Patent ID: 8028367

Claim:
A vehicle wiper apparatus arranged to wipe a windshield glass with a wiper blade, and including drive means for reciprocating the wiper blade in an arcuate wiping region on the windshield glass, and a first washer solution spray nozzle, provided on the drive means, for spraying a washer solution, wherein the drive means is composed of a drive wiper arm having a base end mounted on a driving pivot, an auxiliary wiper arm having a base end mounted on an auxiliary pivot disposed in a vicinity of the driving pivot, and a stay pivotally supported by a front end of the drive wiper arm and a front end of the auxiliary wiper arm and supporting the wiper blade, the first washer solution spray nozzle is provided on the drive wiper arm or the auxiliary wiper arm, and the first washer solution spray nozzle consists of a single spray nozzle located above the wiper blade to spray the washer solution to pass over the wiper blade onto a region in an upward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located in a vicinity of a stop position, and said single spray nozzle located forward of the moving direction of the wiper blade to spray the washer solution onto a region in front of a downward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located in a vicinity of an inversion position so that the single spray nozzle sprays washer solution in front of the wiper blade during movement in both the upward and downward wiping directions, wherein the first washer solution spray nozzle is provided to spray the washer solution on a side of the wiper blade opposite to a side of the drive wiper arm or the auxiliary wiper arm supporting the first washer solution spray nozzle, when the wiper blade is located in the vicinity of the stop position.