Wiper for vehicle lights

Claim 2

A wiper for lamps of the type having a lens comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the lens, a first track member carried on said supporting frame near the edge of the lens, a second track member carrieD on said supporting frame near the edge of the lens at a position spaced from said first track member, a first wiper carrier member journally mounted for sliding movement on said first track member, a second wiper carrier member journally mounted for free sliding movement on said second track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic filament extending from said first wiper carrier member to said second wiper carrier member, and means for reciprocally moving said first wiper carrier member along said first track member from one end of the track to the other whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the lens as the second wiper carrier member freely slides from one end of the second track member to the other by a pulling through the medium of the elastic filament wiper as the first wiper carrier member is reciprocally moved along the first track member.

Claim 3

The wiper of claim 1 wherein said traversing and cleaning of the lens is with a snapping action.

Claim 4

A wiper for vehicle headlamps of the type having a lens with a convex surface comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the perimeter of the lens of a headlamp, a first track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens and having an extent more than half of the perimeter of the surrounding frame, a second track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens at a position spaced from the first track member and having an extent less than half of the perimeter of the surrounding frame, a first wiper carrier member journally mounted for sliding movement on said first track member, a second wiper carrier member journally mounted for free sliding movement on said second track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic member extending from said first wiper carrier member to said second wiper carrier member, and means for reciprocally moving said first wiper carrier member along said first track member from one end of the track to the other whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the headlamp lens as the second wiper carrier member freely slides from one end of the second track member to the other by a pulling through the medium of the elastic wiper as the first wiper carrier member is reciprocally moved along the first track member.

Claim 5

A wiper for vehicle headlamps of the type having a lens with a convex surface comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the perimeter of the lens of a headlamp, a first track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens and having an extent more than half of the perimeter of the surrounding frame, a second track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens at a position spaced from the first track member and having an extent less than half of the perimeter of the surrounding frame, a first wiper carrier member journally mounted for sliding movement on said first track member, a second wiper carrier member journally mounted for free sliding movement on said second track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic member extending from said first wiper carrier member to said second wiper carrier member, and means for reciprocally moving said first wiper carrier member along said first track member from one end of the track to the other whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the headlamp lens as the second wiper carrier member freely slides from one end of the second track member to the other by a pulling through the medium of the elastic wiper as the first wiper carrier member is reciprocally moved along the first track member.

Claim 6

The wiper of claim 13 wherein said traversing and cleaning of the lens is with a snapping action.

Claim 7

A wiper for vehicle headlamps of the type having a lens with a convex surface comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the circumference of the lens of a headlamp, a first arcuate track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens and having an extent greater than half of the circumference of the surrounding frame, a second arcuate track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens at a position spaced arcuately from the first arcuate track member and having an extent less than half of the circumference of the surrounding frame, a first wiper carrier member journally mounted for sliding movement on said first arcuate track member, a second wiper carrier member journally mounted for free sliding movement on said second arcuate track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic member extending from said first wiper carrier member to said second wiper carrier member, and means for reciprocally moving said first wiper carrier member along said first arcuate track member from one end of the track to the other whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the headlamp lens as the second wiper carrier member freely slides from one end of the second arcuate track member to the other by a pulling through the medium of the elastic wiper as the first wiper carrier member is reciprocally moved along the first arcuate track member.

Claim 8

A wiper for vehicle headlamps of the type having a lens with a convex surface comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the circumference of the lens of a headlamp, a first arcuate track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens and having an extent greater than half of the circumference of the surrounding frame, a second arcuate track member carried on said supporting frame close to the surface of the lens at a position spaced arcuately from the first arcuate track member and having an extent less than half of the circumference of the surrounding frame, a first wiper carrier member journally mounted for sliding movement on said first arcuate track member, a second wiper carrier member journally mounted for free sliding movement on said second arcuate track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic member extending from said first wiper carrier member to said second wiper carrier member, and means for reciprocally moving said first wiper carrier member along said first arcuate track member from one end of the track to the other whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the headlamp lens as the second wiper carrier member freely slides from one end of the second arcuate track member to the other by a pulling through the medium of the elastic wiper as the first wiper carrier member is reciprocally moved along the first arcuate track member.

Claim 9

The wiper of claim 5 wherein said traversing and cleaning of the lens is with a snapping action.

Claim 10

A wiper for cleaning the lens of a lamp, said wiper including a filament, means supporting said filament adjacent said lamp and arranged and constructed to engage the surface of said lens for cleaning substantially all areas of said lens surface in a random fashion, said means supporting said filament comprising a first carrier member for receiving one end of the filament and a second carrier for receiving the other end of said filament, means reciprocally moving the first and second carriers along the edge of the lens, said movement of said first and second carriers occurring at least partially at different times whereby the timing phase of said reciprocal movements being different, whereby the filament engagement with the lens surface varies.

Claim 11

A wiper for cleaning the lens of a lamp, said wiper including a filament, means supporting said filament adjacent said lamp and arranged and constructed to engage the surface of said lens for cleaning substantially all areas of said lens surface in a random fashion, said means supporting said filament comprising a first carrier member for receiving one end of the filament and a second carrier for receiving the other end of said filament, means reciprocally moving the first and second carriers along the edge of the lens, said movement of said first and second carriers occurring at least partially at different times whereby the timing phase of said reciprocal movements being different, whereby the filament engagement with the lens surface varies.

Claim 12

A compact wiper for cleaning the lens of a lamp, said wiper including a flexible cleaning filament having a central portion engaging the lens to be cleaned, means supporting the end portions of the filament, said means supporting the end portions comprising first and second carrier members, said first and second carrier members separately movable along spaced apart paths conforming to the perimeter of the lens, and said first and second carrier movements causing said central portion of said filament to engage said lens from various points on the perimeter of the lens while maintaining tension in said central portion.

Claim 13

A compact wiper for cleaning the lens of a lamp, said wiper including a flexible cleaning filament having a central portion engaging the lens to be cleaned, means supporting the end portions of the filament, said means supporting the end portions comprising first and second carrier members, said first and second carrier members separately movable along spaced apart paths conforming to the perimeter of the lens, and said first and second carrier movements causing said central portion of said filament to engage said lens from various points on the perimeter of the lens while maintaining tension in said central portion.

Claim 14

A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the wiper member elastic filament is an endless band having an end loop carried on each wiper carrier member.

Claim 15

A device as set forth in claim 9 in which said lens is equipped with forwardly projecting beam aiming bosses.

Claim 16

A device as set forth in claim 10 in which said first wiper carrier member includes an axially inwardly projecting cylindrically shaped flange with an arcuate inner edge whereby the arcuate inner edge is utilized to raise at least one portion of the endless band over at least one of the beam aiming bosses.

Claim 17

A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said first wiper carrier member includes means for receiving and holding one end of the elastic filament wiper member, said first wiper carrier member further including a fixed cam means for urging the one end of the elastic filament wiper member into contact with the outermost edge of the lens.

Claim 18

A device as set forth in claim 9 in which said second track member includes a surface of constant cross section for slidably supporting said second wiper carrier member, said second wiper carrier member comprising a broad hook member adapted to support and separate the two strands of the endless band elastic filament wiper member so that the tendency of one strand to turn the second wiper carrier member about the axis of said second track member is offset by the opposite tendency of the other strand so that contact of the one strand with the outermost surface of the lens is maintained during the movements of the carrier members.

Claim 19

In a wiper for lamps having a lens comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the lens, a first track means carried on said support frame near the edge of the lens, a second track member having at least a portion spaced from said first track means and supported near the surface of the lens, a first wiper carrier means mounted for movement on said first track means, a second wiper carrier means mounted for free sliding movement on said second track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic filament extending from said first wiper carrier means to said second wiper carrier means and means for moving said first wiper carrier means along said first track member whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the lens as the second wiper carrier means freely slides from one end of the second track member to the other by pulling through the medium of the elastic filament wiper as the first wiper carrier means is moved along the first track means.

Claim 20

In a wiper for lamps having a lens comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the lens, a first track means carried on said support frame near the edge of the lens, a second track member having at least a portion spaced from said first track means and supported near the surface of the lens, a first wiper carrier means mounted for movement on said first track means, a second wiper carrier means mounted for free sliding movement on said second track member, a wiper member constituting an elastic filament extending from said first wiper carrier means to said second wiper carrier means and means for moving said first wiper carrier means along said first track member whereby the wiper member traverses and cleans substantially the full frontal area of the lens as the second wiper carrier means freely slides from one end of the second track member to the other by pulling through the medium of the elastic filament wiper as the first wiper carrier means is moved along the first track means.

Claim 21

The wiper of claim 14 wherein said traversing and cleaning of the lens iS with a snapping action.

Claim 22

A compact wiper for lamps having a lens comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the lens, a track means carried on said support frame near the edge of the lens, a first wiper carrier means mounted for movement on said track means, a second wiper carrier means mounted on said supporting frame, a wiper member consisting of a flexible filament extending in tension from said first wiper carrier means to said second wiper carrier means, means for traversing and cleaning substantially the full frontal area of the lens as the wiper member moves across the lens surface including means for moving said first wiper carrier means along said track member.

Claim 23

A compact wiper for lamps having a lens comprising a supporting frame closely surrounding the lens, a track means carried on said support frame near the edge of the lens, a first wiper carrier means mounted for movement on said track means, a second wiper carrier means mounted on said supporting frame, a wiper member consisting of a flexible filament extending in tension from said first wiper carrier means to said second wiper carrier means, means for traversing and cleaning substantially the full frontal area of the lens as the wiper member moves across the lens surface including means for moving said first wiper carrier means along said track member.

Claim 24

The wiper of claim 16 wherein said traversing and cleaning of the lens is with a snapping action.