Vehicle window cleaning system
First Claim
1. A vehicle window cleaning system for a vehicle having a drop glass window of the type in which a pane of glass is movable between an open position and a closed position, the vehicle including a header portion adapted to receive a marginal edge of the glass pane, the system comprising:
- wiper means mounted on the vehicle and movable from a park position through a range of travel over the glass window to define a wipe pattern for wiping the glass window free of matter deposited on the glass window within the wipe pattern;
drive means mounted on the vehicle for providing a source of controlled drive power to move the wiper means; and
guide means mounted on the vehicle for guiding the wiper means along a guide path between the park position and an inward limit position of the wipe pattern, said guide means including a cam guide spaced upwardly and outwardly from the marginal edge of the glass pane in the closed position of the pane of glass and configured to define the guide path, said wiper means including at least one wiper arm pivotable about a pivot axis on the header portion and a wiper blade assembly secured to the wiper arm, said wiper arm including a segment offset upwardly and outwardly away from the wiper blade assembly, said offset segment defining a cam follower adapted to engage and follow the cam guide between the inward limit position and the park position.
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Abstract
A vehicle window cleaning system disclosed includes window wipers which are movable in a controlled fashion off a glass pane of the vehicle window of the drop glass type, and which are protected, out of view, between a header portion of the vehicle and a molded body extension secured to the vehicle when parked. Actuating arms of the wipers include offset segments which engage and follow a pair of spaced finger guides mounted on the header portion of the vehicle through a park stroke. The guide fingers define guide paths for the blades of the window wipers which closely approximate and track the outer exterior surface of a weather seal which seals the header portion and the glass pane of the window when the weather seal is engaged by the window pane. The molded body extension not only conceals the window wipers but also any unfinished body metal seams and/or welds between the header portion and other metal body panels. As the window wipers move off the window pane and over the stressed weather seal they move through a restricted access opening defined by a bottom edge of the molded body extension and the window pane.
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10 Claims
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1. A vehicle window cleaning system for a vehicle having a drop glass window of the type in which a pane of glass is movable between an open position and a closed position, the vehicle including a header portion adapted to receive a marginal edge of the glass pane, the system comprising:
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wiper means mounted on the vehicle and movable from a park position through a range of travel over the glass window to define a wipe pattern for wiping the glass window free of matter deposited on the glass window within the wipe pattern; drive means mounted on the vehicle for providing a source of controlled drive power to move the wiper means; and guide means mounted on the vehicle for guiding the wiper means along a guide path between the park position and an inward limit position of the wipe pattern, said guide means including a cam guide spaced upwardly and outwardly from the marginal edge of the glass pane in the closed position of the pane of glass and configured to define the guide path, said wiper means including at least one wiper arm pivotable about a pivot axis on the header portion and a wiper blade assembly secured to the wiper arm, said wiper arm including a segment offset upwardly and outwardly away from the wiper blade assembly, said offset segment defining a cam follower adapted to engage and follow the cam guide between the inward limit position and the park position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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