PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that visibility sometimes cannot be secured even when wipers are operated at high speed in a case where heavy rain falls during travelling, although the wipers are intended to secure visibility of a driver during travel in rainy weather, and that visibility cannot be secured particularly in the case of so-called "guerrilla-type heavy rain" that is sudden local heavy rain, since rainwater on the windshield cannot be completely wiped out although the wipers are operated at high speed, and to secure at all times, in such cases, visibility of a certain range by absorbing the rain water and thereby preventing occurrence of traffic accidents caused by poor visibility.SOLUTION: A rain water absorbing wiper device for a vehicular windshield is provided with: a contact edge which is a wiper rubber tip that pushes a cross-sectional shape of wiper rubber so that it is in contact with a windshield; and auxiliary edges not contacting the windshield that are disposed on both right and left sides of the contact edge. A space of the contact edge and the auxiliary edges serves as an absorption hole, and an absorption pump is coupled to the absorption hole via an absorption hose, so that rain water wiped by the contact edge and made to flow into the auxiliary edges is absorbed and drained to the outside of a vehicle.
【課題】雨天走行中の運転者の視界を確保するためのワイパーであっても、走行中に大量の雨が降ったような場合、ワイパーを高速で運動させても視界が確保できないことがある。特に、いわゆる「ゲリラ豪雨」と称される突発的で局地的な豪雨の場合はワイパーを高速で運動してもフロントガラス上の雨水が払拭しきれず、視界が確保できない場合がある。このような場合に、雨水を吸水することによって一定範囲の視界を常に確保することが可能となり、視界不良に起因する交通事故の発生を未然に防止できる。【解決手段】ワイパーゴムの断面形状をフロントガラスに押接するワイパーゴム先端部である接触エッジと、接触エッジの左右両側にフロントガラスと接しない補助エッジを設け、接触エッジと補助エッジの空間を吸水孔とし、吸水ホースを介して吸水ポンプと吸水孔を連結し、接触エッジで払拭され補助エッジ内に流入された雨水を吸水し車外に排水するものである。【選択図】図7
RAIN WATER ABSORBING WIPER DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR WINDSHIELD
自動車のフロントガラス用雨水吸水ワイパー装置
2015-06-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
IPC: | B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen |
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