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US 5,007,131 AGranted
Blade carrying assembly for a windshield wiper including a lock
AssigneeValeo Systems d'Essuyage
InventorsJean-Claude Chevalier, Guy Raymond
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Abstract
A blade carrying assembly for a windshield wiper for an automotive vehicle includes a wiper arm pivoted on a coupling head, with a spring biassing the wiper arm towards the coupling head. A rotatable lock is provided on the wiper arm for limiting the pivoting movement of the arm with respect to the couping head when the lock is in a locking position.
Claims10
A blade carrying assembly for a windshield wiper, said assembly comprising:
- a coupling head;
- a wiper arm to carry at one end thereof a wiper blade and articulated at another end thereof to said coupling head about a pivot axis;
- spring means biassing said wiper arm about said pivot axis relative to said coupling head in a direction to urge said one end of said wiper arm to a windshield wiping operative position;
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- a lock member rotatably mounted on said wiper arm and having locking means for, upon rotation of said lock member to a locking position thereof, limiting the extent of rotation of said wiper arm about said pivot axis in said direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.