Windshield wiper incorporating a deflector
First Claim
1. A windshield wiper for an automotive vehicle, wherein the wiper incorporates a deflector having a front face facing away from a windshield including a glass surface and a rear face facing the windshield and having a free edge to lie adjacent to the windshield glass surface to be swept by the wiper, said deflector comprising a rigid, flat, profiled core element covered on at least one surface by a soft flexible material to form at least one of said deflector faces, said core element having a terminal edge adjacent said free edge, said flexible material extending over and covering said terminal edge and extending beyond and downwardly thereby defining said free edge facing said windshield glass to prevent abrasion of the glass.
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Abstract
This invention is concerned with a windshield wiper incorporating a deflector. The windshield wiper is characterized in that the deflector comprises a rigid, shaped, flat core element covered on at least one of its faces with a flexible material which is extended beyond the edge of the core element at the edge of the deflector nearest to the windshield, so as to cover this edge. The invention is applicable to the automotive industry.
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- 1. A windshield wiper for an automotive vehicle, wherein the wiper incorporates a deflector having a front face facing away from a windshield including a glass surface and a rear face facing the windshield and having a free edge to lie adjacent to the windshield glass surface to be swept by the wiper, said deflector comprising a rigid, flat, profiled core element covered on at least one surface by a soft flexible material to form at least one of said deflector faces, said core element having a terminal edge adjacent said free edge, said flexible material extending over and covering said terminal edge and extending beyond and downwardly thereby defining said free edge facing said windshield glass to prevent abrasion of the glass.
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