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US 2007/0178816 A1Published application
Grinder for windshield wipers
AssigneeEsito International LLC
InventorArlo Lin
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Abstract
A grinder includes two plates and two pieces of sandpaper. Each of the plates includes at least one bent portion, a sandpaper side and a finger side opposite to the sandpaper side. The pieces of sandpaper are attached to the sandpaper sides of the plates before the plates are connected to each other so as to form at least one V-shaped structure for receiving a tip of a rubber strip of a windshield wiper.
Claims20
A grinder for a windshield wiper, the grinder comprising:
- first and second plates each comprising at least one bent portion, a sandpaper side and a finger side opposite to the sandpaper side, with the bent portion extending at an acute angle from the sandpaper side;
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- first and second pieces of sandpaper attached to the sandpaper sides of the first and second plates, with the first piece of sandpaper attached to and extending from the bent portion of the first plate to the sandpaper side of the first plate and the second piece of sandpaper extending from the bent portion of the second plate to the sandpaper side of the second plate, wherein the first and second plates are connected to each other, with the sandpaper side of the first plate parallel to the sandpaper side of the second plate and so as to form at least one V-shaped structure by the bent portions of the first and second plates for receiving a tip of a rubber strip of a windshield wiper, with the sandpaper sides of the first and second plates sandwiching the first and second pieces of sandpaper together, and with the first piece of sandpaper attached to the sandpaper side of the first plate facially abutting the second piece of sandpaper attached to the sandpaper side of the second plate when the first and second plates sandwich the first and second pieces of sandpaper together.
A grinder for a windshield wiper, the grinder comprising:
- two plates each comprising at least one bent portion, a sandpaper side and a fingerside opposite to the sandpaper side, wherein the sandpaper side of the each of the plates comprises a horizontal portion near the bent portion;
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- two pieces of sandpaper attached to the sandpaper sides of the plates before the plates are connected to each other so as to form at least one V-shaped structure for receiving a tip of a rubber strip of a windshield wiper.
A grinder comprising:
- a flat plate comprising a sandpaper side and a finger side opposite to the sandpaper side;
- a bent plate comprising at least one bent portion, a sandpaper side and a finger side opposite to the sandpaper side;
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- two pieces of sandpaper attached to the sandpaper sides of the plates before the plates are connected to each other so as to form at least one V-shaped structure for receiving a tip of a rubber strip of a windshield wiper.
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