Windscreen wipers
AssigneeMagnatex Limited
InventorRobert Derrick Tomlin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a windscreen wiper comprising a squeegee element and a pressure-distributing harness, moulded of a resilient plastics material, comprising one or more pairs of resiliently flexible arms extending in opposite longitudinal directions from a central portion constituting or having attached thereto a wiper arm connector, and including claws at the free ends of the arms and adjacent the central portion which connect with the squeegee element, directly or indirectly, at pressure-distributing spaced locations therealong, said arms being biassed to cause the wiping edge of the squeegee element, when unrestrained, to be curved along its length, and flexing to allow the squeegee element to conform to the curvature of the windscreen over which it wipes.
Claims10
A windscreen wiper comprising a squeegee element and a pressure-distributing harness, moulded of a resilient plastics material, comprising a pair of resiliently flexible arms, flexible along substantially their entire lengths, extending in opposite longitudinal directions from each side of a substantially rigid central portion adapted for connection of a wiper arm thereto, one arm of each pair being shorter than the other and including claws depending by fixed distances from adjacent said central portion and from the free ends of the arms respectively, said claws being connected to the squeegee element respectively adjacent its centre and its opposite ends, and said arms being biassed over substantially their entire lengths to cause the wiping edge of the squeegee element, when unrestrained, to be curved along its length.
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