Windscreen wipers
OwnerRobert Edgar Knightsinventor
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Abstract
A windscreen wiper comprising a reciprocable arm, a flexible blade element mounted on the arm and including a pair of flexible wall members terminating in generally parallel spaced lip members adapted to engage a windscreen surface so that the blade element encloses therewith a hollow space, at least one conduit for cleaning liquid extending along the arm and communicating with the hollow space whereby cleaning liquids may be fed to the surface of the windscreen between the lips, and a flexible brush or assembly of brushes mounted in the said hollow space so as to bear on the surface of the windscreen between the lips and to be slidably engaged therewith during the wiping action.
Claims11
A windscreen wiper comprising:
- a reciprocable arm;
- a flexible blade element mounted on the arm and including a pair of flexible wall members terminating in generally parallel spaced lip members adapted to engage a windscreen surface, said lip members forming a hollow space therebetween, said blade element including at least one conduit means extending along the arm and communicating with said hollow space whereby a cleaning liquid may be passed through said conduit to contact said windscreen surface;
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- a flexible brush means mounted within said hollow space to bear on said windscreen surface between the lips of said blade element and to slidably engage said surface during a wiping action, said flexible brush means being comprised of at least to elongated flexible brush carriers including brush means of spaced brush lengths, the brush lengths in adjacent carriers being staggered.
A windscreen wiper comprising a reciprocable arm a blade carrier pivotally mounted on the said arm, a flexible blade element mounted on the carrier by means of variable rate springs means, and wind-responsive means adapted to vary the rate of the said spring means to counteract wind lift effects on the blade element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.