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A windscreen wiper, also known as a windshield wiper, is a device used to remove rain and debris from a windscreen or windshield. It generally consists of an arm that pivots at one end with a long rubber blade attached. The blade is swung back and forth over the glass to push water off the surface. Most vehicles, including cars, trains, aircraft and watercraft, are required to have windscreen wipers which can be adjusted to different continuous or intermittent speeds.

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Windscreen or Windshield Motor Vehicles Watercraft

A windscreen wiper, also known as a windshield wiper, is a device used to remove rain and debris from a windscreen or windshield. It generally consists of an arm that pivots at one end with a long rubber blade attached. The blade is swung back and forth over the glass to push water off the surface. Most vehicles, including cars, trains, aircraft and watercraft, are required to have windscreen wipers which can be adjusted to different continuous or intermittent speeds.

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A windscreen wiper or windshield wiper is a device used to remove rain and debris from a windscreen or windshield.

Almost all motor vehicles, including trains,aircraft and watercraft, are equipped with such wipers, which are usually a legal requirement. A wiper generally consists of an arm, pivoting at one end and with a long rubber blade attached to the other. The blade is swung back and forth over the glass, pushing water from its surface. The speed is normally adjustable, with several continuous speeds and often one or more "intermittent" settings. Most automobiles use two synchronized radial type arms, while many commercial vehicles use one or more pantograph arms.
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1 History

1.1 Early versions

1.2 Intermitte nt wipers

1.3 Headlight wipers

2 Power 3 Geometry 4 Other features

4.1 Windscre en washer

4.2 Hidden wipers

4.3 Rainsensing wipers

4.4 Headlight wipers

4.5 Rear wipers

5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit]History

Windscreen wiper arms and blades on a 1954 German automobile. using a simple radial design with no visible linkages

[edit]Early

versions

The inventor Mary Anderson is credited with devising the first operational windshield wiper in 1903.[1][2] In Anderson's patent, she called her invention a "window cleaning device" for electric cars and other vehicles. Operated via a lever from inside a vehicle, her version of windshield wipers closely resembles the windshield wiper found on many early car models. Anderson had a model of her design manufactured, then filed a patent (US 743,801) on June 18, 1903 that was issued to her by the US Patent Office on November 10, 1903.[3][4]

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