Windscreen wiper for motor vehicles

Claim 1

A windscreen wiper assembly for vehicles, located external to the vehicle dash board and comprising: a wiping blade; a wiping arm at one end of which the wiping blade is secured; means pivoting said wiping arm near its other end to a support bracket; said support bracket being secured to a plate screen; said platescreen inclined to the vehIcle windscreen and having a lower edge hinged to the vehicle body, the upper edge of said plate screen located adjacent to the windscreen and above said lower edge, the screen being so arranged as to conceal said pivoting means and at least a portion of the wiping arm; a spring means biassing the plate-screen towards the vehicle windscreen; an articulated connection at said other end of the wiping arm connected to an assembly of a connecting rod and a crank rod driven by a motor, whereby a movement of the upper edge of the plate-screen away from the vehicle windscreen to make way for the wiper to emerge and operate is automatically actuated against the bias of said spring means by a start of a wiping oscillatory motion of the wiping arm.