Windshield wiper reconditioning device
US5848471A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60S2001/3846
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hand-held windshield wiper reconditioning device that has a body shaped and sized to be operated by a hand of a user. In an embodiment of the reconditioning device, a pair of opposing guide surfaces extends between a front face and a rear face of the body. The guide surfaces are shaped to define a channel through the body with a cross-sectional profile that substantially corresponds to a cross-sectional shape of a wiper blade. A cutting blade is mounted across an upper portion of the channel at an acute angle with respect to the cutting path. In operation, the channel positions the wiper blade to maintain a constant spatial relationship between the wiper blade and the body. As the body moves along the wiper blade, the cutting blade cleanly slices material from the tip of the wiper at a substantially constant depth along the whole length of the wiper.
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