• and
• a detecting unit that is configured to detect at least a state in which the wiper member is positioned in the closed position, wherein:
• a round-trip time of the wiper member is detected by the control apparatus based on a detection result of the detecting unit;
• an operation time and a pause time of the washer pump are set based on the round-trip time of the wiper member;
• the washer pump is controlled by the control apparatus, based on the operation time and the pause time of the washer pump set based on the round-trip time of the wiper member detected by the control apparatus;
• and
• the washer pump is operated during rotation of the wiper member on at least one of the forward path and the return path.