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2. Windscreen wiper - Wikipedia

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   A common windscreen wiper arm and blade A train windscreen wiper in operation (MRT Jakarta) A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window.

3. Trico - Wikipedia

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   1954: Four-Bar Blades. Early heavy duty wiper blades. 1956: Panoramic Rainbow or “P-R” Blades. The first windshield wiper blades to have an arc. A pair of spring-tensioned levers pre-flexed the blades to maintain constant pressure on the windshield. It was TRICO's most popular blade up to and through the late 1960s. 1957: TRICO Australia.

4. Wiper (occupation) - Wikipedia

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   A wiper is a position responsible for both cleaning the engine spaces and machinery of a ship and assisting the ship's engineers as directed. Railroad workers who performed similar jobs were also known as wipers, [1] or in the UK as "cleaners". The most junior rate in a ship's engine room, the wiper position is an apprenticeship to become an ...

5. Robert Kearns - Wikipedia

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   Inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper Robert William Kearns (March 10, 1927 – February 9, 2005) was an American mechanical engineer, educator and inventor who invented the most common intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present.

6. Windshield washer fluid - Wikipedia

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   Windshield washer fluid being poured into a vehicle's storage tank, or reservoir. Windshield washer fluid (also called windshield wiper fluid, wiper fluid, screen wash (in the UK), or washer fluid) is a fluid for motor vehicles that is used in cleaning the windshield with the windshield wiper while the vehicle is being driven.

7. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   1. The job title of a seaman holding a junior position in a ship's engineering crew, senior only to the engine room wiper. oilskins. Also oilies. Foul-weather clothing worn by sailors. old man Crew 's slang for the captain, master, or commanding officer of a vessel. old salt Slang for an experienced mariner. on board. Also onboard. See aboard.