Driving device for vehicle windows

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A DRIVING DEVICE FOR RAISING AND LOWERING A VEHICLE WINDOW COMPRISING A DRIVING SPINDLE HAVING AN ENLARGED HEAD PORTION HAVING FORMED THEREIN AT LEAST ONE RECESS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID DRIVING SPINDLE, A DRIVING MEMBER ENCIRCLING SAID SPINDLE AND HAVING AN ARM PARALLE TO SAID AXIS AND EXTENDING ALONG THE INTERIOR OF SAID RECESS, A WORM GEAR ENCIRCLING SAID SPINDLE AND FIXED TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER, SO THAT WHEN SAID SPINDLE IS TURNED IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER A PORTION THEREOF SITUATED AT ONE OR THE OTHER SIDES OF SAID RECESS WILL ENGAGE SAID ARM OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER TO ROTATE THE LATTER AND SAID GEAR THEREWITH, A FLEXIBLE CABLE IN TANGENTIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WORM GEAR, SAID CABLE HAVING PROJECTIONS MESHING WITH TEETH OF SAID GEAR SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF THE LATTER SAID CABLE WILL BE LONGITUDINALLY MOVED, TUBULAR GUIDE MEANS DEFINING SAID CABLE, PORTIONS OF SAID TUBULAR GUIDE MEANS DEFINING AN APERTURE AT THE LOCATION OF SAID ENGAGEMENT OF SAID CABLE WITH SAID GEAR, HOUSING CONSISTING OF TWO PARTS, EACH PART BEING FORMED WITH A BEARING MEANS FOR SAID SPINDLE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TWO PARTS BEING SHAPED TO PROVIDE A BACK-REST FOR SAID GUIDE MEANS NEAR SAID APERTURE WHEREBY DEFINING THE RADIAL DISTANCE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS FROM SAID SPINDLE TO PREVENT DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID CABLE AND SAID WORM GEAR, MEANS RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTING BOTH SAID HOUSING PARTS IN PREDETERMINED AXIAL AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CABLE TO SAID WINDOW.