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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. His first patent for the invention was filed on December 1, 1964, after a few previous designs by other ...
Mary Elizabeth Anderson (February 19, 1866 – June 27, 1953) [1] was an American real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist, and most notably the inventor of what became known as the windshield wiper.
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. Almost all motor vehicles , including cars , trucks , buses , train locomotives , and watercraft with a cabin —and some aircraft —are equipped with ...
In 1903, Mary Anderson is credited with inventing the first operational windshield wiper. [104] [105] In Anderson's patent, she called her invention a window cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles. Operated via a lever from inside a vehicle, her version of windshield wipers closely resembles the windshield wiper found on many ...
Captain Gladstone Adams (16 May 1880 – 26 July 1966) was a professional photographer, inventor and chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council, and is one of several people claimed to have invented the windscreen wiper (known in the United States as the windshield wiper).
Windshield wipers ($20 and 15 minutes), spark plugs ($15 and 20 minutes) and oil changes ($30 and 30 minutes) are all tasks you can achieve in your own driveway or garage. NYS444/ istockphoto 11.
We were only dating at the time but I asked him if he could take a look at my car for me because the windshield wiper fluid pump wasn’t working. He told me it wouldn’t be a problem.
Trico, then known as Tri-Continental Corporation, invented the windshield wiper blade in 1917. [2] Its original Trico Plant No. 1 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3] Trico is today one of the leading manufacturers of windshield wiping systems, windshield wiper blades and refills globally, with wiper plants on five continents.