Patent Application
20180105111
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The disclosure and prior art relates to wiper devices and more particularly pertains to a new wiper device for wiping moisture from a rear-view mirror.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle. The vehicle has a pair of rear-view mirrors. A pair of wiping units is provided. Each of the wiping units is coupled to an associated one of the rear-view mirrors. Thus, each of the wiping wipes moisture from the mirror of the associated rear-view mirrors thereby enhancing visibility.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of wiping units 20 is provided. Each of the wiping units 20 is coupled to an associated one of the rear-view mirrors 14. Each of the wiping units 20 wipes moisture 22 from the mirror 18 of the associated rear-view mirrors 14. Thus, each of the wiping units 20 enhances visibility with respect to each of the rear-view mirrors 14. Each of the wiping units 20 may be a factory installed component of the vehicle 12. Alternatively, each of the wiping units 20 may be an after-market component with respect to the vehicle 12.
Each of the wiping units 20 comprises a wiper blade 24. The wiper blade 24 has a first end 26, a second end 28 and a wiping surface 30. The first end 26 is rotatably coupled to the mirror 18 of the associated rear-view mirror 18. The wiping surface 30 frictionally engages the reflecting surface 19 of the mirror 18. The wiping surface 30 may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like.
A motor 32 is provided. The motor 32 is positioned within the housing 16 of the associated rear-view mirror 18. The motor 32 alternatively rotates in a first direction and a second direction. The motor 32 may be an electric motor or the like. A shaft 34 is coupled between the motor 32 and the first end 26 of the wiper blade 24. The motor 32 urges the wiper blade 24 across the reflecting surface of the mirror 18.
A switch 36 is provided. The switch 36 is positioned within the vehicle 12 and the switch 36 may be manipulated. The switch 36 is electrically coupled to the vehicle 12. The switch 36 is electrically coupled to the motor 32 and the switch 36 turns the motor 32 on and off. The switch 36 may be a rheostat switch 36 or the like.
In use, the switch 36 is manipulated when moisture 22 collects on the mirror 18 corresponding to each of the rear-view mirrors 14. The motor 32 alternatively rotates in the first direction and the second direction. Thus, the wiper blade 24 travels back and forth across the mirror 18 to remove the moisture 22 from the mirror 18. The pair of wiping units 20 enhances visibility in each of the rear-view mirrors 14. Thus, each of the wiping units 20 enhances safety in wet driving conditions.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.
A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
