Patent · US Expired

Cleaning device

US6234410A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

3References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

Uwe Martin · Bad Hersfeld, DE
Rolf-Dieter Schlein · Lengede, DE
Rainer Kober · Darmstadt, DE
Torsten Hahn · Mahwah, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 13, 1999
Grant date	May 22, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R19/48
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cleaning device for a motor vehicle headlight lens, a washer nozzle (6) is arranged on a support (11) having tubes (12, 13) which can be moved in the manner of a telescope. An outer tube (12) of the support (11) can be moved by an adjusting arrangement (5) having an electric motor (19). A connecting branch (16) for a washer fluid line (9) is latched to a fixed guide sleeve (14). As a result, the cleaning device is of particularly compact construction.

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