Patent ID: 7013525
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. In a wiper blade having an elongated wiper-providing body including a spine portion and a wiping element extending from the spine portion for engaging and wiping glass as the wiper blade is moved thereacross and wherein the wiper-providing body includes a longitudinal axis, the improvement comprising: an elongated cleaning element for cleaning the glass with the wiping element as the wiper blade is moved across the glass, the cleaning element being joined to the wiper-providing body to permit longitudinal movement of the cleaning element relative thereto and to permit movement of the cleaning element relative to the wiper-providing body toward and away from the spine portion as the wiper blade is moved across the glass; and a magnetic device joined to the wiper-providing body for biasing the cleaning element away from the spine portion of the wiper-providing body so that upon placing the wiping element and the cleaning element into engagement with the surface of the glass to be cleaned, the cleaning element is biased toward the glass surface by the forces of the magnetic device exerted upon the cleaning element and is maintained in a spaced relationship with the spine portion so that as the wiper blade is moved across the glass surface, the cleaning element is permitted to move relative to the wiper-providing element and the spine portion as aforesaid.