Environmentally friendly windshield wiper and cleaning assembly

A windshield wiper assembly for cleaning a windshield while supplying cleaning fluid thereto, comprising:

• a motor-driven reciprocating arm;
• a wiper member in the form of an elongated hollow body having a connection to said arm for movement therewith, said hollow body having a fluid passage therein including a main passage extending the length of the wiper member from an inlet passage portion to an outlet passage portion at opposite ends thereof, said hollow body having an inner side for contacting a windshield and which is open so that fluid within the main passage can contact the windshield, said inner side being surrounded by wiper blades which restrict flow of fluid along the windshield and out of the body, beyond said blades;
• a supply conduit leading from a pumped supply of cleaning fluid to an inlet of the hollow body;
• an outlet conduit leading from an outlet of the hollow body, and:
• a reservoir for receiving fluid from said outlet conduit,
• said inlet passage portion connected to said supply conduit via said inlet and said outlet passage portion connected to said outlet conduit via said outlet,
• and wherein said supply and outlet conduits are both connected to a central part of said hollow body, and this central part is located adjacent to the connection between said body and said reciprocating arm,
• whereby fluid which has entered the hollow body through the inlet and has served to clean the windshield can pass through the outlet conduit back to the reservoir, without leaving the wiper assembly.