Wiping device for wiping cover plates of headlights of motor vehicles

Claim 1

In a wiping device for cleaning cover plates of the headlights of motor vehicles, comprising a wiping arm; an adapter hingedly connected to one end of said wiping arm by a first hinge; a drive member connected to said adapter so that said wiping arm is releasably-connected to said drive member via said adapter; a prestressed spring element, said wiping arm having another free end carrying a wiper blade which is applied to and pressed against the cover plate of the headlight to be wiped by said prestressed spring element, the improvement comprising said wiping arm including two portions hingedly connected to each other by a second hinge positioned between said first hinge and said wiper blade, said spring element being interconnected between said two arm portions in the region of said second hinge, said second hinge having an axis lying at least nearly in a plane parallel to the plane of said cover plate, one of said arm portions being hingedly connected to said adapter by said first hinge (20) and being releasably connected to said drive member in an operational position of said wiping arm, said first hinge being positioned in said one of said arm portions so that it can swing by an angle greater than 90° so as pivot said wiping arm away from a path of light beams emitted from a headlight.