Wiping device for wiping cover plates of headlights of motor vehicles

US4765017A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Josef Berger · Tegernsee, DE
• Helmut Ernst · Offenbach am Main, DE
• Hans-Joachim Linhart · Ottersweier, DE
• Martin Pfeiffer · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 1986
• Grant date: Aug 23, 1988
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S1/3468
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wiping device for wiping cover plates of the headlights of motor vehicles includes a wiping arm carrying a wiper blade and swingable over the cover plate being wiped, and a drive shaft which is releasably connected to the wiping arm by means of an adapter. The wiping arm is comprised of two halves hinged to each other by a hinge the axis of which extends in a plane parallel to the cover plate being wiped. A spring is arranged between two hingeable halves of the wiping arm. The wiping device can be completely moved out from the path of light beams emitted by the headlight.