B60S1/0483

Automotive Windshield Wiper Restorer
20170225655 · 2017-08-10 ·

An automobile windshield wiper restorer may take the form of a hand held device that offers a compound curvilinear rectangular three sided resurfacing channel and a flat bottom rectangular three sided resurfacing channel, with both channels coated with abrasive materials on all three sides. The flat bottom channel may have a coarse grit and the compound curvilinear channel may have a fine grit. Water or a wiper solution may be used while moving a wiper through the device. Drawing or swiping the entire length of a windshield wiper blade multiple times back and forth, while wet, through the appropriate support and honing channels removes surface contaminants and imperfections uniformly, thereby restoring the wiper blade to its original functionality.

Snow/ice cleaning tool and method
11312339 · 2022-04-26 · ·

The present invention is a snow/ice cleaning tool for removing snow or ice or a combination of such from a vehicle windshield for also rotating the wiper arms to a rest position for cleaning and returning the wiper arms to a working position in contact with the windshield. The cleaning tool has an elongated handle having one or more working ends incorporating snow/ice cleaning devices. Connected to the handle and slanting away from the handle axis is a grasping device with an opening therein for grasping the wiper arms. The present invention allows for the user to lift and lower the wiper arms from either side of the vehicle in a manner that is safe and ergonomic, regardless of the direction in which the wiper arms pivot.

Snow/Ice Cleaning Tool and Method
20210300304 · 2021-09-30 · ·

The present invention is a snow/ice cleaning tool for removing snow or ice or a combination of such from a vehicle windshield for also rotating the wiper arms to a rest position for cleaning and returning the wiper arms to a working position in contact with the windshield. The cleaning tool has an elongated handle having one or more working ends incorporating snow/ice cleaning devices. Connected to the handle and slanting away from the handle axis is a grasping device with an opening therein for grasping the wiper arms. The present invention allows for the user to lift and lower the wiper arms from either side of the vehicle in a manner that is safe and ergonomic, regardless of the direction in which the wiper arms pivot.

Wiping lip cleaning device
10960851 · 2021-03-30 ·

A device for cleaning wiper lips on windshield wiper cleaning blades of windshield cleaning systems. In order to enable in a simple and cost-effective manner cleaning wiper lips on windshield wiper cleaning blades of windshield cleaning systems, the device provides for a two-sided, moisture-impermeable base carrier having a cross-section which is substantially N-shaped, double V-shaped or double U-shaped over a base carrier length and which forms a first and a second surrounding region in the base carrier whose surrounding region openings are orientated counter to each other. The base carrier has a first side with, at least in a portion in the region of the first surrounding region, a first surface layer of a first material and a second side with, at least in a portion in the region of the second surrounding region, a second surface layer of a second material.

De-icing windshield wipers
10766459 · 2020-09-08 ·

An apparatus for directing air flow from a defrost vent in a vehicle toward the base of the windshield to de-ice the windshield wiper. A deflector plate is pivotally attached to one end of a jointed arm. The other end of the jointed arm is releasably attachable to the inside of the windshield above the defroster vent. The angles of the jointed arm and the deflector plate are adjusted to direct warm air from the defrost vent directly toward the windshield wiper. A commercial version of the apparatus has a length-adjustable arm to accommodate larger windshields in commercial vehicles.

Automotive windshield wiper restorer
10661756 · 2020-05-26 ·

An automobile windshield wiper restorer may take the form of a hand held device that offers a compound curvilinear rectangular three sided resurfacing channel and a flat bottom rectangular three sided resurfacing channel, with both channels coated with abrasive materials on all three sides. The flat bottom channel may have a coarse grit and the compound curvilinear channel may have a fine grit. Water or a wiper solution may be used while moving a wiper through the device. Drawing or swiping the entire length of a windshield wiper blade multiple times back and forth, while wet, through the appropriate support and honing channels removes surface contaminants and imperfections uniformly, thereby restoring the wiper blade to its original functionality.

WIPING LIP CLEANING DEVICE
20190135232 · 2019-05-09 ·

A device for cleaning wiper lips on windshield wiper cleaning blades of windshield cleaning systems. In order to enable in a simple and cost-effective manner cleaning wiper lips on windshield wiper cleaning blades of windshield cleaning systems, the device provides for a two-sided, moisture-impermeable base carrier having a cross-section which is substantially N-shaped, double V-shaped or double U-shaped over a base carrier length and which forms a first and a second surrounding region in the base carrier whose surrounding region openings are orientated counter to each other. The base carrier has a first side with, at least in a portion in the region of the first surrounding region, a first surface layer of a first material and a second side with, at least in a portion in the region of the second surrounding region, a second surface layer of a second material.