US866996A - Screen-cleaning apparatus for automobiles. - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
- B60S1/06—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by the drive
- B60S1/16—Means for transmitting drive
- B60S1/166—Means for transmitting drive characterised by the combination of a motor-reduction unit and a mechanism for converting rotary into oscillatory movement
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- Fig. 4 is a detail, on a still larger scale,.in section on'the line B.B of Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in section on the'line i 'a is the customary transparent SCI 1 usually composed of glass, and having the frame or casing b, and I preferably pass the-bearing sleeve 0 through a convenient portion thereof, such as a lowercorner adjacent the sleeve and into the frame I).
- a similar'plate e isthe right hand of the driver.
- the wiper-supporting rodt' is secured in the socket of. the split piece h by means of the screw j threaded therein through the lower. half, transversely to the split.
- the rodiis' pref erably provided with an offset k therein, so that by turning the rodand securing it inany position of adrsennnisf-e miss ipmmws Fon AUTOMOBILES.
- wiper bar I is preferably composed of a split tube, in
- the wiper m which is preferably com posed .ofa rubber tube.
- the bar I is preferably secured to the r'odt by means of-the split socket piece n having-the apertures through-which the rod and bar' pass, and the screw '0 threaded through the lower half transverselyto clamp the parts securely together.
- v bar I is'preferably' slightly bowed tthe amount of this bowing being exaggerated in the drawings) so as to bring the ends closer to the glass a than the center .which'is supported to allow for the springing of the metal, thus insuring good contact of the wiper m with the glass throughout its length.
- the handle 1) is secured preferably' to the inner end of the rock-shaft, audit will be readily apparent that as the wiper is swung thereby from the full-line to the dotted-line po- I sition-of Fig.
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No. 866,996. PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.
F. AMI-1S.
SOB N CLEANING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILES.
APPLIOATION FILED r3391, 1007.
'f- FnAN- K rNi' AMES, or osio'Aeo, ILLINOIS.
: Tal whom: i
f -Beitilgnow l ll FBhNKpr-nh ns,-a citizen of the United States, and a resident'of Chieago, in the county at cook and Statebf;Illinois; liavejlinyented certain As is well: ,known to users 9f automobiles :auto-boats,
'stre et 'cama and.other .-sel f propelled vehicles, in the 7 V I winter season; itfrequentlyhappens that in snow or sleety weather, the precipitationiwill collect upon the outside of the glass screenpla ce'd i'n'front of the chauf- Efeur, motor'rhan or drivehiso that he cannot readily see through it tostee'r' the machine. {By stopping the machine andgettingjoutjihe can clean it off, but the con dition soon recurs, so' that it becomes a source of an-.
noyano'e,-=delay and evendanger.
by providing apparatus by Whiehthe chauffeur can,
without leaving his seat, quickly and easily'clea'n the screen asioften as may be necessary.
, To illustratemy invention, I anneri hereto a sheet of drawings; in'which the same reference characters are used to designate identical'part s in all the figures, of
which,} T Figure l is an outside view of the' screenofan auto- I mobile showing my invention in place} Fig. 2 is a hori:
zontal section, on an enlarged scale, on the line A --A of Fig.- 1; Fig; 3 is a front elevation of the, operating handle as seen fromthe inside; Fig.4 is a detail, on a still larger scale,.in section on'the line B.B of Fig. 3; "and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in section on the'line i 'a is the customary transparent SCI 1 usually composed of glass, and having the frame or casing b, and I preferably pass the-bearing sleeve 0 through a convenient portion thereof, such as a lowercorner adjacent the sleeve and into the frame I). A similar'plate e isthe right hand of the driver. The sleeve 0 is secured in place by any suitable means, such as the screws passing through the plate d formed integral-with or secured to preferably screwed to the inside of the frame, and the -nut f screwed'upon the threaded portion of the rock-l shaftg engaging the plate 'e,. while the shoulder of the socket-piece it engages the plate (1, serves to prevent any longitudinal movement of the rock-shaft 9, while v 4 ,justment', I. can bring. the-wiper barv {carried thereby f'as close as maybe desired to the glass a during. its" 4 movement, and to the frame when not in use. The,
not interfering with its rotation", The wiper-supporting rodt' is secured in the socket of. the split piece h by means of the screw j threaded therein through the lower. half, transversely to the split. The rodiis' pref erably provided with an offset k therein, so that by turning the rodand securing it inany position of adrsennnisf-e miss ipmmws Fon AUTOMOBILES.
Patented Sept. 24, T907. Serial No. 355,694:-
wiper bar I is preferably composed of a split tube, in
which is secured the wiper m, which is preferably com posed .ofa rubber tube. The bar I is preferably secured to the r'odt by means of-the split socket piece n having-the apertures through-which the rod and bar' pass, and the screw '0 threaded through the lower half transverselyto clamp the parts securely together. The
v bar I is'preferably' slightly bowed tthe amount of this bowing being exaggerated in the drawings) so as to bring the ends closer to the glass a than the center .which'is supported to allow for the springing of the metal, thus insuring good contact of the wiper m with the glass throughout its length. The handle 1) is secured preferably' to the inner end of the rock-shaft, audit will be readily apparent that as the wiper is swung thereby from the full-line to the dotted-line po- I sition-of Fig. 1, the outside of the glass infront of the My invention is designed toov'ercome this'difiiculty While I have shown and ,described'my invention as e'nibodiedin the form whichI at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will beunderstood that it is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except asmaybe necessitated by the state of the prior art What I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is; j
' l. The combination with the rock-shaft'adaptedto be passed through ascreen, 011 the handle secured on one end thereof, a wiper-supporting. r'od, having an oifset- "'thei-e1n and rotatably adjustably secured at .one end to thego'ther end thereof, so that by rotatlng the rod the distanced-the wiper bar from the screen may be vai'ied, and:the elastic wiper-bar and-wlper carried by'the other end ofthe rod.
be passed through ascreen, of the rock shaft journaled therein," the handle secured on the :inner end -of th'erocl; i shaft, the socket piecev on the'outer end thereof, the wiper supporting rod having the ofiset "therein for thepurposedescrlhed rotatably adjustablyfsecured at oneend in the.
the screen, sald;"conneetions consisting of the rocksha'ft" the i er-supporting; rod secured-thereto at fbnegend and 3 having the elasticjwiper ban preferably secured hear" the ea ind i't 0 '2. The comblnatlon wlth the bearing-sleeve adapted-to U100. of, mean's fo,r seeurlng connections "between the
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