Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Attachments – Optical-member-attachable cleaner
Patent
1998-04-30
1999-11-16
Warden, Sr., Robert J.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Attachments
Optical-member-attachable cleaner
1525017, 1525027, 1525031, 74437, A47L 100
Patent
active
059834390
ABSTRACT:
A windshield wiper drive mechanism which interconnects a motor and a wiper assembly which is movable between an in-wipe position and an out-wipe position on a windshield. The drive mechanism includes an elliptical gear set having a pair of eccentric gears driven by the motor and mounted on first and second idler shafts which are rotatable about first and second axes, respectively. An elliptical output gear is mounted on an output shaft which, in turn, is rotatable about an output axis. The elliptical output gear is disposed between the pair of eccentric gears such that the first and second eccentric gears engage the elliptical gear at positions substantially 180.degree. opposite one another on the elliptical gear and so that the respective axes of the first and second idler shafts as well as the output axis of the output shaft lie in a single fixed plane. The elliptical gear set operatively drives the wiper assembly through the output shaft with the gear ratio varying sinusoidally to produce at the output shaft a minimum torque at the in-wipe and out-wipe positions during blade reversal and a minimum torque at a predetermined position therebetween. In addition, the elliptical gear set causes the velocity of the wiper assembly to vary sinusoidally from a minimum at the in-wipe and out-wipe positions to a maximum at predetermined positions therebetween.
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Olsen Kaj K.
Trico Products Corporation
Warden, Sr. Robert J.
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