Differentpeopleunderdifferentproductnamesfiledthepatentfortheircreationofwipers.
Somemodelshadbrushes insteadofwipers,andonecanoperateitmanuallyorthrougha
motorisedsystem.Nearlyallthemodelsthatcameintothemarkethadastandardfeature.The
wipers were able to clean in both up and down directionsin a vertical plane.
Thetricontinentalcorporationwasthefirstcompanytointroduceawindscreenwiperthathad
arainrubberonitsarmandtwopieceswereusedforasinglewindscreenwhichcanbefound
in mostly all the modern cars around us.
TodayTricoisthelargestcompanywhichmanufacturesthewiperbladesinthemarket,followed
bytheBoschcompany.TheBoschcompanyhasitsmanufacturingunitoneofthebiggestinthe
world in Belgium where it makes hundreds of thousandsof wiper blades on a daily basis.
Inthe1930s,thewindscreenwashingsystemcameintothepicture.Boththesesystemswere
integrated in the late 1940s, after which all thecar models came with both these systems.
Itisverycrucialtokeep thewipersystemincheck,and anyproblemsshouldbesolvedas
quicklyaspossible.Manytimesonehearscontinuousnoisewhileusingthewipers;thismaybe
duetoimproperfittingatthejointorduetodamagedrubber;thismaydangerousandmaylead
to some severe damage to the windscreens, and thusone should fix it as quickly as possible.
Some geometries of windscreens wipers are: