Wiping and cleaning mechanism for external rear vision mirrors

Claim 1

A WIPING AND CLEANING MECHANISM FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH A REAR VISION MIRROR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, COMPRISING A FRAME SURROUNDING A REAR VISION MIRROR, A HOLLOW HOUSING SURROUNDING AND ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME, SAID HOUSING EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE MIRROR, A ROTATABLE SHAFT SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, DRIVE MEANS OPERATIVE TO REVERSIBLY OSCILLATE SAID SHAFT, BLADE SUPPORT MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID SHAFT, A WIPER BLADE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY THE BLADE SUPPORT MEANS, SAID WIPER BLADE BEING OPERATIVE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REFLECTING FACE OF THE MIRROR, HEATING MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, ADJACENT THE FACE OF THE MIRROR OPPOSITE THE REFLECTING FACE THEREOF, AND A PLURALITY OF FLUID FILLED HOLLOW CONTAINERS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, EACH OF SAID FLUID FILLED CONTAINERS HAVING FLUID SPRAY MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR NOZZLE DIRECTED TOWARD THE REFLECTING FACE OF THE MIRROR, SAID SPRAY MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO DIRECT A FLUID MIST AGAINST THE REFLECTING FACE OF THE MIRROR, THE HOLLOW HOUSING INCLUDING A REAR WALL AND A TOP WALL, THE MEANS REMOVABLY SUPPORTING THE HOLLOW CONTAINERS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPRING CLIPS FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE REAR WALL OF THE HOUSING, EACH OF SAID SPRING CLIPS BEING OPERATIVE TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT ONE OF THE CONTAINERS, THE TOP WALL OF THE HOUSING HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THERETHROUGH, EACH OF THE OPENINGS BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH ONE OF THE CONTAINERS, A COVER PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE TOP WALL OF THE HOUSING IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OF SAID OPENINGS, SAID COVERS BEING OPERATIVE TO CLOSE SAID OPENINGS.