Talk:Windscreen wiper

message: United States Patent US3262042 was filed two years before Kearns filed, and was also granted before Kearns.  It appears to be the earliest US patent for an intermittent windshield wiper - it was granted, and the only other patents it cites are nor for intermittent wipers.  The patent owner was Lucas, a UK company, so there may be prior art in the UK.    —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Hirst (talk • contribs) 06:22, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: John Amos?

message: I don't know what to say 
about this article. Some guy called Robert Kearns claim he invented wipers but never compensated.  The interesting part is it looks like Ford acknowledged it by paying him something See "Kearns had gained some vindication in the form of $30 million in settlements from Ford and Chrysler, but he never got what he had sought from the beginning."
:The whole issue of the inventor looks highly open to debate. Solid citations for Anderson, Hofmann and Mills Munitions? The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography mentions even more possibilities: a Gladstone Adams of Newcastle upon Tyne (a 1911 patent he said had been stolen by someone else called Capstaff, who patented it in the USA); Prince Henry of Prussia (for his Benz car in 1911); and a reference to the existence of hand-operated wipers in France in 1907. RayGirvan 19:54, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Kearns invented the intermittent wiper mechanism, i.e., the device that lets you adjust the speed for different rains. He never claimed to have invented the wiper itself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.93.67.247 (talk) 03:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Robert Kearns

message: A better picture is reccomended
69.244.157.99 22:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: picture

message: Is there a specified term for the nozzles that spray cleaning fluid? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.186.134.103 (talk) 01:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  nozzle 

message: I have a picture of a rotary "wiper" on a ship's bridge. Does that belong here or is there a name for those? 72.74.204.205 16:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rotary "wiper"? 

message: The article mentions that rear wipers are found on square-backed vehicles; why are they not found on sedans?  Is the airflow better? It seems like the rear window of a sedan, which faces up, would gather more water. 72.74.204.205 17:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rear wiper? 

message: This article's title uses the term "windscreen," while the article on the piece of glass in question uses "windshield." It seems to me that they ought to be consistent, and I thought about moving this to "windshield wiper" on that basis, but I took a look at "what links here" and I think that ensuring that all the links are correct would be a formidable challenge, one for which I don't have the time. 1995hoo (talk) 19:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no call for such a change, we only require interarticle consistency and in any case, you should go through the process at WP:RM before making changes without consensus Nil Einne (talk) 12:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of article 

message: I just added a reqphoto because, despite all the photos, we don't have a picture of a regular automobile windshield wiper. —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 23:18, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reqphoto 

message: Would like to add info that windshields can't be cleaned with glass cleaner if there is roadgrime or wax on them.  They need to be cleaned with a razor, window polish or bonami.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericg33 (talk • contribs) 06:44, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish 

message: Somebody needs to find and include some information about pivot and pantograph wipers. 
Pivot (or radial) wipers are attached to a single arm, which in turn is attached to the motor. These are commonly found on many cars, trucks, trains, boats, airplanes, etc. 
Pantograph wipers, OTOH, are used on many commercial vehicles, especially buses with large windshields. Pantograph wipers feature two arms for each blade, with the blade assembly itself supported on a horizontal bar connecting the two arms. I believe one arm is attached to the motor, while the other is on an idle pivot. The pantograph mechanism, while being more complex, allows the blade to cover more of the windshield on each wipe. However, it also usually requires the wiper to be "parked" in the middle of the windshield, where it may partially obstruct the driver's view when not in use.
Some larger cars in the late '70s, early '80s, and perhaps beyond, had a pantograph wiper on the driver's side, with a conventional pivot on the passenger side. I've seen these only on LH driver American cars; I don't know if they ever appeared on RH drive cars (mechanically, they should have been of about equal complexity). The two arms of the pantograph were of different length, with the outside arm being longer, allowing the blade to change position slightly during each wipe, presumably to provide better coverage of the lower and upper corners on the driver's side without the other end of the blade having to leave the windshield. Usually these were in a tandem arrangement (both wipers pointing in the same direction—usually if not always toward the passenger side—when in the down position), though I suppose an opposed arrangement (with the wipers pointing in opposite directions when in the down position) would have been possible (in which case both wipers could have been of the uneven-arm pantograph configuration).
Any insight that could be provided regarding these devices by those with knowledge and access to resources would be appreciated. 64.85.240.2 (talk) 08:15, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pivot and pantograph 

message: I was thinking, shouldn't there be a section devoted to the ongoing maintenance and potential problems with windshield wipers and certain unique types? Kyle1081 (talk) 00:51, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Section(s)? 

message: OK, we have the "Geometry" section.  Notice that coming into 1960, most U.S. cars were still being made with Figure 2 but with less (no?) overlap of the 2 wipers, resulting in a wedge down the middle which could not be wiped.  As noted, Figure 1 cleans most of the window space in front of the driver (with the driver being on the left side in the passenger compartment).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:40, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  old geometry 

message: A year before Mary Anderson's patent, some guy named Henry Bayer patented a windshield wiper.  US Patent 724534.  Looks to me like Mary Anderson is the feminist equivalent to the many black invention myths floating around.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.79.76 (talk) 16:52, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I came to this page just to laugh at how woke Wikipedia is becoming. 24.46.151.135 (talk) 12:58, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mary Anderson  -- A Feminist Invention Myth? 

message: There seems to be a small number of industry standards used to attach wipers (and replacement wipers) to a car.  These might be worth mentioning. -- Beland (talk) 05:01, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attachment standard 

message: The list of cars using the "Fig. 2" wiper geometry has gotten way too long.  I think the caption should be changed to "Numerous vehicles use this wiper geometry", with a footnote that can list all the relevant models. Could somebody with expertise in Wikipedia "Group notes" set this up?  Reify-tech (talk) 01:27, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to footnote?

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Suggest include information about induction wiper (automatic wiper). BoldLuis (talk) 19:46, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Induction wiper 

message: Came to this page looking for clear definitions on specific types of wipers blades, such as framed, frameless beam-types and hybrid blades, which are a combination of both frame and beam types.
Just wondering why no mention of this on this page?
--2607:FEA8:E320:6F1:F0CE:E5AB:F3FC:E0E7 (talk) 11:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Framed, Frameless Beam and Hybrid blades 

message: I do see "Modern windscreen wipers usually move in parallel".
Before 1960, most American cars had wipers pointing in opposite directions, but I'm seeing the parallel system on pictures of full size Mercury of 1959 and 1960, although I am seeing the "pork chop" windshield wraparound still in use (an unusual combination of windshield and geometry of the wipers).
The "parallel" system (wipers in rest position pointing to right when the driver is on left) cleans as much space as possible in front of the driver, and it would have to point in the opposite rest position for driving on the opposite side of the road. Carlm0404 (talk) 02:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of wiper geometry 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure)  〜 Festucalex • talk 09:55, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Windscreen wiper →  – Fairly common name that allows to avoid using names specific to a variety of English. Summer talk 14:10, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 April 2023 

message: How does this differ from the system whereby washer fluid is dispensed from holes in a plastic tube that runs up the wiper arm?  I had the latter on a 1989 Citroën CX and I believe similar systems were in use considerably earlier on commercial vehicles with large vertical windscreens. Mr Larrington (talk) 00:40, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  AquaBlade