Patent ID: 6854666
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A device for cleaning headlamps or windscreens on a motor vehicle by means of cleaning fluid which is to be discharged through at least one spray nozzle, wherein in a rest position the spray nozzle is arranged concealed and/or recessed in the bodywork of the motor vehicle and by means of an actuator can be positioned in a cleaning position in which discharge of the cleaning fluid is effected, characterised in that the spray nozzle is arranged on a mounting which is secured pivotably to the bodywork and which in the rest position is pivoted into the bodywork and which can be pivoted out into the cleaning position by the actuator, characterised in that the actuator is in the form of a piston-cylinder unit operated by hydraulic pressure of the cleaning fluid and that the piston of the actuator acts with its end directly on a traction element that passes into the cylinder and which is connected to a pivot arm or a pivot lever.